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And this is the information clients and employers need to gauge your skills.</p>\n<p>While physical portfolios are still essential in the design world, online portfolios offer an exceptional platform to reach clients. These clients are usually outside your immediate professional circle. Thus, you are in a position to establish your brand as a designer in a much larger magnitude.</p>\n<p>Also, it goes without saying that creating a portfolio is not a pleasant affair. As a matter of fact, more often than not designers tend to criticize their work. It’s not something new, or one to get you worried over. Be that as it may, you need to invest a lot of effort in creating a compelling portfolio. After all it’s the visual charm that creates an appeal for your skills.</p>\n<p>Below are tips on how to create the perfect portfolio site that will definitely get you hired.</p>\n<h2>1. 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Since that is the case, we should always be prepared for what we want.</p>\n<p>Therefore, ‘dress up’ your portfolio for the job you want. In the design industry, perception is reality. Whatever kind of message that your portfolio sends that’s what people will buy. So, if you are a web designer, make sure your portfolio highlights that in detail. You can also install a web template specific to your niche, like any of these beautiful portfolio templates:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href="https://wdexplorer.com/best-portfolio-themes-wordpress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10 Best Portfolio Themes for WordPress</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wdexplorer.com/portfolio-themes-joomla-cms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10+ Portfolio Themes For Joomla CMS</a></li>\n<li><a href="https://wdexplorer.com/11-drupal-themes-photography-portfolio-websites/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10+ Drupal Themes For Photography &amp; Portfolio websites</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>The last thing you want is a client visiting your portfolio and eventually ending up not pinpointing what you do. This is bad for business. A confused client is not a client. Such a client will not reach out to you to inquire about what you do. Instead, they will move on to the next service provider.</p>\n<p>To sum it up, focus on a specific niche that speaks to the market you are targeting. Thereby you will achieve a platform that is highly beneficial to your skills and business. Want an example? Checkout these <a href="https://wdexplorer.com/amazing-web-design-portfolios/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inspirational web design portfolios</a> to see what we&#8217;re talking about.</p>\n<h2>3. Include Your Best Work Only</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2279" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/photo-gallery-photographer.jpg" alt="photo gallery" width="900" height="400" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/photo-gallery-photographer.jpg 900w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/photo-gallery-photographer-768x341.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></p>\n<p>Over the course of your career, you have amassed all kinds of project. There are those that you thought of as mundane just because they lacked the spark that excites you, and those you really did enjoy working on.</p>\n<p>They all are your projects.</p>\n<p>However, don’t include them all. Your portfolio acts as a bridge to win the confidence of clients over to you, therefore include only the best. Go through all your projects and separate the average from the exquisite designs.</p>\n<p>When you are done selecting, make use of designs that showcase the diversity of your abilities. In simple words, feature projects from various industries (not just one) and the more recent ones. This reflects your current level of skill and experience. In addition, projects from various industries prove that you all rounded.</p>\n<p>In case you are just starting out and you don’t have any projects to showcase, worry not. It’s pretty much okay to use mockups and personal design projects. You can also include passion projects which express your vision and creative style.</p>\n<h2>4. Keep It Professional and Creative</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1497" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/creative-art.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="350" /></p>\n<p>As a designer, there is one thing you shouldn’t forget: That a portfolio is a design project like any other. It’s your resume with a direct extension to your skills as a personal brand.</p>\n<p>Owing to that, ensure your portfolio is worth your time and tightly wound on winning over clients.</p>\n<p>Striking a balance between a professional and a creative look can be hard, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. The trick is use to basic rules of user interface. For example, consistency in all the page layouts, images, colour and writing styles is pretty much easy to achieve.</p>\n<p>The idea is to <a href="https://wdexplorer.com/inspiration-keep-creative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">keep your creative juices flowing</a> but reign them in a bit to avoid making sudden changes from page to page (consistency is key here folks).</p>\n<h2>5. Add a Call to Action</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1937" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-Amazing-WordPress-Plugins-for-Designers-Contact-Form-7.png" alt="10 Amazing WordPress Plugins for Designers Contact Form 7" width="800" height="400" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-Amazing-WordPress-Plugins-for-Designers-Contact-Form-7.png 800w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-Amazing-WordPress-Plugins-for-Designers-Contact-Form-7-768x384.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></p>\n<p>The last thing a client wants is to fall in love with your designs and fail to reach you.</p>\n<p>It’s annoying to clients. I mean, they went all through the trouble of going through your projects and felt you were the right person for the job. Now, they need to hire you. Don’t make their life harder by neglecting or hiding the contact information.</p>\n<p>Make your contact information obvious and easy to access. Let people know they can contact you for a quote or a chat. There are tons of <a href="http://www.wpexplorer.com/wordpress-contact-form-plugins/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contact form plugins</a> and social widgets to make adding your info easy.</p>\n<h2>6. Start a Blog</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1964" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/blogging-tips-for-success.jpg" alt="Blogging Tips to Make Your Blog a Success" width="900" height="400" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/blogging-tips-for-success.jpg 900w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/blogging-tips-for-success-768x341.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></p>\n<p>A lot of people don’t see the need to blog. As a matter of fact, they think it’s a waste of time and resources. 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It offers you the opportunity to have a go at HTML5 and CSS3 animations. And all you have to do is tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/csscreatures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@csscreatures</a> with your preferred color, personality and features. The animated project will appear on the site in less than 25 seconds.</p>\n<p>The fact is, design work tends to be monotonous at times. In such times, you need to break free from normal routine and indulge in something fun. And what better way of killing boredom than visiting <a href="http://bennettfeely.com/csscreatures/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CSS Creatures by Bennett Feely</a>. I spent a lot of my time on one of their other tools (<a href="https://twitter.com/cssfaces" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@cssfaces</a>) myself while writing this post.</p>\n<h2>Periodic Table</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2050" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-examples-of-beautiful-css3-animations-periodic-table.png" alt="10 examples of beautiful css3 animations periodic table" width="1000" height="468" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-examples-of-beautiful-css3-animations-periodic-table.png 1000w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-examples-of-beautiful-css3-animations-periodic-table-768x359.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p>\n<p>When I was in high school, chemistry was one of my least favorite subject. Which means, mastering the periodic table was one hell of a task for yours truly. 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It’s a delight learning from a resource that is fun to explore.</p>\n<h2>One Shared House</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2053" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-examples-of-beautiful-css3-animations-ONE-SHARED-HOUSE.png" alt="10 examples of beautiful css3 animations ONE SHARED HOUSE" width="1000" height="468" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-examples-of-beautiful-css3-animations-ONE-SHARED-HOUSE.png 1000w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-examples-of-beautiful-css3-animations-ONE-SHARED-HOUSE-768x359.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p>\n<p><a href="http://onesharedhouse.