Resource Links for Design Clients

We've been recommending the following products/companies for many years now because they perfectly meet the needs of our web clients. When we realized they offer affiliate compensation we added this page for the mutual benefit of Hamsa Design and it's clients. Please start your orders from the below links. Hamsa Design receives a small compensation and you receive the service that best suits your needs.

For our print clients we highly recommend
PsPrint for great quality, very affordable full color printing.
Click on the following link to go to their website and get instant free quotes:

Full Color Printing from PsPrint

For our website clients we highly recommend the following resources:

  • IpowerWeb is the hosting service that we've found to offer the most for the best price and they are GREEN, powered by windpower amongst other things. Please click on the linked ad below to go to their website. The best offer is paid annually and includes a free domain name for the first year:

For clients with ecommerce sites and other special needs, Host Gator is our recommended hosting service. Click here for the link to their special offer.

  • For clients wishing to update their own websites there is no question that the software Adobe Contribute is the best way to go. We will gladly assist in learning the basics so that you are able to add/replace your own current events, replace photos, and the like. Please click on the link below to purchase Contribute on the Adobe web site:

Adobe Contribute CS5-Full

  • For clients desiring a WordPress site, there is only one theme that we recommend above all others, called Thesis. It is best known for wonderful SEO (search engine optimization) options, allowing you to optimize every post and page to be found easily in web searches. Thesis is easy to customize as far as colors and fonts, and offers wonderful ease for more complex customization via CSS as well.

    Thesis Theme for WordPress:  Options Galore and a Helpful Support Community


  • For clients needing stock phtotography, we highly recommend Dreamstime for a great selection of images and especially their large size comps that are great for mockups:

Royalty Free Images

  • For clients wishing to add and edit images on for their websites, Adobe Photoshop Elements is recommended. It is a simple, easy to use, affordable version of Photoshop:

Photoshop Elements 8

  • For clients wishing to further their training in any software program, we highly recommend Lynda.com for affordable, very effective online video training in most programs imaginable, including Dreamweaver, Contribute, WordPress, Photoshop and much much more...

    Learn it all.

 

  • For all clients interested in email marketing, we recommend the following companies.
  • If you send out regular monthly emails or more, iContact is recommended for pricing and options:

     	 iContact.com - Email Marketing Service

    If you don't send out a large number of email newsletters we recommend Vertical Response for a great deal and no monthly minimums:

VerticalResponse, Inc.

 

Music & Dance Links

BELLY DANCE CLASS PDFs:

Belly Dance class performances on YouTube

Professional Links
  • Demetri Tashie -
    Greek Music & Dance and Flash Guru extraordinaire (love the world music computer geek types!)
  • PHP Website Development
    PI Media offers PHP Web & ECommerce development, Facebook Apps & Fan Pages Development and Flash Content development.

 

Personal Links

 

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