Self-Mailer with Surprise Sliding Coupon

Very Cool Animation – HOMINID

Hominid from Brian Andrews on Vimeo.

New Epson Printer

The EPSON Designer Editions: Ultra-accurate color matching. No tiling, splicing or trimming. Compatible with the graphics software you already use!

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Earn your Media Design Master of Fine Arts

Master of Fine Arts Degree Program Online

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Learn how to maximize the impact of a single picture
or a few well-placed words and channel that vision
into a career in design with Full Sail University’s
Media Design Master of Fine Arts Degree online.

Full Sail’s MDMFA degree explores the strategic
planning behind the design of print, web, and
television. Throughout the program, you’ll learn the
theory of design and apply what you learn to create a
variety of projects for different platforms and media.

Areas of Study:

• Brand Development
• Design Strategies and Motivation
• Multi-Platform Delivery
• Design Document/Thesis

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Google’s New Disavow Links Tool

This important for those SEO businesses and webmasters. I have started disavowing links for my sites in hopes our rankings improve. Google has really screwed folks around with their new search engine requirements so hopefully this article and tool will help those who are having similar SEO issues. I sure wish we had more search engine competition out there, I consider google being an SEO terrorist these days. I guess if you have a lot of money you can buy your way into better rankings, but small shops like mine sure do take a hit when doing organic SEO. We have done everything that google says to do and now they change their ways of doing things and now we have to start all over. So much money wasted on following google requirements so we can keep our SEO ranks.

Google Disavow Links Tool:
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What You Need to Know About Google’s New Disavow Links Tool
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Teacher Fired Over Textbook Scandal!

As a former teacher of a local community college for graphic design and web design, I never had to deal with what happens in the video below. But I can tell you that most of the time I never had my students buy any books related to the classes I taught. I was never told I was required to use any books to teach my classes. I always taught classes based on my own experience and knowledge and you can never find that in a book entirely.

I really hate that most teachers teach directly from the books and to me that is not teaching. Heck, as long as I know how to read, why pay for a course to have an instructor read to me what is already in the book. If you as a teacher cannot teach from real world experiences, you have no place being a teacher. Now with that said, books are important and they are a tool for teaching, but that tool cannot be your primary way of teaching knowledge.

– Jason Vaughn

Incredible Expanding Tulip Mailer

LakeBox Ejector Card Mailer

EPSON Designer Edition Printer

Put an EPSON Designer Edition printer to work for you and forget tiling, splicing or trimming forever. You’ll be able to print full-bleed from 17” up to 44” wide. Plus, you can take advantage of their ultra-accurate color matching, print the most demanding CMYK files and match the toughest spot colors – on the same sheet. Forget compatibility issues, too. EPSON Designer Edition printers are compatible with the graphics software you already use.

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How to Choose a Good Web Hosting Company

Your clients will look to you for guidance, and that includes how to choose a good web hosting company. There are many companies to choose from, and some even offer free hosting services. The problem is that some companies provide poor services. If you end up recommending the wrong ones to your clients, they will blame you for it.  Some clients will never use your web design business again or write a bad review, and a few may even retaliate and sue you for the negative impact on their business because of a bad web hosting company. You can avoid trouble by looking for these characteristics in any web hosting company that you consider:

Excellent Hosting Support

You don’t want to send your clients to a company that does not provide support. Many clients came to you because they’re not tech savvy and the idea of dealing with hosting challenges overwhelms them. A good web hosting company will offer email and phone or chat support to its customers. You’ll appreciate that as well, as you work to make your clients’ web pages “go live” on the Internet. The chat or phone support is key because clients may have emergencies to deal with. For example, a business owner whose website crashes in the middle of a live webinar needs immediate help and cannot wait 24 or 48 hours for an email response. Read reviews of web hosting companies and stay clear of those that are not responsive to customers when they need help.

Unlimited Domain Hosting

Some businesses need multiple websites in order to launch an effective online marketing campaign. Paying to host each website can be cost prohibitive for many startups. A good web hosting company eases the burden by allowing business owners to host unlimited websites for one low monthly price. Some companies may not allow an unlimited amount, but will still provide a high enough number that most of your clients will be able to work with. For example, a popular option is to allow up to 50 websites on one plan. You can take advantage of these plans if you offer to host the websites that you create. You stand to make more of a profit if you can fit many of your clients on one plan.

Sufficient Email Accounts

The ability to create as many email accounts as you need is an important feature of a good web hosting company. Whether you need accounts for each section or department of your business, or for employers and independent contractors, the last thing you want is for your hosting company to limit the accounts you can create. Each hosting plan lists the amount of emails you can have with it. You should factor that in as you choose plans for your business and as you make recommendations for clients.

Do your homework before you choose a web hosting service. You can find out which service is a good web hosting company by reading the reviews posted by current and past customers. You should also compare unlimited domain hosting, the number of email accounts and the technical support they offer.