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Searching for the Perfect Place to Live and Work

If you're looking to start a design business but feel as though your space can’t accommodate it. Find out how you can find the perfect new home to start your web and graphic design business.

How to Extract Text from an Infographic? Tips for Graphics Designers

Suppose a graphics designer needs to extract text from an infographic. Although there are several techniques for extracting text from an infographic, let’s discuss two of the easiest ones here.

The Logo Package Express Demo and Review

Every once in a while a product comes along that changes the way we work. The Logo Package is one such product. I'm amazed that it has taken this long for someone to think of this idea and I'm kicking myself for not being the person to think of it first.

WhatTheFont App Makes Identifying Fonts a Breeze

One of the most difficult tasks designers face is identifying fonts. The new WhatTheFont App by myfonts.com now makes it a breeze.

21 Stock Images Sites Every Designer Should Know About

Stock image sites are the backbone of any graphic design business. As such, all graphic designers should have a repertoire of quality stock image sites in their toolbox for when the need arises.

Divi 3.0 May Cost Us Our Web Design Jobs

On September 7th 2016, Elegant Themes released their much-anticipated update to the already amazing Divi theme, and it's taken web design to a whole new level. A level I hadn't even imagined before. No more back-end coding, no more playing in a web builder wondering what the outcome will be, no more hitting the Preview button to check what you built.

Non Graphic Design Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read

There are a lot of great graphic design books on the market that you should have as part of your library. Books you could read to boost your creativity, improve your design skills, learn design tools and just get inspiration from. But have you ever...

A Blog that is not a Blog – An easy way to convince your clients they need one

I'm sure you've encountered this before. A client says they want their website to be listed at the top of Google's search results, and they want to know how to get there. For years the answer was fairly simple. Make sure they had a well-built keyword rich site, which hopefully they did, since you built it for them, and try to get as many backlinks as possible. You would tell them to contact groups, organizations, clubs, associations, etc., and ask for links back to their site. They could even pay for backlinks if they wanted, although not a recommended method, it did work for some. After all, the more links the better. When Google saw how many backlinks their site had, it would automatically move them up the rankings. With enough backlinks, a site could reach the top of the list for their given keyword. Easy as pie. This method actually worked for a while, but some people started gaming the system and Google soon stepped in.

Designing From Home: Setting Your Work Hours and Sticking to Them

One of the greatest perks of designing from home is being able to adjust your work hours. We all know that being creative isn't something you can just turn on with a punch clock. Inspiration can sometimes be fleeting. It can hit you at the strangest times and if you're anything like me, you can't just put it off. When an idea hits me I need my mouse and keyboard to get it down as soon as I can. If that's not possible, a pencil and paper will often do until I can get to my computer.

It's Time To Raise Your Design Rates

One of the hardest decisions we make as designers is how much to charge for our services. I can't tell you how much your design rate should be. Only you can decide what your worth. You need to base your prices on Location, skills, experience, equipment, overhead and many more factors. Eventually you'll come up with a rate. It's probably too low, but it's a start.