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The Backbone of Corporate Identity Branding

The Logo Brainstorm Book strips away the emotion of corporate identity branding, providing the fundamentals of corporate graphic design with 304 packed pages of corporate branding examples. More

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How to stop competing

From Neil Renicker of Renicker Studio, a post about how to stop competing and instead use what you learn about your competitors to focus your own positioning. Continue reading More

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Get to Know Debbie Millman

Who hasn’t heard of Debbie Millman? She’s the host of the first weekly Internet radio talk show about design entitled “Design Matters with Debbie Millman.” She’s the president of the design division at Sterling Brands. She’s the author of five books on design and branding. She’s super talented, super accessible and super cool. And she’s speaking at both HOW Design Conference and The Dieline Package Design Conference. Get a sneak peek into what makes Debbie tick in this recent HOW Blog interview. More

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Getting the hang of email marketing

Creative freelancer, Stephanie Helline, shares tips on how she gets projects from sending out an email newsletter. Continue reading More

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A formula for pricing your services

Shane Pearlman of Modern Tribe and speaker at CFC 2012 with a formula for pricing creative services. Continue reading More

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Tax tip: Are You Deducting Enough?

Are you taking enough business deductions? Martin Kamenski of Rockstar CPA (and speaker at this year’s CFC) shares the 3 most under-utilized business deductions. Continue reading More

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Are You Getting Clients Through LinkedIn? Here’s how.

Join Ilise Benun of Marketing Mentor on March 15 at 2 PM for “Are You Getting Clients Through Linked? Here’s how,” a live DesignCast where she’ll show you how to find and reach out to your best prospects on LinkedIn. Continue reading More

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CFC 2012: Dyana’s constantly evolving "pitch"

Dyana Valentine, veteran CFC-er and speaker again this year in Boston, shares her evolving pitch and previews what you can expect from her session this year. Continue reading More

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How (and why) to publish an e-newsletter that works

Copywriter, Tom Tumbusch, gets a lot of work thanks to his email newsletter. Here’s how. Continue reading More

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