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    Best (Easiest) eCommerce Set Up

    Yeah Woo is our platform of choice as well, but sometimes, as a freelancer, this bubble we work in can sometimes be a hindrance as you can stick with what you know - Was just wondering if there were others people would recommend and why.
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    Best (Easiest) eCommerce Set Up

    Hi guys, Looking for some opinions more than advice here so interested in what you think. With the amount of people requiring eCommerce sites that are hat we can politely call budget-conscious *read tight ;)* what platforms do you use to make it cost effective to take these clients on and why...
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    The Rise Of The Freelance Designer

    Hi Guys, Well it's that end of term time when every single design student contacts companies and freelancers looking for work placements. After I reply with the 'I'm a freelancer, I can't really offer you work at my house' they often come back with 'So how do you become a freelancer'. I normally...
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    How I ended up a freelance designer

    Hi guys, I don't know what sparked it all off but recently I have been asked by many in-house designers and people who want to be freelance designers how I came to be one. It set me off thinking, cos really its kinda weird to make the leap from a paid position to going it alone. So I wrote it...
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    Google Pagerank Update Today

    Agreed, but if its going up it proves your doing things right - Worth knowing in post-penguin days. It normally preceeds an Alexa update too which is more valuable.
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    Different Style of Portfolio Site

    Ta fella, the order is being built up at the moment, i think there will be another 8 'sections' and then I will reorder to make a story if you like. I tneeds reminders or calls to actions to break it up and like you say logo, logo doenst work. It will be just the 3 pages as the blog will be the...
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    Different Style of Portfolio Site

    Haha, bloody hell you're right! Oh ****. Ah well, looks like thats what i will be stuck with then. And there was me thinking id been clever :) Never mind. Cheers Levi....
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    Different Style of Portfolio Site

    http://thegraphicquarter.com/ I'm playing with this different style of web portfolio as frankly I just got bored with my other one thats the standard header, 3 boxes under, 3 boxes under that, footer, etc... I like the fact its not like very other bloody design site on earth. yawn... I think...
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    Google Pagerank Update Today

    Just for everyone to know, Google updated their PageRank ranking system today. Mines jumped up 1 to a 3 - worth checking yours as this only happens a couple of times a year....
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    Favourite Fonts

    Vitesse and Vitesse Sans are winners every day of the week. Berkeley Old Style for a serif and Segoe to. Looking for a nice ultra modern sans serif if anyones got any to recommend?
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    SEO for freelancers - This works!!!! Seriously happy haha...

    I know where you are coming from, and I did check all this out as it was such a jump for me I had to be very sure it was reading right - but its been verified by clean browsers, proxyservers, people with no connection to me, no google+ relationship at all, from varying parts of the country and...
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    New Portfolio Site Review

    Spot on. And nice one :) See, Mancs and Scousers can get along lol...... :)
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    New Portfolio Site Review

    Psst. Make sure you add your location on every page - looks like liverpool to me but it took a bloody age to find out. Look at my sites title and you can see what I mean....
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    New Portfolio Site Review

    Nice one. First share done :)
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    Website Portfolio critique.... again!

    Just a footnote, to me if you have produced work for the NHS, shout about it as the very first image at the top and make sure everyone sees it. Clients love that in my experience - alot more than knowing you work across the world. A big recognisable brand makes them want to join in with you. Its...
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