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April 21, 2011
 

The #1 Biggest Mistake You Make When Building Your Website: Empire Building

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I have a friend. OK, it's me. I bought a fancy twin turbo race car when I first got to LA. Then, like any red blooded Asian-American, I built it to taste. I lowered it. I added performance components, I even changed out the seats. It was the perfect car and I built it myself -- just the way I liked it.

I built my car to be a chick-magnet and it was. But as soon as i tractor beamed one in, they magically teleported away. 

You see, i had no idea it was embarrasing for my dates to drive up to Le Petit Porte Restaurant in an noisy growling car. I had no idea how embarrasing it was for them when the valet guy had to hoist her off of the lowered bucket seats while they were wearing a skirt. I didnt even realize that driving with the top down on Sunset would ruin their $140 John Freida Salon do.

But as soon as i tractor beamed one in, they magically teleported away.

At least I wasn't that dude that build a website without ever considering how he'd drive people to it. And there are a lot of those dudes out there. They build a site and then start thinking of marketing mediums and tactics. By then, it's just too late. Because integrating a site functionality and flow with your marketing strategy isn't just about adding a Facebook Like button or a Retweet button. It's about building an online empire that flows like Paris does. It's got to be a master planned community with zero congestion -- everywhere. Otherwise, you get LA.

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There's a small medium and large way we can plan out your online empire. Google is certain a component of that plan. First, the website design itself MUST be fully integrated with your marketing strategy. This is huge. If you build a site that works and looks perfect BUT then realize that you want to be on page one of google under "capricorn" you may have to tear the site down and rebuild again. Because most people don't know how to build for google. Litmus test is to ask if they know any google engineers personally. If no, stay away.

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But there's an even bigger set of issues. Google only delivers fresh traffic. AND it takes several warming up sessions or "dates" between your site and your visitor before a conversion is likely. RARELY does anyone do a search and buy from the first site they find. So, you've got to create a retention mechanism. You got to build in a sticky way to keep your hard earned visitor bouncing back to you about 7 times before they buy. 

If you don't know what these bigger sets of issues are, and what retention mechanisms to use, after you build the site, you'll have to kludge them in after the fact or rebuild from scratch again.

If you'd like... we can have a quick conversation about the small, medium and large empire building road maps. Call 310 598 1606 for LA and NYC.

 

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January 5, 2011
 

Brilliant! 8pen: New Keyboard Design

You've gotta see this to believe it. Thinking from Scratch!

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December 19, 2010
 

Top 100 Designers: Graphic Industrial Interior, On Earth

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Tyler, A close friend of mine in Seattle is 6 months behind and $12,000USD over budget on his design project. Crabby, tired, and frustrated, he'd skype his designers at 3am. He literally went out drinking just to pass the time and be up for the call. He sourced out to a team in India or Malaysia or was it Chile? Their rates were too good to pass up. 

There was a time when you would only do business with people who were already in your life. You'd do business with parents who send their kids to the same school. You'd do business with people in your church (or atheist meetups). You'd do business with people on your block. And you'd do business with people related to co-workers and clients.

This was smart for several reasons. First, you'd already start off with a common cultural base. Your architect, graphic designer, product designer, or interior designer wouldn't pull some weird scheiBBe out of their hat (that was totally cool where they were from). Secondly, you'd have social and political leverage.

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Nobody who works for you wants to do a poor job when they see you every day. Nobody wants someone who knows all their friends to say anything embarrassing to any one of them. And absolutely nobody wants their kids openly scolding them about settling differences because of some unresolved issue that becomes glaringly obvious at the school open house. It would cost too much to leave you, the client, anything less than 100% Happy.

Recently, all that has changed. I suspect that you, with my buddy Tyler, have sailed into exploring the international outsourcing option based on the price tag. And I suspect you've heard of a friend who has or have personally been sunk out in the high seas. The fatal mistake you made, that everyone makes, is that you traded in social and personal leverage for a low price tag that ended up costing you much more in the end.

To prevent that sour mistake from ever happening again, http://sparkah.com has assembled the Top 100 Designers Around The World Who Are Your Neighbors. No, you don't have to select a designer who lives in your town. Everyone below is in your neighborhood--no matter what time zone they're in. They are all people who are online on Twitter, Linkedin and facebook near 24 hours a day.

