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DesignCast 27 : The Graphic Designers’ Holiday Gift Guide, 2012!
By: Wes McDowell | December 10th, 2012 | 5 comments
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Oprah has her Favorite Things show, and we just happen to have some favorite things of our own. Things that every graphic and web designer will want to get his or her hands on this holiday season. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Festivus, listen as the gang talks about all the new toys made just [...]
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DesignCast 26 : Ten Simple Questions to Ask Web Design Clients
By: Wes McDowell | November 26th, 2012 | 3 comments
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Whenever you design a website for someone else, you need to know what they want and more importantly, what they need. The best way to figure all that out is to ask smart questions. Questions that are designed to get right to the heart of what matters to your clients’ business. While that may not [...]
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DesignCast 25 : A Happy Client is a Repeat Client
By: Wes McDowell | November 12th, 2012 | 4 comments
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Every designer knows that its way harder to land a new client than it is to keep one you already have. Unfortunately, a lot of freelancers don’t always treat their clients right, which can lead to… well it doesn’t lead to much. In this episode, we tackle the subject of good graphic design customer service, [...]
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DesignCast 24 : Blogging to Boost Your Graphic Design Business
By: Wes McDowell | October 29th, 2012 | 7 comments
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To blog or not to blog? It’s a question with an easy answer. Blogging is one of the easiest and most effective ways to get your name out there as well as to gain “expert” status in the field of graphic design. In this episode, the gang talks about the various types of blogging, and [...]
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DesignCast 23 : Rock Your Graphic Design Resume
By: Wes McDowell | October 15th, 2012 | 7 comments
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Wouldn’t it be great to just design for design’s sake? If only there were money in that! But graphic design is a job, like any other job. And looking for a job requires a killer resume. On this week’s show we lucked out into getting certified resume writer extraordinaire and published author Kristen Fischer to [...]
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DesignCast 22 : I’ve Made a Huge Mistake! Now What?
By: Wes McDowell | October 1st, 2012 | 2 comments
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Its true what they say — $&!# happens. It just sucks when it happens in business, particularly when it happens in front of a client. But when life throws you a curveball, its all in how you handle the situation. In this episode, the gang tells some pretty candid and horrific stories about past mistakes, [...]
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DesignCast 21 : How to Build Up Your Design Portfolio
By: Wes McDowell | September 17th, 2012 | no comments
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Is your graphic design portfolio lacking? This is a problem faced by designers of all experience levels, but the good news is that it is actually under your control. You can add great new portfolio projects anytime you want. All it takes is a little initiative and a plan of attack. In this episode, the [...]
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DesignCast 20 : The Listener Question Show Part 2
By: Wes McDowell | September 3rd, 2012 | 2 comments
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Its hard to believe we’ve already reached 20 episodes! Even more unbelievable is the number of amazing questions we get from our listeners on a weekly basis. So for our 20th show celebration, we are going to once again clean out the old inbox and answer a bunch of questions at once. And since we [...]
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DesignCast 19 : Where Are All the Clients?
By: Wes McDowell | August 20th, 2012 | 7 comments
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What’s the biggest roadblock between you and freelance success? Clients. Specifically, GOOD ones. Lets be honest, good clients keep the bills paid and the lights on, so you need to know where to find them. In this episode, the gang digs deep into their personal experience and talks about how to find awesome graphic design [...]
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DesignCast 18 : Graphic Design Leave-Behinds
By: Wes McDowell | August 6th, 2012 | 12 comments
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If you don’t utilize some kind of graphic design leave-behind, or if you don’t even know what one is, you need to listen to this episode! Making a good impression at a job interview or client consultation is great, but why not leave a more lasting impression? We talk all about the benefits of leaving [...]