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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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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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Full screen flash portfolio study

Flash is a powerful tool that's often used for the wrong projects. Information heavy sites gain very little by being developed as a full flash site and often lose quite a lot. Usability, accessibility and search engine optimization normally all take a hit if you go full flash.

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The Behance network and why you should be on it

The Behance network is a social networking site where creatives of all types gather to showcase their portfolio, inspire and be inspired and do the usual chit-chatting. Expect to find creatives in design, illustration, photography and many more

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Inspiring packaging design

Even if you aren't actively working in packaging design you can still respect and be inspired by some of the creative and eye pleasing solutions that are out there. Designfeedr raided the web for some excellent packaging design examples, hope you enjoy.

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A better online portfolio #1 : Contact data

These days an online portfolio is mandatory for creatives of every kind. If you don’t have one it will come across like you just crawled out from under a huge world engulfing rock. You also won’t get to reap the benefits of having an online presence.

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Got style? You really should!

When I interviewed Radim Malinic a few months ago one of his answers intrigued me. Radim said the following : "Most of the new commissions are wanting ‘a brand nu’ type of work. People don’t give me work for what I can do, but for the style I use.". This got me thinking about how important having a style is compared to being competent in the basics of graphic design.

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