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		<title>The art of budgeting and customer management</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I appreciate the break down of the unspoken part of a design project in the this blog post from imjustcreative.com, so many process blogs talk about the creative aspect only, not realizing that being a freelancer or a studio owner is more than just design, its how to manage the client, and making sure you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Handwritten fonts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It always amazes me that when I want to use a handwritten font to use in a graphic design project I am always flabbergasted with the lack of the right fit. You would think this is a simple task, many times I have actually written and scanned in the writing, then redrawn in illustrator, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Target Audience Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marketing Advertising]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love the challenge of trying to get inside my customers head, but how am I suppose to do that&#60; if I knew what my customers where thinking when they would fill out the get estimate form or called the studio I wouldn&#8217;t ask them how may I help you.

I agree that we need to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website design resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[when you have 30 hours free check out this site and its tutorials really good stuff

http://speckyboy.com/2010/03/19/12-must-have-free-downloadable-web-design-books
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		<title>Where does bad design come from?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Wiggins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Tips For Clients]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When designing there is a constant battle of creating and editing the design, the conflict can often times get out of control and I have to admit that many times I will judge how much the editor and creator will fight each other based on how much money the project is bringing to the studio.

For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Call to action Forms</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inspirada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great littl etutorial on how to make that form look slick!
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/design-a-prettier-web-form-with-css-3

I came across a great blog today that showcases how to validate forms for your website.
http://sixrevisions.com/user-interface/best-practices-for-hints-and-validation-in-web-forms


Not only is this a great resource for excellent tips in validation the actual samples will prove to be great inspirada for the form design.
In most if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website design guide for busy marketers &amp; business owners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Wiggins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Tips For Clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some things to consider when starting a website design project.

1) You are experts in your company, and you will be responsible for delivering great content and how well the designs will speak to the target audience. Great design starts with great content, if you have limited resources on being able to generate this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Website designer&#8217;s should learn what&#8217;s under the hood</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Website Design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this day and age with wordpress being so popular and &#8220;stable&#8221; and solutions like jquery, designers can appear to be a lot stronger than they really are.

A few years ago so much of the back-end programming that is so easy to get today was not in existence. Most anything you wanted to achieve you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>how to develop a persona for your website</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Wiggins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copywriting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Resources]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is some great tips on how to create a persona for your next project.

Where you can try and define who is coming to your site, and help get in the heads of these personas, and try and deliver content that matters to them&#8230;

http://blog.publishedandprofitable.com/2010/02/7-essentials-of-online-marketing-success-for-authors-part-6-personas/
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		<title>what frustrates clients about designers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Noel Wiggins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an interesting read from the perspective of a client hiring a designer.

And I have to admit I am guilty of a few of these. but wanted to post this post, to help ensure I stear away from some of these items.

According to this post the 5 most frustrating comments a designer can make [...]]]></description>
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