Any company can benefit from an improved marketing strategy on the Internet. There are so many outlets for connecting with customers from all around the world that it’s almost impossible to lose traction. But you need to be savvy at understanding trends and how users interact with social networking websites.

The importance of a strong web presence is almost immeasurable in comparison to a strong marketing strategy. You need to jump into uncharted territories and try out new methods for drawing attention to your business. In this guide I’ll present some marketing tips which have worked well for me and many entrepreneurs I know. It’s all about viral marketing and building word-of-mouth through the many digital mediums of communication which will bring about a powerful web presence.

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For most larger freelance projects, designers should make a formal agreement with the client (such as a contract). An agreement protects you by documenting the terms under which you agreed to work.

If something should go wrong with your client relationship, a formal agreement shows that you were engaged to work for the client. It can also settle minor disputes such as method of payment.

In this post, I list five crucial elements that every freelance designer should include in their client/freelancer agreement. If you liked this post, you will probably also like Do You Need A Contract For Freelance Work?

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The process of designing a landing page is much different than a standard website. You have to plan ahead for your audience and understand what they’ll be looking for. These ideas hold true in any market and certainly within iPhone/iPad app displays.

I’d like to share a few design tips for building one of these iPhone app layouts. Each application will have different needs and as such require a different set of page elements. But these ideas can generally span a wide audience – app developers are all really looking for the same results. And when you can focus on such a specific niche it leaves plenty of room for creativity.

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In this post we have collected 33 well designed infographics.

35 Years of Apple Products – Visual History

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Poster design is one of the most popular among graphic designers. In this post we have collected 46 of the best poster design tutorials to improve your skills. Enjoy!

Create a Refreshing Beer Themed Poster Design in Photoshop

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These are a collection of ten tips we would like to share. We are confident they will help you make better banners, no matter how much experience you may already have!

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A logotype, more often referred to as simply a ‘logo’, is a visual company trademark, which is used over and over on different media, to serve as an element of the company’s identity, on different visual media. The design needs to have a special and symbolic meaning to the company and its values.

To put forward a very simple example, if your company deals with computer peripherals, you could design a logo based around the shape of a computer mouse.

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Sticking to the most happening design principles is one of the crucial aspects of starting a design service establishment. Last year was more or less a breeding ground for the thought process that the simpler the design, the better and more effective it is!

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Yesterday I have posted 47 Book Cover Design Inspiration. Today, I would like to share some tips how to design an amazing book cover design. This post is intended to give you an idea of the sheer importance of the book cover design, more than give you technical tips on how you could get into the design aspects, which is a voluminous subject by itself!

It is a fact that the commercial success of a book largely depends on the design of its cover, and this holds true for a magazine as well maybe even more so. If you are an author looking to sell thousands of copies of a book, you really need to ensure that you hire the right designer to design your cover.

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Hello. Happy new year everyone! I’m Ferdy, the owner of DzineBlog.com. I have been running this blog for a while. It has been a challenging task for me, but I can’t say that I miss the fun part.

In the past, I have posted articles in various topics in this blog based on what I think helpful for readers. Well, of course, the topic covered mostly biased by my personal judgment.

As it is the beginning of the year, I am evaluating what has been done in the past and currently I am doing some planning for the rest of the year.

To summary, probably this is the one sentence question for you:
What topics that you think I should cover more in this blog?

I do appreciate if you can give your feedback in the comment form below or email me ferdy@dzineblog.com. Thank you.

Ferdy
Editor of DzineBlog