Alright, so by now, you’ve done your ground work, and you’re ready to actually start getting into the meat of your production, right? I mean, you have read parts 1 and 2 of this series, right? You’ve done the leg-work of figuring out what exactly this game is going to be, right? Excellent! Then let’s start discussing your work flow, and how you might actually make this happen!

When you own a company, your Web content is one of the most important facets of your small business. However, it’ll not be as valuable to your company if you have a small following and no one is talking about it online. That’s where social media marketing comes into play. By creating a social content strategy and using various social media sites, you’re able to make your website more visible and boost the number of [...]

  An important thing to keep in mind when reading this multi-part series on game development is that I’m still quite new to this myself. I don’t have all the answers! My career has been in feature film visual effects, and before that I got a certificate in fine art, and a degree in animation. I’ve been working on a couple of games in my spare time for just over a year now and have [...]

Non-Disclosure Agreements, or NDA’s, are a big part of the creative industry. If you’re a full-time freelancer or if you outsource regularly, NDA’s should be an integral part of your process when starting a job with a new business partner or client. In this article, I’ll outline important need-to-know details regarding NDA’s. What is an NDA and why is it necessary? An NDA is a legal contract between at least two parties that is commonly [...]

Dust off that old thinking cap and create something fresh and exciting to draw in new clients through online sources. Although consumers have adjusted to a lifestyle that includes mobile devices, social media, email and the dearth of information found online, the saturation of content requires a little creativity to get the most impact on potential customers. Content is still a vital part of educating consumers and gaining attention online, especially when social media is [...]

Building your personal brand doesn’t have to be a daunting task. In our field we are consistently under tight deadlines, so our mind is programmed to think that a project has to go from start to finish NOW. This is the worst thing you can do when trying to build a personal brand for yourself. Building a personal brand takes time, patience and maintenance. It is also becoming an increasingly important element in SEO practices. If you [...]

One of the most difficult parts of being a freelancer is figuring out how to charge your clients for your hard work. Generally, clients just want to know right away how much their project is going to cost before speaking to you more in depth about their needs. Before we dig deeper here I want to set one thing straight: The most-qualified clients don’t make their decision to hire you based solely on price. There [...]

There are many times, when you feel like writing an article for your (or somebody elses!) blog, but you just can’t think what – all the things that you want to write about you have already written about! So eventually you might end up not doing anything at all, which is bad as you will lose momentum, and your blog will probably lose traffic. So here we have some tips for countering that, and discovering [...]

Everyone wants to make money, everyone sees adverts saying “so and so earns £10,000 a month working online from home”, the majority of people are used to this and know its just a cheap scam. Today I am going to be telling you how you can REALLY make money online using the skills that you know, not just a bit here and there like you get with survey sites and micro job sites, but enough [...]

As we know with smartphones on the increase and the uses and dependence on mobiles in every day life is increasing it makes perfect sense to take a slice of this indusrty. Here are some graphics to tell you a bit about the mobile industry this year and in the future.  I’ll give you a little piece of advice, many internet marketers who have been on the web since the late 90′s, they’ve already got established businesses, [...]

Tools you may want: http://www.nametumbler.com - Suggests domain names http://www.wordpress.org - Content Management System http://www.youngwebbuilder.com/getting-started-with-your-first-wordpress-website/ - Installing WordPress http://www.ywbhosting.com - Web Hosting from YWB http://www.youngwebbuilder.com/why-you-need-to-profile-your-audience-before-you-start/ - Profile your audience http://www.youngwebbuilder.com/sites-to-find-themes-for-your-website - Find themes for your website http://www.fiverr.com – Get programmers/graphics designers to create logos etc.. http://www.youngwebbuilder.com/competitor-analysis-guide/ - Competitor analysis http://www.tweepi.com – Boost your social following http://www.youngwebbuilder.com/50-ways-increase-website-traffic/ -50 ways to get traffic to your website http://www.youngwebbuilder.com/cheap-effective-ways-to-advertise/ - Cheap effective ways to advertise http://www.youngwebbuilder.com/getting-customer-feedback/ - Getting customer feedback http://www.youngwebbuilder.com - Webmaster tips http://www.youngwebbuilder.com - Forum Support

I thought I would give you some ideas as to what you can do with the free $2 that you can get from SEOClerks by tweeting about them, you can only do this once, (you can customize the message just as long as you leave a link).  Anyway, supposing you don’t have 100 followers? You need 100 followers to take advantage of the offer.  What do we do? You may be able to guess if [...]

Blogging Tips for Beginners This article intends to help beginners in the field of blogging as well as more experienced online entrepreneurs who want to diversify their streams of income. These blogging tips should help everyone reading, as long as they are disposed to put in a little effort in building their website and in promoting it. Blogging tips should begin with buying a reliable hosting and then a domain that suggests the overall content of [...]

Tips for communicating by email in business   Be clear, if you are not clear with what you want people will often ignore your message.  Also be clear in the subject line, depending on who you are emailing I would advise that you be as exciting as possible, don’t be dull, appeal to their interests.  Understand what it is that you want to gain from the email.  Give the reader a reason to open your [...]

Perhaps you have just started up a blog, or you have been blogging for some time, or maybe you are still considering starting up a blog.   Become an expert Learn as much as you can about your market, read other blogs and news sites, read books, take courses if you want.  You don’t have to have a degree or PHD, but research your market and know it in and out, otherwise your no better [...]

Here are some tips to writing effective articles online.  If you write regular content, or any content on your website you should make sure that you always back up your statements and try to explain otherwise people may go elsewhere for the answer.. We don’t want that!   There are 1000′s of people publishing content online, so you want to be better the most right!  Well, let’s get started: You don’t have to use all [...]

Advertising can be a good way of making an income from the internet, however there are plenty of other ways that you may want to use as-well, it is possible to make an income just from advertising, however you would need a large audience and visitor number to your website, or subscriber list to promote to.   Here are some tips to securing advertisers:   Use Google analytics or another analytics tool: Google analytics is accepted [...]

Getting started You can set up a website in an afternoon, or less! It is pretty easy to set up a site these days. And does not take much time/money. You want to come up with a good idea for your site, one that has not been done yet, or at least something that is in some way different to anyone else who might be considered a “competitor”.  What type of website will it be? [...]