Self promotion is one of the most important daily tasks of creatives. If no-one knows about your existence, how can they hire you? A lot of people think that online self promotion is time-consuming and complicated. But Alex Mathers shows us that this isn’t the case. He explains the 10 steps to powerful online self promotion for creatives in his ebook that will be released on March 10th.

The make or buy dilemma is the choice of creating something yourself or buying it from someone else. In business terms this buying behaviour is also referred to as outsourcing. I’m sure that you’ve had to make this choice at least once during your career and if you haven’t I’m sure you will someday. This article discusses some of the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing certain aspects of your design work. Don’t forget to post a comment with your thoughts regarding this subject.

[Guest article by Joanna] Many WordPress hosting companies offer one-click installation of WordPress. Even if the site of a particular WordPress hosting company doesn’t explicitly state that they offer one-click installation, this doesn’t mean they don’t – just call and ask. Sometimes even the best WordPress hosts, which are a top choice in any aspect, don’t think that one-click install is something so important that it needs to be mentioned explicitly on their site but they actually offer one-click WordPress installation.

This is why if you have already picked a host but don’t see that they offer one-click WordPress installation, you’d better call them and check before you decide they are no good and move to the next web host.

In this article you’ll find seven tips and tricks that can help you to become a better designer. These tips are meant to increase your creativity and your efficiency. But it doesn’t stop here. I’m sure you have some tips yourself that you can share with the rest of us.

They say that time flies when you’re having fun. Well, I couldn’t agree more. I can’t believe it’s already been a year since I started this little blog. My initial goal of this blog was to have some sort of an outlet, somewhere where I can share the things I enjoy most with the rest of the world. But over these 12 months this blog has become more than that: it has become a passion.

I thought it was about time to thank everyone that made this blog possible. A lot of people have contributed to the growth of this little design blog. In this article I’d like to take some time to thank our sponsors and our visitors for their support during the last couple of months. I hope to see you again as soon as possible!

I hope you all had a good new year celebration. 2009 has come to an end, and the new year is already several days old. I hope that the 2010 will be a good year for you and your friends and family. Is there a better way to start a new year than with free gifts? I don’t think so. Our friends from QualityXHTML were kind enough to offer some presents to the readers of TheRoxor. More information after the jump…

The guys over at Empire Digital Marketing are so excited about launching their new website, they’ve gone mad. A few days ago, they launched their 7day7websites campaign. Thanks to this great campaign you could win a free professional website design! More information after the jump.