The Joomlashack Blog
5 Things Web Designers Can Do To Land More Clients and Build a Successful Web Design Business
- Written by JohnFlanagan JohnFlanagan
- Published: 21 July 2011 21 July 2011
Before I joined Joomlashack I had my own web design business like many of you. My clients were a diverse bunch that kept me pretty busy—small businesses, restaurants, Fortune 500 brands, hip hop producers and multi-platinum rock bands. I grew my portfolio from 2 local clients in 1996 to over 50 billable, monthly clients from all over the world just a few years later.
Web designer friends of mine in big cities, like New York and Chicago, struggled mightily to land clients like mine, and whenever we would talk, they'd always ask me, "dude, no offense, but how are YOU getting these clients?"
I wasn't offended. I understood their frustration. After all, these guys were all in big cities where there were supposed be big opportunities for them, and here I was, a 'one-man operation' in small-town Ohio landing the types of big clients they could only dream about.
These guys were über talented (definitely more talented than me), and I assumed they were doing all the things I was doing to get clients. But I was surprised to find out they weren't.
While they stayed in their studios and focused solely on designing, I was out there promoting my business and getting new clients.
Here are 5 things you can do, that my friends didn't do, to get new clients, too:
Introducing Breeze: A Light, Airy & Cool Joomla 1.7 Template
- Written by JohnFlanagan JohnFlanagan
- Published: 12 July 2011 12 July 2011
We've just released a brand new Joomla 1.5 / 1.7 template called Breeze that's as light & cool as its name suggests.
Breeze is colorful, versatile and makes building web sites a breeze with its 15 customizable parameters that make your site truly unique.
Read more: Introducing Breeze: A Light, Airy & Cool Joomla 1.7 Template
Must Have Web Tools
- Written by Joomlashack Help Joomlashack Help
- Published: 08 July 2011 08 July 2011
I've been designing Joomla websites and templates for over 5 years now and a lot has changed in my productivity and production cycle throughout the years. I've found some great tools in my career as a web designer and just wanted to share some of the web developer tools that I think are a must.
Say hello to our latest Joomla 1.5/1.7 template, SCENICA
- Written by JohnFlanagan JohnFlanagan
- Published: 28 June 2011 28 June 2011
We've just released a brand new Joomla 1.5 / 1.7 template today at Joomlashack.com called Scenica that's sure to bring your website to life.
Scenica is a gorgeous new template that's perfect for anyone who wants to present their message in a more visual way. It's eye-catching slideshow backgrounds (with built-in slideshow), clean design and open layout work well with photo galleries, sites for visual artists, musicians, travel destinations, fashion & apparel sites and events & conferences. In fact, Scenica has built-in styling for the awesome new Joomla events management extension, Ohanah.
Read more: Say hello to our latest Joomla 1.5/1.7 template, SCENICA
New Joomla Templates Have Arrived!
- Written by JohnFlanagan JohnFlanagan
- Published: 14 June 2011 14 June 2011
We've added some cool new Joomla 1.5 templates to our Joomla Template Gallery this week (Academia, Ascension & Marble) and updated one of our most popular Joomla templates to 1.6 (Onyx). They're all available now and ready for purchase.
Sneak Peek at some upcoming changes to Joomlashack
- Written by Jeremy Wilken Jeremy Wilken
- Published: 23 May 2011 23 May 2011
Here at Joomlashack we work very hard to provide our customers with the best products and service in the industry, however we are never satisfied, so in our efforts to continually improve ourselves we want to share with you some of the major changes we are making...
Read more: Sneak Peek at some upcoming changes to Joomlashack
JAB 2011
- Written by TJ Baker TJ Baker
- Published: 16 May 2011 16 May 2011
On May 6-8th Eddie, Jeremy and Myself, members of the Joomlashack team, had the pleasure of attending this years J and Beyond, an international Joomla Conference. The event was great. It was a weekend filled with the sharing of information and ideas through presentations, conversations, networking, and friendship building.
FREE EasyBlog extension with purchase of our newest 1.6 template, Simplepraise--First 50 customers only
- Written by JohnFlanagan JohnFlanagan
- Published: 10 May 2011 10 May 2011
Today we released a brand new Joomla 1.5 / 1.6 template called JS Simplepraise.
Simplepraise is a simple, yet elegant template that's easy on the eyes and even easier to customize. It's clean design (with generous white space) will allow your visitors to easily scan and quickly retrieve the information they are looking for when they visit your site. And it's simply perfect for any website--especially news sites, blogs or communities. No bloat. No clutter. Just clean, simple web 2.0 design...
'corePHP' and Joomlashack team up to create kaGO Commerce, an exciting new Joomla shopping cart extension
- Written by JohnFlanagan JohnFlanagan
- Published: 29 April 2011 29 April 2011
From left to right: Jonathan Shroyer, 'corePHP' CTO; Shawn Fields, Joomlashack Director of Marketing & Sales; Michael Pignataro, 'corePHP' VP of Operations; Eddie Tabush, Joomlashack CEO; Steven Pignataro, 'corePHP' CEO.
Dear friends,
Until now, if you needed a reliable and feature-rich Joomla-based e-commerce solution, there were precious few choices out there.
So when our friends at ‘corePHP’ approached us last year about partnering with them in the development of a new Joomla shopping cart/ e-commerce solution, we were thrilled.
New! "Pigment" Joomla 1.5 & 1.6 Template Released!
- Written by JohnFlanagan JohnFlanagan
- Published: 26 April 2011 26 April 2011
We've just released a brand new colorful Joomla 1.5 / 1.6 template today, appropriately called JS Pigment
Read more: New! "Pigment" Joomla 1.5 & 1.6 Template Released!