Posts Tagged ‘strategy’
No plans to redesign your site? Now is the time to hire a web design agency.
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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!
5 ‘New’ Skills that Every Web Designer Needs to Know
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Posted in Boagworld Bites, Talks on the 18-05-2010 | 30 Comments
What does it mean to be a web designer? The chances are its a lot more than you think. As the web becomes increasingly complex so do our clients demands.
SXSW a unique experience
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Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 17-03-2010 | 6 Comments
For me SXSW is a unique experience. Nothing is quite like it. In this post I ask why it is so special and look at how you can recreate the experience.
Your Starter For Ten: 10 things never to leave out of a web design brief
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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.
Content is King
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Posted in Boagworld Bites, Site content on the 02-02-2010 | 11 Comments
If ‘content is king’ then the designer is like the King’s tailor – there to make the King look fabulous without taking any of the limelight for themselves.
Don’t reduce your designers and developers to stereotypes
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Posted in Random on the 03-11-2009 | 18 Comments
Rob Borley warns against reducing your designers and developers to stereotypes if you want to get the best work from them.
161. In or Out
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Posted in Podcast on the 14-04-2009 | 7 Comments
On this week’s show: Paul announces Micro-Boagworld, we discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing web work and see what recommendation the Boagworld forum has to offer.
156. IE8
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Posted in Podcast on the 11-03-2009 | 7 Comments
On this week’s show: Ryan talks to Andy Clarke about Internet Explorer 8, Paul looks at how to simplify your site, and Michael argues that marketing should run the company website.
Three secrets to simplicity
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Posted in Usability on the 03-03-2009 | 13 Comments
Many website owners damage their sites by continually adding features and content when they should be simplifying. In this post I reveal why that happens and how to simplify your website.
What’s with the attitude?
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Posted in Random on the 25-02-2009 | 39 Comments
We face many challenges as designers and developers – IE6, the fast pace or change, meeting the needs of disabled users. However, I am coming to believe that our biggest challenge is our own attitude.
7 Harsh Truths about running online communities
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Posted in Site content on the 23-02-2009 | 9 Comments
In ‘10 harsh truths about corporate websites‘ I highlighted some of the problems I perceive in how companies run their websites. However, many organisations are not content to simply run a website, they want to run an online community too.
10 ways to Battle Site Bureaucracy
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Posted in Web strategy on the 17-02-2009 | 8 Comments
Running a large institutional website is frustrating. Your site is often held back by internal politics and bureaucracy. Let me show you 10 ways to cut through the crap and get results.
152. War?
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Posted in Podcast on the 11-02-2009 | 7 Comments
On this week’s show: Daniel Burka and Joe Stump from Digg discuss the supposed war between designers and developers. Paul talks about using twitter effectively and we ask ‘are you placing too much emphasis on your homepage?’
10 harsh truths about corporate websites
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Posted in Web strategy on the | 36 Comments
We all make mistakes running our websites. However the nature of those mistakes varies depending on the size of your website. As your site and organisation grow, the mistakes begin to change. This post addresses common mistakes in larger organisations.
151. Budget
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Posted in Podcast on the 04-02-2009 | 2 Comments
On this week’s show: Paul shares 5 tips for when your website budget gets slashed. We have a review of Dropbox and discuss ways to improve the typography on your site.
Tips for a transformed twitter
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Posted in Marketing on the 03-02-2009 | 5 Comments
With everybody from Britney to Obama now on Twitter it is safe to say the social networking platform has gone mainstream. But what does this mean for the service and how can we as website owners use it?
5 options when website budgets get slashed
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Posted in Web strategy on the 30-01-2009 | 10 Comments
Your site is in desperate need of a redesign, content is out of date and the technology is archaic. Unfortunately times are tight and your budget has been cut. What do you do?
