Hi all! Today I have a treat for you – a guest post from photographer extraordinaire Jason Moore! Today he talks about building self confidence, learning to self edit, and how communities can help you in your career. I have been a fan of Jason’s for a few years and I am so grateful to [...]
This past weekend I was able to get away for a bit and partake in one of my all time favorite activities. I went to visit and spend time with my nephews – ages 2 and 4. The older one and I have been “best buddies” ever since he was born so I guess I’m [...]
While checking my Twitter feed the other week, I spotted an interesting question that appeared in my stream. “What can I do to improve my communication and Internet presence?” The question then preceded to stick with me for the rest of the day and as you can see, weeks later, I’m still thinking about it. [...]
Hey all! Just thought I would take a quick minute to point you in the direction of a new article I’ve written. It’s called “I have my logo, now what?” and it’s being hosted over on Freelance Logo. In the article I go over some of the basic uses of logos, as well as how [...]
Over the last few years I have received many messages of advice through Twitter, Facebook, Forum messages, and emails. At times, I copied and pasted them into several NotePad documents so that I don’t lose track of the advice. I now have a small handful of these documents scattered throughout my laptop and external hard [...]
Today’s post is brought to you by: Kirsten Ramsburg who is a senior writer for the well-respected web hosting guide, Webhostingsearch.com. — Web hosting can be defined by the depth of services it provides. This relates to concepts that range from a basic, free blogging page as supplied by your local IP service provider to [...]
The phrase “It’s not always what you know, but also who you know” speaks loudly to those of us in the freelance community. We rely on word of mouth, referrals, and above all, our ability to network in order to grow our clientele. It is a stone cold, and sobering fact that without strong people [...]
Something is really starting to bother me. Either I am having an identity crisis, or the world is really confused about my line of work. Yesterday, Twitter announced that they are looking to hire a creative designer. I thought, how cool is that? I could work for one of my favorite companies! So, I click [...]
A while back I wrote the title of this article as a lead into a paragraph for another article. Judging by the comments the article received, it seemed to strike a cord with a lot of readers. The idea behind the notion, is that from time to time, we all need a little help with [...]
Hey all! After PSW, the NAPP team got super busy with the release of CS5 promoting it and developing their live webinars to show all of the new and totally killer features. If you didn’t get a chance to see them, click the link, you still can! And if you do watch them, you will [...]
