The self-promoter’s essential checklist
If you have something to say about your product or service, then you've got the fuel for the Google search engine – a regular supply of information for a dedicated audience
It’s not the taking part, it’s the winning that counts
Why do you need Big Impact Design in your team? What exactly do we do for you? Founder, Tim Baggaley, dips into his youth for a lesson in teamwork
A recipe for success
Take the right ingredients, blend them carefully and you can cook up a website that will feed the needs of all your hungry clients. Warning, the following article contains puns…
Putting practice into theory
When Tim Baggaley was commissioned by Northeastern University London to explain to psychology students how graphic design works, he forensically dissected his project methodology to show them how the mind of a creative operates
The Facebook problem and how to fix it
Many small businesses and solo traders rely on their posts to social networks to promote their trade while their domain name website sits collecting dust. That's not good
A perfect website design for event promotion
Do you organise events? You need a website designed like this one to highlight your smart calendar
Magazine typography for websites
Once upon a time, there was no Cascading Style Sheets and just half-a-dozen, dull 'web-safe' fonts. Now we have pseudo-selectors and font hosting as the web's typography catches up with the Middle Ages…
Photoshop stealth mode, leave no trace
Faking photos has been around for a long time, Photoshop is just a newer way of doing it. The trick remains the same, though; conceal your working
Keep your bulk email out of the SPAM box
If you use a mailing list to promote a business enterprise, no matter how modest, then you need to comply with the GDPR law and best practice protocols or you'll end up branded a SPAMMER
Take that look off your Facebook
You might think that posting content to your project's Facebook page is sharing your content with the world but it turns out, Facebook might actually be quite secretive with your content
Watch your language!
There's no excuse for a news publisher like The Metro posting this clumsy typo. Sure, we may laugh but the influencer in the article is making money from their T*tTok account and damage to their reputation could be costly. Are you a wordsmith? Try this test…
Create a strong p******* and remember it
Our memories are vast databases and we are quite capable of remembering incredible amounts of information and detail. Remembering one strong password should be a doddle and, indeed, it is when you do it right…
Check to see if your email’s been hacked
Database breaches are happening right now, and your email could be in there. Do a quick check to see if your email has been compromised and what actions you can take to improve its security
Strong security with password managers
If you are not using strong and unique passwords for your online security, you know that and you don't need a lecture but you do need a password manager