Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category

Interview with July WOTM winner Little Doone

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 22/08/2011
Interview with July WOTM winner Little Doone

July’s Website of the Month winner was award-winning dressings company Little Doone. Run by husband and wife team Colin and Tanya, Little Doone’s unusual and handmade dressings have won numerous Great Taste Awards from the Guild of Fine Foods. We caught up with them to find out more about their website and business. Tell us [...]

Interview with Tom Ross, founder of web design blog fanextra.com

Posted by: Ben
Date posted: 03/08/2011
Interview with Tom Ross, founder of web design blog fanextra.com

Fanextra.com is a hugely popular web design blog edited by its founder, Tom Ross. In this interview Tom discusses how he drives traffic to his blog, how he motivates himself to keep blogging and his plans for the website.

Interview with WPCandy.com owner Ryan Imel

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 18/07/2011
Interview with WPCandy.com owner Ryan Imel

In this interview WPCandy.com owner Ryan Imel tells us about the challenges of running such a large website, identifying new opportunities and why he is so passionate about WordPress itself.

WOTM Winner Interview with Joanne of Wool and Buttons

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 14/07/2011
WOTM Winner Interview with Joanne of Wool and Buttons

Joanne won our Website of the Month contest last month, and we caught up with her to find out more about Wool and Buttons, the benefits of selling from your own website, and how she went about getting those all-important votes…

Interview with Ben Gillbanks, owner of wpvote.com & prothemedesign.com

Posted by: Ben
Date posted: 15/06/2011
Interview with Ben Gillbanks, owner of wpvote.com & prothemedesign.com

Ben Gillbanks runs the premium WordPress theme site www.prothemedesign.com. In this interview Ben talks about how he got started in web design, what drew him to WordPress and how he tries to stand out in such a busy market place.

Interview with UrbanMuseWriter.com’s Susan Johnston

Posted by: Jenni
Date posted: 01/03/2011
Interview with UrbanMuseWriter.com’s Susan Johnston

We chatted to UrbanMuseWriter.com’s Susan Johnston about writing for the web, freelancing, how to find guest authors for your blog and how to get noticed in a competitive market.

Interview with Paul Andrew, founder of web design blog Speckyboy.com

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 25/01/2011
Interview with Paul Andrew, founder of web design blog Speckyboy.com

Paul Andrew is the founder speckyboy.com, one of the most popular web design blogs around today. Paul has been kind enough to take time out and answer some questions about how the site became so popular, how he uses social media and his plans for 2011.

Interview with James Ashford, founder of web design agency “Rocket Powered”

Posted by: Craig
Date posted: 17/01/2011
Interview with James Ashford, founder of web design agency “Rocket Powered”

Selling web hosting to clients is one of the most profitable services a web designer or agency can offer. Because of this, a lot of our reseller web hosting clients are web designers and/ or web design agencies. One such customer is Rocket Powered Web Design, who offer web design, graphic design…

Interview with founder of the “New Adventures in Web Design” Conference Simon Collison

Posted by: Matthew
Date posted: 06/01/2011
Interview with founder of the “New Adventures in Web Design” Conference Simon Collison

We are always looking for ways to support the UK web design and development communities and when we heard about a brand new web design conference being organised we immediately become a sponsor to provide financial support. The founder and organiser Simon Collison has been kind enough…

Interview with photoshop-plus.co.uk’s Richard Carpenter

Posted by: Ben
Date posted: 21/12/2010
Interview with photoshop-plus.co.uk’s Richard Carpenter

We recently interviewed Richard Carpenter founder of www.photoshop-plus.co.uk, (and in a previous life hv-designs.co.uk) about developing his new website, coming up with new tutorial ideas and operating in such a competitive market.