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Think about it. If you work with any of the Top Designers below, you'll have 100% redundant access to them near 24/7. More confidence inspiring than that, you'll be able to network and friend their subcontractors, employees, and even their other clients via Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. You'll be personally be closer to the geographically furthest designer on this list than with Gary from the Golf Club.

But the best part, we've hand picked the below designers from several hundred more. The criteria we used makes us confident that each of these designers below are operationally transparent, manage their business relationships with the highest integrity, and won't nickel and dime you do death (although some may slip on deadline here and there--who doesn't?!). In other words, while your global neighbors below may be more accessible than designers who are physical neighbors, you most probably won't have to do any politicking to get them to take good care of you.

Before we introduce you to the top designers on earth who are closer than your neighbors, we want to interject a quick "How to Select A Designer Checklist:"

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1) Deadline your project long before you actually need it
The creative process is temperamental and designers are even worse when you don't give them enough time.

2) Talk to a designer long before you commission a project
The most common problem designers experience is that you, the client, will deliver necessary components and pieces long after the designer needs it. To compound this problem, you tend to give designers partial information and interject (derail) the design process with unforecasted  additions and changes. This is fine if you get the designer involved long before the project begins. This way, the designer can account for possible changes.

3) Ask a designer for help pre-design
Ask a designer how he / she wants files named. Let the designer know that you're having a hard time with verbage, copy, ergonomics, feng-shui, etc. Your designer has lots of friends and connections. He / she can refer a professional writer / Feng Shui Master, erg expert, etc who will get all the components prepped perfectly and on time for design commencement.

Really, don't try and do anything you're not a pro at. It'll sabotage everyone down the line and ultimately, you.

4) Select a designer for their style then let them do their job
We all know that you don't try and change your mate. Design is no different. Industrial design, graphic design, interior design, and family design are all the same. They are all temporary living collaborations. Don't work with a designer who you think is close to your design-soul-mate and try to change him/her (unless the designer accepts the challenge). Start with a designer who you can fully entrust with your vision. You do it with marriage. You marry your favorite person because in the end, you don't have any idea what kind of kids will pop out.

Sure, you'll have much more in-utero molding influence with a designer than with your zygotes. But in the end, the core principles are universal. Don't plan on micromanaging. Plan of doing your best job during the courtship process, then surrender. Let the pros do their job.

5) Only work with a designer with a baseline interview checklist/questionaire
It's the designer's job to guide your project. If they forget to ask you basic things like, "is this for left or right handed people?" You'll both abruptly run into that nose-breaking brick wall. Professionals have general "client interview and discovery questionaires and checklists." They will start asking you personalized questions that will only apply to your account after they've covered all the basics.

6) Only work with a designer who stays in touch daily as a policy
All the biggest and most successful firms hold this policy as a sacred duty. They realise that not only is it their job to manage your project, it's their job to manage your expections and delivery room anxiety. Even if it's just a quick, "still working on your project. In the thick of it, going well. so can we talk friday? Will do another status update tomorrow," email or text, it's the lowest professional courtesy a design firm can provide.

7)  Pay on time. Pay 10% more.
It's true. Many designers are emotional people. You have to be to communicate and transmit something as amorphous as emotion via a 2d or 3d medium. Designers have multiple demanding clients. Do not try and bargain them down. This is an economical tactic you use on commodities like potatoes. With services, if you want to get 200% your value, pay on time and pay 10% more. 200% for 10 ain't bad.

PS... We're Creating a Full Twitter List of Everyone Below. If You Want to Contact All of Them, Follow http://twitter.com/journik (most of them are already following us) and ask for a RT. And, If you want to be alerted when that Twitter list is ready, just click "Like," HERE on this Facebook Page. 

