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2007 March 10 • business, web standardsWhere Standards Went Wrong
article: Educate your clients on the benefits of web standards.
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E-Mail Marketing
article: Six Reasons Why You Need an E-Mail Service Provider (ESP). "Personal e-mail programs are not intended to send out mass e-mails. They have several flaws that can hurt your business when misused. The author explains 6 reasons to use an E-Mail Service Provider (ESP) to send out bulk e-mails: (1) CAN-SPAM compliance, (2) deliverability, (3) tracking, (4) management, (5) formatting and design, and (6) protecting your contacts' privacy.
2007 January 8 • businessBefore You register That Domain
article: 10 Things to consider before registering a domain
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Top 10 Domain Name Tips
article: Good list of things to think about when purchasing a domain.
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Free Web Analytics Tools
resources: Five handy tools for search engine optimization or Pay per Click arbitrage.
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101 Conversion Tips
article: Specifically 101 Easy Ways to use Google’s new Website Optimizer.
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Building a Website for Analytics
article: "Site statistics can pinpoint vital information for your company, or merely be an accumulation of misleading numbers. Expert analyst Jeff Cram advocates making some smart moves in the first stages of a website’s development, and he zeroes in on the code, tips, and strategies that will generate statistics you can really count on."
2006 September 25 • business, seoGoogle AdWords
article: How to Win With Google AdWords. Why you should hop on the Google AdWords bandwagon. The article explains AdWords which is making money for site owners around the world.
2006 September 9 • business, resourcesAIGA | design and business ethics
resource: AIGA has released a series of brochures outlining the critical ethical and professional issues encountered by designers and their clients. The series, entitled Design Business and Ethics, examines the key concerns a designer faces in maintaining a successful practice and speaks directly to the protection of individual rights.
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Internet Pioneers on What Not to Do
article: Fourteen of the people behind Internet pioneers like PayPal, Yahoo!, and Netflix offer their advice to entrepreneurs doing business online.
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Processing Online Credit Card Transactions
article: Learn about payment gateways, merchant accounts, and safety.
2006 July 4 • business, resourcesForms, contracts, pricing guides and more
resource: CreativePublic is your one-stop shop for quality forms, contracts, employee manuals, company policies and pricing for graphic designers. Download free samples.
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Request For Proposal (RFP) Guidelines
article: For client or designer, a guide for making a request for proposal. Covering all the things you need to beaware of before giving a proposal as well as how it should be structured.
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What Visitors Find Annoying
article: Hostway's national Pet Peeve survey assembled a list of 15 irritating website practices.
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Key to Closing the Sale
article: ‘Want to know the secret to getting your customers to buy? It’s simple–just ask!’
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Seven Steps to Better Presentations
article: Notes for someone about to give their first public presentation.
[credit: Communication Nation]
Professional E-mail Tips
article: It’s clear that most of us could do a bit better with e-mail. This article will help.
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The Grok's Biggest Gripes
article: Future Now's customer-focused online retail survey highlights frustrating practices.
2005 March 27 • business, ecommerceStill Falling Short in E(xceptional)-tail?
article: Ways to examine your website through the eyes of your visitors.
2005 February 20 • business, web standardsDollars and Sense
article: The Dollars and Sense of Building to Standards talks about how much it's costing companies and developers not to code to standards.