Tag Archive for: layout

Mockups – The Art of Linkshaping

06 Oct
October 6, 2010

Welcome back, Linkshape fans!  Today we’re talking about website design mock-ups within the website design production process we refer to as Linkshaping. Personally, I’m excited about this topic, because I’ve spent the last decade designing websites and other graphics and I have a lot to share.  Plenty of new clients have no idea what website design mock-ups are, so don’t be embarrassed if this is an area of discovery for you as well.  Even if you are familiar with the concept, you may still learn a thing or two about the way Linkshape goes about seeking approval for the website designs we are so proud to shape.

There’s a reason why we’re only just now talking about the actual design of a website. So much emphasis is placed on it – heck, it’s even the name of our industry and job title.

Hopefully through this series, you’ve grown to appreciate all of the background work that goes into and is built into a well-planned website. The previously developed project description, the valuable information gathered during the creative brief, and website design wireframes all lead to a website design that stands the greatest chance of success. Read more →

Email marketing, Part 2 – Effective Layouts & Designs

14 Sep
September 14, 2010

Welcome to part 2 of the 3 part series on creating effective email marketing newsletters for your Internet marketing campaigns.  As we discussed in part 1, creating and collecting content is probably one of the most difficult parts of putting together your company’s newsletter.  But now that you have all of the juicy little tidbits, it is time to put this delicious information in a format that your customers are going to want to open, read, and hopefully forward to a friend or colleague.

You should think of your email marketing newsletters as you would the parts of a book.

Think of your email newsletter as a book, but all on one page.  You will need:

  • Cover – the newsletter’s header
  • Table of contents – quick access bullet-points
  • Preface – your intro
  • Chapters – the content of the newsletter