The pamphlet has been used to convey a quick message for centuries. Hawkers would distribute them to people on the street, companies have mailed them, advertisers have inserted them into newspapers, a...
Small business seminars are a great way to drum up extra business and loyal customers. If you're a graphic designer, writer, marketer, webmaster, printer or other service-based company, a small busine...
[caption id="attachment_834" align="alignright" width="255" caption="Zip up! This incredible image effect was created by the user meowza using the Aviary Phoenix Image Editor."][/caption] If you love...
[caption id="attachment_840" align="alignright" width="201" caption="Save some trees by going green with your marketing materials."][/caption]I like to bring some eco-friendly print news to light from...
I was driving down the main street here in town yesterday, and I noticed a trend in the signs in the stores. They all referred to the recession as a joke. Not that the loss of jobs are a joke, or peop...
[caption id="attachment_813" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Do graphic designers need a union? Perhaps, if you're not charging enough. Weigh in on this one!"][/caption] The online scra...
Years ago, before Adobe InDesign existed, I used QuarkXPress. At the time, my job required me to transform my readers’ spread designs into printer spreads when going to press. Unless you are used to t...
Knowing the size at which the cost of postage goes up on a postcard can make you a hero with your clients. For a postcard to mail under the postcard rate (currently $.27 as of February 2009) it has t...
Whether you are doing the proofing or making edits to a project, a graphic designer has to know what proofreaders’ marks mean. It’s a very good idea to have someone else proof a project that you are w...