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Advertise Your Business with the Help of a Web Design Company

Are you running a business and wish to increase your clientele? Do you want more and more people to be aware of your products and services? If yes, an impressive website is a medium to attain it.

A website is the first impression of any company and a medium used by the companies to promote their businesses. The central intention of designing a website is to create an online existence of the company, as there are no geographical difficulties for your business, if your website is online. An attractive web site will not only help you attain high rankings on search engines but it will additionally help in securing client interest and attract sales.

Web design is a good medium of promoting your products and services globally. Nowadays, to survive in this extremely competitive market, it has become important taking into service a web design company, which can present custom-made website design services.

Neuronimbus.com is a professional offshore web design company in India having vast experience and skills in designing eye-catching web pages. It offers comprehensive web solutions including static web design, dynamic website design, E-commerce websites, SEO friendly website design, flash web design, logo design services etc. It is a web designing company applying advanced technology in order to maintain the utmost standard in eminence and creativity. The neuronimbus specialized web designers’ stand out by using the most recent website designing tools.

Our designs come together with: interesting and specialized style, steady overall layout, constant corporate identity, colors compatibility and balanced space handling. Apart from being user-friendly, our website designs are easy to load and extremely purposeful

Neuronimbus values all its customers’ goals. Our website design packages are cost efficient and are planned to deliver back-to-back website design services right from conceptuality to implementation with center of attention on enhancing productivity and capitalizing on business performances

Neuronimbus boast of various clients from different fields from all over world .some of our esteemed clients are Airtel, Pizza Hut, Whirlpool, Barista, Amity University etc.

We have proficiency to comprehend the client’s requirements and work in view to facilitate and provide the superb quality Web designs which can augment the prospects for our customers to get accomplishment in their business.

Besides the variety of web design service packages, neuronimbus also offers services such as Website Design, Web Development, web solutions, and Internet marketing and web maintenance at easily accessible price points to businesses across the globe.

So, if you are interested in creating a place for yourself in this web world; log on to http://www.neuronimbus.com and benefit yourself.

Web Designing – A Business Augmentation Tool

Google Recent Launch – Change Your Google Background Image

Google Recent Launch – Change Your Google Background Image

Google introduced a new feature today that brings a whole new level of personalization to Google by letting you add a favorite photo or image to the background of the Google homepage.

You can choose a photo / image from your public gallery hosted by Picasa, images from your blog accounts and from your computer too but it should be smaller than 800 by 600 pixels. To do so, you can check the link on lower left-hand corner of Google.com now

What you think? Is this all because of Bing, which has received much praise for its background imaging for displaying a different picture on its homepage everyday.

Few challenges that small digital companies face

Every small business has its challenges, and too often they can be overwhelming for business owners and their staff.  I searched and found that understanding the dynamics of each challenge helps to prepare a better plan of attack. Below are the few challenges to tackle every day, along with some solutions to make sure business thrives.

1. Staying on the cutting edge of technology
It’s one thing to have a Twitter page and update it, and another to constantly be aware of new emerging social media trends for your clients. It’s challenging to juggle the old with the new, but that’s where true talent comes to life. 

One thing small businesses have is tremendous expertise and flexibility, compared to large agencies. You can only reinvent your client’s marketing strategy if you stay current on the emerging digital front. There is lots of marketing potential in social media networks, so being ahead of the game is crucial to your success. 

2. Competing with big agencies for a larger piece of the pie
Small agencies struggle sometimes to figure out how they can service a very large client, especially when they know they have what it takes. That should not hold you back from going after larger projects; it’s just another small agency challenge that has to do with timing and staffing. 

Competing with big fish agencies is a challenge because small agencies also tend to neglect their own branding. Identifying your agency’s strengths and developing internal agency branding is easier than ever nowadays with social media – it just takes some time and dedication. Internal branding pays huge dividends, especially when you want to go after a large piece of business.

3. The never-ending new business game
Chasing after new business is just as vital as working hard to maintain your existing accounts. If you want your business to grow, you have to commit to new business initiatives. 