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One Shared House</a> is a web documentary that shows UX designer Irene Pereyra&#8217;s experiences growing up. She grew up in a feminist community in Amsterdam in the 1970s. When you land on the website, you immediately notice that you are not alone. Your cursor movements are followed around by her eyes and it&#8217;s not creepy; it&#8217;s awesome!</p>\n<p>The site doesn’t use common scrolling techniques, rather it employs the bottom screen to display exploratory content. This offers you the opportunity to determine how much involvement you want with the story. This site delivers a fascinating novel experience by combining CSS3 animations and storytelling.</p>\n<h2>Cloud Icons</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2054" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-examples-of-beautiful-css3-animations-animated-cloud-icons.png" alt="10 examples of beautiful css3 animations animated cloud icons" width="1000" height="468" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-examples-of-beautiful-css3-animations-animated-cloud-icons.png 1000w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/10-examples-of-beautiful-css3-animations-animated-cloud-icons-768x359.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></p>\n<p>A while ago, the only way to fade an image or element required JavaScript/jQuery. Anything else would have resulted in total failure. 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A private website will not need social media marketing but a large corporation will do. This is because they need to market their services. On the other hand, a mobile friendly design is a must for any business but not necessary for a personal website.</p>\n<p>So, get to know what the project is and its requirements. The clearer the understanding, the easier it will be to gauge the time required to complete it.</p>\n<h2>Step 3: Who Is the Client?</h2>\n<p>Understand who the client is. Is the client an individual, small-medium business or a large corporation?</p>\n<p>An individual will in most cases fund such a project from their personal savings. A small/medium business is already making money or in some instances funded. This means, their pool of financial resources is much better in comparison to a private client. Lastly, there is the large corporation. 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This theme comes to you with almost 500+ icons (Font Awesome and Et-line) and it offers Isotope portfolio filtering to help prospective buyers sift through your product catalog. 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The client(s) and you, the designer. The client basically has a rough idea of what they want. So, they will just lay a fuzzy idea on the table leaving you to flesh out everything else. And since getting a new client is exciting for just about anyone, you might be tempted to dive in without asking for extra information.</p>\n<p>A few days, weeks, months or even years down the line, the client calls again with complaints of missing elements or features that don&#8217;t do what they expected. The conversation usually becomes a tug of war comprised of weighty accusations, with the client pointing fingers and you playing defense.</p>\n<p>You argue that they did not ask for a specific feature and their answer is that it was your responsibility. In truth, the client is always right. It is very much your responsibility. In as much as the client needs the service, they understand little of what web design entails. Therefore, it’s up to you to broach the subject.</p>\n<p>By doing this, you will be in a much better position to deliver on their requirement, hence saving face. If you are wondering which questions you need to ask before taking on a web design project, take a breather because we have your back covered.</p>\n<p>Below are 12 important questions you need to ask a web design client seeking your services. Not only will the questions get your homework done, they will also work in your favor as far as making the client your new best friend goes.</p>\n<h2>1. What Does Your Business Do?</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2188" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/tools-manage-business.jpg" alt="Essential Tools to Manage a Freelance Design Business" width="900" height="400" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/tools-manage-business.jpg 900w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/tools-manage-business-768x341.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></p>\n<p>There is a huge gap between what you think the client does and what they actually do. If not well tackled, starting on a project without knowing what the client does results into problems. The kind of problems that cause migraines and that kind of thing.</p>\n<p>In light of this, ensure the client gives you a little overview of what they do long before both of you sit in a meeting. This will prepare you psychologically for the nitty-gritty details that will be discussed during the meeting. Additionally, you will be in a better position to get the perfect features to marry their business with their website.</p>\n<p>It’s better to get the business details right rather than suffer a disconnection with the client when the project is done.</p>\n<h2>2. Do You Currently Have a Website?</h2>\n<p>If the answer is no, move on to the third question. However, if the answer is yes get them to tell you the things they love or hate about their current website. Needless to say, you will be surprised the things clients will tell you upon your asking. You just might get the info you need to kill off your competition but I digress.</p>\n<p>This exercise will help you figure out which features you need to include or remove on the new website. Secondly, the client might probably have approached you with the intention of having their current site redone. Therefore, it’s good to know what they exactly want with their new site.</p>\n<h2>3. What Do You Want People to Do On You Website?</h2>\n<p>This question takes into account the long term needs and desires of the end user. Note that there is a lot a user can do on any given page on the client&#8217;s website. It is ideal we break the needs of the user into two categories; the overall goal and the mini goals.</p>\n<p>Under overall goal, ask the client to tell you what they think the website can’t do without. These are generally the main actions that grow their website, hence business. On the other hand, the mini goals entail the actions each page might lead to.</p>\n<p>Balancing the above two gets you a sweet spot between the users’ needs and what the clients wants. Thus, you achieve a design that is engaging to users, which results in a functional website that works for your client.</p>\n<h2>4. What Is Your Marketing Strategy?</h2>\n<p>Every business website needs a marketing strategy. If you remove website promotion from the equation, how else can you grow the number of web visitors? Remember, getting numbers isn&#8217;t enough, you must get to the right audience &#8211; your target audience. Get to your audience via targeted marketing and you&#8217;ll grow your business.</p>\n<p>Marketing is a major aspect of website design, but one thing web designers often forget is marketing doesn’t only involve advertisements. As a matter of fact, marketing comprises of good visuals, effective navigation and <a href="https://www.crazyegg.com/blog/principles-website-usability/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">these 5 principles of usability</a> among other things.</p>\n<p>Get the client to tell you what their marketing strategy is and their biggest challenges. This way, you will be in a better position to build an intuitive design that supports the client&#8217;s long-term marketing goals.</p>\n<h2>5. What Are Your SEO Requirements?</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2081" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/seo-analytics.jpg" alt="SEO" width="900" height="450" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/seo-analytics.jpg 900w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/seo-analytics-768x384.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></p>\n<p>SEO is another key factor in driving traffic to a website. If you are still wet behind the ears, SEO is short for search engine optimization, which simply means tuning up your website to woo traffic from search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo! among others. Boy, I <em>Googled </em>the last two to ensure they still exist.</p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re building a website on WordPress, there are plenty of SEO plugins at your disposal. Just remember SEO goes far and beyond using plugins. There&#8217;s also the question of creating SEO content but again, I digress. Often, we forget that search engine friendliness should be done while developing the site and not after.</p>\n<p>So check if your client needs help with search engine optimization. If so, start by optimizing their website grid for search engines. How? By creating a responsive website that looks and works well on all devices. Google absolutely loves responsive websites that work on mobile devices because the volume of mobile searches surpassed desktop searches just the other day.</p>\n<h2>6. What Are You Local Business Requirements?</h2>\n<p>The hell does this even mean? Ask the client about any localized requirements involving the business itself. The client might want to target their local neighborhood and only that, but you won&#8217;t know unless you ask. Does the client plan to reach a global audience?