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Treat Your Design Business Like a Client
Those of you who are regular Paper Leaf blog readers will have noticed that we have been posting less frequently these days. The main underlying reason is a good one – we’re very busy – but the end...
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Communication Strategies to Keep Your Projects on Track
This is a guest post by Ashley Janssen of AgileStyle. Thanks Ashley! The success or failure of a project, no matter what industry you are in, often hinges on how effective the communication is between...
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Steps to Take Before Designing a Website
Us web designers… we like to jump right into the creative ball pit sometimes, and get right to the fun stuff in Photoshop & CSS. I know I’m guilty of it sometimes, and I bet you have been too in...
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The Common Characteristic of Design Industry Leaders
Interlink may have changed my life. For those who don’t know, Interlink is a boutiquey sort of web design conference: small, focused, and a lot of fun. It’s held in Vancouver, and it hosts amazing...
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Designers: What Are You Actually Selling?
Seems like an easy question to answer, doesn’t it? If you’re a designer, you want to sell your design services: perhaps logo design, print design, web design, interface design and so forth. The...
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How to Motivate Designers
Before I traded them in for the standard designer uniform – black plastic glasses and a plaid shirt – I used to wear safety glasses and a construction vest. I’m talking years ago, back when I paid my...
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What’s a Website Pre-Mortem & Why Do They Matter?
Sometimes, website projects fail. They can go over budget. They can be delayed for months. The end product might be frustrating to use, difficult to maintain, or just plain useless. It’s an unfortunate...
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A Month in a Design Agency [Infographic]
Sometimes the inner workings of design agencies can seem a bit like a black box. There’s a lot of questions, and it can get pretty confusing pretty fast. Where does the time go? What are they working...
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3 Ways to Get a Response from that Elusive Client
As Digital Project Managers, we pride ourselves on our impeccable communication skills. Tactful and concise communication – both between you and your team, and you and your client – is vital to a...
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Gutenberg, a landmark upcoming release for WordPress in version 5.0, marks an enormous shift in the publishing and theming landscape for sites powered by the platform. It’s a new editor designed as the...
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