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Category Archives: business

2012

Better late than never, right? In retrospect, my 2012 was pretty huge, both professionally and personally.

Undercutting. What is it good for?

… absolutely nothin’! (Say it again, y’all) A short while back, I pitched for a project that I ultimately lost. After putting together a comprehensive proposal and fielding numerous questions (which I have no problem with), I was given the unfortunate news that I didn’t win the business. This much is normal and as with [...]

Easy ways to create your web content

Creating the content for your website can be a difficult task. You have to gather information, consult experts, write thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of words, source images and get people to contribute. It’s hardly surprising that so many organisations delay their own content creation until it becomes a critical issue – and the website [...]

Found: The long-awaited poster child for responsive design

It’s finally happened. After almost a year of waiting, a team of web designers, web developers, an agency and many talented others have been working with a well-known newspaper to launch the much-anticipated and new Boston Globe website. Why is this big news? Because the new Boston Globe isn’t an ordinary newspaper website. For the [...]

Content first: why you should develop your content before you design your website

Should websites be built around the content, or should content be created to fit the design? Here’s an argument for creating content first – or at least thinking about content first.

Confidence is key

I love football (and Arsenal specifically, if you must know). The business side of it fascinates me (check out my post regarding the MCFC site redesign) and I’ve always been fond of using football or aspects of it as an analogy for all things in business. This post is no different.

Reactive vs proactive states

We’re conditioned to be reactive in life. If it’s too sunny outside, we wear a hat. If it’s too cold, we wrap up. As freelancers or small businesses, much of our time is devoted to working in a reactive state. We have clients who require a service, and we react accordingly to provide them with [...]