It’s important to expect that you won’t win every piece of business you bid for, but getting out there and networking with potential clients can put you on the map for future projects where your small agency might be a good fit. With so much going on in the world of interactive marketing communications these days, it takes a lot of work to submit great proposals. Too often it seems like all the hard work for new business is for nothing, especially when you simultaneously have to keep up the good work for current clients.

4. Losing the stereotype of a particular type of agency
It’s important to identify what your agency stands for and what industries you can serve best. Being highly specialized is great in some cases, but in the growing world of digital marketing, where communication keeps integrating, specialization can backfire, sometimes to the point where you lose big clients you know your agency can handle.

Small agencies can overcome this challenge by avoiding labels like “technology” or “consumer” only agency. Relying on your staff’s expertise and your agency’s flexibility is tremendously advantageous in winning new business without holding a label.

5. Attracting the attention of agency search consultants who select from a list of regulars
This is one of the most frustrating challenges small business owners face, and unfortunately they face it often. It clearly benefits brands to look outside their regular list of agencies and be more receptive toward new thinking and fresh ideas, and this is true more than ever in the world of digital marketing communications. 

Internal branding helps get your agency’s name out there for search consultants to find and approach you. Now that networking has turned to online venues, getting your agency’s message out there requires owners to be assertive and creative in their approach.

6. Juggling the everyday operations
Administration, maintaining cash and accounting, staffing issues, managing time constraints, internal branding efforts, account management, client reporting – these are all daily operational issues that must be handled efficiently to run a small agency. Small business owners should possess great time management and critical thinking skills because these are put to the test when trying to juggle the day-to-day operations. Learning to prioritize and be patient with your problems will help you figure out the solution.
 
Finally, learn to go with the flow. Finding a balance is a constant process, and understanding that everything is not going to go your way is part of overcoming the never-ending challenges and problems small agencies face in today’s world. 

With determination and a faith in your expertise, along with re-energized relationships, cutting-edge ideas, and plenty of hard work, small agencies can learn to turn challenges into opportunities. And who doesn’t relish a new opportunity these days?

From Social Media to Social Plugins, the new buzz in town

Not too long back there was the emergence of what we now call ‘social media’. This was rightfully the game changer as far as usage of internet was concerned, where the facebooks and twitters of the world brought in a paradigm shift in how an end user or the ‘TG’ was using the internet and sharing or seeking information.

As with everything related to the internet and web technologies, the social media canvas is leading the pack with new models of user engagement and user generated content. Out of this plethora of newbies comes another very interesting term or rather a new way of content personalization, its aptly called the Social Plugins. Facebook is the one leading the pack on this and has already got the ball rolling with partnering with some of the leading verticals in the world, including Yelp, Microsoft FUSE labs, Pandora, New York Times, Time.com, Washington Post, ABC News and Levis to name a few.

What is a social plugin all about ?

To put it very simply (and that how simple it is, atleast for the users) these are tools that can be just fixed into any website and with the use of these tools or widgets you can provide higher degree of personalized content and a social experience on your website.

Using social plugins the participating websites everywhere can give you a wider scope to experience the web with your friends and connections. So from creating connections on these sites covering your favorite movies or restaurants, to showing you the most popular content based on preferences and content selected among your friends.  So the difference here will be that instead of looking at ratings and reviews of  content , products and services from people you don’t know, it will then convert to being the selected choice or liking of people you know, who are connected with you through the social media platform who’s social plugin is being used by that particular website.

This will certainly set the tone for further enhancements and newer set of social plugins which will transcend into more focused, preferred and a more social web experience. Not to mention it will open up newer opportunities for online businesses to sharpen the focus even further when it comes to understanding and targeting their prospect client or the TG through social media.

We at Neuronimbus can help you understand how this can benefit your business and how to leverage the social media space.

What to do when a client wants you to copy other designs?

In the graphic and web design industry, we like to think of ourselves as “creatives” who constantly keep the creative juices flowing and come up with original, well-thought out ideas. So why is it that even the best of graphic and web designers are approached by a client now and then who says something like:

“I really like the look of this design. Can you just copy it?”

 

There has been a lot of controversy over the notion that “great designers steal”. Cameron Moll, web guru, speaker, and author wrote an article clear back in 2003 titled “Good Designers Copy, Great Designers Steal“. In it, he adapted Picasso’s statement that Great Artists Steal to modern web and graphic designers. The point of the article is that copying others’ work is a great way to create top-notch material especially for those who are just starting out in design.