Finally, we're good letting you go loose on the 100 Top Designers Around The World, All of Whom Are Your Neighbors:

Doug Bowman contact
Name Doug Bowman location San Francisco, CA Web stopdesign... Bio Designer, thinker, speaker, Creative Director at Twitter. ... twitter.com/stop

 

Mike Kruzeniski contact
New post: Some thoughts on Advanced Design, the workshop I'm hosting at the IxDA 2011 ... Name Mike Kruzeniski location Seattle Bio designer / regular guy ... twitter.com/mkruzeniski

Kasovitz contact
Name Kasovitz Designer location Portugal Web multit... Bio Designer, movieAolic, comicAolic - Love to see, love to listen, love to think. ... twitter.com/kasovitz

Anderson Finn Design contact
Name Anderson Finn Design location South Florida Web anders... Bio Design & marketing with your company's growth in mind. ... twitter.com/andersonfinn

On Point Design contact
x Name On Point Design location Las Vegas, Los Angeles Web weblex... Bio Design + Marketing Firm. Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orange County ... twitter.com/WEBLEX

Jason Santa Maria contact
Name Jason Santa Maria location Brooklyn, NY Web jasonsanta... Bio Designer by day, designer by night. 235 Following · 120012 Followers ... twitter.com/jasonsantamaria

RMAC Brand Design contact
11:48 AM Mar 8th, 2009 via web. more. Name RMAC Brand Design location iPhone: 38.570801,-7.910202 Web rmac.pt/ Bio Design from Portugal ... twitter.com/rmacdesign

Brian Hoff contact
Name Brian Hoff location Philadelphia, PA Web thedes... Bio Designer, writer, speaker and design thinker. Founder of thedesigncubicle. ... https://twitter.com/behoff

Bre Roz [Web Design] contact
Name Bre Roz [Web Design] location Rochester, NY Web BreRoz... Bio Web Designer/Front-end Programmer. I love the social internet! ... twitter.com/breroz

Jim Hill contact
Name Jim Hill location Cape Cod Web heyjimhill... Bio Designer by day. Aspiring children's book writer and illustrator by night. ... twitter.com/jimhill

Josh Brewer contact
Designer at Twitter, Co-author of 52WeeksOfUX.com. ... Name Josh Brewer location San Francisco Web jbrewer.me Bio Designer at Twitter, ... twitter.com/jbrewer

Ellen Lupton contact
designer, writer, curator. ... Name Ellen Lupton location Baltimore, MD, USA Web elupton.com Bio designer, writer, curator ... twitter.com/ellenlupton

April Guzik contact
Name April Guzik location ÜT: 29.733321,-95.407386 Bio Design is not just a job, it's a lifestyle for me! I am President of AIGA Houston, ... twitter.com/alguzik

Tyler Finck contact
Designer, dad and dude in upstate New York. ... You? 4:17 PM Dec 12th via web in reply to DaveCameron · more. Name Tyler Finck location Ithaca, NY Web sursly... Bio Designer, dad and dude in upstate New York. ... twitter.com/sursly

Dan Rubin contact
Name Dan Rubin location Always moving. Web superfluou... Bio designer, singer, photographer, barbershop harmony aficionado, philosopher, polymath ... twitter.com/danrubin

The Art Of Design contact
6:19 AM Jun 17th via web. more. Name The Art Of Design location Kent Web theart... Bio Design consultancy based in Ashford, Kent ... twitter.com/ArtOfDesign

Splinter Design contact
Name Splinter Design location Liverpool Web splint... Bio Design studio with clients including Sony, BBC, Museum of London and Edge Hill Uni ... twitter.com/splinterdesign

Nathan M. contact
8:30 PM Dec 12th via Echofon in reply to aquinnm · more. Name Nathan M. location San Francisco, CA, USA Web nathanmano... Bio designer of echofon ... twitter.com/trafnar

David Wright contact
Designer at NPR. Long live rockathon. ... Name David Wright location Washington, D.C. Web davewright... Bio Designer at NPR. Long live rockathon. ... twitter.com/davewrightjr

Stephen Caver contact
Name Stephen Caver location Piñon Hills, CA Web stephencav... Bio Designer for Happy Cog. Fan of Dodgers baseball, Science, and Bob Dylan. ... twitter.com/deadgraviti

ouno contact
Name ouno location Vancouver Web blog.ounod... Bio Design, architecture, urban planning, politics, interiors & the kitchen sink. ... twitter.com/ounodesign

Joey Marburger contact
Name Joey Marburger location Washington DC Web joeymarbur... Bio Designer for Mobile and New Digital Products @washingtonpost. ... twitter.com/josephjames

