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Living the Dream

What do you love to do? Could you make a profession of it? If you can you will derive a tremendous amount of satisfaction in your work and I can guarantee you that you will deliver a better product or service to your clientele.

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Sweat the Small Stuff

The common expression is “don’t sweat the small stuff.” But my advice – going ahead and sweat the small stuff – push yourself and take those small steps. You never know – you could be swinging “monkey style” before you know it.

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For the Self Employed

Getting audited would be a nightmare. Not having your information together would multiply the misery exponentially. The Tax Man is just about the scariest monster I’ve ever heard of, how about you?

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How to Create an Effective Poster/Flyer – part 4

Now we will wrap up our flyer and poster project.

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The Bare Facts about the Backside

Is the backside of your business card bare? Don’t waste perfectly good marketing space!

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Workin’ for a Livin’

Your printing, advertising, etc. needs really needs to work hard to help you succeed – that is it’s job. (Sometimes graphic designers forget that concept. It is easy as an artist to get caught up in creating “artsy stuff”.)

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If It Walks Like a Duck…

Have you ever heard the expression “If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, its a duck?”
It has taken me longer in my life to learn that lesson that it probably should have.  That applies to my business life as well.  It is very important to listen closely when your intuition tells [...]

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Julie and Julia

Why don’t they make more movies like this?  There was no car chase, no removal of heads or other body parts with accompanying copious blood flow, no evil plot to destroy the world (Well, I do have to admit a couple of lobsters did meet their maker).  I absolutely loved it.
Why?  Okay.  First of all, [...]

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