Credit Crunch Biting? Now’s The Time To Revamp Your Website
Web Alchemist Merlin @ November 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The well-known saying ‘You have to spend money to make money’ may be quite apt when it comes to fighting your way out of the credit crunch, at least in one respect—your website.
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Top Ten Tips: Website SEO Techniques
Web Alchemist Merlin @ October 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Search engine optimisation is not a form of ‘alchemy’ beyond mere mortals, as some SEO companies would have you believe, all it takes is research and time. My tips are based on four basic ideas: research your keywords; use your keywords wisely; make life easy for search engines; and make yourself popular.
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Virtual Assistance, Websites, and a Conference on Intuition
Cyber Guinevere @ October 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
If you’re interested in learning how tuning-in to your women’s intuition can make for an easier and healthier life — and fancy spending the weekend of October 17-19, 2008 in Switzerland — then get yourself over to the Awaken Women Conference website to learn more.
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Design: Converting RGB/Hex to Pantone
Web Alchemist Merlin @ September 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
You may be required to convert a colour to a Pantone if you’ve designed a website or logo in RGB or Hexidecimal (HEX), but then get asked by the client to provide the logo or a design for a brochure using the website colours to send to a professional printer.

Easily convert your bitmaps to vector images with
Vector Magic.
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2008 ALA Survey: Calling All Web Designers…
Web Alchemist Merlin @ August 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
After the success of their survey in 2007, A List Apart (ALA) is currently running a survey of designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites.

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