Danny Trinh contact
Name Danny Trinh location Hayes Valley, San Francisco Web dannytrinh... Bio Designer at @Path, formerly designer at Digg and learner at UNC. ... https://twitter.com/dtrinh

Holly Peterson contact
Name Holly Peterson location San Diego Web design... Bio Design Diva Interiors is a full-service Interior Design Studio based in San Diego, CA. ... twitter.com/hollypeterson

Paul Carew contact
Design for Print + Web. ... Glaser: To Inform and Delight is on Netflix Instant: j.mp/eitM0h 8:42 AM Dec 1st via TweetDeck · more. Name Paul Carew location Boise, Idaho, USA Web carewc... Bio Design for Print + Web ... twitter.com/pcarew

NextBigDesign contact
Name NextBigDesign location NYC Web nextbigdes... Bio Design & Culture, Brand Identity & Packaging. 670 Following · 557 Followers · 39 Listed ... twitter.com/nextbigdesign

Scott @ Cube Studio contact
Name Scott @ Cube Studio location San Diego, CA Web cubest... Bio Design, Rendering, Photo. We focus on the architecture and trade show ... twitter.com/cubestudioviz

Design Packaging contact
Name Design Packaging location Scottsdale, AZ Web design... Bio Design Packaging an international luxury retail packaging design firm, ... twitter.com/designpackaging

Cameron Moll contact
Name Cameron Moll location Sarasota, FL Web cameronmol... Bio Designer, Speaker, Author, Husband, Dad. 501 Following · 24355 Followers ... twitter.com/cameronmoll

Andrew Dahley contact
designer, thinker, all around nice guy. ... Name Andrew Dahley location san francisco Bio designer, thinker, all around nice guy ... twitter.com/andrewmd

Design Devise contact
Name Design Devise location United States Bio design, web design, graphics, photography, fonts, logos, templates, wallpapers, icons, themes, tutorials, ... twitter.com/DesignDevise

Baby Fab CEO - Amber contact
Name Baby Fab CEO - Amber location San Diego Web babyfabulo... Bio Designer. Mom. Writer. Owner of infant lifestyle brand Baby Fabulous ... twitter.com/babyfabulous

Tiago Almeida contact
Free Stuff: Design Cocktail Bundle 3 by Bitbox > bit.ly/eOCtuK 11:42 AM ... location Lisbon Web menosk... Bio Designer and Illustrator ... twitter.com/menosketiago

Dina Manzo contact
Name Designer Affair location New Jersey Web design... Bio Designer Affair is a boutique event planning company owned by Designer Dina Manzo. ... twitter.com/DesignerAffair

Jason Morrow contact
Name Jason Morrow location Brooklyn Web betaworks.com Bio Designer @ betaworks/bitly, xoogler, living in Brooklyn. ... twitter.com/jason_morrow

content design group contact
Name content design group location jacksonville, florida Web conten... Bio Design firm that is always leaning towards the more modern and ... twitter.com/contentdg

Logotipo Design contact
Get short, timely messages from Logotipo Design. .... Name Logotipo Design location Portugal Web logoti... Bio Design de Logotipos ... twitter.com/logotipodesign

SuperLemz contact
Name SuperLemz location Sydney Bio Design student. Member of Creative Splat team. Aspiring modern day scribe & artist of the ancient Filipino script. ... twitter.com/superlemz

Hillary Fisher contact
skiheavenly On location now! Hit up the corner of Stockton and Post for the free snowcone of your ... Bio Designer / Art Director at BBDO San Francisco ... twitter.com/hillaryfisher

drilone contact
Name drilone location San Francisco Web drils.com Bio Designer, Vinyl Toy Customizer, skulls, Day of the Dead, Robots,Decay, military, ... twitter.com/drilone

Design Womb contact
Name Design Womb location San Francisco, CA Web nicolelafa... Bio Design Womb is the independent design studio of Nicole LaFave in San Francisco. ... twitter.com/designwomb

Doug March contact
Design, Development and Music Intelligence. ... Name Doug March location Washington DC Web doug-m... Bio Design, Development and Music Intelligence ... twitter.com/marchdoe

henry ryder contact
designer,animator,artist,dad. ... location location. Brighton graf twitpic.com/3b2pwc 8:12 AM Nov ... Name henry ryder Web henryr... Bio designer,animator,artist,dad ... twitter.com/henryryder

