I love products that are simple to use and services that are easy to understand. I don’t want to spend three hours reading an instruction manual or fishing around in a support forum. An eight hour video series on setting up your WordPress theme is unacceptable. You will lose my business with complicated pricing and support [...]
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Practice Doesn’t Make You Perfect
Recently I was cleaning up my garage when I decided to open an old toy box that my dad built for me when I was seven years old. I’ve kept quite a bit of stuff from when I was a kid through my teenage years. I’m not really sure why. Perhaps it’s because my dad [...]
Freelancing Advice that Will Get You MORE Work
Freelancing as a creative service provider can be a very tough gig. It takes years to build a name for yourself and in generating repeat business you can count on to make a living. However there are four VERY important tips I would like to share with you that will GREATLY improve your chances of [...]
Why Your Cheap Pricing Sucks for Everyone
Every single time I see a new review or website popping up about cheap design services it makes me angry. I’m sorry to have to rant about websites like 99Designs, Fiverr, DesignCrowd, and other types of “bottom feeder” creative service providers who hock their crap for a dollar, but these offerings truly benefit no one. [...]
Customized Vans: The Story Behind the Shoes
So what’s up with those funky looking Vans you might be asking. Well, there is a story behind them … let me explain. I started my first business back in 1986 at the age of sixteen. At the time I was really into the punk and skate scene and my life motto was ‘be different’ [...]
SketchNotes: Word of Mouth Crash Course
I had the privilege of attending the Word of Mouth Crash Course hosted by Andy Sernovitz and Word of Mouth.org in Austin, Texas on May 10, 2012. As a part of my participation in the conference, I had the opportunity to live-blog several sessions in addition to sketchnoting my first official conference. Sketchnoting is something [...]
Website of the Week: UPPERDOG
Memorable Name. Very Clean Design. To the Point. This sums up the Swedish web design agency UPPERDOG’s website. What I really like about UPPERDOG is that there is no doubt as to what they do and their emphasis on beautiful, responsive design. The first thing you see is their name, what they do, and three [...]
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