6 reasons for website downtime (+ how to resolve it)

Website downtime is an extremely frustrating experience for business owners, bloggers, and other professionals across all industries. If this problem isn’t addressed quickly and efficiently, affected sites will likely experience a big drop in engagement and sales.  I don’t have to tell you that this situation is far from ideal.  My goal today is to… Continue reading 6 reasons for website downtime (+ how to resolve it)

30 Creative Branding Design and Logos For Inspiration

Branding is the soul of any business. It’s not just about logos or colors; it’s about creating a lasting impression in the minds of customers. Creative branding design goes beyond aesthetics, reflecting the core values, mission, and personality of a business. Whether you’re starting a new company or rebranding an existing one, the process of… Continue reading 30 Creative Branding Design and Logos For Inspiration

How to make interactive charts accessible

Interactive charts can transform data into compelling stories, offering valuable insights at a glance. But what happens when these visual tools are inaccessible to those with visual impairments? In this post, we’ll show you how to ensure your interactive charts are accessible to all users, regardless of their abilities. Before digging deeper, let’s establish what… Continue reading How to make interactive charts accessible

Dark Theme: 5 UI Design Tips

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Light and dark modes. Image by Brainly When designing a dark theme, you should consider a few factors to maintain usability and aesthetic appeal. Why to use dark theme A dark theme reduces the luminance emitted by device screens, creating a more comfortable experience for a viewer. 1. Avoid pure black (#000000) When… Continue reading Dark Theme: 5 UI Design Tips

Qualtrics Reviews: Pros, Cons & More

This article compiles user feedback on Qualtrics CX, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses. By sharing real-world experiences, we aim to help UX professionals determine if Qualtrics CX is the right tool for their survey and data collection needs. ❕ Important note: This review site presents information relevant for researchers, not for participants in… Continue reading Qualtrics Reviews: Pros, Cons & More

How to Choose a Website Design Agency in London

In the fast-paced and ever-evolving world of social media marketing and website design, London stands out as a global hub for innovation, creativity, and talent. The city is home to a plethora of agencies, each with its unique strengths, specialties, and approaches to design and marketing. As a business owner or marketing professional, navigating this… Continue reading How to Choose a Website Design Agency in London

Moderated research with dscout

Moderated research helps gather qualitative feedback directly from users. dscout, a research platform, simplifies this process with tools for participant recruitment, live video interviews, and automated data transcription and analysis. This article explores how dscout’s features support moderated user research and compares its effectiveness to other research tool. TABLE OF CONTENTS Does dscout… Continue reading Moderated research with dscout

How to organize motion graphics (MOGRTs) in Adobe Premiere Pro

Motion graphic templates are called MOGRT files in Adobe apps. They’re common tools for Adobe After Effects. But picture this: you’re a Premiere Pro user, and you want to work with MOGRTs. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to organize motion graphics (called MOGRTs) in Premiere Pro. It’s all possible in Premiere Pro. In this… Continue reading How to organize motion graphics (MOGRTs) in Adobe Premiere Pro

Simple and Clean Business Cards For Your Brand: A Guide to Timeless Design

0 Shares In today’s digital age, clean business cards might seem like a relic of the past. However, a well-designed card remains a powerful networking tool. It’s a tangible representation of your brand, a physical object someone can hold onto and reference later. But in a world bombarded with flashy marketing, how do you create… Continue reading Simple and Clean Business Cards For Your Brand: A Guide to Timeless Design

What Is Product Marketing + Top Product Marketing Tips

Odds are that you bought the device you’re using to read this based on many factors. One of those factors, whether you realize it or not, had to do with how it was marketed. A successful product marketing plan will have customers flocking to buy from you. (Graphic source) But what is product marketing? It’s… Continue reading What Is Product Marketing + Top Product Marketing Tips

How to Choose the Right Niche for Your Web Design Business

In this post, we’ll look at the benefits of “niching down”, different ways to define your design niche, as well as tips on how to find the right niche. It’s a strange concept for many freelancers. The idea that you’d carve out a narrow niche for yourself and then turn away prospective clients that don’t… Continue reading How to Choose the Right Niche for Your Web Design Business

Removing the Background from an Image in Figma

For many years, Photoshop was the go-to tool for many image editing tasks such as removing the background from an image. But nowadays there are powerful new options for image editing. We can do a lot more with UI design tools like Figma now, including removing an image’s background. In this quick tip, we’ll show… Continue reading Removing the Background from an Image in Figma

