Posts Tagged ‘Business’
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Business Card Design Starter Kit: Showcase, Tutorials, Templates
- August 9th, 2010
- 108 Comments
Professionals in any field should always keep business cards on them because you never know when you’ll meet a potential client, partner or like-minded person. Despite their small size, business cards are one of the most powerful and handiest marketing tools. Not only do they create a link between you ...
Read more...Craft An Irresistible Price By Focusing On Your Users
- August 5th, 2010
- 24 Comments
Price influences behavior. In order to craft an excellent user experience, the price — and how your users interact with that price — must be central to the development of the product, especially applications. No user will welcome an application if the cost is prohibitive. This makes price every bit ...
Read more...Passing The Holy Milestone: How To Meet Deadlines
- July 28th, 2010
- 53 Comments
For too many projects, there comes a time when every action taken, every decision and sacrifice made, is spurred on by pressure to finish. Tempers seem to shrink along with the available days, talk about “high standards” gives way to “good enough,” and people realize that deadlines are aptly named. ...
Read more...The Creative vs. The Marketing Team: Yin And Yang, Oil And Water
- July 20th, 2010
- 314 Comments
Smashing Editorial: Please notice that the language in some parts of this article may be very informal. If you think you might be offended, please stop reading this article now. I hate the division represented in this title. It’s the major stumbling block in modern business. Power struggle is never constructive, ...
Read more...Renegotiating The Contract (And Other Tales Of Horror)
- July 8th, 2010
- 79 Comments
You’ve met with the client, done the creative brief and gotten some kind of written agreement or contract. Work has been creative and progressing nicely. The joy and hope for life slowly return as the scent of money looms. So, with an overdose of sleeping pills no longer your retirement ...
Read more...How To Use Photos To Sell More Online
- June 25th, 2010
- 52 Comments
As a photographer and UX designer, I pay particular attention to the effectiveness of photography when I’m testing with users. Regardless of the context, users rarely fail to comment on or be influenced by photography when shopping online. This article pulls together principles from psychology, marketing, UX design and photographic theory. ...
Read more...Decision-Making Models In Web Development
- June 23rd, 2010
- 25 Comments
When was the last time you made a decision? A big one. What was the outcome? Was it good, and how did you get to that outcome? Every day we all make plenty of decisions without a thought to how we structure them or the basis on which we make ...
Read more...How To Spot A Sketchy Client (Plus A Contract Template)
- June 7th, 2010
- 131 Comments
Many things about our business make one glad to be creative; and there certainly are things that destroy the very soul and one’s will to carry on. Client interaction can either lead to strong relationships that last a lifetime or make you feel low and worthless. We look at our ...
Read more...There’s No Such Thing As A Bad Client
- May 25th, 2010
- 82 Comments
Hardly a day goes by without hearing a client horror story from one designer or another. Whether I hear about it in person, by email, over the phone or on Twitter, one thing seems clear: designers seem to like complaining about their clients almost as much as they enjoy taking ...
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