Download this podcast I have been pestering my latest victim interviewee for the Design and Marketing Podcast (subscribe or leave a review, folks) for weeks and weeks before she gave in! Louise Myers is a fantastic example of a designer who has never stopped learning. You have … [Read more...]
DMP008: Travelling Graphic Designer Karen Mares
Download this podcast This is my 8th podcast and interview with an independent graphic designer. In this episode I talk to Karen Mares, Karen McDade, about travelling, Photoshop, design, clients, websites and life! Click here to subscribe to my "Design and Marketing Podcast" on … [Read more...]
DMP 001: Welcome to the Design and Marketing Podcast – Interview with Tara Roskell
Download this podcast Drumroll please! Yes, this (above) is my first podcast. The first of the imaginatively titled Design and Marketing Podcast. What the first episode is about ... The subject of my first interview is the very wonderful Tara Roskell. Tara is a graphic designer with many years … [Read more...]
Running A Web Design Business From Home
In order to run a successful web design business from home you need ability, dedication and a good business sense. But it's not impossible. You can do it! I've just published my second e-book Running A Web Design Business. How to run a web design business from home It's not easy to … [Read more...]
Why You Suck at Charging Clients and What To Do About It
You haven't the slightest idea of your true worth and value to society. You're underrating yourself and you need to look at the bigger picture. As children we are told that we are worthless until we are taught properly and then we can be let out into the world. Then after education we, most … [Read more...]
Graphic Designers and Specialization
How much should graphic designers or design companies specialize? Should they hone their skills and expertise to a particular niche? Or should they provide a range of services for their clients? Starting out When a graphic designer first starts out as a freelancer or when a new graphic design … [Read more...]
How to Start a Web Design Business From Home
There has never been a better time to learn how to start a web design business from home. The opportunities for entrepreneurs are enormous. If you have a passion and love for the internet, you can do it. You don't need a lot (in fact you just need a laptop, phone, electrical supply and decent … [Read more...]
How To Diversify and Grow Your Design Business
This is the best time ever to start and grow your own business. Lack of demand forces businesses to get creative. During the good times when the phone rings off the hook and orders are flooding in, energies are directed towards coping with work flow. I have found diversification has increased my … [Read more...]
Small Business Growth – a Web Design Case Study
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had … [Read more...]
My business story
"If you are successful at school; you will be successful in life" I wasn't a great success at school. Even though I was sent to good schools, in order to get me to work hard, I was told "if you are successful at school; you will be successful in life". As hard as I tried my exam results were … [Read more...]
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