Category: Blogs

  • The financial value of side projects

    At the start of the year I turned down an offer for one of my websites. But the buyer didn’t leave it at that, and I’ll share how things panned out.

  • Paul Jarvis shares good advice for designers

    Designer and writer Paul Jarvis has a useful website. Here are some posts and resources of interest, and some thoughts I agreed with. Paul talks about how to build an audience from scratch. Many of you are, or once were in this situation. If I found myself transported back to when I became self-employed eight…

  • On selling websites

    Last week I was offered a five-figure sum for the sale of the Logo Design Love website. My sites will always have their price, but for a few reasons, I said no thanks. Photo credit: Instructables. My name’s on the book. If the website is controlled by other people, their actions will reflect on me,…

  • How to get 87,698 blog subscribers in five years

    I started this blog in 2006, not really knowing what I was doing. According to FeedBurner stats, the RSS subscriber count has risen to 87,698, and here are a few things I’ve learned along the way. 1/ Focus on what you enjoy Two things here; focus and enjoyment. When you focus your content on a…

  • One month of online advertising earnings

    A number of people asked about my online ad earnings, so here they are for an average month in the hope that they’ll give guidance for your own ad income.

  • Design blogs I subscribe to

    Every few days I’ll drop by Google Reader Feedly to see what’s new on good blogs. Photo via Thinkstock @Issue Journal of Business & Design A List Apart Ace Jet 170 Ad Contrarian AisleOne Anagrama Beast Pieces Brand New Colossal Container List Creative Review Daniel Gray davidthedesigner design work life Frere-Jones FormFiftyFive Graphic Journey Hicksdesign…

  • Noisy Decent Graphics

    There are very few design blogs I’ve been reading since starting my own in 2006. One of them is Noisy Decent Graphics, written by London-based designer Ben Terrett of Really Interesting Group.

  • The WordPress plugins I use

    I limit the number of plugins I use so load times aren’t bloated, but there are a few I’ve found useful enough to keep.

  • 50 graphic design blogs

    I compiled this list of design blogs back in 2007. Many are no longer updated, and I’ve since unsubscribed from quite a few. Here’s a more current selection. It can take time finding talented graphic designers, but it’s fair to say the best have a healthy online presence. So to make things easier, here are…

  • Seven blog mistakes to avoid

    Over the years I’ve made quite a few mistakes with my blog. I’ve highlighted some here so you can hopefully avoid the same ones. Image by Becca Fatora #1 — not using a self-hosted blog I began blogging using the WordPress.com platform instead of WordPress.org. The former involves hosting your blog on the WordPress website,…