Business
How to build a successful web design team
Choosing the right team can make or break your web design business. Assembling the best people is crucial for the success of a web… Read More
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Business
How to start your dream design agency
Whether you’re working for a company that someone else started or running a solo design business, starting your own design studio is a big… Read More
Marketing
How public speaking can increase your credibility and get you your next gig
Whether you freelance or are part of the traditional workforce, you share these truths: distinguishing yourself and connecting with other professionals is elemental to… Read More
Business
Are you ready to start your own business?
Freelancing and small creative businesses are on the rise. In 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that one in… Read More
Business
How to manage multiple WordPress sites
Managing multiple WordPress sites can be tricky. It’s a good problem to have (because that probably means you’re growing your business), but being responsible for… Read More
WordPress
15 of the best WordPress themes for agencies
Does your agency’s website need a makeover? Here are some of the best WordPress themes for showing off your work and impressing clients. 1. Read More
Business
What your agency’s mission statement should say about you
The mission statement has become the text equivalent of the elevator pitch. It distills the entirety of your company — from culture to product,… Read More
Business
How to explain the importance of logo design
More than 40 years ago, Nike bought its logo from a college student for $35. When companies hear that logos can come with such a… Read More
Design
Working with designers when you aren’t one
Ok. It’s time to come clean. I am not a designer. I’m here, writing for this blog that’s aimed at designers, and I’m not… Read More
Business
Define your agency’s values
Sometimes the hardest thing is to practice what you preach. Not because you don’t believe in it, but because you’re spending your time helping… Read More
Business
Are you going to miss that deadline?
Missed deadlines do happen, and if you’re anything like me, they can affect the rest of your work. I worry about letting down the… Read More
Business
Yes, you should create a web style guide
Style guides, also know as pattern libraries, are a great way to ensure that your design carries on as intended as your website grows… Read More
Design
Pantone colors for spring 2015 and why you should care about them
As a designer, you’re working with color on a daily basis. Even if you’re not using Pantone specific swatches, you’re working with similar hues in… Read More
Business
Should you even have business cards?
Who out there has designed their own business cards? I mean, why wouldn’t you? It’s a small project with quick turnaround, and it allows… Read More
Business
Why you should promote yourself, not just your business
Maybe you work for your dream agency. Or maybe you started your own design firm. Either way, you worked hard to get wherever you’re at… Read More
Business
Keep your agency small and still hit it out of the park
Your agency will tell you when it feels the need to grow. There are signs. But what do you do when you see… Read More
WordPress
How to integrate WordPress and MailChimp
Email newsletters can be really swanky, especially if you get to use awesome tools to make them. In this post, we’re going to integrate… Read More
Business
Signs Your Agency Needs to Think Bigger
Phenomblue styles itself today as a brand experience agency. It looks like they do it all: create strategy, design, build… Read More
Design
Designer Spotlight: Bryan Monzon
This post is part of Flywheel’s “Designer Spotlight” series, which features an interview with a designer/coder/mover/shaker who uses Flywheel. Introducing… Bryan Monzon. He… Read More