</p>\n<p>Does the client’s business have branches? If so, do the branches offers different or similar products. And where are these branches located? You should look to determine the composite requirements of the website (in terms of location) so you can include them in the design.</p>\n<p>Or as Henry of Localize says:</p>\n<blockquote><p>The key to good localization is to make sure that your website works and looks just as good as it does in its original language. The user experience should be equal in all languages. &#8211; <a href="https://blog.localizejs.com/9-tips-for-website-localization/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">9 Tips for Website Localization</a></p></blockquote>\n<h2>7. Do You Any Special Hosting Requirements?</h2>\n<p>Inquire if they have a domain name or hosting account already in place. Most of the time problems related to hosting and domain names end up slowing the site down. Plus you&#8217;re better placed to suggest the best hosting for the kind of website the client needs. A simple personal blog needs less power than a big magazine site for instance.</p>\n<p>Additionally, getting a domain name and hosting a website requires extra cost. Since the client expects to see a live website, it might prove troublesome when you bring up these costs later on. So, to be on the safe side broach the subject as early as possible to ensure the client makes the necessary arrangements.</p>\n<p>This way, you will be able to finalize the project within the agreed time frame and move on to other things.</p>\n<h2>8. Who Are Your Competitors?</h2>\n<p>When discussing the client&#8217;s business, make sure to ask about their competition. Ask also whether the competition has a website. Additionally, what makes them the competition? Learn as much as you can about the competition, and then help your client beat the competition where websites are concerned.</p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering why studying the competition matters, remember a website can be a product and marketing material among many other things. To show the client you are proactive, go poke around the competition’s website(s) and learn a few things about them. Finally, build your client a website that stands out from the crowd leaving the competition in the dust.</p>\n<h2>9. Which Websites Do You Really Love?</h2>\n<p>As much as it’s up to you to come up with a design for your client, getting to know their taste is always a good start. They cut the check, right? Their personal tastes are an important part of their brand, so leave that part out and you are killing the brand&#8217;s personality, which isn&#8217;t cool bro.</p>\n<p>Secondly, you don’t want to build them a website that won’t get an emotional connection from their perspective. So, give them a little assignment. Ask them to list down two or three websites that are appealing to them. Additionally, ask them the one feature from each website they would steal if they could.</p>\n<p>For the clients who won’t be responsive to this kind of task, explain to them what you want to achieve. Tell them you would love to build an appealing design wound around their tastes.</p>\n<h2>10. Do You Have Imagery?</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-750" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/best-free-stock-images.jpg" alt="Free Stock Images" width="800" height="350" /></p>\n<p>This question could also go like this: Are there photos, illustrations or videos that you would like to include in your design? If they have media ready, well and good &#8211; you can use said media. If not, you can always help them obtain the right kind of multi-media content for their website (there are plenty of <a href="http://www.wpexplorer.com/stock-photos-wordpress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">free stock photos</a> on the web to get you started).</p>\n<p>The idea behind this is to ensure the images or videos you use are of good quality. A website with blurred images is a turn off for users. A website without images is, well, kind of boring. If you have to, talk them into making use of free stock photos or videos. Otherwise, the design might suffer a handicap from a simple grainy image or lack thereof.</p>\n<h2>11. Where Do You See Your Website in the Future?</h2>\n<p>Yes, we understand you just met the client and can&#8217;t wait to start on their website, but take a moment and discuss the future of their website. Where would they like the website to go in the future? What would the website do in said future? In other words, this website that you can&#8217;t wait to build, will it be future-proof?</p>\n<p>Let your client expound on the social media elements they would want included in their website. Will they be blogging? What other features will they need, say, a year from now? As far as growth is concerned, how will the website handle increased traffic? Asking these questions might help you prepare for the future needs of the website.</p>\n<p>Basically, get to understand features and elements that will make the website remain relevant years down the line.</p>\n<h2>12. What is Your Timeline?</h2>\n<p>Does the client have a deadline that you mustn&#8217;t miss? Man, we all hate to miss deadlines, and that last-minute panic thingy is quite the nasty animal. Plus a bad rep won&#8217;t put bread on your table, so get a timeline and &#8211; <strong>this is important </strong>&#8211; ensure it is <strong>realistic.</strong></p>\n<p>Setting a realistic timeline sooner will definitely make your job less stressful. Split the project into phases to help you meet the deadline. Otherwise, you might suffer from tight timeline nightmares. In addition, you might lose the client if you promise on a deadline you can&#8217;t meet.</p>\n<h3>Conclusion</h3>\n<p>Getting ready for eventualities is a lot safer that getting caught off-guard. They say prevention is better than cure but I don&#8217;t think the saying relates very well with this post, but the heck, I hope you get the point. 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Hence, they concentrate on perfecting a product,...</p>\n<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://wdexplorer.com/top-logo-design-trends/">Top 10 Logo Design Trends of 2017</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://wdexplorer.com">WDExplorer - Web Design Blog</a>.</p>\n";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14:"Freddy Muriuki";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:40:"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14272:"<p>Majority of startups or small businesses only focus on improving their products worth. Hence, they concentrate on perfecting a product, running numbers, growing shipping orders et cetera. While this is awesome (hey, don&#8217;t stop improving your products on our say so), they forget a tiny but vital item as far as marketing goes.</p>\n<p>Unknown to most startups, logos are an important part of any marketing material. Logos have meaning, personality and describe what your company does. So if you think a logo cannot have a massive effect on your business, think twice.</p>\n<p>As with anything design-related, logos have evolved with time. There has been a continued entrance of new trends and techniques, opening doors to an ocean of ideas for you. These brand new logo trends are nothing short of amazing. Enjoy!</p>\n<h2>Animation</h2>\n<div id="attachment_2198" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2198" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2198 size-full" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/MattGravish_twitch_logo_animation.gif" alt="Matt Gravish Twitch Logo Animation" width="800" height="450" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/MattGravish_twitch_logo_animation.gif 800w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/MattGravish_twitch_logo_animation-768x432.gif 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2198" class="wp-caption-text">Twitch logo animation by <a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/2268094-Twitch-Logo-Animation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Gravish</a></p></div>\n<p>One of the most exciting logo trends in this write up is animation and movement. An animated logo is one of the best ways to stand out from the competition. And please worry not, animating your logo needn&#8217;t necessarily slow down your website.</p>\n<p>Moving logos are ideal for emotional connection with the targeted crowd. They contribute a whole lot to the story behind your brand, thereby making them incredible. Through the use of colors and sounds, you can use animated logos to convey your brand&#8217;s fervor.</p>\n<p>The best thing about animations is they keep the attention of the viewer for longer. Apart from this, you can have a regular logo for your print marketing materials. Lastly, moving logos combine perfectly with parallax effects.</p>\n<p>For a taste of logo animation, feel free to check out these <a href="https://speckyboy.com/subtly-animated-logos/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15 inspiring examples</a> by Paul Andrew, the founder of Speckyboy.</p>\n<h2>Simplification</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2199" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/Mastercard_2017.jpg" alt="Mastercard Logo 2017" width="750" height="450" /></p>\n<p>Brands are turning to utmost minimalism with simplified logos. Businesses are getting rid of excessive details and focusing on cleaner logos. A good example is <a href="https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/11-17-july-2016/mastercard-new-logo-first-time-20-years-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mastercard</a>. Their logo has seen many changes since 1968, but all their logos border on absolute simplicity.