Do you have your client’s best interest in mind or are you just looking to provide a service and collect a check? Do find yourself making suggestions on how to improve your client’s business, website, branding etc, or is “they didn’t ask for that” a regular phrase you use? Really think about this for a minute, because it makes all the difference in the world.

I wanted to share this article I found while browsing online. It’s from the 99% blog, written by Mark McGuinness. It’s funny because it’s one of those “I know, I know” things. But we never put it into practice. A lot of times we find ourselves with a creative block and our initial reaction is [...]

Just “discovered” Creative Business, an online resources for Creative Service Business. They have a ton of articles on graphic design, from Pricing, to working with Non-For-Profits, to Marketing and Business Forms. These articles are PDF downloads for a fee, but they also provide lots of free resources as well as links to helpful websites. They [...]

I’ve been following Ilise Benum’s Marketing Mentor Quick Tips ever since I read The Designer’s Guide to Marketing and Pricing. Today’s message was particularly noteworthy and I thought I’d share it (with Ilise’s ok, of course):
A New Mindset for 2010
I’ve noticed lately that, no matter how you define success, those who want it have a [...]

Ahhh spec work… a nasty little bugger! I for one am entirely against it. The more spec work being done out there, the less designers are valued. Hey, why buy the cow if you can get the milk for free, right? Why spend the time researching the right design agency, when you can just have [...]