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Let’s face it, getting business as a freelancer can be hard. There are many options out there for freelancers to try and advertise their services but a lot of these options just don’t work. Today I will show you some proven tactics to get more business as a freelance website or graphic designer. (continue reading…)

HTML5 is the replacement for HTML4, which the large majority of websites are currently using. HTML5 has added new tags and features which will help our websites become more interactive, more user friendly and consistant across more devices in a world where people are accessing the internet on a variety of devices.

Today we bring you some of the top HTML5 introductory videos to help sharpen your HTML5 skills. (continue reading…)

Today we bring you a video tutorial on coding a website using only HTML and Notepad. (continue reading…)

As web (and graphic) designers and developers we often tend to stick to what makes us comfortable, so it is no surprise that a lot of us tend to focus most, if not all of our sales work online. After all, it’s easier and it’s what we know. If this is your mindset then you are missing out on a lot of potential clients that you will never find online. (continue reading…)

Web Designers and other freelancers often turn to freelance bidding sites when income is low or when they are simply looking to boost their income. While these sites often look tempting and the jobs are plenty, using these sites can often produce little to no result.

A few months ago I joined several of these sites including Guru, Elance, Freelancer.com and a few others. Between all the sites I joined I probably bid on at least 150 projects. For each of these sites I followed a pretty simple formula to try to increase my chances of getting a job, especially since I was a newbie to the site. (continue reading…)

As a freelance web designer, the last thing you want to do is turn away someone who wants to give you money to get a job done, however, sometimes you come across a client that is so bad, for one reason or another, that you just have to get rid of them. This guide will teach you when, why and how to fire a pesky web design client that is doing your business more harm than good. (continue reading…)

Becoming successful as a freelancer isn’t an overnight process, and it isn’t always as easy as some people expect, but if you follow our guidelines, work hard and deliver quality work every time, you have a pretty good chance at making it in a highly competitive freelance market.

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Every web designer needs a bit of inspiration sometimes, or that missing snippet of code, or a cool new script to power their brand new website. Many web design sites have published their lists, but today we are publishing the ultimate list of web design resources, the only one you will ever need.

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Every web designer has come across the client that wants their brand new site listed on the number one spot on Google “like tomorrow.” Usually these tend to be the people that want to get away with paying $300 for a fully featured site with Flash, message boards, contact forms, videos, a content management system, and the works. Aren’t these people annoying? (continue reading…)

The war between Adobe and Apple doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon, and many web and app developers are starting to take sides in the debate. Recently a Facebook group titled I’m with Adobe was created. The members of this group believe that Steve Jobs and Apple are unfairly targeting Adobe’s flagship Flash product and severely limiting their development platform for the iPad and iPhone.

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