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Mayday! The benefits of asking for help
Asking for help and incorporating what others can do for you will makeyou more productive, but will also open up perspectives and points ofview that you might not have possessed previously. Asking for helpalso creates an obligation for you to return the favor or at least beavailable to help others. This creates a sense of […]
Continue ReadingHow to sell a yellow shirt
What could be more boring than writing descriptions of articles of clothing for a catalog? After describing your fourteenth long-sleeved yellow shirt, you’d have to be tempted to write something wacky, anything at all that doesn’t involve percentage of cotton versus linen versus rayon, or buttons or the lack thereof. And if writing description after […]
Continue ReadingBig Big Design turns 9
I founded Big Big Design nine years ago today, changing my sideline of building websites for friends into a fulltime job. It’s been an interesting time since then, with the web and the business world changing drastically in only a few years. To think that the Web itself is only 25 years old! Most of […]
Continue Reading7 Essential Free WordPress Plugins
One of WordPress’s great strengths is its extensibility: You can add most any feature you need through a plugin or theme (what WordPress calls its templates). Here are 7 free plugins I find myself adding to nearly every WordPress website I set up. Most of these also offer paid, premium versions, which add even more […]
Continue ReadingIs a professional headshot worthwhile for your website?
I’m very DIY on the web, as you may guess, so when a client needs a photo of themselves to use on their website, I’m willing to whip out my iPhone or pull a 35mm camera and a tripod out of the closet and start snapping pictures. But I know that pro photos can show […]
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