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Entries From August 2009


Clients Testing Web Designers

31 Aug 2009

As a web designer, it is my job to advise clients on what I believe will help them convert traffic into sales. Most people do not understand the fundamentals of web design and most have no reason to. It is very easy to get caught with a client who is extremely opinionated about what he/she [...]

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Posted by Michael Raffaele in Ramblings, Website Design | Permalink

Web Design Team’s and Monthly KPI’s

17 Aug 2009

Web Design can be difficult to estimate the time it will take to complete a project. Your first few projects, no doubt, will go over your budget, it is all a part of the learning progress. When your working freelance this under quoting, (or slow working) affects only yourself, but, when you are working for [...]

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Posted by Michael Raffaele in Ramblings, Website Design | Permalink

Make Sure You Have Everything In Writing…

14 Aug 2009

During my time as a Website Designer in Melbourne I have learnt many things, both specific to web design and more general and/or business orientated. Once you get thrown in the deep end you quickly learn that Web Design is the kind of field where you will constantly be pushing yourself to develop your skills [...]

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Posted by Michael Raffaele in Website Design, Website Development | Permalink

I scored myself a new HD TV… awesome

10 Aug 2009

I have wanted to buy myself a new TV and I’d been putting it off for quite a while, but I finally went through it. Picked it up just over a week ago, it’s a HISENSE 42″ LCD HDTV. It is a full HD tv, meaning 1080P. It supports 3 HDMI inputs, 3 component inputs, [...]

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Posted by Michael Raffaele in Ramblings | Permalink

Stange traffic sources

05 Aug 2009

Google analytics is a very powerful tool. It provides the user with the ability to monitor your website traffic in extensive detail. You can track how your guests navigate your website and my favourite part, where the hell they come from. Google’s webmaster tools also allows you to see a brief overview of the “Top [...]

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Posted by Michael Raffaele in Ramblings, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) | Permalink