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The Freelance Web Developer Cover Letter Writing Landing that job by writing a tailored freelance cover letter If you've ever worked as a freelancer, for one of the big freelance sites, such as odesk.com and peopleperhour.com, you'll be used to rattling off many, many applications to posted jobs.

Google SEO Optimisation Google optimisation for page elements This article serves as a guide for google SEO optimisation for page elements. There are many aspects to a good google SEO optimisation strategy, this article deals with the individual page elements. I’ve tried to keep the explanation as simple as possible!  Page Titles and Page Descriptions (metatags) Page titles, page description - these are set within the page code, and both…

Sending HTML Emails Sending HTML Emails, a best practice When sending html emails as part of a marketing campaign, the path to glory is peppered with the broken glass of failure. As a web designer, I’ve been schooled in the latest technologies, to deliver a coherent, standards compliant website. Unfortunately, HTML emails follow none of this! The fault can be entirely aimed at email programs that seem stuck in a…

Web Design Inspiration How to find web design inspiration in a creative black hole   Sooner or later, every web designer finds themselves staring at a blank photoshop window, slack jawed, with dribbling a definite option. You’ve been tasked with producing the ultimate in graphic web design layouts, and all you can come up with is an internal head scream.   Where can you find design inspiration?   In some…

Web Design SEO Web Design SEO - during web design and development Web design SEO is an eternal tripping ground for many a business looking to make its mark on the web. A popular myth surrounding the web is “Build it, and they shall come”. No, they won’t. A website that resides halfway down the second page of search results is going to get nothing, apart from the occasional lost…

Web Design Mistakes - How Not To Do It! Some of the most common mistakes in web design. Take a good look at your website. Is it annoying? Knowing what site visitors hate is absolutely vital in producing a web design that keeps visitors on your page.   Some big no-no's in web design: The dancing gif. Do you have a prancing 10 frame piece of 1994 web tat parading…