The Ultimate Guide to Typography

Are you interested in typography? This complete course covers everything from typography history to the difference between typefaces and fonts, typeface classification, how to choose a font, and more! Watch the Ultimate Guide to Typography Course What You’ll Learn What is the history of typography? What is the difference between a typeface and a… Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Typography

15 Top Schedule Planners in Figma & Adobe XD to Download in 2022

Are you a designer creating apps or task management platforms? Helping your clients to keep a realistic schedule planner can change the way they manage their time. Create your own using a schedule planner template for Figma or Adobe XD.  This is a great schedule planner template for Figma and Adobe XD. A well designed… Continue reading 15 Top Schedule Planners in Figma & Adobe XD to Download in 2022

How to Use Procreate

The Procreate app has been taking the design world by storm. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll learn how to use Procreate to produce beautiful digital artwork and graphic design. We’ll go through a brief introduction to Procreate, and then we’ll look at Procreate brushes and where to download fonts for Procreate. And along the way,… Continue reading How to Use Procreate

Flyer Templates

Welcome to this comprehensive guide to flyer templates. We’ll look at what flyers are, why to use them, and how to create them. And we’ll also look at plenty of flyer design inspiration. Let’s get started! What Is a Flyer? At its most basic level, a flyer is a small sheet of paper containing printed… Continue reading Flyer Templates

7 Basic Rules for Using Icons in UI Design

Icons are tiny pictograms that you’ll find in almost any app. They help us save screen space, communicate efficiently, and make interaction with a product more fun. But despite their size, creating and using icons in UI design isn’t easy. Since icons directly impact feature discoverability and the number of errors users make when they… Continue reading 7 Basic Rules for Using Icons in UI Design

How to Make a Chain Brush in Photoshop

In this tutorial, you will learn how to make a chain brush in Photoshop. I will explain everything in so much detail that everyone can create the brush, even those who have just opened Photoshop for the first time. Do you want to save time with a ready-made brush? Check out this Chain Brush Photoshop… Continue reading How to Make a Chain Brush in Photoshop

How to automate competitor’s reviews collection to find great insights

In this article, I will show how to build a database of competitors reviews that will update itself automatically and how to get insights for your product development Imagine, that you are building a new product or feature. If it’s something new, you will go to potential customers and ask about how they solve this… Continue reading How to automate competitor’s reviews collection to find great insights

Exciting New Tools For Designers, Holidays 2021

The year’s winding down as everyone segues into a much-needed holiday R&R. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some awesome new tools and resources for website design projects. Check them out, and hit the ground running in January. Here’s what’s new for designers this holiday period. Enjoy!   Fancy Border Radius Generator Fancy Border Radius… Continue reading Exciting New Tools For Designers, Holidays 2021

Spanish SEO – The Power of Guest Posting

Did you know, over 93% of Spanish people are daily internet users? This figure is significantly higher than both France and Germany – and even the internet-savvy UK. This means you can expect to achieve highly impressive results by ranking high with Google. 50% of Google’s algorithm is based on backlinks to your site and… Continue reading Spanish SEO – The Power of Guest Posting

7 Effective Tips To Help Make Your Logo Stand Out

29 Shares When it comes to a company’s logo, it is the ultimate symbol that represents a company. Hence, it needs to be just right and perfect. According to studies, more than 65% of the world’s population consists of visual learners, meaning they are more likely to remember the company’s logo rather than the name.… Continue reading 7 Effective Tips To Help Make Your Logo Stand Out

How to Make a Halloween Flyer

What You’ll Be Creating Want to learn how to make a Halloween flyer? In this tutorial, we’ll create a Halloween costume contest flyer, and you could use these concepts to create any kind of Halloween event flyer you prefer. We’ll also take a look at some Halloween flyer ideas. We’ll create this Halloween flyer design… Continue reading How to Make a Halloween Flyer

Best Online Design Tools For Social Media Graphics

0 Shares Social media is one of the most effective and affordable marketing outlets for businesses of all sizes. However, this form of marketing involves a certain level of design skill and creativity to lure in new clients while retaining current ones. You have a matter of seconds to catch their eyes before they continue… Continue reading Best Online Design Tools For Social Media Graphics