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8 ways to get good traffic

Getting visitors to your site is only half of the equation. It serves no purpose if visitors come to your site, wait until it loads and then instantly browse on to the next thing because your site simply doesn't interest them. You have to get the right type of traffic to your site.

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Tutorials we heart make-over and advertisement discount

As some of you know I released Tutorials we heart about a month ago. I've had some great reactions (and a lot of visitors from Stumble Upon - Thanks stumblers!) but I wasn't totally satisfied with the look and feel of the site.

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Creative movie posters inspiration

Using less obvious sources for inspiration can stimulate you to be much more creative and original. Today I've collected some great posters from recently released and upcoming movies.

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Two great wallpapers from Earph

I've got a treat for you guys courtesy of Earph's Matt Williamson. Matt's a web designer/developer located in Austin Texas and he was kind enough to donate these two wallpapers to promote his online exhibition of digital art.

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A different inspiration : Masters of digital painting

While I always look at (web) design and illustration for inspiration I've also often been inspired by totally different things. At first I thought I was just a weird one, but when I was over at fellow blogger Liam's site I noticed that I'm not the only one with a knack for different inspiration sources.

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What community should you be active on?

Communities are great for creatives. You get to mingle with people who have the same interests as you, learn from each other, collaborate and it might even lead to opportunities. Another strong point of being on a community is that you're getting yourself "out there". Your exposing your work and yourself.

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Artwork creation process by Matthias Bäuerle

My recent post on five illustrators who deserve more love got me talking with Matthias Bäuerle from Season Zero. Season Zero has some really cool photo manipulations in it's portfolio and I asked Matthias if he could do a step by step guide on one of these.

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Pattern Tap

I got a mail from Matthew Smith this morning advising me to take a look at his new site Pattern Tap. Pattern tap is a inspiration site for web designers with a unique twist. Instead of the usual pretty site gallery Pattern tap allows you to look for inspiration on certain elements.

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Looking for guest writers

Are you a (web)designer, illustrator or other creative and do you think you have something to say or show that people want to know about? Then I'm looking for you so read on!

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New look for Designfeedr!

I've chosen to give Designfeedr a totally new look. Since the Blog is growing and getting more and more returning readers I thought it was time that the ease of use and amount of features of the blog grew as well.

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