Instagram is the perfect place to promote your brand, expand your customer base, and engage your target audience. Having a complete content marketing strategy for this social platform is crucial, but in some cases, you’ll want to achieve a specific goal, like connect with new customers, build brand reputation, or launch a new product. Enter… Continue reading How to Create and Run Successful Instagram Marketing Campaigns
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30+ Awesome Esports T-Shirt Mockups (Gaming Jerseys Ready to Download)
If you’ve been using the COVID-19 lockdown to become an esports star, you’ll want an esports T-shirt mockup to promote your team. You can find fabulous esports T-shirt mockups like this one at Placeit The fabulous selection of esports T-shirt mockups and jersey esport team mockups at Placeit give you the perfect opportunity to show… Continue reading 30+ Awesome Esports T-Shirt Mockups (Gaming Jerseys Ready to Download)
Is Change Positive for Web Designers?
As a web designer, you’re constantly being bombarded with messages that tell you to acquire new skills, try new tools, and keep on hustling. But if you’re constantly changing things up, does it do the opposite of what you originally set out to do? In other words, if you always have to start over, is… Continue reading Is Change Positive for Web Designers?
Exciting New Tools for Designers, July 2020
Some of the changes we are seeing with where we work are starting to pop up in the type of new tools made for designers and developers. More tools with remote collaboration as a key feature are increasing in popularity. (You’ll find a few of those here.) Here’s what new for designers this month. Webdesign… Continue reading Exciting New Tools for Designers, July 2020
8 Design Secrets of B2B Vs B2C Websites
Web design clients come from a wide variety of backgrounds. One day, you’ll be designing a portfolio website for a voiceover artist, the next you’ll be creating a comprehensive ecommerce site for a leading retailer. In an ideal world, you’ll get to a point where you eventually specialize in a niche. However, you’ll need to… Continue reading 8 Design Secrets of B2B Vs B2C Websites
Proven Free Trial Approaches for Growing Your SaaS
If a free trial model is executed well, it can become your new secret weapon for lowering your CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) and increasing conversion rates. However, that level of success doesn’t come without its fair share of challenges. What if you lose money? How do you avoid freeloaders? Which free trial model should you… Continue reading Proven Free Trial Approaches for Growing Your SaaS
How to Redirect With PHP
Redirection allows you to redirect the client browser to a different URL. You can use it when you’re switching domains, changing how your site is structured, or switching to HTTPS. In this article, I’ll show you how to redirect to another page with PHP. I’ll explain exactly how PHP redirects work and show you what… Continue reading How to Redirect With PHP
8 Best CMS for 2020
Content Management Systems are arguably the internet’s most powerful web development tool. In a rapidly growing market where every business under the sun requires a website that is not only fully functioning, but optimised, easy to update regularly, and implement the latest features, the right CMS is important. As a web developer it can be… Continue reading 8 Best CMS for 2020
Web Design Lessons You Need to Master This 2020
The digital world spins faster than other planets. Here, agility and adaptability are necessary survival skills if success is what you’re after. We have come so far from text-heavy websites that used to reign in the 90’s and could make web designers of today make a run for the hills. In fact, it’s common knowledge… Continue reading Web Design Lessons You Need to Master This 2020
7 Deadly Graphic Designer Sins (And 4 Ways to Atone)
As a designer, you’ve probably wished you could know exactly what your clients were thinking at one point or another. Maybe it was when they were vaguely describing how they wanted their design to “pop”. Or maybe when they were trying to express exactly why the fifteenth revision still wasn’t quite right. Or maybe it… Continue reading 7 Deadly Graphic Designer Sins (And 4 Ways to Atone)
20 Best Membership Plugins for Your WordPress Site
Do you want to start earning money from your WordPress website? There are lots of ways that you can turn your site into an additional revenue stream, but many of these options revolve around one-off payments. You could build an online store, sell advertising space, or fill your website with affiliate links—or you could sell membership subscriptions that’ll guarantee… Continue reading 20 Best Membership Plugins for Your WordPress Site
Exciting New Tools for Designers, December 2019
As you are shopping this month for others, why not find a few goodies for yourself? Our roundup of new tools and resources is packed with usable items. And most are free, so there’s no shame in trying out something for yourself. Here’s what’s new for designers this month. CSS Background Generator CSS Background Generator… Continue reading Exciting New Tools for Designers, December 2019
When to Use Them and Tips for Good UX