Cesar Torres contact
Designer · @Conjunctured Founder · Compulsive Traveler. ... Name Cesar Torres location Austin Web cesart.me Bio Designer · @Conjunctured Founder ... twitter.com/cesart

Design Jewelry contact
Name Design Jewelry location California Bio Design Jewelry emphasizes socially conscious jewelry, designers and jewelry design tools to promote sharing ... twitter.com/mydesignjewelry

Greg Power contact
Name Greg Power location Los Angeles Web dwpbus... Bio Design and Manufacture energy saving devices for homes and business. ... twitter.com/DWPBusters

Keegan Jones contact
Name Keegan Jones location Austin, Texas Web keeganjone... Bio Designer at @Gowalla. I like longboarding, music, and photography. ... twitter.com/keeg

Design Snack contact
Name Design Snack location United States Web design... Bio Design Snack: The ultimate inspiration tool. ... twitter.com/designsnack

Herman Manson contact
Name Herman Manson location Cape Town Web markli... Bio Design, advertising, marketing and media blog Marklives.com on Twitter. ... twitter.com/marklives

Artist / Designer contact
Name Artist / Designer location Eco Potential Consciousness Web rickbi... Bio Artist / Designer of Rustic Contemporary Spirit ...on a journey ... twitter.com/rickbischoff

Michael Wood contact
Name Michael Wood location Portland & in your pants Web tinymeat.e... Bio Designer/Manufacturer of handmade vinyl accessories. ... twitter.com/tinymeat

Ben Sawyer contact
Name Ben Sawyer location Maine Web dmill.com Bio Design, produce, research, advocate use of games & game technologies beyond entertainment. ... twitter.com/bensawyer

GoodTwin contact
Name GoodTwin location Omaha, Nebraska Web good-t... Bio Design studio in Omaha, that is focused on branding and web design. ... twitter.com/goodtwindesign

Aaron Perry-Zucker contact
Name Aaron Perry-Zucker location San Francisco, CA Web aaronp... Bio Designer, Community Organizer, RISD Alum, partner at Big New Ideas design ... twitter.com/aperryz

Adam Polselli contact
Name Adam Polselli location San Francisco Web adampolsel... Bio Designer at Rdio with a special place in his heart for Stanley Kubrick and Lady ... https://twitter.com/adampolselli

Jeff Andrews-Design contact
12:21 PM Nov 24th via Echofon · more. Name Jeff Andrews-Design location Los Angeles Web jeffan... Bio Interior Designer ... twitter.com/jeffandrewsdsgn

Mike Harding contact
Name Mike Harding location Auckland, New Zealand Web sneak.co.nz Bio Designer, collector of pretty things, sometime musician, and one of those web ... twitter.com/SNEAK

Designsite contact
Name Designsite location Fairfield, CT Web design... Bio Design and Marketing Communications. 55 Following · 65 Followers · 5 Listed ... twitter.com/designsite

James Chiu contact
Name James Chiu location London Web blog.stemr... Bio Design Director at Leo Burnett London. My tweets are what I see, love and feel. ... twitter.com/jmhchiu

Jacob Cass contact
Name Jacob Cass location Midtown, New York Web justcreati... Bio Graphic Designer, Logo Designer, Web Designer, Blogger, Creative Thinker, ... twitter.com/justcreative

Brady Bone contact
Name Brady Bone location Charlotte, NC Web bradyb... Bio Design Director/Strategist for Brand/ID/Collateral @therepublik. ... twitter.com/bradybone

~ Reeve Jolliffe ~ contact
Color Theory for Designer, Part 3: Creating Your Own Color Palettes: bit.ly/bYhggi ... location 33.436034, -112.003623 Bio Designer/Web Developer ... twitter.com/twitchy

Kevin Burg contact
Design Director at thoughtbot, inc. ... Name Kevin Burg location NYC Web kevin.tumb... Bio Design Director at thoughtbot, inc ... twitter.com/kevinburg

Hongkiat contact
Designer, pro-blogger from Malaysia. ... Contest: We've got winners! bit.ly/ezFmh5 9:15 PM Dec 5th via Tweetie for Mac · more. Name Hongkiat location Malaysia Web hongki... Bio Designer, pro-blogger from Malaysia. ... twitter.com/hongkiat

