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Design Business: Industry Issues & Advice
Are you a design principal or in design management? Stay abreast on leading tips for smart growth strategies, self-promotion design advice and management issues. Experts in the industry and business consultants are tapped for leading advice on new business trends and sage wisdom for starting your own graphic design business.
5 Ways to Focus Your Design Business
Linda Fisher, president of Design Management Resources, shares her tips on focusing your design business.
Seek Professional Help
Attorneys, accountants, consultants, oh my! As a small-business owner, how do you know when your firm needs expert intervention?
Choose a Business Structure
Figure out which type of business will be the most profitable for you: sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation. Learn the tax benefits and liabilities of each type.
The Perfect Gift
The end of the year often seems like the right time to thank your clients for their business and colleagues for their hard work. Heres how to wrap it up the right way.
What Your Prospects Want from Your Web Site
Know what your clients are looking for when they visit your site.
6 Reasons to Grow Your Firm
A design firm principal, whose agency was recognized as one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the nation, gives insights about why growth is a good thing.
Protect Your Portfolio
Your firm’s portfolio is your best tool for persuading new clients to hire you. You’d think there’d be no problem showing your work to a prospect. Think again. Contracts, copyrights, trademarks and business judgment all come into play when developing your promo pieces. We’ll consider all of them.
Building a Brand from Ground Zero
Faced with harsh economic realities, two design-firm principals made the ultimate tough decision: Close their full-service branding agency, downsize drastically and re-emerge in a leaner, more focused form. Here’s how they built a new brand from the ashes.
