The inspiration for this article came from a Mashable post I read a couple of weeks ago. The author Erica Swallow went through the pros and the cons of having a creative title. Some of the more provocative job titles included: “Happiness Advocate (saying no to this title is like turning down fluffy pillows, pinching [...]

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Some of you might ask: how does this factor into inspired web design and development. At first glance, it appears that I have begun to drink too deeply the droughts of social media and succumbed to their guiles. While that may be, bear with me, and I believe that I can make an important connection [...]

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For our latest iteration of the iNoobs series we’ll be discussing marketing. Specifically paid search marketing, aka “pay per click marketing” (PPC) aka AdWords. First, let’s take a step back and take a look at the market. I recently wrote about how Yahoo and Bing are dead. If you can believe it, Google has captured [...]

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I have very mixed feelings about social media. And that’s why it’s almost taken until now to really start to work with these tools in a business capacity. For all the benefits that it provides, I have had some serious hang-ups when joining, and participating in, social media. And, I’ll tell you why. Loss of [...]

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I recently wrote about the importance of adding good content to your website or blog. This post will discuss the importance of good organization in your blog writing. Organization Helps with Flow and Maintains User Interest You see that? Right there, just above this writing. I wrote about what I’m going to write about in [...]

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For those of you who have been waiting expectantly on the edge of your seats for my next article to inspire your imagination and spark you to even greater heights (okay, that’s enough of the soaring rhetoric, I won’t be running for office any time soon!), this article is about what I consider to be [...]

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Taking a step back from our usual conversation about new web development (iNoobs), I’d like to talk about what I see is the most important component of any new site – the content. And, going back to a post I wrote a couple of weeks ago about getting a job, how – if you’re a [...]

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For years I’ve been asked “how can you not be an Apple guy? Don’t you do web design…?” Yup, and nope, I’m not (or wasn’t) a “Mac/Apple” guy. My History With Apple Mac Let me go back 15 years. My first computer was a Mac. I couldn’t even tell you what model it was. I’m [...]

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Before you go any further and jump to the 5 places to find a job in web design I would like to preface this post with a tip from someone that has hired dozens of web designers and web developers over the years: Put yourself in your (future) bosses shoes.  It’s that simple. From the [...]

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Welcome to the fifth part of Inspired Magazine’s mini-series on the process of designing a website (check out Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 & Part 4). The design of a website is generally considered to be the largest portion of the web development process – and it involves a great deal of time and [...]

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Welcome to Part 4 of Inspired Magazine’s mini-series on the process of designing a website (check out Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3). In our day-to-day iNoobs series we write about many of the beginning technical elements of web design, but in this 8 part series we’re discussing everything you need to know about [...]

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