What is overachieving, exactly? (1)
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In homeschooling communities, there are usually people who pooh-pooh the whole gifted thing because “gifted” is a “school category.” Sometimes there’s (spoken and unspoken) suspicion of people who seem to be “rushing,” “pushing,” or otherwise pursuing some course of study at a pace or intensity perceived as “not normal.” They celebrate the homeschooler’s freedom to go at her own pace, but that usually means the freedom to meander (which is great!) not the freedom to ...
Should You Bother With The Robots Meta Tag? (1)
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TIP 4OK - So I’ve theorised about the Title Element, the Meta Description Tag and the pointless (IMO) Meta Keywords tag. The only other Meta Tag I am interested in, generally, is when I am trying to control which pages (at a page level) are indexed, or which external links are to be counted by Google as links - useful to stay within their guidelines in some cases. The Robots Meta Tag; <meta name="robots" content="index, ...
10 Easy Ways To Piss Off Your Readers (1)
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Everyone knows that high quality content is the most important factor on a site, but the features and usability on any site is very important as well. Here is a list of things you should avoid while running a successful site. 1. Small font size -If your readers have to squint to see your content, then you can expect them to not ever read it. 2. In-Text advertisements - This form of advertising is meant ...
How To Write A Press Release For Your Services (1)
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By Shaun Crowley If you have an interesting story to tell, a press release will help you to make newspaper editors aware of it. Maybe you recently won an award. Maybe you stumbled upon some interesting information in the field you work in. Or maybe your design contributed towards some kind of achievement on behalf of your client. Depending on the scale and content of your story, you can send your press release to marketing ...
How To Promote Your Graphic Design Business – Part Two (1)
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By Shaun Crowley Last week, Shaun told us how to frugally market your freelance business. This week, he tells us how to: PART 2: HOW TO BOOST YOUR FREELANCING JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND INCREASE YOUR FEE ON EVERY PROJECT Last week we offered best-practice promotion for all freelance artists. Now let’s examine some ideas for artists who want to go a step further. How can you market your business to double, treble, even quadruple your regular ...
