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Things Every Freelance Designer Should Know So you want to be a freelance designer? Let’s be honest: designing isn’t the most difficult part of a designer’s job. Anyone can be good at it if they put in the time. What really prevents most freelancers from earning a decent living from their craft in how they handle the non-design aspects of it?  A lot of what you need to survive will not be learned in a design school. Here are a few solid pointers every freelancer must remember: 1.     Always get paid. Sure, there will be times that you will have to work for considerably less than you need to, or even for free. But these instances should always be the exception. Ideally, they should not happen at all. If you find yourself constantly doing this, then what you have is a hobby, not a job. Be sure to get a deposit before starting a project and never send the final files until the remaining balance has been paid.  ...

Which Web Tools Are Experts Using?   Have you ever asked yourself which the tools that experts are using are? The difference between a rookie and a pro is represented by the tools used. We’ve made some strong research and we found that the below tools are exactly what the experts use. 1. Muffingroup.com BeTheme  is a versatile, elegant and easy to use product by the Muffin Group, which provides you with a big library of themes for your Word Press website. You can create and fully customize your site the way you want, as you are given 12 predefined skins, 4 different grid layouts, an awesome layouts generator, 7 different header versions and unlimited backgrounds that can be uploaded into any section you want. 2. Flyzoo.co You can also profit from  Flyzoo ’s Responsive Chat on Mobile, meaning that layout will automatically adapt to mobile devices. You can choose from four different mobile modes for smartphones. The mobile layout on external window lau...

REASONS YOU SHOULD HAVE VIDEO ON YOUR WEBSITE Are you looking for ways to improve your business website? Want to know why adding video should be one of the techniques to try? We share few reasons you should use video on your website below, here are the key points: ·    Selling Is About Storytelling, And Videos Are A Great Way To Share A Story People need information to make informed decisions. Videos that engage people by telling a story in which the viewer can image themselves are an extremely effective way of demonstrating the benefits of your products and services. ·   Videos Keep People On Your Website Longer And Engage Them With Your Content Short informative videos keep people engaged with your content significantly longer than text and pictures. In fact, peoples stay on websites with videos 80% longer than sites just with text & pictures. Google like pages where people spend “dwell” time. ·    Videos Keep Your Audi...

THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER SHARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA Do you use social media as a platform to promote your business? Could your posts make you look unprofessional and make people unfollow you? Avoid these few things while posting on social media: CONTENT THAT ISN’T PROPERLY PROOFREAD OR EDITED: Social media may be a casual place. That doesn’t mean your posts can lack polish and professionalism. NEGATIVE POSTS ABOUT CUSTOMERS OR CLIENTS: Negative posts relating to customers or clients are always a bad idea. If a negative experience with a customer motivates you to post something on social media, wait a few days before doing so. ATTEMPTS TO CAPITALIZE ON TRAGEDY: On the day that Carrie Fisher died, Cinnamon  posted a tasteless Tweet of a picture depicting Princess Leia with a cinnamon roll in place of her signature buns. IRRELEVANT VIRAL CONTENT: Yes we’ve all seen a picture of the angry cat swimmin...

Three BIG eLearning Trends For 2017   SO HERE ARE OUR THREE BIG TRENDS FOR 2017: 1. Mobile Learning. Or Better Make That Real Mobile Learning Mobile learning has been consistently listed as a trend for almost 10 years now. In fact, it has already been adopted by a large number of organizations in some form – initially by making eLearning available on tablets, and more recently through responsive courses that are accessible on smaller mobile devices as well. So in a way the ‘technical hurdles’ for delivering mobile learning have been overcome. We are now witnessing a move towards real mobile learning, that is, mobile learning that really leverages the unique affordances of mobile devices. There’s a growing demand for Mobile First design for bite-sized chunks that can be consumed in less than five minutes as performance support or key point recaps or continuous reinforcement over time.  2. Interactive Videos Videos (including bo...

 Build Customer Loyalty and Get Positive  Feedback for Your App If you want your app to be successful you need to get to the top of a target app store search – either App Store for iOS or Google Play for Android. The main rule is simple – the more reviews you have and the higher your app is rated by users, the closer to the top you’ll get. Building  customer loyalty  is a crucial thing to do as well. Loyal customers are much more than just users. You have to do everything possible to build customer loyalty and then maintain it later on. UNDERSTAND CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS So how do you get positive reviews for a mobile app? Well, there’s a lot of things to consider if your goal is to get some awesome feedback. However, the most important detail you should keep in mind is a strikingly obvious one. If you want your users to be satisfied with the app you have to make sure they get what they want. For that to happen you need to understand your custome...