Article Marketing 101 – How to Drive Traffic to Design Blogs Using 101 Community News Submissions
You launched a blog, filled it with jaw dropping tutorials, displayed ads on few corners, opted for an extremely amazing theme and then waited! Now what? Traffic starts pouring in but others are already running away with the goal post. In between the hugger mugger geometry of blogs smoothies are shaken, not stirred! Brains are muddled and thoughts blown away. Without the skyrocketing visitor numbers that blog proves to be a far fetched island which is overflowing with useful information but hidden from the eyes of the beholder. So, what do you do then? How do you look for the niche traffic which your blog is craving for? Well, this article won’t repeat the basics. Rather, we will go through the list of 101 Community News and Article Submission websites for design article marketing. They are worth your time. Trust me!
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How to Use Twitter Effectively to Experience its Full Potential
Some time ago I wrote an etiquette guide for Facebook. Because the article made a lot of buzz in social media, I thought I should write an etiquette guide on how to use Twitter effectively, the other major player in social networking.
The microblogging service was launched in 2006 and employs almost 1,000 people all over the world. It has a database of 140 million active users and, in competition with Facebook, represents the most valuable place to share information on the web. Tweeting constantly and being active all the time is very important, as followers can lose interest quite fast. Although a tweet can be a maximum 140 characters, the information you can share within these boundaries can be incredibly useful. Many people in our industry share interesting links to tutorials, posts and product reviews – although written with less than 140 characters, the information can spread very fast and is very useful.
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30+ Awesome jQuery Image and Slider Plugins from 2012
Those times when neat image effects were achieved with Flash are gone. jQuery has drastically changed the way developers work. Because its light-weight, easily customized and has unlimited possibilities, jQuery has become the new standard for displaying visual media on the web. For this roundup we’ve prepared 30 fresh, useful and simply awesome jQuery image and slider plugins that we’ve found this year. You’ll find some really stunning gallery solutions for every taste as well as some creative image effect plugins there.
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Warning: The Shocking Truth about 1WD Behind the Scenes Unveiled
We have gone through so many changes and now I feel really bad about not letting you know the details sooner! 1WD has been struggling a lot lately and that’s why we are busy reorganizing the site, taking a leap of faith and hoping that after all the changes we’ll come out better than we are now. Now you’ll get a peek behind the scenes of 1WD!
In this post I will explain what has happened behind the scenes for the last three months and what we are working on now. We really believe that by narrowing our focus, working on our own products, and really listening to your feedback, we will make everyone love this design blog!
You know how I like to share what I’ll be covering before I start? Here are the things I’ll be covering throughout this article:
- Survey results where we got more than 1,000 responses
- Slap from Google and the actions we took to recover and improve the reading experience
- Changing host in process
- Completely finishing 1WD redesign, call for feedback!
- 1WD Ebook launch summary
- 1WD Labzip product, learn what it is all about
- FounderTips website for web design marketing advice
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1stWebDesigner’s Life #7 – The New Social Network & Feed Stuff
Hi there! It’s time for a quick break and enjoy 2 more funny stories, brought to you by our awesome cartoonist, Jamie Sale. Oh, and I must say that if you are looking for an illustrator for hire, he’s the right guy.
Today, Webster, our superhero, will deal with an ol’ style client, the one that still thinks that floppy drives and flash websites are the latest technologies out there.
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Hey Web Designers and Web Developers, Are You Blogging Yet?
Are you a web designer or a web developer? Are you blogging yet?
There are several thousands of web designers and web developers actively seeking new opportunities online. A lot of them are excellent at what they do, but among those many excellent designers and developers only a hundred will actually be known on the internet.
It is depressing to know that you probably won’t get noticed.
What if I told you that you can change the course of your life simply by blogging?
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40 Beautifully Designed Mobile Apps With Excellent UI Experience in Mind
With so many apps being released in such a short period of time, designers need to really create apps that stand out. In this roundup we’re sharing 40 beautifuld mobile app designs with excellent UI experience in mind. Also at the end of the post you’ll find some more resources to follow top mobile app design trends.
Mobile apps are even changing the way we design anything nowadays! Everybody is pushing to higher resolution with new retina displays (ipad3) and I believe whole web will get super beautiful and sleek soon enough!
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How To Clean Up And Optimize Your Existing WordPress Blog Posts For SEO
So you wrote a lot of great posts over the past few years which still receive a lot of traffic from search engines, but you’re always wondering how long it will last. Or maybe you were affected by the latest Google Panda or Penguin changes and lost some traffic to that old content?
Perhaps you have noticed that you have been affected by these issues, perhaps not.
Whether you are affected or not, one question remains: how do I clean up and optimize my existing blog posts?
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Annual Design Awards 2012 Now Open For Entries
This is a release from Annual Design Awards, an organization aimed towards discovering and recognizing outstanding individuals who have proven themselves within the Design Industry.
Do you want to get your hands on over 30,000 Pounds of prizes while displaying your design skills? Join now and help spread the word!
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Learn How To Manage Clients Effectively And Never Miss Any Deadline
How to Manage Clients Effectively? I already missed a deadline! Are these few of the usual sentences in your daily life? You know what? At least you should be happy that you are loaded with clients. Facing the situation positively you know. But, you should be aware of the fact that with multiple deadlines being missed, the load of these clients will soon vanish. Nobody wants to stick around with a star designer who cannot stick to pre-decided dates. So, either you take heed of this fact right away or be prepared to lose it all.
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