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9 tips to be a productive designer while working at home

Posted July 8th, 2011 by Daniel Pintilie .

Being your own boss is definitely fun. However, one of the greatest downfalls of freelancing is that it can be very easy to become lazy
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3 Simple Tips to Keep Your Client Pool Full

Posted January 3rd, 2011 by Preston D Lee .

Keeping your client pool full is one of the most difficult tasks that any design firm or freelance designer faces. Interestingly enough, it’s also one
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10 Tips to Make Your Design Files Print-Ready

Posted November 5th, 2010 by John Brook .

All print designers are familiar with deadlines and the havoc they can often wreak on your life! It is incredibly frustrating to spend hours and
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Make your design business mobile: WordPress Development on the go

Posted October 5th, 2010 by Thomas Cope .

It goes without saying, one of the quickest ways to develop a web site these days is through the use of WordPress. If you have
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Set milestones and eliminate stress in the design process

Posted September 27th, 2010 by Preston D Lee .

When I first started working for myself, one of the hardest things for me to do was finish a design project in the amount of
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A creative Post-It Note approach to managing design projects

Posted May 27th, 2010 by Dan Howard .

Imagine you just landed a dream project from a dream client (you know, the one that says money is no object, pays all up front,
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Dressing your design piece for the occasion

Posted March 18th, 2009 by Preston D Lee .

I recently had an opportunity to meet with Steve Colin, creative director at Creature, a world-class ad agency in Seattle, Washington.  He emphasized the importance
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5 Steps to getting out of a creativity jam

Posted February 25th, 2009 by Preston D Lee .

Most of the time, we feel creative. That’s why we are passionate about what we do.  Graphic designers, advertisers, writers, all of us are expected
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