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Wed, 09 May 2012 18:54:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/05/the-google-penguin-update-in-laymens-terms/ http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/05/the-google-penguin-update-in-laymens-terms/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 18:52:20 +0000 Steph Borel http://stephboreldesign.com/?p=1017 I think the point google's trying to make is be natural, maybe even don't worry about SEO (search engine optimization) at all and instead worry about providing relevant UNIQUE content on your website....]]> http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/05/the-google-penguin-update-in-laymens-terms/feed/ 0 http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/should-you-tip-a-website-designer/ http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/should-you-tip-a-website-designer/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:23:33 +0000 Steph Borel http://stephboreldesign.com/?p=987 I sometimes joke with my clients in an attempt to make light of an over-billing or duplicate invoice disaster by trying to cover up my mistake by proclaiming “I ACCEPT TIPS!”… but it’s really just a bad joke; An attempt to make light of the fact that I’m human and running a one woman show [...]]]> http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/should-you-tip-a-website-designer/feed/ 0 http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/freelance-website-designer-an-operation-of-one/ http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/freelance-website-designer-an-operation-of-one/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:01:16 +0000 Steph Borel http://stephboreldesign.com/?p=984 Being a Freelance Website Designer, I wear many hats. I’m the billing department, the design department, the customer service department, the tech support department, and any other department that has to be created on a whim in order to provide my clients with what they need. It means 12-15 hour days, and sometimes working till [...]]]> http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/freelance-website-designer-an-operation-of-one/feed/ 0 http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/how-i-got-on-the-first-page-of-google-seo/ http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/how-i-got-on-the-first-page-of-google-seo/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:22:34 +0000 Steph Borel http://stephboreldesign.com/?p=978 As a freelance website designer of over 10 years, the hardest part of becoming self sufficient was making sure I had the clientele to cover what I’d have to spend each month on bills and surviving. My job choice really wasn’t taken seriously for quite some time by my family and friends, and that made [...]]]> http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/how-i-got-on-the-first-page-of-google-seo/feed/ 0 http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/mac-gets-a-virus-the-flashback-trojan/ http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/mac-gets-a-virus-the-flashback-trojan/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 05:08:06 +0000 Steph Borel http://stephboreldesign.com/?p=931 I’m the first to preach mac till someones ears fall off. About 5 years ago, I switched to using a mac, and will never go back to a windows PC. The first thing i’d say to PC users to tempt them into switching to an Apple computer was that i had no fear of getting [...]]]> http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/04/mac-gets-a-virus-the-flashback-trojan/feed/ 0 http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/03/lorem-ipsum-say-what/ http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/03/lorem-ipsum-say-what/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:37:17 +0000 Steph Borel http://stephboreldesign.com/?p=927 When website designers create rough designs of websites to show clients the design they’ve come up with, they often use Lorem Ipsum text instead of  actual content text. Alot of people get confused as to what language its in and it sometimes scares people, so I figured I’d put up a post about what it [...]]]> http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/03/lorem-ipsum-say-what/feed/ 0 http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/01/how-to-keep-up-with-internet-technologies/ http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/01/how-to-keep-up-with-internet-technologies/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:39:33 +0000 Steph Borel http://stephboreldesign.com/?p=912 As a freelance website designer, let me be the first to tell you, it’s not easy keeping up with the latest and greatest in what the internet has to offer. After doing what I do for almost 10 years now, i still have to google some things that clients request in order to learn about [...]]]> http://stephboreldesign.com/2012/01/how-to-keep-up-with-internet-technologies/feed/ 0 http://stephboreldesign.com/2011/11/still-debating-what-infusionsoft-membership-plateform-to-go-with-check-this-out/ http://stephboreldesign.com/2011/11/still-debating-what-infusionsoft-membership-plateform-to-go-with-check-this-out/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:53:39 +0000 Steph Borel http://stephboreldesign.com/?p=906 Infusionsoft Acquires CustomerHub Product & Team]]> http://stephboreldesign.com/2011/11/still-debating-what-infusionsoft-membership-plateform-to-go-with-check-this-out/feed/ 0 http://stephboreldesign.com/2011/10/freelance-website-designer/ http://stephboreldesign.com/2011/10/freelance-website-designer/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:49:03 +0000 Steph Borel http://stephboreldesign.com/?p=902 It’s coming around to that time of the year when work is slim pickings. Oh the joys of the holidays for a freelance website designer.   HAVE YOU SEEN MY STAPLER?@?!!?!?!]]> http://stephboreldesign.com/2011/10/freelance-website-designer/feed/ 0 http://stephboreldesign.com/2011/09/i-feng-shui-overhaul-on-my-office-today/ http://stephboreldesign.com/2011/09/i-feng-shui-overhaul-on-my-office-today/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:27:23 +0000 Steph Borel http://stephboreldesign.com/?p=893 I came across a really good article on how to feng shui my office.. Needless to say, I actually feel a little better..sure, no projects were started today, BUT i have a sense of 'ready to work' Here's what I found out are the do's and dont's for your office]]> http://stephboreldesign.com/2011/09/i-feng-shui-overhaul-on-my-office-today/feed/ 0