101 Websites with Royalty-Free Images

I found a great article on Mashable that links to 101 sites where you can find royalty-free imagery. The article also defines the following important terms for understanding how to use images for your business website, blog, social media marketing, Facebook Ads, Twitter ads and more.

Read the article: Royalty-Free Images
  • Royalty-Free: This allows you to use intellectual property without having to pay royalties or license fees.
  • Creative Commons: You can use these images for free since the artist has waived their rights to their work. However, always review the terms before publishing these images.
  • Public Domain: If any image was created in the United States prior to 1923 then they’re part of the public domain. This means that you’re allowed to copy, modify, or distribute these images without permission.
  • Attribution: You can use these images as long as you give credit to the author.
  • Commercial Use: You’re permitted to use royalty-free images for any type of business venture.
  • Membership: You must sign-up to the site in order to use the royalty-free images. Some sites will charge you for membership.

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Important Skills for Digital Design Students to Learn in 2020

Twenty-twenty ushers in the beginning of a new decade and for those of a certain age a time to seriously start thinking about what skills to develop for the design jobs of the coming decade.

Starting my fourth year of teaching design/digital media, I’ve come to learn a thing or two from my students based on both feedback and classroom observations. Here is a list of the skills I think you should have.

Web Design

Learn Frontend / Backend Web design / development + HTML5 / CSS3 + UI / UX + Animation and Translations + Multimedia <video > <audio> <table> <form> + show your artistic side with typography.

Beautiful designs, powerful features, and the freedom to build anything.

Digital Marketing

Learn Digital Marketing + Social Media + SEO + SMM

Great content is really the only way to get your visitors to interact with your site in any meaningful way that achieves your calls-to-actions.

Programming

Learn JavaScript + PHP/MySQL + Python + Web Development Tools

“Learn JavaScript Deeplyâ€

Data Science

Learn Automation Fundamentals Machine Learning + AI + Natural Language Generation

Learn the fundamentals, study Python and R.

Cloud Computing

Learn Cloud computing + Azure + AWS + Google Cloud.

What’s cloud computing you say, start here: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Content Mgmt. Systems

Learn WordPress & Drupal Development:

Why Use a Content Management System (CMS)

  • “The Loopâ€
  • Custom Content Types
  • Gutenberg
  • Yoast SEO Plug-in
  • Schedule events
  • Security
  • Page Optimization
  • Responsive Mobile Design
  • Hosting
  • High Performance / Security
  • Media Management

Integrated media management including highly optimized images, including alt tags for accessibility and search optimization.

Web Analytics

Learn Google Analytics, get certified in Google Analytics.

A to Z Guide to Google Analytics infographic is the property of Orbit Media Studios, and is being provided here with the permission of Orbit Media Studios.

A to Z  Guide to Google Analytics
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An Amazing Accomplishment Indeed!

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How WordPress works – Web Database Application – 3-tier Architecture

Client tier – the Internet through your browser.

Middle tier – Web server (APACHE server listening for requests on virtual port 80) PHP application server (scripting engine).

Database tier – Database Management System MySQL.

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The ultimate guide to designing landing pages that convert

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I found this really great article on digital marketing conversion optimization and how Landing pages work.

https://medium.com/@WebdesignerDepot/the-ultimate-guide-to-designing-landing-pages-that-convert-66c740dbadee

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Building Landing Pages is Easy

I just subscribed to unbalance and have finished building landing pages for one of my big clients. Not only was the platform easy to use it was a lot of fun. Unbounce makes it easy for focusing on a mobile first strategy allowing you to easily create a mobile version of your landing page.

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How to Make Your Small Business Website Really, Really Effective

I found this article in Entrepreneur to be very informative. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/331930

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Adding WordPress Custom Posts and Fields

How to create custom post types in WordPress

https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-custom-post-types-in-wordpress/

How to create custom fields in WordPress

https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/wordpress-custom-fields-101-tips-tricks-and-hacks/

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Two Tool I Like for Creating AdWords Campaigns on the Google Display Network

1. Google Web Designer for creating HTML5 ads.

Description

Google Web Designer is a program for Windows, Mac and Linux from Google for creating interactive HTML5 ads and other HTML5 content. It offers a GUI with common design tools, such as a Text tool that integrates with Google Web Fonts, a Shapes tool, a Pen tool, and 3D tools. Source: Wikipedia

https://www.google.com/webdesigner/

2. Unbounced for creating Landing pages linking to my ads in the Google Display Network.

A landing page is a page on your site that is designed to convert visitors into leads. A landing page is different from other pages in that it follows both of these criteria: It has a form that allows you to capture a visitors information in exchange for a desired offer. Source: Wikipedia

Conversion Optimization Landing Page

https://unbounce.com/

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10 new web design tools for April 2019

Check out this article I just read.

10 new web design tools for April 2019

https://www.creativebloq.com/features/10-new-web-design-tools-for-april-2019

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