Branding yourself

By On May 4, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Please read through this introduction on branding yourself…

Branding is one of those super important, long term tasks that every freelancer needs to pay attention to. How you present yourself and how you are perceived can make a lot of difference to both how much work you get and how you charge for that [...]

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w00t w00t! It’s Friday!

By On February 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment

 

 

 

 

 

Can we hear a w00t w00t for friday?

What an explosive day of brainstorming here at R Design Creative.

It’s so great to end the work week on a positive note and to be pumped for the new week ahead.

We hope everyone enjoys their weekend! Cheers!

 

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Chalk Artist Extraordinaire

By On February 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Dana Tanamachi, is a Brooklyn-based graphic designer doing custom chalk letterings. Tanamachi’s beautiful works have appeared in various forms, from Ralph Lauren’s display window to a wall in Google’s New York City office. Her most recent work appears as the cover of Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine February 2012 issue (shown below… I had to take a second look when I saw this [...]

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7 Small Business Marketing Tips

By On February 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

by Bob Leduc

1. Don’t Advertise Like a Big Business 
Big businesses advertise to create name recognition and future sales. A small business can’t afford to do that. Instead, design your advertising to produce sales… now. One way to accomplish this is to always include an offer in your advertising - and an [...]

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Artistic Inspiration

By On January 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

As artists and designers, our daily job is to create. Create new ideas, sketch out new concepts, generate innovative imagery…

But from time to time, our creativity is sure to hit a dry spell. In those periods of imaginative downtime, we seek out areas of inspiration. Do you have a go-to place when you need [...]

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Social Media Explained

By On January 27, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Hey Everyone!

So, here we are… no longer on the cusp of social media – we are in it 100%. If you don’t have a facebook account, you must be living under a rock. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumbler, Foursquare and YouTube (to name a few of the more popular sites) offer exciting networking opportunities for [...]

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Why didn’t I think of that?

By On January 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment
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Sharing Our Love for Typography

By On January 13, 2012 · 3 Comments

Hey ladies and gents,

Today is an “indoors” day for sure. The snow has tacked on 40 minutes to our commutes and all we can do is work and plan for the weekend.

I’ve been browsing the web today… looking for inspiriation… looking for topics that capture my interest. I thought today, [...]

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We are going Gotye Crazy!

By On January 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

A big warm welcome back to everyone!

What a great year 2012 is shaping up to be. And have you noticed the amount of wonderfully inspiring content out on the web? It’s bursting at the seams. Recently, we found ourvelves watching the newest YouTube sensation Walk off the Earth. They covered a song called, “Somebody [...]

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