Advertising Getting Better and Cheaper Through Facebook
Monday, April 6th, 2009
About a year ago, I didn
Archive for April, 2009
How to Get Quality Freelance Graphics Design Work on a Budget
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
If you’re like me, you have a burning desire to be awesome at Photoshop. It seems so easy, so within reach. Maybe you’ve learned a few tricks like making gradient backgrounds for website titles. Ooooh, it looks 3D! Look out Pixar!
But then you come to some bitter realizations:
- I’m spending way too much time on this.
- None of this is making my website truly awesome.
- Design doesn’t come from Photoshop filters; there’s color palette, page layout, consistency, compatibility with messaging, not to mention fonts other than Myriad Pro.
Making your website or blog or software gorgeous means finding a great designer. And since you probably don’t have enough work to hire an in-house designer, you need to find a freelancer.
Well, you’re in luck. Here’s how to get freelance design work and how to make sure you don’t spend more money than necessary.
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Definition of Insanity
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
Do you ever feel like you
Double Your Productivity Without More Work or Stress
Friday, April 3rd, 2009Zappos COO Alfred Lin enlightens us on how to become 37 times more productive in only one year! Can it be? Let’s hear him out:
Make at least one improvement [every day] that makes Zappos better. It sounds daunting, but remember improvements don’t have to be dramatic. Think about what it means to improve just 1% per day and build upon that every single day. Doing so has a dramatic effect and will make us 37x better, not 365% (3.65x) better at the end of the year. Wake up every day and ask yourself not only what is the 1% improvement I can change to make Zappos better, but also what is the 1% improvement I can change to make myself better personally and professionally — because we, Zappos, can’t grow unless we as individual people grow too.
Imagine yourself making 1% changes every day that compounds and will make you and Zappos 37x better by the end of the year. Imagine if every employee at Zappos was doing the same. Imagine how much better you, Zappos and the
Have You Given Yourself a Personal Review?
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
I play poker occasionally and the achilles heel of many poker players is that they think they are better than they really are. They