Posts Tagged ‘business’
Creating your first web application
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Posted in Boagworld Bites on the 28-02-2010 | 4 Comments
Drew Mclellan and Rachel Andrew share their experiences of launching their first app (Perch). They talk about their successes and failures focusing particularly on the business, marketing and customer support challenges.
Is ‘John the client’ stupid or are you failing him?
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Posted in Boagworld Bites, Random on the 24-02-2010 | 13 Comments
Meet John the client. John runs a reasonably large website. He is a marketeer who considers himself smart, articulate and professional. That said, he doesn’t know much about web design and so needs your help.
Web design news 23/02/10
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Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 23-02-2010 | 4 Comments
This week: Why speculative work suck, progressive enhancement explained, how to be different and should designers be able to code?
188. Clearscape or Headleft?
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Posted in Podcast on the 21-10-2009 | 4 Comments
On this week’s show, Richard Rutter, Jeremy Keith and Andy Budd join myself and Marcus for a round table discussion.
How to Win Pitches, Charm Clients and Get Signoff
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Posted in News on the 21-09-2009 | 2 Comments
Being a great designer or developer is only half the battle. You also need to be able to promote and sell your services, unfortunately there is little advice online about how to do this effectively.
How to hire an SEO company
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Posted in Marketing on the 17-09-2009 | 12 Comments
It’s one of the puzzles that each and every company considering Search Engine Optimisation (from an extenal compnay) faces. Basically the question is: How do I know which SEO to choose?
178. Bad Blogging
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Posted in Podcast on the 12-08-2009 | 1 Comment
On this week’s show: We look at the harsh truths of corporate blogging, ask how luxury products can be sold online and discuss whether it is the role of a web designer to challenge a client’s business model.
A Teenager’s Guide to Effective Freelancing
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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
University course finders suck
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Posted in Usability on the 06-08-2009 | 4 Comments
I see a lot of University websites and the one area that consistently fails to deliver is the course finder.
175. Collaboration
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Posted in Podcast on the 22-07-2009 | 2 Comments
On this weeks show: Ryan and Stanton take the helm, we interview Simon Collison on client collaboration and answer your questions about improving your design skills
173. UX
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Posted in Podcast on the 03-07-2009 | 4 Comments
On this week’s show: Paul talks to Leah Buley from Adaptive Path about user experience design and Marcus provides some advice on warranties and other legal stuff.
172. Hand Drawn
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Posted in Podcast on the 01-07-2009 | 5 Comments
On this week’s show: Paul looks at the seven wonders of wireframing and Anna reviews the new micro CMS Perch.
170. Versus
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Posted in Podcast on the 17-06-2009 | 5 Comments
On this week’s show: Paul talks about the conflicts surrounding design decisions, and Teifion challenges a BBC article that asks “Are the days of the web amateur numbered?”
Big mistake
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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!
166. Boldly Go
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Posted in Podcast on the 20-05-2009 | 5 Comments
On this week’s show: Paul shares 10 ways to put your content in front of more people, Emily reviews Bubble Timer and we discuss the role of gender in design.
163. One year on
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Posted in Podcast on the 28-04-2009 | 7 Comments
On this week’s show: Ryan and Stanton return due to popular demand! We are joined by none other than Elliot Jay Stocks to discuss his experience of being a freelancer for the last year, and we also ask him some of your questions from the forum.
Bamboo Juice
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Posted in News on the 23-04-2009 | No Comments
My talk was entitled ‘Winning business in tough times’ and covered the following…
As the economy slowly collapses like a giant soufflé, where does that leave us as web designers? How do we ensure the work keeps rolling in? Paul shares his experiences of winning new business in the tough times while still nurturing existing clients. He explains how business development is everybody’s concern, not just the sales team.
Case Study: Wiltshire Farm Foods
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Posted in Usability on the | 11 Comments
One of the biggest challenges of running a successful website is balancing the needs of users with those of the business. This is especially true when an existing business model conflicts with user needs.