</p>\n<p>In addition, extreme minimal and spacious logos have that “less in your faceâ€ selling appeal, which means the consumer can pay attention to detail. This, of course, plays a part in creating and solidifying brand recognition.</p>\n<h2>Broken Letters</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2200" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/broken-font-logo.png" alt="Broken Letters Logo" width="800" height="450" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/broken-font-logo.png 800w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/broken-font-logo-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></p>\n<p>Broken letter logos have opened doors to a new shift in design. This trend offers ample room for creativity while showing the consumer what you&#8217;re all about. As a matter of fact, this logo design trend has picked quite some steam this year.</p>\n<p>While cutting letters sounds like a straight forward task, designers argue it’s one of the most complicated logo design trends. And that&#8217;s because you need to consider a number of things including letters to use, fonts and other details before breaking your logo.</p>\n<h2>Cropping</h2>\n<div id="attachment_2205" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2205" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2205 size-full" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/Istvan-Toth-logo-crop.png" alt="Istvan Toth CROP Studio Logo" width="800" height="450" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/Istvan-Toth-logo-crop.png 800w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/Istvan-Toth-logo-crop-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2205" class="wp-caption-text"><a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/3300778-CROP-Studio-logo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Istvan Toth</a> CROP Studio Logo</p></div>\n<p>Another logo design trend that has taken the internet by storm is use of logos with cropped letters. One might wonder why crop letters when the sole purpose of a logo is to convey what the brand is about.</p>\n<p>The idea behind cropping is to convey message while at the same time showing the least amount of detail possible. Therefore, it requires a lot of creativity as the end result should be attractive. Otherwise, it might make the message unclear if not well done.</p>\n<p>Cropped logos are attractive and unique, which is why entrepreneurs embrace them left, right and center.</p>\n<h2>Photographic Texture</h2>\n<div id="attachment_2206" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2206" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2206 size-full" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/goldfoil-logo-mockup.jpg" alt="Goldfoil logo mockup by Mockup CLoud" width="800" height="450" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/goldfoil-logo-mockup.jpg 800w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/goldfoil-logo-mockup-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2206" class="wp-caption-text">Realistic gold foil logo mockup by <a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/2081033-Logo-Mock-Up-Set" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mockup Cloud</a></p></div>\n<p>For anyone looking for some crazy artistic touch on their logos, this design trend is a must try. The trend involves careful combination of elements which culminate in detailed photographic texture in logos. This adds personality to any particular logo design.</p>\n<p>However, as good as this sounds many entrepreneurs will still not go for it. They feel it’s fancy and doesn’t exactly represent what you would call a professional logo. Nevertheless, if you have an appreciation for fancy logos, this is definitely the logo design trend for you.</p>\n<h2>Hand Drawn Logos</h2>\n<div id="attachment_2201" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2201" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2201 size-full" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/PaulVonExcite_photographer_logo.jpg" alt="Paul von Excite Photographer Logo" width="800" height="450" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/PaulVonExcite_photographer_logo.jpg 800w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/PaulVonExcite_photographer_logo-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2201" class="wp-caption-text">Hand drawn logo by <a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/2210137-Photographer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paul von Excite</a></p></div>\n<p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/explore/hand-drawn-logo/?lp=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hand drawn logos</a> have been around for ages, and the popularity of this logo trend means it is here to stay. At the same time, there is a re-emerging trend which consists of a cleaner and more polished style. The secret is to make them look sketch based, but with a pixel perfect design.</p>\n<p>Hand drawn logos have unique allure about them that attract customers like no other image you use. This is because such as logo exudes unbridled personality and style.</p>\n<h2>Geometric Shape Logos</h2>\n<div id="attachment_2202" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2202" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2202 size-full" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/nic_geometric_swan_logo.png" alt="Nick Geometric Swan Logo" width="800" height="450" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/nic_geometric_swan_logo.png 800w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/nic_geometric_swan_logo-768x432.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2202" class="wp-caption-text">Geometric Swan Logo by <a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/3316887-Swan-Logo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nick</a></p></div>\n<p>Geometric shaped logos are a logo design trend that is going nowhere since they are clear, simple and come with touch of creativity particularly if the logo designer knows what they are doing.</p>\n<p>Simple geometry intrigues users. On the other hand, designers like elements that can express creativity without bending over backwards on their part. In addition, the manipulation of geometric shapes gives meaning to many logos.</p>\n<h2>Multiple Meaning</h2>\n<div id="attachment_2203" style="width: 760px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2203" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2203 size-full" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/leologos_magic_coffee.jpg" alt="LeoLogos Magic Coffee Logo" width="750" height="350" /><p id="caption-attachment-2203" class="wp-caption-text">Magic Hat Coffee Logo by <a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/182363-Magic-Coffee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LeoLogos</a></p></div>\n<p>When a logo packs two meanings, it shows effort and patience. Take for example a logo that displays one message but on taking a closer look, you deduce another message. Creating such a logo takes time and great attention to detail. Telling two stories in one detailed logo design takes effort.</p>\n<p>Nonetheless, both the first and second design must convey a message related to the brand without conflicting with each other. Chances are such logos are likely to make customers smile whenever they discover the second message.</p>\n<h2>Negative Space</h2>\n<div id="attachment_2204" style="width: 760px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2204" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2204 size-full" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/birdhouse-books-logo-nick.png" alt="Birdhouse Books minimal logo by Nick" width="750" height="300" /><p id="caption-attachment-2204" class="wp-caption-text">Birdhouse Books minimal logo design with negative space by Nick</p></div>\n<p>This is another trend that is taking hold. Using negative space is nothing else than the detailed use of space encompassing a logo to artistically achieve results that draw users’ attention.</p>\n<p>Furthermore, clever use of space ensures that customers are not distracted by other elements in your design. Thus, their concentration is wholly directed on what you want them to see, which in this case your logo.</p>\n<p>Also, you can marry positive and negative space to create optical illusion, which pushes your agenda further.</p>\n<h2>Pattern and Repetition</h2>\n<div id="attachment_2207" style="width: 810px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2207" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2207 size-full" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/Greg-Sitzmann-C-logo.jpg" alt="Greg Sitzmann Patterned C Logo" width="800" height="500" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/Greg-Sitzmann-C-logo.jpg 800w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/Greg-Sitzmann-C-logo-768x480.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2207" class="wp-caption-text">Patterned C Logo by <a href="https://dribbble.com/shots/2891843-Patterned-C" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Sitzmann</a></p></div>\n<p>The easiest way to evoke familiarity in human beings is by repetition. This is why advertisers usually bombard us with the same advert over and over until it sticks.</p>\n<p>A logo that has repetitive patterns creates a brand recognition among your customers. Therefore, it’s hard for them to forget. 