Is it okay to copy?

Is it every appropriate to copy the design of another? Yes. Why do I say this? Because, frankly, as designers we are constantly mimicking what we see in the world around us. We peruse the internet searching for “inspiration” and, as we collect this information, our brain remembers the elements we like and those we dislike. The more time we spend with certain styles of design, the more our design starts to imitate it. Is that a good thing?

Of course it is.

The wonderful thing about the online design community is the wonderful ability we have to share ideas quickly and feed off of each others’ creativity. A few opportunities in which I would say copying another design is appropriate are as follows:

When you are trying to master a new technique
Nothing will help you learn a new technique better than really digging deep into how the original designer achieved the effect. By dissecting the design and recreating it yourself, you perfect the process. It’s much like taking apart a vacuum cleaner or toaster oven. The further you get inside, the more you understand the basic principles that govern its success.

When the author intends for you to borrow or copy
There are countless online resources that provide designers with tutorials, code snippets, downloadable source files, free stock photography, and more. In these situations, this material is there for your gain–so really try to take advantage of it as much as possible.

But is it okay to steal?

Let’s face it. Stealing is wrong. Never in the history of the world has it been inherently right to steal. Using another person’s work and claiming direct ownership of it is not ethical and is usually illegal. So what do we do when a client approaches us with the request to “make it look exactly like this”?

The solution

I discussed this same issue early on in my design career with a Guru of Graphic Design. The advice he gave me has stuck with me to this day and has helped me out of some pretty tight situations. He gave me a simple procedure to follow when approached with a request to copy someone else’s design.

FIRST, Commend your client for putting forth the effort in deciding what kind of design they are looking for and what style they like.

SECOND, Explain to your client the laws of copyright and the problems associated with plagiarism.

THIRD, Kindly help your client understand that while you cannot explicitly steal certain elements of the design itself such as actual shapes in logos or images from the internet (without purchase a rights managements), you would be happy to identify the elements and principles of design that you can use to get the same effect.

FOURTH, and this is the most important, sit down with your client and talk with them about why they like the design. Talk less about physical traits and more about principles and emotions. Do they like the color pallet? Do they like the arrangement of elements? Maybe it’s the typography or photography. Possibly they like the amount of white space or the textures. List all the reasons your client likes the design they present to you.

FIFT H,after the meeting, sum up all the points you have made about the design. Their likes, their dislikes, and how you intend to achieve a similar effect without copying the design directly.

SIXTH, After designing the piece according to the specifications at the meeting, review the design with your client and point out the elements that you previously discussed. More than likely, they will love the new design because they now have something just as appealing and beautiful but that belongs completely to them.

30 Awesome and Essential CSS3 Tutorials, Techniques and Resources to Learn

Though usable only with the most current web browsers, CSS3 is one of the more exciting and versatile developments for the web in some time.  There are many exciting new features already being used and many more that will be implemented and added over time. Developers will have greater flexibility and have a much easier time recreating previously complex effects.  Of the many developments for CSS3 are use of : text-shadow, box-sizing, opacity, multiple backgrounds, border-radius, border-image ,multi-column layout and so much more.

As a web designer or developer, it is always vital to stay current and well-informed about the most modern and developing web standards.   To help you stay ahead of the curve – here are more than 40 awesome and essential tutorials, techniques and resources to learn CSS3.

1. Super Awesome Buttons with CSS3 and RGBA
2. Box Shadows
3. CSS3 Gradients: No Image Aqua Button
4. Fancy web form with field hints using only CSS3
5. Awesome Overlays in CSS3
6. Halftone Navigation Menu With jQuery & CSS3
7. A Crash-Course in Advanced CSS3 Effects
8. Rounded Corner Boxes
9. Sweet tabbed navigation bar using CSS3
10. Creating a polaroid photo viewer with CSS3 and jQuery
11. CSS3 Opacity
12. Create the accordion effect using CSS3
13. Multiple Backgrounds (CSS3)
14. Styling Forms with Attribute Selectors
15. Multiple Columns
16. Drop Down Menu Tutorial
17. Editable CSS3 Image Gallery
18. Old School Clock with CSS3 and jQuery
19. Making a Sleek Feed Widget With YQL, jQuery & CSS3
20. Text Rotation with CSS
21. 3D Ribbons Only Using CSS3
22. Sweet AJAX Tabs With jQuery 1.4 & CSS3
23. Cool Overlapped Menu using Sprites
24. Overview of CSS3 Structural pseudo-classes
25. CSS3 Speech Bubbles
26. The CSS3 border-radius property
27. Nice CSS3 Gradient Buttons
28. Custom Font with CSS3
29. 7 javascript-effect alternatives using CSS3 for webkit browsers
30. Dynamic Buttons with CSS

