Are you a recent graduate looking for your first graphic design job? Are you worried about the job market in your area? Relax. If you stay determined and work smart, you’ll have a graphic design job in no time. Here are the tools to conquer your competition. A well written (and designed) resume and a killer portfolio are tools that can slice through any competition and should be considered weapons of mass destruction. Your resume is the “first date” of the interview process and you only have a few seconds to catch the eye of a potential employer. Do you know who you are? Creating a brand for yourself is probably one of the hardest things you’ll ever do as a designer. Set yourself apart with a logo that visually sums up who you are.... 
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How to Land Your First Graphic Design Job
Are you a recent graduate looking for your first graphic design job? Are you worried about the job market in your area? Relax. If you stay determined and work smart, you’ll have a graphic design job in no time. Here are the tools to conquer your competition. A well written (and designed) resume and a killer portfolio are tools that can slice through any competition and should be considered weapons of mass destruction. Your resume is the “first date” of the interview process and you only have a few seconds to catch the eye of a potential employer. Do you know who you are? Creating a brand for yourself is probably one of the hardest things you’ll ever do as a designer. Set yourself apart with a logo that visually sums up who you are.... 50+ QR Code Business Cards
QR (short for Quick Response) codes started off as a high-tech way to accurately track auto parts, but they’ve quickly become an incredibly useful tool for marketers. You could hope that people will see your website address on your marketing materials and type it into their browser, which is infinitely more likely than them remembering it from your radio or television commercials and typing it into their browser, but neither are going to drive very many people to your website. The fact is, most people are just too busy (or too lazy) to put in that much effort. But what if there was an easy way to get them there, maybe even just by clicking a button? That’s simple enough and even the most distracted person could manage to stay focused long enough to do... 100+ Designs for Business Card Inspiration
When you hand your business card to a prospect, you want it to be so unique an memorable that they’re sure to cling on to it tighter than Frodo holds on to his precious ring! Do your business cards do that? If not, maybe it’s time for a makeover, and for that, you’re going to need some serious inspiration. Check out our gallery of business card inspiration to get your creative juices flowing. While, you’re at it, be sure to check out Print Place to get your new business cards printed. Their quality is top-notch and they have amazing prices – two things every small business owner is looking for. So without further ado, here are 100+ designs for business card inspiration. 7 things people hate about your graphic design
1. You did your own graphic design You may feel empowered that you didn’t have to pay some graphic designer to design your brochures or logos, and perhaps even quite proud that you did it yourself, but did you really come out ahead? Not even close, my friend, because you probably wasted more money than you saved. If you’re wondering how that’s possible, the answer is simple; 99 times out of 100, your graphic design simply won’t produce results. There is a lot more that goes into effective design than designing something that appeals to you, and in this situation, a professional graphic designer knows what works and what doesn’t. Despite having taken an art class or two in college, you are not on the same level as someone who spends day in and day out working in... You can’t get there from here
Many of our potential clients come to us because their current image isn’t working for them, whether we’re talking about a logo, website or printed marketing materials. They know that they need a new, fresh look to stand out from their competition and make an impact with their prospects. The problem is, that when push comes to shove, some of them want to stick with the same tired old look, using excuses like “this is how everyone else in our industry looks and we don’t want to be too different.” Unfortunately, when a redesign is just a new version of the same old thing not only is it not going to produce the results you want, it will also cause you to lose any branding you’ve currently achieved. You can’t get get new results by... Website design isn’t art
Don’t get me wrong, it’s important to have a well designed website that is visually appealing, but the real purpose of website design is to convert as many of your visitors as possible into paying customers. The pretty graphics and high-tech bells and whistles are fine as long as they contribute to that, otherwise they are irrelevant. In business, the best looking website in the world is useless if it doesn’t convert. Are you ready
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