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Web Designers and Their Own Web Sites – Ugh!

Deb — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:00:32 +0000

If there’s one thing that many web designers have trouble with, it’s designing or redesigning their own web site. Yes, really! I hear that so often in the web design world and unfortunately, I’m one that’s right at the top of the list. I can absolutely love an idea, go through all the work it

Do You Really Need a Content Management System?

Deb — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:45:57 +0000

There are web designers who believe in no uncertain terms that every web site developed should use a Content Management System. Some don’t even ask, they don’t ask, they just do it. I’m not among those designers. I look at things differently and believe the use of a CMS should be based on the needs of

Just What Do You Pay a Web Designer For?

Deb — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:01:40 +0000

A large number of people are convinced that they can develop their own web site and it’s no secret that they can … and so can you. I chuckle every time I hear this and in fact Intuit even has a t.v. commercial about their new service that offers you the opportunity to create your own web

I’ll Run My Business & You Run Yours

Deb — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:41:25 +0000

If there’s anything that bugs me, it’s someone telling me how to run my business. It’s one thing to make a suggestion or a request, but to flat out tell me how to run my business is a sure way to get me to not want to have anything to do with you. I’ve been

The Case of the Disappearing Client – Part 2

Deb — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:15:20 +0000

Disappearing clients … they come to all web designers at one point in time or another. This is not a “unique to me” situation, these things really do happen to many web designers and it pretty much blows my mind every time! There are those potential clients, which I talked about in Part I of this series. Then there are

Blogging – the Art of Self-Therapy and Self-Manufactured Fun!

Deb — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:18:04 +0000

Although I’m not a daily or even a weekly blogger, I get to it as often as I can because it’s great therapy for me and it’s fun, too! Coming up with something to say is a real struggle for me sometimes. Like anyone else I can be judgmental and critical and I’ve been told that

Website Maintenance & Security Updates

Deb — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:42:09 +0000

Absolutely every web site is subject to hacking. Whether your site is a static (non-database) site or one that is built on a database of any kind including a Content Management System (CMS) or blogging platform, it’s out there for the hackers to mess with. There is no way around this, period. Hackers enjoy disfiguring and

Google’s Pagerank is Dead

Deb — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:09:47 +0000

If you believe in Google PageRank you may as well believe in the Tooth Fairy. Now this can be a real bummer for people who trusted and believed in it for so long. I’ve known it was useless for a number of years but still found myself checking it occasionally purely out of habit. Visualize

Save Money on Your Web Site – Chapter 1

Deb — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:19:30 +0000

We all want to save money wherever we can, that’s just a fact of life. Because I know what’s that’s like, I work at saving my clients money wherever and whenever I can without scrimping on quality. My clients pay me their hard earned money to do a good job for them and I respect

How Long Will it Take for My Web Site to be #1?

Deb — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:43:06 +0000

Right after “How much will my web site cost?” this has got to be the most often asked question every web designer or search engine specialist is asked. In fact, I had a new client ask me this just the other day. It seems to be the number one sought after answer every client considering