Smashing Buzz

It is natural for human beings to desire change because it refreshes them and motivates them to do more. So, be it your life, home, car, website or even in your blog, making a few changes here and there for the sake of a fresher and more vibrant look won’t do any harm. These days, [...]

Some professions are just meant to be together. This sentence can go perfectly for designers and developers who often work together on web designing and development together. Both professionals have their respective skills and job requirement i.e. a graphic designer makes brochures, flyers, postcards and business cards etc, and a web developer develops websites. However, there are some projects or cases in which a developer and a designer are required to work together and a big example of such projects is website making. A designer may be asked to create layouts for marketing postcards which match the appearance of the website. It’s important that the web developer and graphic designer can work together to create a unified marketing presence.

During a website development the entire work is divided into two main categories. One is client side coding and the other one is server side coding. Now, you must be thinking what exactly the difference between both coding is. The explanation is simple; client side coding is visible to the site visitors. The design and the layout of the website are included in client side coding. When it comes to server side coding, it is basically to ensure a proper functionality of the website.

Server side coding helps the developer in making any sort of changes in the website if required. Since the applications are different, the appearance of the website will differ as well. So, to create harmony in the website, it is very important for designers and developers to come together and work with each other for a better functionality.

Blogging has become the most important and widely used tool of new media technology. The concept has, once again, enabled the Internet to become a two way communicating medium. Since the advent of blogging, people from all walks of life have started pouring into this and have initiated blog sites of their particular expertise. One of its kinds is a Design Blog which is very popular among the graphic designing community and has significant number of readers.

There are numerous design blog sites working around the globe disseminating important information about layout, design, style, colors and everything that comes under the sun regarding designing. However, the mushroom growth of such blog sites has lowered the quality of design blogs, which is why I have come up with important tips to enhance the readership and quality of your design blog.

Your design blog gives customers an idea of your skills that you’ll use when creating their brochures and other marketing collateral.

In this world of competition, every company or business individual is striving to earn as much as possible. Specifically for the business of graphic designing, making new clients is very important. Whether you are a freelance graphic designer or own a cutting-edge advertising agency or design house, there is a cut-throat competition being face in the field of graphic designing. Learning how to pitch your services to potential clients (also known as prospects) is a skill one must master in order to generate more business and become successful.

A perfect sales pitch is almost a myth, as it depends on a number of probabilities and uncertainties. A perfect sales pitch has a simple formula i.e. ‘knowing how to talk about your services’, however; it is often easier said than done. Pitching a design client can be more complicated than pitching any other client. It must be well thought out before hand and executed properly while engaged. So n this post I will try to mark out some practices and techniques that can help you better prepare yourself and deliver the knowledge about your services. For those who might already have most of these points at the back of their minds, this post may turn out to be a refresher course and turn your pitch into a direct call-to-action.