Grace Bonney contact
Name Grace Bonney location brooklyn, ny Web design... Bio design blogstress designsponge.com. 245 Following · 147884 Followers ... https://twitter.com/designsponge

Rebecca Goldberg contact
Name Rebecca Goldberg location New York Web dmdinsight... Bio Design junkie. Ex-editor. Expert in hotel interiors. Naturally curious. ... twitter.com/rebeccagoldberg

Kayd Mustonen contact
8:51 AM Nov 18th via TweetDeck · more. Name Kayd Mustonen location Minneapolis Web kayddesign... Bio Designer, Food Enthusiast, Paper Lover ... twitter.com/kaydmustonen

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San Diego Graphic Designers: The Top 100 and Most Networked

Who knew there were even 100 graphic designers in San Diego? Well, if you consider the top schools with professionally recognized professors from Point Loma, SDSU, Mesa College, City College, and UCSD that put out hundreds of BFAs and Graphic Design Bachelor's Degrees every year, there are literally thousands. In fact, it's probably one of the most flooded job markets there is. 

However, like we tell all of our marketing and app development clients, "you really don't have thousands of competitors. In Google, You only have 9 others."

The following are the top 100 Graphic Designers who float to the top of all the designers in San Diego. They were selected based on their work, reach, and how well they were connected into the new media world. Take advantage of this list. As our own firm has overflow, we sure will.

Brianne Grajkowski contact
Name Brianne Grajkowski; Location San Diego, CA; Web brigee... Bio Graphic Designer, Marketing Specialist and Art Lover. ... twitter.com/bri_geeski

Jennifer Sbranti contact
Name Jennifer Sbranti; Location San Diego, CA; Web hostes... Bio Graphic Designer, Event Stylist, and Founder of Hostess With The Mostess, Inc. ... twitter.com/HWTM_jenn

Robert Sachristan contact
Name Robert Sachristan; Location San Diego; Web robert... Bio Graphic designer living life in San Diego. The created have now become the Creators ... twitter.com/sachristan

Terry Hogelucht contact
Name Terry Hogelucht; Location San Diego, California; Web hogelu... Bio Graphic Designer specializing in Brand Identity design, advertising and ... twitter.com/hogelucht
 

Angela Hill contact
Name Angela Hill; Location San Diego, CA, USA; Web incitr... Bio I love branding, graphic design, web design, seo, email marketing, social media. ... twitter.com/incitrio
 

Mark Ballard design contact
@SprintUpdate When is 4G coming to San Diego? ... I typed in twitter.com and it took me to myspace. it said twitter.com in the address bar..I haven't been on ... Bio Graphic Designer, Vlogger, Worship Leader, Chargers & Padres Fan ... twitter.com/voicepoet

Christina contact
Name Christina; Location San Diego, CA; Web arisde... Bio ❤ Art, Design & Tech Addict ◾ Graphic Designer ◾ Photographer ◾ Jewelry Artist ... twitter.com/sdtechgirl
 

Ashley Pingree Lewis contact
Name Ashley Pingree Lewis; Location San Diego, CA; Web dogbea... Bio graphic designer / engineer / cartoonist / ex-Navy nuke / foodie / dog lover ... twitter.com/ap_lewis
 

spankystokes contact
Name spankystokes; Location San Diego; Web spanky... Bio Graphic Designer, Toy Collector, and Art lover! 889 Following · 2624 Followers ... twitter.com/spankystokes

Katey Tyksinski contact
Name Katey Tyksinski; Location San Diego; Web southh... Bio graphic design. web. t-shirt design. photography. yoga. these are the things i do. ... twitter.com/katey3000
 

Web Design San Diego contact
Name Web Design San Diego; Location San Diego, CA; Web skybox... Bio Skybox Creative - Award-Winning Web Design + Branding. ... twitter.com/skybox_creative

Amy Ripplinger contact
Name Amy Ripplinger; Location San Diego, California; Web modelm... Bio Graphic design student, wannabe artist, and quasi-model in San Diego. ... twitter.com/missamyripp

Kristen Lucci contact
Name Kristen Lucci; Location San Diego, California; Web jacobt... Bio I heart design! Graphic Designer at Jacob Tyler Creative Group. ... twitter.com/kristenlucci

