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Stop Stealing!?!? Affordable, High Quality Photos are Within Your Reach

Are you a designer and wonder where to find high quality images?  Are you using unlicensed pictures and images because you don’t know what else to do?  High quality images aren’t nearly as expensive as you think!  Some very talented photographers are leaving mainstream outlets and submitting their photographs to sites that sell directly to the end user.  Artwork, photographs, images, background… every type of graphic you need are available in multiple sizes and file types. More »

Photoshop Tutorial: Create an Abstract Background

With abstract layouts being a very hot design trend, creating a usable and trendy background is key.  This tutorial will show you how to create an abstract background in Photoshop and give you the tools to use your imagination and create artsy and innovative layouts.

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SEO for Dummies (well, and Web Developers)

Sometime Search Engine Optimization (SEO) seems to have morphed into a mystical creature. Most people, even those who design and develop websites for a living, know they need it, but don’t know exactly what it is. They have been feed so much rheteric and sales speaches that they seem to have given up on SEO long ago.

Well, you shouldn’t. And if you have, I’m here to help you rekindle the love affair. While there are definitely concepts that can’t be covered in a short article and many that can really, truly only be done by professionals, there’s plenty you can do to give you a leg up and get more search engine traffic for your sites and your clients sites. More »