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I recently gave a presentation at my local Meetup group, The North Georgia Entrepreneurs Group about how to combine online and print advertising. I thought I would share some of my notes, resources, and ideas on the matter for you guys here on the blog. Is print marketing dead? We here it all the time [...]

We all know that slick interface designs are pretty to look at. Personally, I ogle over them like the centerfold in a mens magazine. Is that weird? The more sleek and intuitive the design, the more I am drawn to it. Obviously, one of the results of good interface design is usability. Give me an [...]

Last week I talked a little bit about the importance of joining social media design sites like Behance and such. This got me thinking abut how to decide what work to put up on these sites. After all, if the point in joining these sort of sites is to get more work, it only makes [...]

This video is a little late, as it was supposed to come out before the post “Who Else Wants Higher Paying Clients“, but it took forever to get uploaded. Anyways, in this video I talk a little bit more in depth about certain aspects that I cover in the article linked above. Talking Shop – [...]

While there is plenty of money to be made in the drug world dime bags and QPs, I’m not suggesting you add these to your list of services.  What I am suggesting is a clever business idea I picked up while watching the hit HBO series, Weeds. If you are unfamiliar with the show Weeds, [...]

For many freelancers out there, one of the hardest parts about staying business for yourself is actually finding business. Some of us are lucky enough to have a fairly steady stream of clients, but for many, the freelance path tends to be famine or feast. If this has ever happened to you, you know exactly [...]

I notice from time to time that some of the designers and developers that I follow get asked to do things like write articles industry magazines, speak at events, give comments for the media about our industry, and a variety of other PR type things. From my experience and what I read on others blogs [...]

Attending Conferences, Workshops and Trainings is a great way to stay up to date on what’s going on in your field. They’re also a great way to network and stay in touch with other professionals in your field. So here’s a list of a bunch of conferences all over the US and even a few [...]

There is no shortage of Twitter related post floating around the internet these days. In fact, it is quite the opposite. There are tons of them out there these days. Some of them are good and some of them are just filled with so much crap or schemes it makes you wonder who wrote it. [...]

Like any good blog owner, I read several of the top blogs about blogging. Over the last few months in particular, one of them has talked a lot about using video in your blog and how you can benefit from it. I haven’t yet made the jump into adding video posts to Outlaw Design Blog, [...]