Proven Sales Tips for Designers: Closing Deals by Phone and Email
Are you a designer looking to boost your sales and close deals efficiently over the phone and through email? As a creative professional, you may have the artistic skills, but mastering the art of sales is equally important to ensure a successful design business. In this blog post, we will provide you with essential tips, […]
Harnessing Silence and Travel for Breakthrough Ideas
In our fast-paced and interconnected world, finding moments of peace and solitude can be a challenge. However, these moments of silence, combined with travel and new experiences, hold incredible potential for unlocking our creativity and generating fresh ideas. In this blog post, we will explore why silence is essential for idea generation, how travel stimulates […]
From Mediocre to Profesh: Elevate Your Typography Skills
Typography is a fundamental aspect of design that can make or break the visual impact of your creations. To take your typography skills from average to outstanding, it’s essential to analyze and learn from examples of excellent typography. In this post, we’ll explore practical techniques and resources that will help you demystify typography and elevate […]
The (free) fonts you need for your camp and summer projects PLUS design inspiration
Summer is coming up and I know you are working on projects for camps, day camps, or any sort of design materials for summer marketing campaigns for companies and non-profits. Check out this assortment of fonts free for commercial use (in other words for paid projects) Some Summer logo inspiration source
Your guide to friction-free designing for friends and family
As a graphic designer, you may often find yourself in the position of having family and friends ask you to do design work for them. While this can be a great opportunity to showcase your skills and help those close to you, it can also come with a variety of challenges. In this article, we […]
Question? Should I be original?
As designers this should be a no brainer… Be original? what a question? But, this is a serious question. I got an email last week from a student- She asked: “Is it ok to use stock images in my logo and branding materials?” Now let’s take this apart, shall we? She is designing her own brand… […]
Purim Fun Video Tutorial
Purim is almost here and every year we try to create a Purim greeting card to email out and post online. This year I decided to create a video tutorial that walks you through the creation of this year’s card. I used Illustrator and had a great time with the appearance panel (I think this […]
Designing a business
Last week I attended the JWE, which stands for Jewish Women Entrepreneurs. It is a fabulous organization that was set up to support women who either are in startup or growth modes in their business. I met women in all stages of business and it was amazing to hear their stories. What I found most […]
How can you successfully use gradients in your next design
Hello Monday! Today I decided I was in the mood of starting off with a business tip…Gotta change things up right? Else, it will get super boring. There are lot of tips I can share… Which One? Which one should I choose? Eeny, Meeny…OK will just pick one. Have you ever heard of Trello? […]
It’s Chanukah…How does that affect your design?
Hello Monday! Today I will deviate from our custom of showcasing a designer. Instead we will explore a time period: Which One? Greek of course…because its Chanukah!! The Greeks are the first to develop and extensively use a series of moldings to delineate the outlines of buildings. Check this out…and get inspired by the patterns […]
