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Wireframe Tools for Designers in 2021
Wireframe tools offer options for designers, allowing them to rough out their ideas and get the basic building blocks in place so the overall design can be assessed and refined. Thankfully, several excellent wireframe tools are on the market. To help you out, we’ve...
Branding – Elements to Build Brand Identity
Elements are the primary building blocks of matter. Think back to chemistry class—remember the periodic table of elements? All those squares with numbers and two-letter symbols? This is relevant to branding, trust me. Everything in the universe (except energy) is made...
E-Commerce WordPress Plugins That Are Essential
You'll need to consider the best e-commerce WordPress plugins if you're serious about starting that online business you’ve always dreamed of. There are many competitors, but the truth is WordPress remains one of the most popular and intuitive website creation...
Small Businesses Data Gathering Strategies
Over the past year, Covid-19 restrictions and shutdowns have had a damaging effect on small and local businesses. To stay afloat, many have pivoted to meet consumers where they are — online. Consumers and businesses of all sizes, across industries, are now living and...
Hero Image Design – Perfect Your Website’s First Impressions
Even if you’re not familiar with the term hero image design, you most likely know what one is. It’s that big, prominent image you see first when you visit a website that acts as a combination of a banner and a welcome mat. Almost every website has a hero image. On...
Website Design Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
There are a number of factors, elements, and design choices in web design that can make things harder for the user: harder to navigate, harder to connect with, and harder to trust. Unless you’re trying to repel your target audience, read on to discover the six biggest...
Branding on YouTube like a Pro in 2021
Among billions of YouTube videos and channels, how does a brand stand out on the buzzing platform? Branding on YouTube is a specific and complex task; getting it right means getting discovered. I’m going to run through the ins and outs of how to brand your Youtube...
Shapes in Design – The Meaning of Them
Shapes are the building blocks of everything we see, and the meaning of shapes speaks fundamentally to how we understand our world. They are so universal most visual artists first learn how to draw through construction or breaking down images into basic geometry. But...
CMS – Proprietary vs. Open-Source – How to Choose
There are a ton of content management system (CMS) options out there. And if you’re looking to find the perfect fit for your website project, the search can be exhausting. Particularly if you don’t have a lot of experience with these systems. But before you even...