
Beyond Viral: How Successful Marketers Are Embracing the Social Web
(Matthew Latkiewicz on mashable.com) - Just as early television shows were essentially radio plays shot on film, the earliest attempts by online marketers mimicked the worlds of television and print. While banner ads and pre-roll ...
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Interview Questions
(Alison Doyle on About.com) - What are you going to say when a hiring manager asks Tell me about yourself? or Why were you fired? - do you have an answer ready? If not, you ...
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The Road to Know Where: Design for Navigation
(Phil Patton on www.aiga.org) - Dragons have begun to appear on our dashboards and sea serpents on our mobile devices. The screens of our navigation units have very quietly, almost without our noticing, begun to acquire ...
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Why Groupon Appeals to Google: It’s All About Local
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Multiple reports have Google buying Groupon for $2.5 billion and change. But why would Google want an email-based startup in the first place? To get at the nearly $14 billion U.S. ...
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A Creative Way to Stand Out
(www.huffingtonpost.com) - Unemployed workers have been using all kinds of unusual strategies to gain an edge in their job searches, whether donning sandwich boards advertising their skills, passing out resumes on street corners, or posting ...
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Flexi Spaces and Coworking: What Might the Campus of the Future Look Like?
(Simon Mackie on gigaom.com) - For many freelancers, coworking — a growing movement of independent café-like collaboration spaces for independent professionals — has been a significant development of the past few years. The coworking concept ...
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Criticism Sucks, or Does It? How to Manage It With Dignity
(Danielle LaPorte on talentzoo.com) - Criticism can bite. Hard. There’s two scenarios. You're being justly critiqued (no one's perfect.) In which case, your ego needs to shake it off like a wet dog and ...
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Give Your Job Search a Holiday Boost
(Alison Doyle on About.com Guide) - If your plan is to wait until the holidays are over to really jump start your job search, think again. The holidays are actually a great time to hunt ...
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What’s next in the exciting world of apps?
(Jeff Hilimire on adage.com) - Food marketers intent on shepherding and tracking shoppers -- from car, to cart, to checkout, to chowing down -- are understandably salivating over the potential of location-based mobile apps. Badges and virtual ...
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Turn Your Computer off and Manage Your Sleeping Time
(Ester Liquori on instantshift.com) - Unfortunately, upcoming deadlines, continuous reviewing of the work required by clients, time lack, etc. sometimes affect designers and creatives all over the world. Inspiration and creativity never sleep someone could ...
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How To Profit From A Great Personality
(Chris Kyle on yahoo.com) - Are you an extrovert? A people person? A crowd pleaser? Consider channeling your winning personality into a pretty paycheck.Just remember that even with a great personality, you'll need some training. ...
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Freelancer Guide
(Anders Ross on www.instantshift.com) - Becoming a freelancer is a way to work at home and be independent without having to start a business. Freelance work varies greatly. Some projects require clients to sign written agreements, while ...
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Mobile Marketing Guide
It's no secret that mobile media is the way of the future. Stay current with the latest in mobile marketing with this excellent guide we stumbled across on adage.com.
Too Nice to Land a Job
(www.insidehighered.com) You are reading a letter of recommendation that praises a candidate for a faculty job as being "caring," "sensitive," "compassionate," or a "supportive colleague." Whom do you picture? New research suggests that to faculty ...
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30 Creative WordPress Sites That Don’t Look Like Blogs
WordPress sites don't have to look like blogs. With a little ingenuity and know-how, WordPress can meet many of your website needs! Take a look at this great post for some inspiration!
Don’t judge a book by its cover
Job titles can be confusing, their significance and meaning often changes from company to company. It’s important to take a closer look at what’s out there; some jobs are actually far more interesting then they may sound! Today ...
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25 Classic Fonts
We came across this nice summary of classic fonts while browsing the web this morning. This article claims that these 25 fonts will last your whole design career…decide for yourself here!
After School Special
Check out this very insightful article we found, packed with usable advice! (Lynda Decker on www.aiga.org) Building a career is not something that happens overnight. It requires patience and tenacity, and it involves more than ...
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Browse creative logo designs
(Anders Ross on www.instantshift.com) - A Logo is a graphical element that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition. The ...
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Much Ado About Nothing (Or: Contemplating GapGate)
(Eric Karjaluoto on www.aiga.org) - I’ll start by getting it out of the way immediately: I’m not a fan of what was the redesigned Gap logo. There, I said it… alongside about a gazillion others. ...
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30 Great Halloween Photos for Your Inspiration
Happy Halloween! Get in the mood for the season with these spooky photos. Boo!