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Discussion: Do you publicly advertise your pricing?
Ah the age-old debate. To show prices or not to show prices on your website. There are pros and cons to both and Go Media has experimented with both in the past. We eventually decided to go against showing prices on our website, but the discussion never seems to go away. How would things change if we decided to show prices? For the better? Worse? Tell me your thoughts.
Continue reading...Don’t Be A Whore!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
10 Tips to help designers avoid being taken advantage of. If you’re freelancing or just starting your own design company, you may be in jeopardy of being a whore. That’s right. Some seemingly sweet client may come along, wine and dine you, bend you over the back of the couch, have their way with you – [...]
Continue reading...Pointers for Designers Working with Apparel Companies
Monday, December 29, 2008
There is often a disconnect between an artist and a screen printer. Problems often arise when there is a lack of understanding of the print process and a lack of communication between the designer and client. Screen printers get mad when a customer sends them a job that has a bazillion colors and [...]
Continue reading...15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 3 of 3
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
In an effort to help further educate designers about things they should NOT be doing, here is the last installment of the popular 3-part Mistakes series. Part two talked about staying original, following directions, utilizing the medium to its fullest, showing respect to fellow designers, and when to release source files for your projects. If [...]
Continue reading...15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 2 of 3
Thursday, July 31, 2008
5 more mistakes make up part 2 of the 15 mistakes series. This article covers issues such as lack of originality, following directions, and other bonehead mistakes made by designers.
Continue reading...15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 1 of 3
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Designers in the music and apparel industry are some of the most talented designers around. I’m willing to bet there isn’t a sector of graphic design that allows more creativity and more artistic freedom. Despite the amazing talent and style, the “scene” suffers from a few fatal flaws that need to be remedied. [...]
Continue reading...57 Inspirational Sites from 7 Remarkable Apparel Designers
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
I gathered 7 of the top t-shirt designers today and asked each of them for a handful of sites they couldn’t live without; sites they surf for inspiration, design resources, advice, community, etc. I was surprised at what I found. A few sites that I didn’t expect and some I’ve never heard of. [...]
Continue reading...Accountants, lawyers, and doctors, oh my! A designer’s guide to business.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Before I get started I want to stress a few things. First and fore most, it should ALWAYS be your goal to run your business 100% legally. This means paying ALL your taxes and following ALL laws. If you truly want to achieve great success with your company, it’s best to do it right (as [...]
Continue reading...Jeff’s Weekly Review for June 23-27
Friday, June 27, 2008
This is the third time I've done this weekly review, and I think it's pretty helpful. What do you guys think of it so far? Are you keeping track of what you're doing? I hope so. Anyway, here's the list for what I got done this week.
Continue reading...Jeff’s Weekly Review June 16-20
Friday, June 20, 2008
For my second installment of the weekly review, here’s what I got accomplished this week. Feel free to judge me on how much or how little I get done in a given week. Finished bumper animations for the new tattoo show Started new theme for Go Mediazine Submitted artwork to Chris Comella, so he can design a [...]
Continue reading...Getting Things Done: My First Weekly Review
Friday, June 13, 2008
After a long day at your desk, do you ever ask yourself “What the heck did I accomplish today?” I know I could be working like a madman and pushing projects out before deadlines and I still won’t even remember what I did. It’s all a blur. At the end of the [...]
Continue reading...Project Managment: Go Media Style
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Go Media’s Prooflab Demonstration Video from Go Media on Vimeo. This video will walk you through our customer and project management system called “Prooflab.” We built this application from the ground up based on our specific needs as a design firm. There are many 3rd party apps out there like Basecamp, but we needed [...]
Continue reading...13 ways to trick your client into happiness
Monday, June 2, 2008
The art of making your customers love the designs you create. In an ideal world our clients would think like designers. In an ideal world our clients have a good knowledge of marketing. In an ideal world they think logically and communicate clearly. Well folks, this is not an ideal world. And, unfortunately, our clients do [...]
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The Dreaded Design Lull – 9 Ways to Get Out of a Slump
Friday, April 18, 2008
Recognizing and reacting to a slowdown in design work. I can remember clearly when it was just me alone in my apartment running this design firm. It was easy to stay busily and happily working on a non-stop string of client projects for months on end. Then unexpectedly one day – I would notice something strange. [...]
Continue reading...Land Bigger Jobs: Appear “bigger” than you actually are
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
One thing that Go Media has done ever since we we put our first site online back in 2003, is tried to appear bigger than we were. This can have its pros and cons, but to the designer just starting out, it has more pros. Let me explain. The idea of looking [...]
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- Old School Type - Line Gradients
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- Create a Dream Design with 3D Typography
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- Go Media User Link Feed (1400)
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- Discussion: Do you publicly advertise your pricing?
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- Degree or No Degree?
- New Go Media Affiliate Program
- Monthly Review – May 2009
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45+ Excellent Website Analytics/Monitoring/Counter Services
Everybody needs to track their website visitors. Not everybody has the right tools. Here's a compilation of 45+ web analytics tools, each of which, has a unique feature sure to satisfy your needs. Check them out and monitor your visitors!
- Dainis Graveris
13 Beautiful Wordpress Showcase Sites
This article shows you beautiful showcase websites, which collects WordPress based blogs and delivers long run inspiration.
- Gizelle
20 Outstanding Letterpress Business Cards
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These 20 letterpress business cards featured in this post are a great example of how effective letterpress business cards can reflect you or your company. - Gizelle
How to Create Out of Bounds Effect Plus Amazing Examples
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Out of Bounds or simply OOB is a technique used to add a 3D feel to a flat photo image. Its a lot of fun and pretty easy to do. - The Product Guy
From Liberating Your Password to Modular Innovation Trends
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10 Awesome Photoshop Tips, Tricks, and Shortcuts You Probably Don't Know!
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Monday, June 22, 2009
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