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Push it Real Good
November 6, 2007 - Trying to navigate the sensitive communication involved in keeping a project within scope in the early stages of your relationship with a client can be tricky. When a client begins to ask for bells and whistles beyond the original discussions, but doesn't want to compromise on…
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VigeWeekly: Spontaneity, Color Shifts, and Social Media Stigmas
April 11, 2008 - We love it when our clients win awards, which is why we're cheering this week -- Kettler, a local real estate firm that's among the nation's top 20 multifamily developers, was honored by the National Association of Home Builders for having the Best Corporate Website. Kudos to…
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Wrestling with Big, Old Lists
April 30, 2008 - Recently, a client posed this question (I’m paraphrasing): "I have a list of 350,000 email addresses that I collected over the last 5 years. I don’t know how many of them are legitimate. I haven’t used their email addresses for anything before. I want to…
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Effective Teams: Ideal Traits for Creative Partners
May 15, 2008 - Andy Rutledge describes “the client factors” that designers should consider when calculating project price estimates. I’m not a designer, and I don’t do a lot of estimates; but, I loved his post. He confesses that the pat answer of “I need more…
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Making the Commitment at Middle School Marketing
October 22, 2008 - It seemed natural, given that marketing and social media are all about relationships, that our Middle School Marketing discussion for October spent a fair amount of time exploring commitment – and it should be no surprise that the darling of social media marketing, the…
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Build Email Relationships, Not Spam Lists
October 27, 2008 - Recently, a client posed this question: “Some of the people with whom I work think we should collect email addresses from colleagues, friends, and associates who are affiliated with our industry. They want to add these contacts to our email newsletter mailing list. We work hard…
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Middle School Marketing Recap: Marketing in a Recession
January 23, 2009 - Oh boy, it's everyone's favorite topic right now.The economic slowdown.But despite all the very real concerns, products still need to be moved, sales need to be made, and companies still need to advertise. As we are all too well aware, the marketing budget ususally the first to…
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IA Summit 2009
April 21, 2009 - It can be an odd experience attending a conference in a recession, and my trip to the 10th Anniversary IA Summit in Memphis, TN, didn’t disappoint in that regard. The event was smaller, tinged with uncertainty, and chock full of people trying to figure out what the future…
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JSConf 2009 Recap: Javascript at the Edge
May 12, 2009 - Two weeks ago, I spent an amazingly full two days at JSConf 2009 getting my mind blown by some JavaScript developers who are pushing the boundaries of the language. Thanks to having so many great people there, we all had a great time discussing ideas and learning from each…
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A Designer's Guide To Accessibility and 508 Compliance
July 6, 2009 - The words "accessibility" and "508 compliance" are thrown around frequently these days, but as a designer it can be unclear how the practice directly pertains to your role in visual design. Sorting through all the hubbub, I would like to take the opportunity to clarify…