20 Excellent Graphic Email Newsletter Designs for Your Inspiration

Email newsletters are great marketing and communication tool with versatile uses and benefits that extend your reach into a users inbox.   Its a great way to make a further connection with your viewers beyond the website and keep them in the loop with new things that are going on and products to look out for.  All of this helps you build a unique relationship with them, keeping them coming back to your site.

Much like web design, a beautifully designed email newsletter, with an enticing header, bold clear text and exciting graphics can make the user more interested in your product or service.  Today, lets take a look at 30 Excellent Graphic Email Newsletter Designs for Your Inspiration.

1. Nation Toys
2. Stampin Up
3. The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom
4. Nike – Run it Your Way
5. Next
6. Manual Design
7. California Walnuts
8. Think
9. Garden Sheds
10. Icon Inc.
11. eMag
12. Lonely Planet
13. Art Decor
14. UMI Hotels
15. Juxt Interactive
16. Citrine Jewelry
17. Action Method for iPhone
18. IrelandHotels
19. Percept Brand Design
20. Seedcorn Competition

Different Stylesheets for Differently Sized Browser Windows

Otherwise known as “resolution dependent layouts”. Single website, different CSS files for rearranging a website to take advantage of the size available.

There is a W3C standard way of declaring them. One way is to test the “device-width”, like this:

<link rel=”stylesheet” media=”screen and (min-device-width: 800px)” href=”800.css” />

The above code will apply the 800.css styling to the document only if the device viewing it has a width of 800px or wider. And… supports “media queries” in this way.

Keep in mind this is the device width, not the current width of the browser window. On the iPhone (3G(s)), that means 480px. My fancy new MacBook Pro is going to return 1920px for the device width. But my actual browser window is only half of that at this exact moment. The device width is quite useful when dealing with mobile devices where the browser is probably 100% of the screen whenever in use, but less useful in laptop/desktop browsers.

Seems to me far more useful is the current width of the browser window (“viewport”). We can even specify stylesheets that are only to be used when the viewport is between two different pixel sizes:

<link rel=’stylesheet’ media=’screen and (min-width: 701px) and (max-width: 900px)’ href=’css/medium.css’ />

That stylesheet will only take affect when the current browser window is between 701 and 900 pixels in width.

Browser Support

Modern versions of Mozilla, WebKit, and Opera browsers all support this. Mozilla suggests starting the media attribute of the <link /> with “only” which will hide the stylesheet from older browsers that don’t support media queries. That may or may not be what you actually want to do… case dependent of course.

<link rel=”stylesheet” media=”only screen and (color)” href=”example.css” />

Internet Explorer (even IE8) does not support this. I haven’t tested 9 yet, if anyone knows, let me know.

Generally layout is one of those things that it’s tough to sell “progressive enhancement” on. Rounded corners becoming squares, no big deal. Messed up layout, that is a big deal. Devices like the iPhone right now are kind of great, since browser choice is so limited (there used to be just Mobile Safari and that’s it, now there is Opera as well) and they are very good browsers, you can rely on techniques like this to work.

If IE support is paramount, we always have JavaScript!

10 Amazing Google Chrome Extensions for Designers

Google Chrome is an Internet browser developed by Google in 2008 which combines a minimal design to make the web faster, safer and easier.Google announced the availability of extensions for Chrome on May 12 2009. Many people love Google Chrome, especially advanced users because of its amazing extensions. Below you will find 10 Amazing Google Chrome Extensions for Designers.

http://skyje.com/2010/04/chrome-extensions/

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