Freelancing: Getting Started

This article was originally published on Papertree Design in March of 2009 during my first year of freelancing. It now makes more sense that it appear on my personal site, moved here October 26, 2011 We all got our start somewhere, some stories probably a lot more interesting than others but it always fun (for

Finding the Inspiration to Write

It’s a lazy Sunday and in typical fashion I am thinking about the week ahead. Projects on tap, daily business, marketing, book keeping, but I am also thinking about my blog(s) and what I will be writing over the week ahead. So I got to thinking about was has kept me inspired over the past

Using Social Media to Keep Your Company's Message Alive

In my free time, what little of it there is, I have been slowly reading “Do You Matter? How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company”. (If you don’t have a copy I would recommend it, or at least have a look and think about picking it up.) Anyhow the point is that I

Putting Twitter Search To Good Use

The idea of ‘Social Media Monitoring’ is nothing new so I am not about to share with you anything ground breaking, but I will share with you a “real world experience” type story that demonstrates just how this social media monitoring can benefit your business. For most of you Twitter is no secret, you have