Matthew Hale contact
Attention friends and family outside of the San Diego area: Our high today will be ... Location San Diego, CA; Web matthe... Bio Graphic designer ... twitter.com/mhale0

Ryan Lum contact
Name Ryan Lum; Location San Diego, CA; Web RyanLu... Bio Hello, my name is Ryan Lum. I'm a San Diego Website & Graphic Designer, ... twitter.com/ryanscottlum
 

charm domacena contact
Name charm domacena; Location San Diego; Web charmdomac... Bio graphic designer. creative retoucher. love love LOVE color - like obsessed. ... twitter.com/charml0ve
 

Maple Glen Design contact
Name Maple Glen Design; Location San Diego, CA; Web mapleg... Bio MGD is a graphic design studio in San Diego creating award winning branding, ... twitter.com/MapleGlenDesign
 

Diana Khalil contact
Name Diana Khalil; Location San Diego, CA; Web dianakhali... Bio Photographer, Graphic Designer, computer tech, video editor, someone who sees beauty ... twitter.com/dianakhalil
 

Nadine contact
Name Nadine; Location #sandiego; Web project29.... Bio shiny.when.polished. Haitian/ graphic designer/ I make great PB&J sandwiches. ... twitter.com/project29
 

The Sports Resume contact
SAN DIEGO PADRES- Graphic Designer Location: San Diego, CA "I need artists. ... Bio A Sports Employment Advisory company. ... twitter.com/TheSportsResume
 

Santa Fe New Design contact
fSan Diego to Carlsbad "San Diego Hotel Week" has what it takes to please every ... Name Santa Fe New Design; Location Santa Fe, New Mexico, NM; Web behanc... Bio SANTA FE GRAPHIC, DESIGN, PHOTOS MANIPULATION, ART, MEDIA, ... twitter.com/SantaFeDesign
 

Bekka Palmer contact
Name Bekka Palmer; Location San diego CA; Web minted... Bio I am a graphic designer living in sunny San Diego. You can also follow my design blog ... twitter.com/bekkapalmer
 

Diana Lodi contact
"Graphic Competitions -San Diego Latino Film Festival Poster ... Name Diana Lodi; Location Florida; Web lodide... Bio Graphic Designer ... twitter.com/dianalodi
 

Les Kollegian contact
Name Les Kollegian; Location San Diego; Web jacobt... Bio CEO/CCO of Jacob Tyler Creative Group. Interested in great Web & Graphic design, SEO, ... twitter.com/jtcg
 

Cupertino Art Design contact
Special offers for Hotel Del Coronado – Best San Diego Hotel on the Beach ... Name Cupertino Art Design; Location Cupertino ,San Jose CA; Web behanc... Bio Cupertino Art Design - Cupertino Art Graphic Design - Cupertino Web ... twitter.com/cupertino_art
 

SD WordPress contact
Name SD WordPress; Location San Diego, CA; Web gbdesignin... Bio Pro Web/Graphic Designer of 10+ yrs & San Diego WordPress Group Organizer. ... twitter.com/sdwordpress
 

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November 17, 2010
 

The 9 Hidden Disciplines of Creatives Who Score Big Clients Who Actually Pay

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When I was studying in NYC, I heard of Bennett Peji. He was all the way out in San Diego. He had a design firm in La Jolla where seagulls shit on your car, parking is impossible to find, and guys in their 30's still play flippy-cup. But on the other hand, women come to lunch wearing sandy bikinis and the telecom boom was just taking off.

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Everyone was there. Qualcomm, Verizon, Nokia, Motorola, and even Jabra. I know this because I moved out to San Diego right about then.

I met Bennett at an AIGA conference. I networked the hell out of that event. What I found was that 98% of the designers there were starving. The other two, including Bennett and just a few others were doing well. Their clients were the well funded big telecom and biotech clients in San Diego. I asked the 2% how they got their clients. Nobody said a word. Bastards.

Since then, I've been asking my most successful friends how they got their big clients. These are the 9 hidden disciplines of creatives who score big clients (who actually pay).

