Why being a minimalist makes sense.

I designed my very first website in the spring of 1999. Since I'm not a graphic designer -- although I have a keen eye for design -- I've been marketing myself as a minimalist designer. The advantages of a minimalist design:

• User-friendly - much easier for people to find what they're looking for.
• Search engine friendly - much easier for search engines to crawl and index.
• Faster download speeds - since a minimalist design uses fewer graphics as eye candy, the pages download much quicker (good for both people and search engines).

This morning, I read an article by Mohammad Moradi entitled 15+ Inspirational Examples of Website Redesign. What I found looking at the before and after screen shots is that the vast majority are utilizing a minimalist design.
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New Site Launched: Wendie Pett

I am very happy to announce the launch of Wendie Pett's new website. The site was developed in Joomla 1.5 and features an online store and a blog. Coming in the near future will be a full-featured members only area.

Thank you, Jacob Hodara, for your help with the technical aspects of this project.

www.wendiepett.com

New Site Launched: 340 Defense

I am very happy to announce the launch of 340 Defense. The site was developed in Joomla 1.5 and features an online store, as well as an online shooting range reservation calendar.

Thank you, Gloria Brumley, for your excellent work on this project.

www.340defense.com

Dizzy yet?

Click image to see what I mean.

I don't feel inferior. Do you?

I came across this article, Overcoming the Small Business Inferiority Complex, and my initial thought was why should we feel inferior running a small business?

I have been self-employed for eight years, and I love the entrepreneurial spirit of small business owners. To start a small business takes a high degree of skills sets (you wear a lot of hats), confidence in ones abilities, perseverance in not giving up when the going gets tough, people skills (you need to be able to work with many personality types), organization & attention to detail, just to name a few of the attributes small business owners must possess. People who successfully run small businesses are not lazy and they're certainly not inferior in intellect or wherewithal!

If you run a small business, be proud--most people are destined to work as employees, not employers.