Just Creative Design’s 2008 Round Up

This is a round up of the past year’s articles along with some other interesting trivia, goals and future plans.

2008 Statistics

• 6778 Comments / Trackbacks
• 197 Posts
• 34 Comments / Trackbacks per article on average
• 15 Posts written per month on average
• 4,360,018 pageviews
• Average time on page: 2:40 on average
• 9910 (Highest Subscriber Count)

Top 10 Most Popular Articles Based On Traffic

These posts are mainly link bait posts that social media goes crazy for. Notice they all have numbers?

1. 92 Must See Creative Photographs
2. 99 Sites All Designers Must Know About
3. 30 Fonts That All Designers Must Know & Should Own
4. 192 Creative, Smart & Clever Advertisements
5. Top 7 Most Cliche Stock Images Used In Web Design
6. Top 7 Fonts Used By Professionals In Design
7. 10 Reasons To Switch To Gmail
8. Why Logo Design Does Not Cost $5.00
9. How To Design A Logo – 5 Vital Tips
10. 15 Signs You’re A Bad Graphic Designer

Some Of My Favourites

Below are some of my favourite articles here on Just Creative Design.

• Ultimate List of Blog Heading Templates & Titles for Blogging
• 28 Great Wordpress Plugins That I Personally Recommend
• The Ultimate List of The Best Logo Design Resources
• Logo Design Process For FITUCCI
• How and where to get paid freelance work while you are still a design student
• 7 Secrets You MUST Know To Give Your Blog The Edge
• 9 Of The Best Ways To Present A Website To A Client
• Why Logo Design Does Not Cost $5.00
• 10 SEO Rules for Designers
• The Secret Logo Design Process Of Top Logo Designers
• 30 Fonts That All Designers Must Know & Should Own
• How To Boost Your Creativity
• 2008 Design Trends: Top 7 Most Overused Elements & Techniques Used

What is your favourite article?

For a memory boost, check out the featured articles page.

Goals

For the new year I am aiming for 8000 new subscribers (500 a month). I kind of have to laugh when last year I set a goal for 1000 subscribers –   I am aiming a bit higher this time. I also want to get an internship or work experience at a design studio in Sydney. I also want to work more on my illustration and 3D design skills, the areas in which I think I could do with the most   improvement.

What are your goals? I need some ideas!

What am I doing now & later?

At present I have a few design jobs that I am working on… I am in the process of designing a luxury refillable water bottle for a client in the US, a logo for a supermarket in Curacao, a logo for a barn maker in the US, a website for a Wedding Florist & Decorator, a website for a Celebrant, a photography job for Tupperware and I also have got two separate leads for a vodka bottle design and also a rum based liquor bottle, plus about 5 other logo design leads which will hopefully come through. I may also be launching a new blog next year so stay tuned for that. Plus, I have a few other surprises 

I have also lined up some writing gigs on Smashing Magazine, Web Designer Depot,VectorTuts, Freelance Folder and the UK Creative Pool.

On the lighter side of life, I have just come back from a week long holiday up our holiday house for Christmas, had my 21st birthday (had a cruise on Sydney harbour with dinner & drinks) and in January I am going for a week long road trip up to the Gold Coast (8 hours north) for a festival & holiday. I also have a two week holiday to Thailand scheduled for February. University will then start back in March and I will have to get back to the real life.

I have also booked a ski trip over in New Zealand in August 2009 so looking forward to that too. At some stage I also have to fit in a trip to China as well (was my 21st birthday present) and in 2010 I plan to go to Canada to work as a ski instructor on the slopes but we will see how that goes. In short, I will be a busy boy.

What about you? What are you working on and what have you got planned?