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Mayday! The benefits of asking for help

by Cynthia Closkey, April 9, 2014

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 […]

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How to sell a yellow shirt

by Cynthia Closkey, April 3, 2014

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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 […]

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Big Big Design turns 9

by Cynthia Closkey, April 1, 2014

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 […]

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7 Essential Free WordPress Plugins

by Cynthia Closkey, March 26, 2014

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 […]

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Is a professional headshot worthwhile for your website?

by Cynthia Closkey, March 18, 2014

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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Things to think about if you’re thinking about using Getty Images free embedded images

by Cynthia Closkey, March 12, 2014

Performance-wise, there are a few things to keep in mind. The iframe content is entirely controlled by Getty. They could put something in there that could greatly affect your site’s performance—be it a huge, unoptimized image, slow scripts, or irresponsible requests. In that same vein, since you have no control over the images, you won’t […]

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