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Ultimate List of Share Icons for Your Blog

by Brandon Milford on February 15, 2010 · 0 comments

Here are some of the best social share icons I’ve found. Share your content in style with these social share icons for your blog. Enjoy!
Social Media Bookmark Icons

Download the icons from Nouveller.com

Subscribe to Nouveller.com’s RSS Feed

Follow on Twitter

Vintage Postage Stamps Social Media Icons

Download the icons from Tutorial9.net

Subscribe to Tutorial9’s RSS Feed

Follow on Twitter

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Here are our top picks for finding design related content and great places to share yours. If you’re just starting your design related blog or have been writing for a while and looking for great places to post your content and grow readership for your blog, definitely check out these options.
DesignNewz

Tripwire Magazine

Web Design News

Design Bump

DesignMoo

Design [...]

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iPhone Apps to Help You Manage Your Blog

by Brandon Milford on September 17, 2009 · 5 comments

Below are the three iPhone apps I use daily to plan and manage BrandFreeze. Which iPhone apps are you using to manage your blog? Please share in the comments below.
Evernote
I use Evernote daily to jot down and organize ideas for blog posts and develop a simple editorial calendar for upcoming posts. Evernote also allows you [...]

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Interview with Grant Friedman: Founder of Colorburned

by Brandon Milford on September 10, 2009 · 7 comments

Today we have Grant Friedman, a freelance designer and founder of Colorburned. Colorburned is a popular design blog that provides design news, resources, and tutorials from around the web.
Tell me more about your background. How did you get started in graphic design?
I got my start in graphic design about 10 years ago. Back then, the [...]

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Thesis Theme: SEO Goodness and Design Flexibility

by Brandon Milford on September 9, 2009 · 3 comments

About a month ago I decided to purchase Thesis Theme for WordPress. I had been hearing a lot of hype and finally took the plunge. I read a lot about the flexibility it allows for search engine optimization, ability to quickly make changes to your layout, image settings, etc… Well, it definitely lives up to [...]

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Setting Up a Simple Backup Process for WordPress

by Brandon Milford on September 7, 2009 · 18 comments

With the recent attacks on older versions of WordPress (pre 2.8.4) and some bloggers losing months of posts I thought I’d share one of the easiest ways I’ve found to backup your WordPress blog. I’m using the WordPress Database Backup plug-in (WP-DB-Backup) and automatically emailing a copy of my files into my Gmail account each [...]

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20 Creative Ways of Displaying Share Icons

by Brandon Milford on September 5, 2009 · 9 comments

Twitter and Digg and Delicious – Oh my! In seeking inspiration for different ways of displaying share icons, I compiled a list of 20 design blogs. Below I’ve included the various ways these blogs are displaying share icons. Any others that should have been included? Leave a comment and share.
Freelance Switch

Hongkiat

Tutorial9.net

Viget Labs

Mashable

InspiredMag

Outlaw Design Blog

SixRevisions

UXBooth

Fuel Your [...]

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Interview with David Leggett: Founder of Tutorial9.net

by Brandon Milford on August 31, 2009 · 6 comments

David Leggett is a designer, blogger, and founder of Tutorial9; a leading website that provides Photoshop, Web Design, and Photography tutorials. David shares his experience in developing and growing Tutorial9, and provides advice for bloggers who are just getting started.

How did you get started in design?
Playing with 2D and 3D editing software was sort of [...]

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