Business, Design
Make the most of your Dribbble and Behance accounts
Most designers have Dribbble and Behance accounts and have uploaded a few projects or followed other designers. However, if you’re not taking full advantage… Read More
Business
Business
Define your agency’s values
Sometimes the hardest thing is to practice what you preach. Not because you don’t believe in it, but because you’re spending your time helping… Read More
Business
6 day planners for the busy creative pro
Creatives aren’t traditionally known for their talent of time management, and I understand why. Somewhere between the brainstorming sessions, client meetings, projects, and networking… Read More
Business
6 no-brainer time management tips for designers
For the majority of us, time is rarely on our side when it comes to work. It’s certainly true for web designers juggling countless… Read More
Business
Are you going to miss that deadline?
Missed deadlines do happen, and if you’re anything like me, they can affect the rest of your work. I worry about letting down the… Read More
Business
Your formal resume versus creative
I remember taking classes that focused on how to format a resume. We would open Microsoft Word, learn how to properly align text, and… Read More
Business
Yes, you should create a web style guide
Style guides, also know as pattern libraries, are a great way to ensure that your design carries on as intended as your website grows… Read More
Business, Design
How to set your rate as a designer
Here’s to a new year in the wonderful world of design! To start it off right, maybe now’s the time to figure out one… Read More
Business
Is your portfolio more important than your degree?
In college, I began my academic career as an architect student. As we were drafting ideas at our tables one day, my professor wisely… Read More
Business
How to get the clients you want
Have you ever noticed that sometimes, you just really jibe with a certain client? Not only are they great to work with, but you find… Read More
Business
Contracts 103: Copyrights, termination, and payment terms
Copyrights, ownership, termination, and payment terms are inextricably linked, as the first two are often transferred between parties utilizing the last two. When you’re in… Read More
Business
Contracts 102
You’ve got your contract template set up with the basics. Now it’s time to think about some of the issues that shift with each… Read More
Business
Contracts 101
Contracts really are the key to setting yourself — and your clients — up for success. Working through the contract-writing process gives both parties the… Read More
Business
Should you even have business cards?
Who out there has designed their own business cards? I mean, why wouldn’t you? It’s a small project with quick turnaround, and it allows… Read More
Business
When is a project too big for one person?
Let’s start by addressing the fact we all have a tendency to take on too much as creatives. I, for one, do this constantly… Read More
Business
Why you should promote yourself, not just your business
Maybe you work for your dream agency. Or maybe you started your own design firm. Either way, you worked hard to get wherever you’re at… Read More
Business
You do what you do, we do what we do
Every once in a while, one of our clients comes along with an awesome story about how managed hosting has changed their business for the… Read More
Business
What I would do with your video budget
You’ve heard it before: Video is a big part of the future of content marketing. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then… Read More
Business
Keep your agency small and still hit it out of the park
Your agency will tell you when it feels the need to grow. There are signs. But what do you do when you see… Read More
Business
Think like David Kadavy and keep your blog alive for 10 years
David Kadavy has been writing online for 10 years. His site’s anniversary is Friday, to be exact. In an internet full of exciting pivots,… Read More
Business
Signs Your Agency Needs to Think Bigger
Phenomblue styles itself today as a brand experience agency. It looks like they do it all: create strategy, design, build… Read More
Business
14 awesome designer workspaces
We took to Dribbble to find some awesome designer workspaces. From cluttered and colorful, to chic and simple, here are 14 workspaces we… Read More