Temptations of the Summer
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Temptations of the Summer: 7 Golden Rules to Avoid It

An important advantage of being a freelancer is the fact that you are paid depending on how much you are working; a lazy freelancer may gain enough money to keep himself alive while another may allow himself holidays in exotic places to avoid the temptations of the summer. Each day I try to be more efficient while each freelancer is pushing him to the limits to evolve and become a real professional. This is pretty normal, but there are plentiful moments when the will power is very low and nothing can bring it to a satisfactory level. However, when the Sun is up and all people are going to picnic, can somebody stay and work? Not me…

Minimalist Blogging: Getting More Out of Doing Less
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Minimalist Blogging: Getting More Out of Doing Less

Any writer will tell you that more isn’t better. Quite the opposite, it’s sometimes a curse, and too much bulk can sabotage what might otherwise have been a good bit of text. It’s easy enough to get tangled up in a sentence, let alone an article. When minimalist blogging, more can be a real disaster. It can also be messy, and pretty useless in terms of core site values like SEO. Reiterating and going into extreme detail isn’t particularly useful writing technique, either.

e-Commerce Sites: 20 of The Best You May Be Looking For
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e-Commerce Sites: 20 of The Best You May Be Looking For

Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, eCommerce or e-comm, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. It is more than just buying and selling products online. It also includes the entire online process of developing, marketing, selling, delivering, servicing and paying for products and services. (Definition by Wikipedia) Now a days majority of people are relying on E-Commerce sites to sell or buy anything. Here are most famous and useful e-Commerce sites, you may be searching for.

User
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User Comments: How To Efficiently Handle These on Your Blog?

We all want to hear some appreciation for the work we do. It doesn’t matter what field we belong to, every work requires some acknowledgment, healthy criticism and proper appreciation. If you are a writer or a blogger, you must understand that not everyone is going to like what your write. Similarly if you are a designer, not everyone is going to like what you design. This means that you will be getting both negative and positive user comments for your work. As a professional, it is very important for you to keep things professional and handle them professionally. You need to have a very correct approach towards comments of users.

Rescue Plan for Designers to Avoid Ongoing Slump
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Rescue Plan for Designers to Avoid Ongoing Slump

Time is getting rough and laying many designers off their jobs. The global economy seems to recover whereas; designers are still in the midst of recession. The reason behind is quite simple. Today, an average internet surfer can set up his own website without acquiring any formal knowledge like a professional designer. Thanks to WordPress who has made it easy for naïve people to have their own website.

Team Work: The Winning Factor in Your Design Career
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Team Work: The Winning Factor in Your Design Career

Henry Ford once said, “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success”.  I term this as the most valuable and simple definition of team work. However, we need to dissect this quote and try to find out its practicality for the field of web design and development. Here the question arises that does individuality ruin the chance of success? The question does not need my readers to be a rocket scientist. It is crystal clear that working in team has its advantages far greater than disadvantages.

6 Different Species of Bloggers And Their Traits
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Lets Discuss 6 Different Species of Bloggers And Their Traits

In today’s e-media world anyone can be a blogger, but not every blogger has the ability to modify the content to its supreme quality. A successful blog is not a result of a month’s effort it needs time, dedication, focus and more importantly well marketed quality content. Now in order to make the success a little easy you need to develop some features in your personality. These will allow you to think, work, and act like successful bloggers. So, fasten your seat belt because after adopting these you will never be the same again.

Tips for Designers
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Tips for Designers: Create and Deliver Perfect Presentation

Designers nowadays use several tools to win the hearts of their new and potential clients, and presentation is one such tool. There are designers, who are maestro of their work, however, when it comes to presenting that work, they cut a sorry figure. The article here deals with certain common presentation skills which every professional (in general) and every designer (in particular) should possess, here are some Tips for Designers.

A Freelancer’s Guide to Career Uplift, Earn More From It
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A Freelancer’s Guide to Career Uplift, Earn More From It

Freelancers are considered to be lucky by those who have to work 9-5. The reason is that freelancers are their own boss and they have the authority to work on time which is convenient for them. Since freelancing has become a popular thing, there is going to be huge competition in the market if you are planning to step into the field of freelancing. As a freelancer, you need to be a successful one and not just a freelancer. Following is a Freelancer’s Guide which can be followed by freelancers in order to be a successful one:

jQuery Plugins Related to Graph and Chart, You May Need One
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jQuery Plugins Related to Graph and Chart, You May Need One

After the successful publishing of our “100+ Excellent jQuery Plugins for Navigation and Menus” and “100 jQuery Plugins for Image Galleries with Source Files” posts, here is another post about jQuery, but this time we have collected jQuery plugins for making Graphs/Charts. We are going to give you direct links to download these plugins. Here we are going to tell you more than 10 jQuery Plugins related to Graph and Chart.

