‘Web strategy’ archive
Nothing is more important than business objectives
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 23-08-2010 | 14 Comments
Let me be entirely clear. Usability, accessibility, aesthetics, technology or indeed any other aspect of web design you care to mention are worthless if they do not service your business objectives.
Fight the System Video
-
Posted in Talks, Web strategy on the 21-07-2010 | 3 Comments
To accompany my Fight the System Online Seminar I am releasing a presentation package that is ideal for internal web teams looking to overcome bureaucracy and politics.
Controlling the website animal
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 01-07-2010 | 10 Comments
Has your website grown into an out of control monster? Does it consume your time and energy with its mountains of legacy content? If so its time to put it on a diet.
Don’t do it alone
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 28-06-2010 | 2 Comments
Whether we you are a freelancer, owner of a small agency or run a website single handedly, too many of us work alone.
Death to design by committee
-
Posted in Boagworld Bites, Web strategy on the 17-06-2010 | 7 Comments
We all know that design by committee leads to horrendous design and yet committees happen anyway. In this post I ask why, layout the argument against them and look at ways to overcome the problem.
No plans to redesign your site? Now is the time to hire a web design agency.
-
Posted in Boagworld Bites, Web strategy on the 09-06-2010 | 10 Comments
Many website owners hire their web design agency at the wrong time. Instead of hiring a web designer when you need work done, hire them when you don’t!
Working in web design
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 12-05-2010 | 3 Comments
We recently relaunched Get Signoff. However, this is more than improvements to our design signoff application. It also includes the launch of a new blog dedicated to working in web design.
Getting started with ecommerce
-
Posted in Boagworld Bites, Web strategy on the 08-04-2010 | 1 Comment
More from show 200: Drew and Rachel share their experiences of developing ecommerce websites.
Running a successful web design agency
-
Posted in Boagworld Bites, Web strategy on the 24-03-2010 | 3 Comments
Mike and Keir from Carsonified interview Marcus and Paul on how they have made Headscape the successful web design agency it is today.
Your Starter For Ten: 10 things never to leave out of a web design brief
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 25-02-2010 | 15 Comments
Writing a web design brief that is genuinely useful is extremely hard. In this post Andy Wickes takes you through the process to ensure your web designer is as informed as possible.
The Ultimate Website Prelaunch Checklist
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 08-02-2010 | 40 Comments
All of a sudden the site you have been working on for months is approved and the client wants it live. However, things can still go horribly wrong if you are not prepared.
Jedi mind tricks: How to persuade your users, boss, or clients
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 11-10-2009 | 7 Comments
Whether you are trying to get signoff for a site’s design or persuade a user to complete a call to action. We all need to know how to be convincing.
How to become an innovator
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 22-09-2009 | 4 Comments
Whether you are a website owner, web designer or web developer you need to innovate. But how do you make it happen?
Hold stakeholder interviews now or pay later
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 25-08-2009 | No Comments
Commitees are the kiss of death to any web project. Give the kiss of life to your dying project with some one-to-one interviews.
A Teenager’s Guide to Effective Freelancing
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 11-08-2009 | 17 Comments
At the beginning of August, I gave a talk titled “A Teenager’s Guide to Effective Freelancing” at a web conference called Tomorrow’s Web
Web Design Wisdom from Twitter
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 13-07-2009 | 6 Comments
I asked my twitter followers for their web design words of wisdom. I had over 200 responses. Here are some of the lessons learnt.
Big mistake
-
Posted in Web strategy on the 15-06-2009 | 28 Comments
Every web design agency screws up from time to time? We’ll tell you our screw ups, if you tell us yours!
