Punks Not Dead, But Your Portfolio Is

November 4th, 2009 admin

Talking Shop – Episode 12 Like it or not, the age old bit of Kevin Costner wisdom, “if you build it, they will come”, couldn’t be more untrue for the designers portfolio site. Hoping that a potential client finds your needle in a haystack portfolio site out of the clear blue is idiotic at best. Obviously, some good SEO and online advertising can help, but that’s still far from a good start. So, how can you resurrect your dying portfolio website? You don’…


Originally posted on Outlaw Design Blog

 
  Related Posts
Five Popular Design Portfolio Website Styles
Five Popular Design Portfolio Website Styles
Having a web-based portfolio is crucial for displaying your online and/or offline work. The key to an effective portfolio design is how you to set up the content. In this article, we are going to cover various ways designers and artists set up their portfolio site.  Read More →
10 Expert Tips for Designing a One Page Portfolio
A portfolio website is becoming an essential marketing tool for every designer and can make the single biggest impression upon a client. We’re outlining 10 tips and examples to help you create an amazing single page portfolio.  Read More →
Inspiration: Awesome Dark Portfolio Sites
Inspiration: Awesome Dark Portfolio Sites
These days, a portfolio is a must. What we have here is a list of dark portfolio websites that are split up into common groups that most portfolios fall in. The last group will be for those experimental dark layouts, where the designer tries something different. Rotating Image/Static Featured Image We’ll start out with perhaps the most popular... 
30 Visually Appealing Web Portfolio Designs
30 Visually Appealing Web Portfolio Designs
A portfolio design is a reflection of the skills and talents of the designer that owns it. Often, the hardest web design is creating your own portfolio , and thus, can take a lot of the designer’s time to create and finish. This collection is a follow up of the showcase called, ” 25 Impressive Portfolio Web Designs ” which you... 
10 Solutions to Easily Create Your Online Portfolio
You don’t have to be a coding nerd to be able to build your own online design portfolio.  Read More →
Design a Minimal and Modern Portfolio Layout with Photoshop
Design a Minimal and Modern Portfolio Layout with Photoshop
In this Photoshop web design tutorial, we’re going to create a mock-up of a clean and modern-looking website. This is Part 1 of a tutorial series that will show you how to create the design, and then convert it to an HTML/CSS template. Minimal and Modern Portfolio Layout Tutorial Series Part 1: Design a Minimal and Modern Portfolio Layout... 
50 Inspiring Portfolio Designs
50 Inspiring Portfolio Designs
We are always looking for inspiration , specially when it comes to web design. We just can’t get tired of browsing around websites to check out layouts, colors, typography , styles and everything else that a cool site can offer. With this selection, I will show you 50 inspiring portfolio designs. Some of them you probably already know, others... 
Episode 22 – Updating Your Portfolio
I like to think I become a better designer everyday. While this is great from a skill level point of view, it is also a little bothersome. How could becoming a better designer be a drawback you ask? Well, mostly because it makes me look at my older work like it is a piece of crap. I constantly look back at work I did even a month ago and feel like... 
The Anatomy of a Portfolio Site
The second part of “Website Anatomy Class” takes a look at portfolio sites complete with trends, examples, and what works.  Read More →
12 Tips for Creating a Great Portfolio Site
Below are twelve tips for creating a better portfolio site. These suggestions apply to all kinds of portfolios, no matter what your particular artistic field.  Read More →
  Related Tweets from Twitter
Mericity (Maryam Abbas)  : @downtownmusic hey, who do I need to contact about label business in london? :D..
Updated : 2010-03-20T13:40:27Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
choisf (SF Choi)  : RT @_robin_sharma: Reading Ted Leonsis's new book "The Business of Happiness". What caused AOL's problems? "Manage(ment) to the quarter, not..
Updated : 2010-03-20T13:40:26Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
traffictoolbar (Tigran Baroyan)  : WHY WORK MINIMUM WAGE? STOP! How I am building an extraordinary business from my home with Almost Zeo budget. http://bit.ly/cTfyMv..
Updated : 2010-03-20T13:40:26Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
premiumpost (premium post)  : Do You Know The Best Franchise Business Opportunities? http://cli.gs/hHuWY #Business..
Updated : 2010-03-20T13:40:26Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
income_ideas (make money)  : Overnight Prints offers premium quality business cards for free! http://tinyurl.com/yf9m6bs..
Updated : 2010-03-20T13:40:23Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
  Related News from Digg
No comments yet.

Spam Protection by WP-SpamFree

TOP