How to Prepare for Your Web Design Project Preparing to have a new website designed and built is exciting. It can also be mind-boggling, intimidating, overwhelming, and stressful. If you haven’t had a website designed before, then it can be hard to know what you don’t know. To create a successful website it takes thinking…
How to decide which website builder to use Website Builders So you have decided to create a website. Now what? You have some ideas about what you want it to look like. Maybe you even have some ideas about branding and imagery. But now it’s time to think and decide what platform or website builder…
The ONLY 3 types of Web Fonts you will need The wonderful world of fonts. There are days when it feels like I’m a kid in a sweetie shop when I look at font choices. Sooooo many decisions to make. It can be tough deciding on just three to work with for a website. But…
Five Tips for How to Work with a Website Designer or Developer This week I wanted to share with you, my top five tips for how to work with a designer or developer. Over the past 3 years of website designing and 10 plus years of corporate project management, I’ve learned a lot. It’s time to…
Creating a Colour Palette for your Brand One element of creating a brand is selecting the colour palette you want to use for your website and social media graphics. In this previous blog post, I shared one approach to choosing your brand colours. Today I wanted to share more about the selection and use of…
The 4 Personality Types Your Website Needs To Appeal To This week I want to cover a topic that I’ve seen so many DIYers gloss over. Website Personality Types. Hands up if at some point you have taken a personality test. They are very common in the corporate world. One of the most widely used…
The LBD of text colour The LBD of Text Colour – Terracotta is the new black. Black and White Days – Old school Body Font colour days. Having a LBD (Little Black Dress) of body font colour is ok. Using the ‘go to’ of black and grey is fine. I even use grey. There is…
The Guru Approach to Decision Making Childs play As kids, the biggest decision making came down to how to choose who will be “it” at the start of a game. Maybe you were part of the rock, paper, or scissor gang. Or maybe you saw who drew the shortest straw. Or maybe you put your…
My Top Resources To Design a Website from Scratch In my previous blog post, I shared my web design secrets. I know as a previous DIY myself, it can be hard trying to figure out how to design a website from scratch. In today’s post, I’d like to share my top four design resources that,…
The Basic Anatomy of Logo Design Creating a logo can mean many things to many people. For some, it’s a must have, others it’s a sign they are ready to get serious about their biz, others it’s about visibility. Just as having your first website is a big step for many people, adding in elements…