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Graphic Design

Your Logo: Essential Files You Need
An article explaining the types of files you need to have for your logo.

How Does Colour Affect us: The Psychology of Colour
Pantone's guide to using colour.

Glossary of Paper Terms
International Paper's glossary.

Use Centered Text Sparingly
An article concerning the use of centered text.

Use Ragged Right or Full Justification Appropriately
A few rules for text alignment.

Save the Widows and Orphans
When words are left dangling.


Web Design

You Will Be Judged On How You Look
Web design tips from ideas company.

Website Layout - Tips and Tricks
Points to consider when designing your website.

Using Testimonials on Your Website
Suggestions on using testimonials on your website.

Helping Your Prospects Overcome "Buying Fears" By Using Testimonials
Building trust with testimonials.

What Would Amazon.com Do?
A great article that asks an important question about web design.

The Biggest Web Design Mistakes of 2004
A list of things you shouldn't do.

How Fast is Your Website? A Free Test
A free online tool to test the speed of your website and give you an idea of the time required to download your web pages.

Go With the Flow
According to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, great Web sites are not about navigating content, but staging experience.


Writing Copy

Say What You Mean
Avoid buzz phrases if you want to be understood.

10 Tips for Good Web Writing
Tips for effective web writing.

Writing Better Links
Links are very important - and how you write them are too.

Click Here: How to Write Links That Work
Why you should never say, "click here."

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
Sometimes it is more powerful to quote someone else than to say it yourself.

Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
For your next advertising campaign,
Don't sit there struggling in vain,
Looking to find just the right words,
To describe your store full of rare birds.
With the Semantic Rhyming Dictionary
It's easy to find what rhymes with canary.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Make sure it is spelled correctly.

Thesaurus.com
Occasionally a thesaurus will help when you need just the right word.

The Cliché Finder
Finding an old cliché can sometimes spark a new idea.

The Word Counter
A free tool to see what words you may overuse.

Writing Hypertext Copy
The basics of writing for the web.

Writing Your Bio
Some simple, easy-to-follow tips for writing your bio.

Inexpensive give-aways
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