Tag Archives: web design

Small businesses can attract new customers

By Glenn Reffin | Published: Saturday, 8 August, 2009

Small businesses have a great opportunity right now to get ahead in marketing. Most big brands have slashed their marketing budgets and are deferring advertising and web development during the recession. These companies are unlikely to change this until the recession is over. Small businesses can use a small budget to achieve an advantage in the market place by using some of Redcentaur’s great deals.

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6 reasons a small business can beat the recession

By Glenn Reffin | Published: Monday, 29 June, 2009

We are in a recession, so why is it a good time for a small business to sort out its web presence right now? Wouldn’t it be better to wait for the recession to end before starting to invest again? In this post I outline 6 reasons why a small business should have a website and why you should be thinking about doing this now rather than later. For a limited period, this post includes a special offer on web hosting packages.

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How to make accessible tables in HTML

By Glenn Reffin | Published: Sunday, 28 June, 2009

Tables can now get back to their primary purpose, which is to display data on pages. There is misconceptions about the use of tables in HTML and this tutorial is intended to dispel some of these myths and show you how to display tables of data so they are accessible for all.

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The web design process

By Glenn Reffin | Published: Thursday, 25 June, 2009

This is part 2 of the 5 Stages of Project Management series, which covers how to develop a Project Management methodology easily for any web or graphic design process. This post covers the issues to handle as part of the Design stage and how to develop concepts to present to a client.

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How to write a successful brief

By Glenn Reffin | Published: Monday, 1 June, 2009

Web design projects are only ever successful if two things can be achieved at the same time: your client is satisfied with your work; and you have been adequately paid for the work you have done. To achieve both of these, it is essential for you to have a clear understanding of what your client wants to achieve. One of the ways I do this is to set out exactly what the client wants to achieve from their web site and the reasons for it in a Creative Brief.

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5 Stages of project management

By Glenn Reffin | Published: Tuesday, 26 May, 2009

This is the first part of a series of posts detailing how Redcentaur manages web design projects for its clients. In this post is an overview of the five stages we use to develop web sites.

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