2017 has seen logo designs inclined on achieving this.</p>\n<h3>Conclusion</h3>\n<p>The fact is, whether or not you know it, <a href="https://99designs.com/blog/tips/what-is-a-logo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a logo</a> is the most used asset in marketing and with great results. When you make good use of logos in your marketing materials, your brand and products become easily recognizable.</p>\n<p>The above logo design trends offer you plenty of design freedom to create a logo that&#8217;s not only exciting but also suitable for your business. And what better way to pick a starting point than by going through what is trending?</p>\n<p>Plus with thousands of <a href="http://www.wpexplorer.com/wordpress-website-logo-design/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">logo services</a> out there, you have plenty of logo design talent at your disposal.</p>\n<p>Are you privy of other logo design trends we might have missed? Among the logo design trends we covered in this post, which is your favorite? Please share your thoughts in the comments below. Thanks in advance!</p>\n<p>See you around <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /></p>\n<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://wdexplorer.com/top-logo-design-trends/">Top 10 Logo Design Trends of 2017</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://wdexplorer.com">WDExplorer - Web Design Blog</a>.</p>\n";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:36:"http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/";a:1:{s:10:"commentRss";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:51:"https://wdexplorer.com/top-logo-design-trends/feed/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:38:"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/";a:1:{s:8:"comments";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:1:"0";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:8;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:73:"\n		\n		\n					\n		\n		\n		\n				\n		\n\n					\n										\n					\n					\n			\n		\n		\n			";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:5:{s:0:"";a:7:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:49:"WordPress for Designers: Building Beautiful Sites";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:68:"https://wdexplorer.com/wordpress-designers-building-beautiful-sites/";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:8:"comments";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:76:"https://wdexplorer.com/wordpress-designers-building-beautiful-sites/#respond";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Mon, 23 Oct 2017 10:50:21 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:8:"category";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:11:"Inspiration";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:30:"https://wdexplorer.com/?p=1960";s:7:"attribs";a:1:{s:0:"";a:1:{s:11:"isPermaLink";s:5:"false";}}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:381:"<p>Well, today we won’t get into too much detail explaining what WordPress is and what it does. We did that...</p>\n<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://wdexplorer.com/wordpress-designers-building-beautiful-sites/">WordPress for Designers: Building Beautiful Sites</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://wdexplorer.com">WDExplorer - Web Design Blog</a>.</p>\n";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:14:"Freddy Muriuki";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:40:"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:10055:"<p>Well, today we won’t get into too much detail explaining what WordPress is and what it does. We did that in an earlier article. So, if you have not read it, please make sure to. All in all, it&#8217;s the greatest CMS we have around, and if you have no idea what a CMS is, please read that post we just mentioned.</p>\n<p>With that said,  we&#8217;re here to offer you tips on how to build a beautiful WordPress site. Are you&#8217;re thinking all you need is a WordPress theme to build a beautiful WordPress website? Well, this isn&#8217;t entirely true. There are a number of things you must set in motion to get everything right from the word GO.</p>\n<p>Let’s get started.</p>\n<h2>Set Down the Right Foundation</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1457" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/web-design-desk-computer.jpg" alt="Web Design" width="800" height="350" /></p>\n<p>What do I mean? Many at times we focus on the outer shell of a website and forget its delicate backend nature. This is wrong. We tend to think of the backend as “immaterialâ€ (I’m saying this with my eyes closed, so don’t crucify me.) Often times, we think the backend is of less significance in relation to beauty and performance but we couldn&#8217;t be further from the truth.</p>\n<p>Clients mainly focus on results. That’s what beauty is to them. They might be clueless of what graphic design is and how it marries with their needs. All they want is a website that serves their purpose. As a designer, however, this isn&#8217;t a reason to design interfaces that are horrible just because your client doesn’t care. Your designs sell your work to those who understand what design is.</p>\n<p>The major thing here is to understand what the client wants or what you want if you are designing one for yourself. Once you’re pretty darn sure what needs to be achieved, then and only then can you go around and build a website around the idea. This way, you can find the perfect balance between aesthetics and performance. In any case, we always recommend <a href="http://www.wpexplorer.com/wordpress-for-startups/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WordPress for startups</a> and new businesses (it&#8217;s what we use &#8211; and we love it!).</p>\n<h2>Get the Right Utensils</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2191" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/web-design-utensils.jpg" alt="Web Design Utensils" width="900" height="400" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/web-design-utensils.jpg 900w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/web-design-utensils-768x341.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></p>\n<p>Utensils huh? No, I’m not trying to pull your leg here. If anything, we have a “deliciousâ€ website we need to marinade, bake and finally serve. Designing is just like cooking, but it’s much more fun (chefs don’t argue with me please, I know what I’m saying). Well I’ve tried cooking a couple of times and it surely isn’t that fun.</p>\n<p>Back to the bigger picture, Web design entails quite many components put together to bring out the best of user experiences. We won&#8217;t focus on all. Instead, we will take you on a short interface design journey.</p>\n<p>See how while cooking you choose the right utensil for your various dishes? Well, web design requires you to have the right tools in hand to bring out the best in you. These tools, which can be standalone programs or plugins, offer you amazing results including awesome fonts, images, colors and logos. Here, have a look at these two:</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href="https://www.sketchapp.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sketch</a> – This tool has been tailored for the modern day graphic designer. It’s a vector based program that allows elements to be reused easily, which saves a great deal of time. Vector image programs, use a mathematical formula (unlike raster) which results in high quality images.</li>\n<li><a href="http://www.foreui.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ForeUI</a> – This is another tool that you should check out. It is the best tool you can have as far as creating prototypes for your websites go. What’s better than having your idea generated into a recipe? It just makes everything easier.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Why just two tools?! For interested parties, these are some of the tools we have in our arsenal. You can check out other tools in “<a href="https://wdexplorer.com/design-tools-you-should-try/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The 10 Hottest Design Tools You Should Try in 2017</a>â€ and “<a href="https://wdexplorer.com/wordpress-plugins-web-designers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10 Amazing WordPress Plugins for Designers</a>â€.</p>\n<p>With these tools, you will have a great recipe to build your beautiful website. They are designed to make your life easier, so have fun.</p>\n<h2>Avoid Clutter</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2192" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/minimal-declutter.jpg" alt="Avoid Clutter, Minimal Design" width="900" height="400" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/minimal-declutter.jpg 900w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/minimal-declutter-768x341.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></p>\n<p>At a certain point in your life, you must have visited a website that really got on your nerves. Yes I see you, (don’t raise your hand), I too have. Have you ever tried scrolling down a page and the darn thing starts playing music (or even a video) automatically? How about intrusive newsletter pop ups or some unexpected animation? Rather than piquing your interest, this clutter drives you away, right?