Sliders, slideshows, carousels: call them what you will, they’re an incredibly popular way to enhance a WordPress site. When I create a site for a client, they almost always ask me to add one to their home page, if not to every page in the site. But although undeniably attractive, sliders aren’t always needed in… Continue reading When to Use Them and Tips for Good UX
WordPress Page Builders Make It Easy to Create a Website
If you’re looking to build a WordPress site but are nervous about beginning because you’re not a coder, this article is for you. It will introduce you to a super useful tool, the WordPress page builder, and help you identify the best available on CodeCanyon today. What Is a Page Builder? A WordPress page builder… Continue reading WordPress Page Builders Make It Easy to Create a Website
18+ Best Personal WordPress Portfolio Themes for 2020
Having a website that features your portfolio is crucial if you want to attract more clients. A WordPress portfolio site is also necessary when you’re trying to land a job in a creative agency or another business looking to hire a designer, illustrator, architect, or anyone else who needs to display their work. “56% of… Continue reading 18+ Best Personal WordPress Portfolio Themes for 2020
6 Essential Photography Tips Every Photographer Needs to Remember
Whether you are on vacation with your family or attending the grand reception of your friend, photos are an essential element of enjoyment. Without clicking perfect pictures, the purpose of amusement cannot be fulfilled in this present era. Not only for fun, but photography is a real art and considered as an ultimate tool for… Continue reading 6 Essential Photography Tips Every Photographer Needs to Remember
20 Freshest Web Designs, August 2019
This month we leap back to the culture of America circa 1969, dive into the oceans with whales, discover multiple approaches to pitching a design agency, get invited to festivals, and shop online the right way. Enjoy! Kilotype Kilotype’s awesome new site shows off its variable fonts with a clever mouse-track — move your cursor… Continue reading 20 Freshest Web Designs, August 2019
Brand Science 101
Every day in my work helping grow digital agencies and Fortune 500 brands, I hear countless companies struggle with how to discuss, interact with, and grow their client’s brand, leaving dollars on the table and creating problems along the way. The agency owner offers their perspective, shares why branding is important, but usually lacks the… Continue reading Brand Science 101
10 Best Design Systems for 2019
A design system helps everyone in your business to maintain brand consistency. It’s a collection of guidelines that explains how your branding assets should be used in everyday communication and marketing efforts. A design system usually consists of general brand guidelines, color usage, brand tone and voice, typography, patterns, and any other visual element that… Continue reading 10 Best Design Systems for 2019
7 Things Every Web Designer Should Know About SEO Campaigns
July 4, 2019 by Spyrestudios Search engine optimization (SEO) has grown to be popular enough that most business people can recognize it as one of the best digital marketing strategies available. The idea is pretty simple; with a series of onsite structural changes and offsite brand mentions, you’ll gradually improve the ranking signals Google and… Continue reading 7 Things Every Web Designer Should Know About SEO Campaigns
Avoid these 4 Website Redesign Mistakes that Sabotage SEO
As a freelance web designer/dev, one of the most common projects is a website redesign. Clients want their existing site (or specific pages) transformed into something superior. But this often comes with a price where SEO is concerned. Massive changes to site structure, architecture, and page elements can negatively impact their search engine optimization. And… Continue reading Avoid these 4 Website Redesign Mistakes that Sabotage SEO
UI/UX 101: Break Into Secret Room of Lazy User Psychology
Admit two facts. First, you’re lazy. Second, you’re a user of something. You’re using something every day, from a coffee maker on the kitchen counter to website and mobile app interfaces. Remember how sometimes you’re really stuck while using an interface of something. Randomly clicking on every button, nav element, and link to achieve action… Continue reading UI/UX 101: Break Into Secret Room of Lazy User Psychology
20 Best Landing Page WordPress Themes for 2019 Websites
Stuck on how to get your next website off the ground? Set up a landing page to attract attention, capture leads, and prep to launch your site. This collection of landing page WordPress themes should start you off right. If you’re getting ready to launch your site or a new product, there’s no better way… Continue reading 20 Best Landing Page WordPress Themes for 2019 Websites
How to Make Your WordPress Theme or Plugin Multilingual-Ready
Multilingual compatibility is a core requirement for any premium WordPress theme nowadays. There are many plugins that offer multilingual tools, but arguably the most popular are WPML and Polylang. Let’s look into them! Meet the Players WPML is a premium-only plugin that makes it easy to build and run multilingual sites. It’s powerful enough for… Continue reading How to Make Your WordPress Theme or Plugin Multilingual-Ready