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  • 15 ways to make great websites for less

    Website design is complex and time consuming, but during spells of economic uncertainty, cost-effectiveness is key. Learn how to keep costs down while ensuring you have a full toolset

  • Reinventing web design training

    Emma Boulton explains how and why Mark Boulton Design recruited a web design apprentice and what YOU can do to develop your team

  • How to run an effective meeting

    Happy Cog's user experience director Kevin M Hoffman discusses the three types of meetings and how to make them more effective and engaging - or even get rid of some altogether
    By Kevin M Hoffman on

  • Should designers do spec work?

    It's the debate that refuses to die. Is working for free ever worth it? Karl Hodge weighs up the pros and cons of pro bono, design competitions, creative pitching and other forms of spec work

  • The importance of keeping clients happy

    Loyal clients are immensely valuable. Mike Kapetanovic, founder of Washington DC-based agency Reef Light Interactive, explains how to make your clients do the selling for you
    By Mike Kapetanovic on | 2 comments

  • The web dev’s intro to the cloud (part 1)

    In the first of a special four-part series on cloud computing, brought to you by Europe's number one hosting provider OVH, Dan Frost of 3EV looks under the hood of the cloud environment and explains how to get started with launching an instance, cloud and configuration management

  • Crowdfunding: get paid for free stuff

    Voluntary payments are picking up pace on the web. Linus Olsson, the co-founder of social micropayments system Flattr, draws on the lessons the team has learned from their users and explains how you can be funded by your fans, too
    By Linus Olsson on | 1 comment

  • Earn money in your sleep!

    It’s every web designer and developer’s dream: a passive income stream that generates cash all by itself. Adii Pienaar explains how to create one of your own
    By Adii Pienaar on | 3 comments

  • How to find better clients

    Long live client services! Carl Smith, founding member of nGen Works, answers Khoi Vinh's post calling for the end of the client services model, explains how it has to evolve and how we can find better clients

  • The insider’s guide to a successful website: design (part 1)

    Laurence McCahill, co-founder of Spook Studio, explains how his team has simplified the process of creating a website into three key stages. In part one of this series he looks at design, including research, planning and testing, and breaks down the phase into 10 simple steps
    By Laurence Mccahill on | 2 comments

  • The biggest freelance mistakes... and how to avoid them!

    Surly bosses, packed mass transit, office politics — all anathema to your self-employed lifestyle. The following tips by Matt Schiffman will teach you how to stay independent and avoid some common mistakes related to freelancing
    By Matthew Darrow Schiffman on | 3 comments

  • The insider’s guide to a successful website: build (part 2)

    Brighton-based agency Spook Studio has simplified the process of creating a website into three key stages. In part 2 of this series co-founder Laurence McCahill looks at the nuts and bolts of the project and comes up with 10 tips to ensure it runs smoothly
    By Laurence Mccahill on

  • The best ways to bill clients

    Jessica Richmond, director of strategic initiatives at Rock Creek Strategic Marketing, and Mike Kapetanovic, founder of Reef Light Interactive, explain how you determine which billing method is right for you
    By Jessica Richmond on | 1 comment

  • The birth of the HUGE UX school

    Michal Pasternak, partner (user experience) at HUGE, explains how the agency developed a training program for prospective interaction designers and how it changed the company
    By Michel Pasternak on

  • Make serious cash from web templates: 10 insider tips

    Looking for ways to make some extra money? Here WordPress themes designer Brandon Jones examines 10 practical tips for turning your web design by-products into some serious cash flow each month by selling them online
    By Brandon Jones on | 2 comments

  • The evolution of client services

    Carl Smith, founding member of nGen Works, argues that the current model of client services is dead and explains how it's evolving
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