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by Jonathan Longnecker in Design
Once you’ve laid the groundwork for your freelancing website, it’s time to make it produce some income! Read on for a few tips on how to make it awesome.
Be Personal
I can’t count the number of times I’ve come across a designer’s site and couldn’t find any information about them. No picture, no bio. Maybe a twitter account with some non descript avatar. Your clients want to know if you’re a real person - even better what you’re actually like. If you hate twinkies but love smooth jazz don’t be afraid to say it. Be yourself and be honest. No client will feel comfortable contacting you for work if they don’t feel like they know you.
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by Jonathan Longnecker in Kick Awesome Show
The third times a charm…literally. After moving shooting locations 3 times we finally finished shooting Episode 3 of the Kick Awesome Show. Join us as we talk about iPad textbooks that are too cool for school, Storm Troopers with ‘staches, MojoMotor, our favorite shades of gray (with ninja battles!) and our DesignersMusic picks of the week.
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by Jonathan Longnecker in Kick Awesome Show
Welcome back to the Kick Awesome Show! This week Nate and I talk about Happy Story Time, our immaculate beards, a cool trick from the freshly designed CSS Tricks, our top picks from DesignersMusic and a bonus rant about crappy servers.
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by Jonathan Longnecker in Design,
Business
We have a lot of designers email us and ask for advice. One common thread lately seems to be “How do I get my freelancing career going?” Well, thanks to the Internet there’s lots of ways! First let’s talk about your website. Are you getting traffic? What happens when users get there? Do you even know? If you’re having trouble making your website work for you then read ahead:
A Solid HTML Foundation
Obviously, if you want people to actually find and use your portfolio site it’s got to be built properly. Since most of you reading this build websites for a living I’m assuming you’ve already done this. If not - basically use divs, headers, paragraphs and lists appropriately. Let the search engines know what kind of content each piece is.
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by Jonathan Longnecker in Design,
ExpressionEngine,
Kick Awesome Show,
Music
Welcome to The Kick Awesome Show! That’s right, Nate and I have decided we need to hang out more, so why not in front of a camera? We’re going to attempt to talk about cool and interesting things every week so go hit that subscribe button now.
Being that this is our first shot the format’s still up in the air a bit. But that’s ok, we know you’ll tell us what you love and don’t love in the comments.
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