Social Media
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Social Media: How to Make Your Mark in the World?

A few years back having a strong social media presence required a lot of effort and a lot of money. However, recently social media and social networking websites have gained so much popularity that it has become quite easy to have a strong social media presence without having to spend too much of money. It doesn’t matter if you are a business man or a freelancer, you can use these social networking websites to promote yourself and expect nothing but a good response.

Optical Illusions & Brain Testers That Prove Your Brain Sucks
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Optical Illusions & Brain Testers That Prove Your Brain Sucks

Optical illusions (also called a visual illusion) is characterized by visually perceived images that differ from objective reality. The information gathered by the eye is processed in the brain to give a perception that does not tally with a physical measurement of the stimulus source [Wikipedia]. Here we have collected some Brain Tester, Visual Phenomena or Optical Illusions, some pictures may require an answer from you, some may amaze you, and some really having fun. Enjoy Watching and Answering.

Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization
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Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization and Understanding It

Creative writing has recently gained a lot of popularity and you will see that even a few celebrities are maintaining a blog. Creative writing is a great way to communicate with the audience but for that you need to reach out to the audience. Creating a blog is not enough as you need to promote it too in order to get traffic on your website and get heard. If you already have a blog, you must have learned the importance of Search Engine Optimization because it is the biggest way to divert traffic to your website from search engines. With the passage of time, people are becoming more and more aware of the importance of SEO which is why, designers, writers and marketers do have a basic knowledge of how SEO works. However, Fundamentals of Search Engine Optimization is a little different with creative writing in comparison to the other websites.

Write Quality Content for The Web - 10 Useful Tips
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Write Quality Content for The Web – 10 Useful Tips

If you are a writer, you must be able to differentiate between writing for a web and writing for print media. In most cases online audience won’t be reading the complete article unless your article is capable of grabbing their attention. When it comes to print media, one has to read every word in order to understand the article. This is not the case with online articles as a reader will only scroll down till the end, scan the article and see if he is interested in reading it. So, you need to change your writing style if you are writing for websites. Your writing should have a positive impact on the reader and having quality content so that an interest can be developed in his mind to read your entire article and benefit from it.

Common Don'ts of Web Designing
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Common Don’ts of Web Designing To Give Professional Look

Websites are a great way to promote your business and get noticed. Since internet has a huge impact on everyone these days, having a functional website for your company has become a necessity.  A good website can make a lot of difference to your business so you really need to make sure that you come up with a great website which is flawless. If you are a web designer yourself, you might have a good idea of things to avoid while web designing so that later on your visitors don’t face any issues.

5 Effective Ways Towards Organized Data That Exists
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5 Effective Ways Towards Organized Data That Exists

Half of your work is done if you have a clean and organized work place. Having a cluttered work place will do nothing but increase your work load as you might not be able to find important files when they are needed the most. Well, same goes for your computer. Your computer and folders should be as organized as your workplace so that you are able to find important things whenever you want them instead of ending up wasting a lot of time in finding them. As a designer, you must know that your work includes a lot of different things so creating a mess is not something impossible. But you have to make an effort to keep your files under control.

Popular SEO Friendly WordPress Plugins To Help You
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Popular SEO Friendly WordPress Plugins To Help You

Just creating a website design for your company is not the end of the road. It needs to satisfy the prime objective of attracting more people to your site. To achieve this purpose, the site needs to be informative and SEO friendly enough to grab visitor’s attention instantly. To publish content on the web, be it for eCommerce website or blogs, developers of today largely depend on WordPress as the ultimate solution. With WordPress you not only get to enjoy easy and accessible features but also free themes and plugins that make the whole process simple, effortless and easy to accomplish. What’s more, in WordPress you get to avail various SEO friendly WordPress plugins too that ensure to improve your website search engine ranking.

Using Search Engine Optimization As a Magnet for Web Traffic
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Using Search Engine Optimization As a Magnet for Web Traffic

What’s the point of running a business when people are not aware about it? You know that you are good at your work, you are capable of coming up with something perfect but if people do not know about it, it is completely useless. Reaching out to the world is very important if you want to be successful. Now, if we have to talk about a web traffic, the website should serve its purpose. If your site does not get any traffic, you have wasted your money and time on your website. People should know that you site exists and the only way to do this is to promote your website by making sure it appears in search engines.