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Create Better Marketing Postcards

Features: Written by Jared Tanner on October 22, 2009

Postcards are like freeway billboards: You have a very short time to communicate your message. Here's how to create effective postcards that get the response you want.

Free For All: Just What You're Looking For

Features: Written by Pariah Burke on August 13, 2009

Be free with Web 2.0 Photoshop layer styles; fire and flame textures and backgrounds; an InDesign image library plug-in; easy scheduled emails; and a service that displays a Web design in 90 different browsers.

Free For All: Free for Web Designers

Features: Written by Pariah Burke on July 30, 2009

In this all-Web installment, you'll get a massive Photoshop Web elements kit; thousands of Twitter, RSS, and UI icons; CSS compression; Website spell checking; analytics; and uptime monitoring -- all free!

Ten (More!) Free Online Tools for Designers

Features: Written by Pariah Burke on December 17, 2008

Ten more free resources help you find and land clients; set your hourly rate; manage project proofing and signoff; find company logos; and more.

Your Ticket Out of the Recession

Features: Written by Sean Ashcroft on December 3, 2008

Small- to medium-sized businesses are a huge client pool you can't afford to ignore. Here's how to convince them to hire you, and then to deliver what they need.

How to Follow Up with Potential Clients

Features: Written by Ilise Benun on July 16, 2008

What your prospects say, what you hear, and what they mean are often three very different things. Here's how to know what's really going on and when to follow up to clinch the deal.

Design Successful Logos

Features: Written by Chad Neuman on June 9, 2008

Three logo designers discuss what goes into designing a logo, including typeface choices, inspiration, and overall branding messages.

Online Marketing Tools for Creative Pros

Features: Written by Ilise Benun on October 5, 2007

Social networking, blogs, email campaigns, portfolio sites -- it's all so confusing. Which of the new options is right for your business?

Buzz Marketing -- the Easy Way to Generate Word of Mouth

Features: Written by Ilise Benun on August 12, 2007

Take these four steps to strengthen your business.

The Art of Business: Design on a Shoestring

Features: Written by Eric J. Adams on March 20, 2006

The mark of a good designer is not what can be done with a large budget, but what can be done with a small one. Here are tricks for closing the deal, managing your low-budget client, and creating a winning design.