</p>\n<p>Yes, all this is clutter. Too much of this stuff and you&#8217;ll diverge focus from your content. While advertising is an intrinsic component in the profitability of your website, cramping your sidebar with adverts or having them pop up in each and every post won’t translate to more money &#8211; so take the time to <a href="http://www.wpexplorer.com/declutter-wordpress/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declutter your WordPress site</a>.</p>\n<p>Each of these items needs to be placed in an orderly manner.  Make sure to place them wisely and the visitor is bound to have an easy and fruitful experience. In the event that your website is new, the focus should be mainly on the content. That’s how you build an audience. When you have an audience, you can now think of Google AdSense and whatnot.</p>\n<h2>Understand the Nitty-Gritty of WordPress</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1998" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/web-services.jpg" alt="Make Use of Web Services" width="900" height="450" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/web-services.jpg 900w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/web-services-768x384.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /></p>\n<p>WordPress is probably the easiest and yet most powerful content management system out there (making <a href="http://www.wpexplorer.com/wordpress-perfect-small-businesses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WordPress perfect for business</a>). So, if you’re reading this and you haven’t jumped on the WP bandwagon, you don&#8217;t need a degree to know you&#8217;re missing out. Oh yes, you&#8217;re missing out big time!</p>\n<p>Understand how WordPress works, from the internal setup of existing themes and <a href="http://www.wpexplorer.com/choose-new-wordpress-theme/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">picking the right WordPress theme</a> to learning how to setup a content management system. These are the things you should knuckle down to. Learn all the elements and the dynamics of how they interact with each other. Why? This not only equips you with techniques to develop the best of designs, but also helps you to easily test your design.</p>\n<p>Having a clear picture of what WordPress has to offer will also give you some insight on when you need to develop a project from scratch or when to modify an existing theme. An existing theme has the advantage of having functionalities that have been tested and proven to work, which makes design and development easy and fun. 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Authenticity is indispensable.</p>\n<h3>Parting shot</h3>\n<p>This was fun, right. I mean, the fact you can please your client and at the same time please yourself is just priceless. Well, at least the client has to pay lol. Anyway, make sure to be there for the client in case they need your help. Get them involved during the development and after. This will build a bond between you two. And guess who they will turn to if they have another project? Hope you guessed right. 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Just like any business, you need tips and tools to grow it.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be transparent with your clients. Your clients need to know who they are getting into business with. Thus, get in the habit of informing your clients what to expect when working with you.</li>\n<li>Writing is the best platform to get your name out in the world. This will improve the chances of clients finding you. Additionally, it doesn’t matter if you think you are a good writer or not. Just write.</li>\n<li>Focus, not just on your business but where you want to be in a few years’ time.</li>\n<li>Use a contract. Whether the project is big or small, use a contract. Let the agreement cover basic and important terms that you and your client need to agree on.</li>\n<li>Finally, split your income to cover savings and taxes.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The above tips will work like magic as far as shaping you freelance gig into the business you always wanted. Other than that, below are 10 essential tools you need to manage your freelance business. These tools will help you automate even the most mundane of tasks.</p>\n<h2>Adobe Sign</h2>\n<p><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2178" src="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/adobe-sign.jpg" alt="Adobe Sign" width="800" height="390" srcset="https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/adobe-sign.jpg 800w, https://wdexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/adobe-sign-768x374.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /></p>\n<p>Not only is paperwork boring, but also as a freelance designer you won’t get to meet your clients face to face. Thus, your will need to have a way of signing your contracts.</p>\n<p>Signing of contracts is a hassle. Often, it requires printing, couriering or scanning back signed documents to get things in order. 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Get ready sponsors, I will hunt for swag again 😎</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a fantastic weekend! </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yours, 💕<br /><em>Birgit</em></p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class="wp-block-group has-light-background-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"><div class="wp-block-group__inner-container">\n<p><strong>Table of Contents</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<div class="wp-block-sortabrilliant-guidepost"><ul><li><a href="https://gutenbergtimes.com/feed/#0-word-press-release-information">Developing Gutenberg and WordPress</a></li><li><a href="https://gutenbergtimes.com/feed/#1-plugins-themes-and-tools-for-nocode-site-builders-and-owners">Plugins, Themes, and Tools for #nocode site builders and owners</a><ul><li><a href="https://gutenbergtimes.com/feed/#2-icymi-new-tutorials-on-learn-word-press-for-users-br">New tutorials on Learn.WordPress</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://gutenbergtimes.com/feed/#2-word-press-6-0-1-and-6-1-scheduled">Theme Development for Full Site Editing and Blocks</a></li><li><a href="https://gutenbergtimes.com/feed/#3-building-themes-for-fse-and-word-press">Building Blocks and Tools for the Block editor. </a></li></ul></div>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="0-word-press-release-information">Developing Gutenberg and WordPress</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Release lead, <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/c4rl0sbr4v0">Carlos Bravo</a></strong>, published <strong><a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/05/31/whats-new-in-gutenberg-15-9-31-may/">What’s new in Gutenberg 15.9? 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They explore the use of Open Graph (OG) images, social media platforms, and the importance of consistent branding. They mention the need for a logo and discuss the design concept, leaning towards a fun and vibrant style. They also touch on website development, pricing, and marketing assets. The conversation revolves around simplifying the image generation process and creating a user-friendly product. Overall, they aim to finalize the project&#8217;s features, branding, and logo to move forward with the launch.</p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top Takeaways:</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Logo and Branding: </strong>The importance of creating a logo and establishing a consistent branding for your project. You want a logo that represents image generation in a fun and vibrant way, potentially incorporating bright colors and a big, fun font. It should look good on different merchandise items like t-shirts and baseball caps.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Image Generation and Sharing:</strong> The main focus of your project is image generation and sharing. Using a logo generation tool and exploring concepts related to image generation, sharing, and open graph images. The goal is to make the process of generating and sharing images easy and efficient for users.</li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Project Progress: </strong>The progress of the project, including bug fixes and updates. The plan is to address the bugs and implement additional features and improvements. Once the sitewide and post-level functionalities are handled, the project will be ready to share with others. Defining the project&#8217;s style, including the logo and overall branding, is an important next step</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper">\n\n</div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class="wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper" id="h-mentioned-in-the-show"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f517.png" alt="🔗" class="wp-smiley" /> Mentioned in the show:</h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href="https://crop.express/">Crop.Express</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://wordpress.com/">WordPress</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://openai.com/">OpenAI</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://poststatus.com/">Post Status</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://www.wpbeginner.com/">WP Beginner</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://www.fiverr.com/">Fiverr</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://central.wordcamp.org/">WordCamp</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://makelogo.ai/">MakeLogo.ai</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://twitter.com/vovafeldman?