Business, Design, Development, Entrepreneur, Freelance, Productivity, Tips

Small Business Tax Deductions And Your Design Business

Your Taxes: If You’re a Freelancer

Tax time is swiftly approaching. A mountain of receipts and paperwork, all waiting for you to begin the efiling process. Slamming your laptop shut will not prevent it from arriving.

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Art, Branding, Design, Entrepreneur, Freelance, Inspiration, Web

Examples of Beautiful, Elegant Landing Pages

You only get one shot at making a good first impression, so if you’re a start-up or a small business that’s launching to the world, you’d do well to make

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Art, Business, Design, Entrepreneur, Geek, Illustration, Inspiration, Tech

A Round-up of Quirky and Creative Apple Fan Art

Apple has always managed to cultivate a devoted fan base. The sleek designs, seamless user interface and pretty animations that go along with ground-breaking technology have led to one of

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Blogging, Design, Freelance, Illustration, Photography, Photoshop, Print, Productivity, Tips, Web

Using Stock Photos? Know the Laws

If you think that you can use whatever photo or image you want from the Web, you’re wrong. The The Berne Convention declares new and original work created after April

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Do Freelance Designers Really Need Insurance?

Insurance is one of those things you don’t want to think about (let alone shell out money for), but is exactly the thing you find yourself turning to when catastrophe

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Art, Branding, Design, Illustration, Inspiration, Marketing, Music, Print

A Showcase of Creative Album Artwork

I’ve always thought that one of the most challenging tasks for any graphic designer is to create an album cover. When it comes to designing the artwork that represents music,

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How to Make Canned Message More Effective

Canned messages, also known as canned responses, are usually predefined answers to frequently asked questions, which can be used during daily communications to provide quick and accurate responses. Properly used,

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Design, Development, Entrepreneur, Freelance, Geek, Inspiration, Tips

Do You Need A Degree To Make It As A Designer

It really is a jungle out there. In this way-less-than-ideal economy and nearly non-existent job market, aspiring web designers find themselves in a conundrum. On the one hand, you want

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