For a number of clients, we manage their websites & digital marketing, which often involves creating, updating & sharing articles on their blog. The topics for each blog…
Category: Design Blog
Google Ads & PPC Management
We manage Google Ads PPC accounts for a number of different businesses in Swansea, South Wales & the UK. Natural SEO rankings is always the first priority when…
Responsive HTML Email Design
Most popular email marketing platforms have great drag-&-drop email builders that handle responsive email design very well. But, occasionally, I am required to build an email from scratch…
Creating a Brand Identity
One of my recent projects was to produce a complete identity for an ambitious laser-tech company. The project involved creating two brands – a corporate brand & a…
WordPress SEO Pharma Hack
The Pharma Hack is quite a subtle, clever hack which seems to affect WordPress and other CMS websites. The hackers gain access to your database through an old…
My view of SEO
More & more clients are asking for SEO services & what can be done with SEO… or what is SEO? I believe that everybody should be able to…
My Design Experience
ModRed Design is the creation of myself, Scott Bowen, a Freelance Designer based in Swansea, South Wales, UK. This article gives you a little background information on my…
Why use Cloud Software?
I have seen a number of clients being pushed into using cloud software in the past year or two, in the belief that their business will be more…
Drawing a stencil using Illustrator
One of my jobs is to create original illustrations for a tattoo stencil company. They usually give me a basic design brief – perhaps producing a range of…
Building an E-Commerce Web Design
An e-commerce web design is fairly easy to set up, but to effectively direct your visitors to the correct products requires a bit of thought & planning… depending…
My time at Funky Pigeon
Back in early 2008 I landed an amazing job at an on-line, personalised greeting card company called Remind4u – they later became Funky Pigeon. Initially, my job was…
History of ModRed Design
I built this website back in 2008, initially without any real plans for what I was going to do with it, it was simply a way for me…
My time at the Evening Post
My first real job was at the Evening Post in Swansea. I prepared newspapers for production in a variety of ways… I will try to convey my experiences…
Print Bleed & Margins
This article explains how to set up artwork for print when using full bleed images. After explaining it to countless people over the years via email or over…