My next guide for designers is out now. I decided to go with this guide next in the series because I noticed that designers were having issues with clients all the time. We used to also, until we started working out better ways to deal with clients that made our lives easier and the process more satisfying. It’s all about the relationship!

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May
10
2010

I’m a web designer…I think?

by Naomi Niles

You know how sometimes you read something and you get this sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach that perhaps you’ve been going about things all wrong?

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Apr
19
2010

New Site Design - Pomegranate Planning

by Naomi Niles

Oh, do we have another fun website design to talk about. Oh, do we. Can you tell by now that I tend to get excited about new client site launches?

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I am so very excited to announce the first guide in the Guides for Designers series, “How to Prepare a Competitive Analysis That Virtually guarantees you get that new project.”.

I decided to do this guide first because I think it will be especially helpful for web designers who need to get more great projects AND get paid better. It contains the following:

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Apr
13
2010

New Site Design - The Solopreneur Life

by Naomi Niles

You know how every once in awhile a new client approaches you with a project that you think, “Wow, that’s going to be so great!”. That was how it was when Larry approached us to design his new site, The Solopreneur Life.

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Apr
12
2010

Guides for Designers Update

by Naomi Niles

Several people have asked when the first guide is coming out, so I thought I’d write a quick blog post to address that.

First of all, thank you to all of you who have been so supportive. Many people signed up on the notification list and there’s been a lot more interest than I planned. That’s awesome!!

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Mar
31
2010

Guides for Designers: Coming Soon

by Naomi Niles

I often think about how much faster we could have gotten our business to the point it is now if I had only known the things that I know now. I know a lot of other designers feel the same way when they start. Kind of lost about the business side of things.  Most likely, a lot of the reason for that and the same reason it took us so long to get off the ground is that there is just not very much information around about it.

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If you’ve been involved in making websites for several years, like I have, I’m sure you know about many of the best practices involved. In fact, it’s usually easy to pick out websites that were done by amateurs because of obvious violations of said best practices.

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