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Vova Feldman</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://twitter.com/syedbalkhi">Syed Balkhi</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://ogp.me/">Open Graph Image</a></li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class="wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper" id="h-you-can-follow-post-status-and-our-guests-on-twitter"><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f426.png" alt="ðŸ¦" class="wp-smiley" /> You can follow Post Status and our guests on Twitter:</h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class="eplus-wrapper">\n<li><a href="http://twitter.com/coreymaass">Corey Maass</a></li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://twitter.com/corymiller303">Cory Miller</a> (CEO, <a href="https://twitter.com/post_status">Post Status</a>)</li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href="https://twitter.com/lemonadecode">Olivia Bisset</a> (Intern, <a href="https://twitter.com/post_status">Post Status</a>)</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n\n<p class="eplus-wrapper has-background">The <strong>Post Status Draft</strong> podcast is geared toward WordPress professionals, with interviews, news, and deep analysis. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f4dd.png" alt="ðŸ“" class="wp-smiley" /><br /><br /><a href="https://poststatus.com/category/post-status-podcasts/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Browse our archives</a>, and don’t forget to subscribe via <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/post-status-draft-wordpress/id976403008" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS8ySkU5c2M4UA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/PostStatus" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">YouTube</a>, <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/krogsgard/post-status-draft-wordpress-podcast" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://wordpress-post-status-draft-podcast.simplecast.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Simplecast</a>, or <a href="https://feeds.simplecast.com/2JE9sc8P">RSS</a>. <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/14.0.0/72x72/1f3a7.png" alt="🎧" class="wp-smiley" /></p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class="wp-block-heading eplus-wrapper" id="h-transcript">Transcript</h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Session 15 Corey &amp; Cory Launch a WordPress Product Live</h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C&amp;C 15</strong></p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:00:00] <strong>Cory Miler:</strong> All right. Hold on before we go live. Okay. Um, what&#8217;s on your mind&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:00:21] <strong>Corey Maass:</strong> today to talk about? It looks like you&#8217;re streaming to YouTube, but I&#8217;m not recording.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:00:33] <strong>Cory Miler:</strong> Okay, I&#8217;ll just push record.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hey everybody. Welcome back to Corey and Corey on launching a product lot has been happening in the background. Mainly Corey&#8217;s been on a manic work streak, but we have a working version of the plugin on post edit and uh, he gave me a walkthrough yesterday setting stuff. Corey, what are we, what&#8217;s on your mind today to talk, talk about?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:01:03] <strong>Corey Maass:</strong> Uh, I think we are, uh, getting close to the first milestone of actually having a product that you, you specifically could start using. My clients could start using maybe, um, I&#8217;m gonna install it on all of my websites. Um, But I think we can start. I&#8217;ve got a, after the installing it on post status yesterday, which we chose not to do live, which worked out just fine.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Um, but we&#8217;ve got a, a pretty slick little product, um, a short punch list of bugs to fix that I&#8217;m working on, um, over the next couple of days. Um, But I think we could start pivoting to how we&#8217;re gonna present this publicly. Um, you know, start setting up the marketing site. I&#8217;ve got the e-commerce set up. I think it works to actually take money.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>We haven&#8217;t tried that yet, but that&#8217;s okay. Um, so yeah, I think it&#8217;s the, the next steps to talk about here now are, you know, what we need. So, I mean, for us, but also talking abstractly about. You know, once you have a product, uh, what do you do? So&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:02:33] <strong>Cory Miler:</strong> yeah, with the product, we&#8217;re in this interesting phase, which is working.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s working. When we put it up on a live site, yesterday, we were both making notes about where the product is. But I, I still go back to, I think this is so valuable. Me putting on the client customer hat and actually using it. And more so than I think any product I&#8217;ve had before is really using it and thinking about it creatively.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>How I want those things to come out, I think is gonna formulate back to products. So, so while it already has like our initial OG image, open graph image for site wide. We did some reviews in the past episode. Um, I did some work and I, I really saw some patterns in the synthesis. Mm-hmm. What, like, it is gonna go do.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, you, you were like almost simultaneously building it, which is awesome. Um, I gotta tell you from yesterday, um, we got, we got some polish that we, we know we&#8217;ve been working on, um, that you even saw and were like, oh, we need this. Um, I love your openness again about hearing feedback and, Hmm, before using it just shows how good of a data of an entrepreneur you are.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the, the one I&#8217;m really eager to is getting to the blog posts because for this product, uh, it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s more so than just an open graph image. It&#8217;s like a social image to share with the post to make it compelling. I think all that work we did with Crop Express, So it&#8217;s all good. Mm-hmm. Helped, like think through what we&#8217;re doing now.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I, I got giddy, you know, that I did some of the work when we did the pattern for the home, home or site default. Uh, I went on with some of the blog posts and I was like, this right&nbsp;</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:04:34] <strong>Corey Maass:</strong> here is the money. Yep. Yeah. I&#8217;m, I&#8217;m with you. I think I, one of the. 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You know, we keep de debating about how we actually do this wording, um, but, or, or how we word this. But, you know, within a few clicks, our plugin makes your website more professional. Um, if you&#8217;ve got Yost installed, maybe you&#8217;ve already got an OG image.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don&#8217;t, we provide one, um, and our plugin will override. The image. So it&#8217;s like whatever you&#8217;ve done in Canva or elsewhere, you know, you can update, you can update regularly, that kind of thing. Um, so yeah, I&#8217;m, I&#8217;m with you. We&#8217;re, we&#8217;ve, we&#8217;ve reached that minimum viable product mentality in that we are immediately offering value, which I think is really cool.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Um, and then, The next, next thing following that OG image thread is, yeah, for each blog post, for each product, um, figuring, you know, again, initially it&#8217;ll be a, uh, a manual process of like, oh, you&#8217;re, you know, essentially for every blog post you, you are adding going forward, um, Once you&#8217;ve set up the blog post, you then can go set up your OG image.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Um, so we get there and that, that honestly is about 60%, 70% of the cleanup I need to do anyway. I. We are product complete, we are ready to sell a product. Um, and then, yeah, down the road, uh, there&#8217;s, there&#8217;s obviously lots of fun and, and interesting things. One, you know, like I wanna be able to, we&#8217;ve talked about, but I wanna be able to, like for you on post status, you&#8217;ve got, you know, dozens or hundreds of posts that already exist and so they will benefit from the Sitewide OG image.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But wouldn&#8217;t it be nice if you set up a template for a stand, you know, a template that goes with a blog post and click a button and it retroactively goes back and creates OG images for each of those blog posts, stuff like [00:08:00] that. Um, but I kind of think that that&#8217;s one that&#8217;s neat. You know, that&#8217;s icing on the cake.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a version 1.1 kind of feature. Um, but also I, I do think we want a little bit of validation. Before that happens. Um, and or if we find ourselves twiddling our thumbs and you&#8217;re like, yeah, for post status, I we really need this, then we can call that validation and I can implement it. But, um, but yeah, it&#8217;s, it&#8217;s flushing out.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being featured complete as far as OG images is, is the way to start. And obviously right along with that, it&#8217;s easy enough to create, um, a duplicate image that is square so you can throw it on Instagram or whatever. Yep.