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For the past few weeks I've been noticing how much my concentration is being broken by email. I will admit though that emails aren't the only cause of my momentary distractions, but I do notice how my mood may shift depending on just the subject line or the sender of...
How to Email Your Favorite Photo Picks from Flickr
Recently I decided to make my client photos available via Flickr and private Albums/Groups for my customers. The reason for doing this is so that I can have an online viewing location for my photography clients to easily view all of their photos from recent shoots or...
Setting The Table
Last year my mom hosted Thanksgiving dinner. While this year's dinner will most likely be at our house, I wanted to share some photos of the table and place settings. As a photographer by second form of living, my personal pictures and work don't always see the light...
Clever Ad Placement In All of Social Media
These days in just about everything we do, we're just about accustomed to seeing a commercial, banner, popup, or some type of advertisement trying to get our attention. Even if the attention is only for a few seconds, winning our eyes for just those seconds can change...
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Staying busy during the holidays
Yup it's that time again. Time to get the fireplace ready, decorate the house with lights, and set your travel plans. All is good though if this is your slow season and you look forward to it. However, it's also the perfect time to set things up to...
Attending Meetups and Expos really boosts your exposure
Over the past two months I've been attending quite a few networking groups, meetups, expos, and the like. My experiences range from great to a complete waste of time. Some were free and some carried an entry fee; but all of them left me with...
The reality of SEO and your shoestring budget
Of the past few weeks I've been getting quite a few questions about SEO. With the growing consciousness of the power of search and keyword relevancy, all questions are pretty much valid. Let me start off though with stating that SEO (Search Engine...
Facebook will never charge you, here’s why
Over this past weekend, many of my Facebook friends (on my personal Facebook side) started posting or copying and pasting a message about how Facebook was going to be charging a fee to use their services. When I first saw the message I thought...
Packaging your design services like TOYS
My kids recently taught me a lesson in how they view the world I've put around them. Eating dinner and taking showers aren't they're most favorite things to do. But having "lunch" and taking bubble baths are. At first glance the two comparisons...
Where to find the best real world advice
We're all familiar with some industry blogs. There are blogs upon blogs for just about every topic you can think of. For us in particular, designers have many interesting blogs like: Web Design Ledger 1st Web Designer Web Design Tuts Abuzeedo...
Great points on why your design business will survive
If you pick up a newspaper or read articles online you'll easily find articles of companies and industries talking about fiscal performance from last quarter, or last year, or last month to now. One of the main things that big companies keep their...