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’…


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