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The Benefits of Blogging for Businesses

Blogging has come a long way since it first began in the late 90’s. In the early days of blogs, it was necessary for individuals to have knowledge of HTML. In recent years, many sites have launched that provide anyone with basic computer abilities, the opportunity to blog.

This new trend has transformed from personal online journals, to a way people share a range of information and thoughts. With the intense competition in the world of marketing, every business is fighting to stay one step ahead of their competitors.

Businesses have adapted blogging as a way to connect with their customers and clients, as well as promote their business and products. The following reasons listed in this post are just a few ways blogs can benefit your business.

We recently launched Clothes Mates for Veronica McCain, an entrepreneur who developed an excellent product that allows you to quickly and easily manage your wardrobes. It’s excellent for those who like to stay organized or may be living in the fast lane. We built their entire brand from the ground up including their logo, packaging, and website. The works. One neat feature we included on the website was a dresser illustration on the sidebar of each page with sliding drawers. This effect could be created with Adobe Flash but I opted to use 100% CSS and jQuery.

As unfortunate as it is, I frequently hear horror stories from my clients about designers they hired that disappeared after getting paid. This alone is tarnishing designers reputations every where, but the saddest thing to hear is when a projects has been completed and the client has never received any of their project information or files such as host login credentials or original logo files. Just having your designer “complete” the project isn’t the last step. It is vital that you secure all of your project related files and data before closing out the deal.

In this Advanced tutorial I will show you how to draw a really neat Galactic Being. It is done entirely in Photoshop using Layer Effects, Brushes, Blends, and some very useful textures.

Not everyone realizes the value and necessity of backing up their data frequently. With the somewhat dependability of modern technology, we take our informations security and safety for granted. More often than not, your data is not in your hands as shared hosting, remote databases, and other cloud computing technologies are the popular and all too common method for storing data. Frequent scheduled backups using some very valuable free applications can save you hours of work and hardship that losing your data could cause.

A definition of low balling, according to the Miriam Webster Dictionary, is to give a markedly or unfairly low offer ( lowballed him in contract negotiations ).  I recently encountered this problem on a freelance site that I was used to getting a decent amount of work from.  I had established a good reputation and had an excellent portfolio to back it up. I even have a specialty (illustrations and illustrated logos) that practically guaranteed me those types of jobs.