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Um,</p>\n\n\n\n<p>behind the scenes, I think what&#8217;s really cool is. We kept, but after doing the, the first install yesterday on post status, Corey set up a first basic OG image. And then due to caching, we couldn&#8217;t see it. We could verify that it was there by viewing the source. And we knew the image was there, but we couldn&#8217;t see it.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And just now during our call, uh, Basically what&#8217;s funny is our Slack, private Slack conversation is just us posting post status.com back and forth, back and forth, trying to see the damn thing work and uh, Corey just posted it and adjusted it did just show up and that is one of the most satisfying things ever.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So yeah, it&#8217;s working.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:09:48] <strong>Cory Miler:</strong> Absolutely. I do think if I just put on the post status as a customer hat, Um, we do a fair amount of content and we want to, we have a significant following on Twitter and in, uh, LinkedIn and I particularly camp out on LinkedIn for a second. It&#8217;s really compelling to me and, and I, a couple years ago, I kind of, okay, I&#8217;ve just accepted invitations over the years.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I&#8217;m gonna see what this is about. 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My name is Nathan Wrigley.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, a journey inside creating a block-based theme.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast, player of choice. Or by going to WPTavern.com forward slash feed forward slash podcast. And you can copy that URL into most podcast players.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a topic that you&#8217;d like us to feature on the podcast, I&#8217;m keen to hear from you and hopefully get you all your idea featured on the show. Head to WPTavern.com forward slash contact forward slash jukebox, and use the form there.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>We released these podcast episodes every Wednesday, but next week there&#8217;s going to be a break. I&#8217;m going to be heading to WordCamp Europe in Athens to record some more interviews. 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So that when you&#8217;re editing a page, it looks like you&#8217;re editing a page, and not like you&#8217;re editing a page with content field or something like that, you know? So the great unification of sorts.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:20:57] Nathan Wrigley: Thank you. That&#8217;s really fascinating. In terms of the skillset that you&#8217;ve had to adopt over the last period of time. When you decided, okay, I&#8217;m going to go all in on blocks. And it sounds like you&#8217;ve been doing this really, right from the beginning, which is fairly impressive. Very prescient of you.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the new interesting, perhaps difficult, things that you&#8217;ve had to learn? The new tooling that you&#8217;ve had to acquire? 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And it&#8217;s all core and native features.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it took me a long time to pull all that stuff together and to be able to present it and a package that was like, oh, okay, this is coherent and well made and well designed and it actually works.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:23:07] Nathan Wrigley: How much does the sand shift beneath your feet? So you mentioned earlier about getting skilled with the interface and using the group block and managing it to make these pixel perfect, really beautiful layouts which we&#8217;ll get onto in a moment. How steady has that process been?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or have you noticed that your designs from, well, let&#8217;s not say month to month, maybe half a year to half a year. Are there things which come along in the core blocks, changes which are made in the core blocks, which upset what you&#8217;ve managed to lay out in this perfect way? Or has the progress been steady away? 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I used it as an opportunity to, like I was saying, to learn all of these features. And one of the best ways to learn them is to build a block theme. Because it forces you to use all these different things, like patterns and global styles, and theme json. All of these features that make up a good block theme.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, I started it as an experiment to learn, and then along the way, you know, as a product minded person, and somebody who&#8217;s had a theme shop before, I thought, no, there is some commercial value here. I don&#8217;t know what it is yet. But I thought on top of it being a potential pivot for me to do, I just saw it as an opportunity to dip back into WordPress in a more meaningful way, in the product space.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I like creating things that people can learn from. I like putting things together in a package that you can hand off to somebody or send them the repo and they can see, and pick through the code and learn. 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Maybe just going with these beautiful designs, changing the content, changing the color, and then focusing on my content, and focusing on my audience and focusing on my following. And I think the patterns are going to be a huge deal for sure.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:29:21] Nathan Wrigley: Truly I think the designs are absolutely fabulous. They are categorized into posts, texts, call to action, cards, features, heroes, pages, prices and testimonials. Who knows, maybe that will be expanded over time. But in each of those there&#8217;s in some cases a handful and in many cases multiple dozens really of different patterns that you can select.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you&#8217;ve never had the experience of doing this in a theme, you just pick on one that you like, and you just click on the icon and there it is. It&#8217;s now the next part of your website. And you can then amend it, you can change it.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give us a bit of an insight into what people can do in terms of saving things. 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It&#8217;ll propagate through the whole thing because that&#8217;s how this is all wired up. So yeah, so if you want to go in and change a page, all you do is, you go in there, add a pattern, save it. Save it just like you would any other page. And it&#8217;s good to go.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:31:47] Nathan Wrigley: Yeah, it is increasingly becoming a really compelling system. It just requires people like you to get as many people over that hump as possible and experiencing it. But I can only say if you download it, have a go. Within minutes I suspect that you&#8217;ll have something that you are very, very happy with and that you can modify.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of the patterns of themselves, is that an area that you&#8217;ve explored? Or would like to explore commercially? So okay, I know you&#8217;ve got Ollie, but have you given any thought to the commercial possibilities of just patterns, simply patterns? Not bound to any theme. Just a downloadable set of patterns. And obviously you&#8217;re a very, very credible designer, we can see that. That you could then give to people, sell to people, so that they can download them into any site no matter what block-based theme they&#8217;re using.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>[00:32:34] Mike McAlister: I always knew patterns were going to be a big deal. But I think, after just releasing Ollie to GitHub and seeing it get picked up by a few news outlets and some people on YouTube, were making videos about it. I think the number one thing everyone always raves about is the patterns. And maybe if they&#8217;ve explored patterns before on wordpress.org or used other themes that have patterns.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;re just kind of underwhelming typically. But I think I did spend a great deal of time making sure these patterns were making a statement. They are saying, no you can do this in WordPress. I wanted to prove that I can design something as good, if not better, than what we had before. And I&#8217;ll do it all with blocks, native blocks. Not one custom blocks in there. These are all just core blocks, and they&#8217;re going to be beautiful, and they&#8217;ll be fully responsive and fully customizable.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>And so, I think that&#8217;s what people see. And when they see these patterns and how they all cohesively fit together. You can pop these onto a page in any different order and they kind of just fit together and that&#8217;s part of the overall design system. But yeah, so I see patterns as a huge opportunity and I wasn&#8217;t sure commercially. And still I don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m using this opportunity to ask a lot of questions.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I think the first few weeks, the response has been largely very positive about patterns. And so I&#8217;m definitely curious about that. And I think there&#8217;s opportunities to do more advanced patterns, and maybe use some pro blocks to make patterns even more appealing. 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