email signature in email, whether working for  a major corporate business or a small start up is vital you are giving the right impression to your clients whether a current customer or a new one. Don’t underestimate how powerful a carefully designed digital signature can be. Through this post I plan to give you tips when designing one and in the near future, I will be guiding you on how to create one using 2 of the major email programs. Continue “Email Signature & Footer Tips”

Windows or Linux Hosting Package?

When starting to build a website and choosing a hosting a provider you find that most companies give an option of either a windows or linux hosting server. But what is the difference? Do you have to have windows hosting if you use windows operating system or can you choose Linux? What are the noteable differences? I will attempt to debunk some of the mystery and confusion to help you choose the correct hosting for your digital creations. Continue “Should I choose Windows or Linux Hosting for my website?”

GIFs have gained quite a bad reputation over the years due to overly used animated 1990s GIFs. You would regularly see homemade websites full of Animated GIFs, the infamous dancing baby GIF being a perfect example! Saying that, GIFs do have their place in the world and you can see them regularly as banners in sidebars or even animated Twitter profile pics amongst other numerous purposes. So im guessing you want to learn how to create an animated GIF ? Well luckily for you I am going to guide you through how to make this bouncing balls which I hope will be representative of you jumping up and down with excitement with your new found skills! Continue “How to create an animated GIF in Photoshop”

Before we talk about the Twitter profile picture size, I’d like to clarify what  the profile picture is. It’s the image that appears in the top left corner of your Twitter profile page and next to every tweet you make.

Note : If you are looking for the latest 2014 profile sizes and some tips on how to make you Twitter profile stand out then follow the link here.

Having a Twitter Profile Picture helps people take you more seriously, (If someone follows me and they don’t have one I usually block them).  Your profile picture should reflect your brand, both from your website, your corporate stationary and business identity. Continue “Twitter Profile Picture Size”

Seeing as the proposed end of the world happened yesterday and we were all meant to be 6ft below. I felt it never a better time to create a bucket list. Some of these things may be pretty typical bucket list featuring on most peoples list but hey, im not that unique, a little odd maybe but still human…just about. Continue “End of the world Mayan Calendar Bucket List”

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Whilst setting up your Facebook page and researching competition you may have noticed some Facebook “rules of thumb”. Whilst there aren’t any hard and fast rules in social media, there are some general “best practices” that are you can start with as a base. Ultimately you will have to carve your own way with what works with your audience and what they need from you.

You will notice that successful brands on Facebook don’t preach or sell to their fan
base, they engage with them…Just like in the 3 dimensional world. Continue “Facebook best practice”

So you have a website, you have your business cards and the next step you want to do is create a Facebook page. Over the next few blog posts I plan to divulge my knowledge and guide you into setting up your very own Facebook page. Continue “Before you create a Facebook page”

SEO is an abbreviation of the words search engine optimization, to the none web gurus out there (or the less strange), it can be explained as telling your local travel agents where you are and what you offer, telling them what kind of customers you would like and then those agents giving a direct map to your digital shop window. Basically, in a nut shell, it helps you be found by the types of people who want to find the service you offer or the product/s they desire. Continue “Why is SEO so Important”

In our last blog post we considered the importance of SEO and the importance of selecting a domain name with good keywords for your potential market and a brief overview of keywords for page selection. As promised, in this blog post we will give you some strategies to implement on your own website and some basic pratical advice when considering your SEO strategy. Continue “SEO Strategies”

1) Twitter Backgrounds are left-aligned.

If you look at my twitter background you can see that my icon is to the left. When designing keep in mind that it will be JUST the left side of your tweets that will be being branded. important background content on the left of the screen. Continue “Creating a branded Twitter Background”