1. Give More than You Receive

If you want to receive attention from others online, you have to be willing to give it first. It's the old "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" routine. You can't bust onto a social media site with a sense of entitlement thinking you should be a top user immediately. You have to earn respect from others. How do you do this? By giving more than you receive.

Small Business Support Group

Attention all local SME's, our next Maidstone Small Business Support Group will be held at the Village Hotel, Aylesford on Thursday 22nd July 2010.

The big point I want to get across with this post is to not fall in to the trap of thinking because you have a website you have to act like a global or even a national service provider.

If you want to trade on a national level it will cost a lot of money and there will be a lot of big fish out there to compete with. If you get work further afield, great, but my advice would be not to go chasing it too hard too early.

Fast Loading web site designs - This is the number 1 tip that every web designer should follow. You might design a web site that looks fantastic but few people are going to see it if it takes a long time to load. Your designs should be optimized for the web and should not take more than 15 seconds to load. Remember, you might have a great design but very few people are going to see it if it takes a long time to load.

Stay in touch with your friends and family with Tweetdeck. Tweetdeck is your personal browser that connects you with your contacts from Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Linkedin and more. Tweetdeck also allows you to organize your contacts in groups and columns for example you could setup a group for your family, one for your friends and one for your work colleagues. Join conversations by tweeting, share photos or videos directly for tweetdeck.

Web and graphic designers need certain critical information in order for them to quote accurately on a design job.

Things to keep in mind when you are enquiring about getting a website:

• Do you have examples of other websites that you like?
• What are your colour preferences?
• Do you require dynamic functionality in order for you to update your website yourself?
• What sites do you see as your top competition online?