Welcome to the blog for Spitshine Design

Here you can find tips, tricks, tools and tutorials as well as other musings from Mike Stickney, Web Designer and Online Marketer.

Anatomy of a Landing Page

As I touched on earlier this week, I recently started digging into Google Website Optimizer, and ran my first test a little over a week ago. I’m hoping to write about the process of using Google Website Optimizer very soon, but first, I wanted to write a post about the redesign of the LP.

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6 New (to me) tools for online design

About 6 months ago, I started a new job thanks to a former co-worker, Jake Rutter (check him out at onerutter.com). One of the great things about working with Jake is he is always introducing me to new tools and techniques. Read the rest of this entry »

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Just do it!

Well, it’s been way, waaay to long since I wrote anything to this blog. But, I think it’s time to “just do it!” Read the rest of this entry »

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Happy Birthday Photoshop!

Photoshop turns 20 today, and I came across an interesting read on webdesignerdepot.com on the history of Photoshop. Read the rest of this entry »

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Getting Started with CSS

Came across a nice article on smashingmagazine.com titled “Mastering CSS Coding: Getting Started“. Article basically goes through the beginning fundamentals of CSS. Smashingmagazine.com usually has some great articles, and this is no exception. Very nice article/tutorial for anyone looking to get started with CSS.

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The New Spitshine Design Web site

What I expected (or hoped?) to be 2-3 weeks turned into 2-3 months, but FINALLY, the new Spitshine Design Web site redesign is pretty much complete! Ok, so maybe there are a few blog posts that need to be updated, but for the most part, and there are still a few new samples that I’d like to add to the portfolio, but for the most part, everything is pretty much squared away.

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