T&S Web Design

We started a new Email List Tips blog late last week. So if you’re looking for advice on marketing through an email newsletter (or enews), check the new blog out.

Here’s a sample entry:

Here’s another quick tip for you. Your newsletter subscribers have to actually get something out of your newsletter. While you may be tempted to send out something that interests you, or perhaps company news, take a minute and make sure you’re writing about something your customers, clients and future customers and clients actually care about.

Not sure? Bounce it off a customer or client you already have. Find someone who knows you well enough to give you their honest opinion. Ask them if they think your subscribers will even care about it. Their honest answer will translate into dollars and cents.

Feel free to chime in over there and let us know what you’d like to hear about.

Oh, and happy Thanksgiving to all you eating turkey and such today!

Sometimes the best way to improve your designs is to learn new techniques. I find that when I design a site, sometimes I inadvertently limit myself because I do not know the best way to do certain things. By following through a few tutorials, you can really expand your knowledge, thus enabling you to be a better designer. I have found that fireworks tutorials are not as easy to come by as others, so here is a good list to get you started:

Flisterz

Layers Magazine

Adobe Developer Connection

Abduzeedo

Sixthings

Fireworkszone

Qrayg

Voidix

Firetuts

Youtube

Senocular

Tutorialized