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9. They Take Names
There is no way a million banner ads, billions of brochures or trillions of #FFs can even compare with the rapport and trust built by one hand shake. When you meet another human, whoever they are, add them to your contact list. Add them to your contact list using their profession, city, and venue. If I start typing "Starbucks" in the TO field of my Gmail, hundreds of people come up. Honestly, You'll forget their name. You'll never forget what they do or where you met.

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8. They Make Contact
Immediately drop them an email. Do the reverse of the above. They will forget your name. They will forget what you look like. But they will not forget where they met you or what you talked about. Put that data in the subject line of your "touch-base."

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7. They Touch-Base
Back when I started my research on the habits of the most successful designers and writers and basically anyone who has clients, it was a Rollodex. Yes, people were still using Rollodexi just one decade ago. They had some fancy filing system where they would know who to touch base with every day. Today, there's Google Calendar. Use it.  

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6. They Touch-Base Early
I was creative director in a couple of ad agencies. The most successful AEs and principals always got into the office and placed touch-base phone calls right around 6 am local time. It wasn't until much later that I found out why. Their prospects weren't used to email yet. Their prospects were in their 50's. Their prospects enjoyed phone conversations. Most importantly, at 6 am, they sent out the implied message that "if you give us a project, we will be in the office working on it at 6 am." Touch base with your prospects monthly. Touch base early.

5. Golf

4. Be the Best Dressed Human They Will See All Month
When you meet a big prospective client, may not know what political party they align with. You may not know what their favorite book is. And you certainly will not know when you'll meet them. So there's no possible way to know how to make a lasting impression on them except by dressing well - all the time.

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3. Get in Their Social Circle
Go to the same charity events. Go to the same country club. Go to the same church, sinagogue, mosque, temple, and Kingdom Hall. If you had to chose to buy bread from an amazing French baker vs a mediocre guy who could get you Lakers floor seating, who's bread would you butter? Face it. It doesn't matter how talented you are. It doesn't matter how good you are. Pretty girls get hired more than ugly ones. Mediocre designers with connections get hired more than pretty girls. And if you're a moderately decent designer...

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2. Publish Yourself In High Profile Websites
Back in the day, you'd submit your work to annual competitions like CA, Print Magazine, HOW, etc... Now, nobody reads print. So, post up your work in user generated content sites like http://stumbleupon.com and niche design sites like http://plurban.com ... If you still have time, submit your work to design blogs. I get just as much work from my web "presence" as I do the local execs I meet.

1. Never Fuck Up
Earn the reputation that if you're given a project, it'll be done perfectly - every time. Clients are stressed out. Be their oasis. Be perfect. Think about it. If your girlfriend goes out and once in a blue moon she fucks some dude, you're going to stress every time she goes out.

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November 15, 2010
 

Top Graphic Designers Los Angeles NYC SF Paris Seoul London

This is my top 100 list of graphic designers in major cities:

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November 15, 2010
 

Designers: How to Be Critically Acclaimed and Paid $100.00

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I hire designers. I love and hate working with you guys. Sometimes you want to turn my projects into your own personal platform for expression. Other times, you want to find the most powerful way to communicate the needs of the project both visually and functionally. But most of the time, you do something of both. And I have no way to know where my project will end up with you.

The most compelling designer I've ever worked with was a kid named Japheth in LA. It wasn't his portfolio. It wasn't his presentation. It wasn't even his personality. 

Japheth had a rap sheet of acclaim. He had collected a list of comments and attributed them with photos of the people who made these praises. It was as though he brought a mob of Japhethites along with him. It was almost a religious experience.

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I love designers. I want you guys to revolutionize the world starting with the denim I'm wearing to the crazy freeway signs in LA that make you turn onto oncoming traffic in rush hour. I want to help you do that. So, I built http://plurban.com/design

If you upload your favorite (doesn't have to be your own) fashion designs, graphic designs, art, performance art, you'll get this:

1. I'll publish out your work to my 37,000+ Twitter and Facebook friends. 

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2. At the end of the month, the designer/artist with the most comments from unique commenter get $100 out from my pocket.

3. Best of all, you'll get that rap sheet. You'll get that roll-out list of critical acclaim.

So go ahead, upload and publish your best work at my new site: http://plurban.com/design

PS... really, the best part is that when people Google your name, they will find you along side the top designers in the world who are already published in Plurban. So you'll be rubbing shoulders with all the right people... What else you bump and rub is totally up to you.

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