Linkswitch #57, Typography Tips, Freelance Startup, Getting More Work

The Netsetter: Web Pages vs. Web Sites

A couple of weeks ago, I was trying to explain to a friend why links from high PageRank sites are often overrated. When he then insisted that I was contradicting advice I had given him earlier, I was confused for a moment, until he gave me a concrete example.

Useful Typography Tips For Adobe Illustrator

Typography is not only an all-important aspect of design, it is also an art form in and of itself. Choosing the right font, the perfect spacing and even the correct shape of text can be an important factor as to whether a project fails or succeeds. Although Illustrator is not really used for multiple-paged projects, many would agree that it is one of the most powerful applications for creating vector graphics, such as logos, and it is also often used for one-page documents, such as business cards, posters, or postcards.

8 Essential Steps to Starting Your Freelancing Biz

Getting started in freelancing is pretty scary stuff. In all likelihood, you don't know a lot of people who've done it before, which means you can't get advice from people you trust.

You'll be diving into dark, strange waters and may be terrified about your future as well as that of your loved ones.

14 Online Presentation Tools

There may be times when you need to present ideas to clients or co-workers and could benefit from one of the many resources for creating online presentations. In this post we'll introduce 14 different presentation tools to get the job done. Some are free to use while others will come with a cost.

110 Ideas to Get More Freelance Work and Generate New Client Leads

Whether they're designers, developers, copywriters, or some other creative professional, most freelancers ask themselves the very same question: How can I find more clients?

We've updated our monster list of over a hundred ideas designed to help you do just that. Not all of these ideas will make sense to everyone, but we hope you'll find at least a few to help you find newer and better paying freelance opportunities. Here we go "

How to Create Your Own Social Networking Community

If you have a medium- to large-sized online network, you might have noticed some of your contacts have been developing their own communities in the form of private groups, forums or social networks that are a mixture of free or paid memberships.

Remarkable Rsum Designs

When applying for a job, a designer's rsum is of utmost importance. This is precisely what should be attention-grabbing and creatively designed. This portrays the level of creativity and also aids in standing out from the rest who also happen to be applying for the same position. We hope that these creative rsums will inspire and encourage you to think out of the box and redesign your application papers with sucess.

An 11-Year-Old's First Budget

Growing up, my parents taught me very little about financial responsibility. It wasn't until college, when my parents expected me to pay my own car insurance, that I was forced to learn the basics of budgeting. It was just one bill, but it was traumatic to me since I'd never paid for anything myself until that point. Looking back, the lesson was introduced too late. It didn't "take".

8 Excellent WordPress SEO Plugins

WordPress is one the most popular tools for publishing content on the web. Everything from e-commerce websites to blogs can be developed using WordPress. Additionally, the WordPress community has built up a huge offering of free themes and plugins to make it easy for newcomers to get content published on the web quickly and easily.