10 Great Tips for Using Twitter as a Designer. Twitter was founded in 2006 by Odeo (a podcasting company).
It was first used as an internal service for Odeo employees, and later, it became public and then took off as its own company in 2007. Today, Twitter is ranked in the top 50 websites on Alexa, and in February 2009, a blog post by Compete ranked Twitter as the third most used social networking site. The original intention of Twitter was to announce to your friends and family, in 140 characters or less, what you were doing, as you were doing it.
People would be updated all the time on the status of their friends. Nowadays, people have found tons of different uses for this social media site that answers the question "What’s Happening? " I know many of you are already all over Twitter and are already familiar with its benefits as a professional working designer. 40 creative examples of self-promotion - FrancescoMugnai.com - Graphic Design Inspiration and Web Design Trends. Self Promotion & Designing Tips, Ideas, & Resources for Graphic Designers & Web Designers : Graphic Design Blog & Graphics News Blog. You might also enjoy the following related articles : Networking with Other Designers Using Flickr and Flickr Alternatives120 Self Promotion Ideas for Graphic DesignersSocial Networking Sites for Freelancers Amanda Vlahakis kindly wrote and sent in this article to share with everyone who visits All Graphic Design.
She worked very hard to put together a collection of design information that she thought would be useful for all web designers and graphic designers. Some of the information that you will find below are ways to inspire yourself when you have designers’ block, marketing your design business, lists of design competitions for 2009, and many more topics. We would love to receive your articles too…Send them to allfreelance (at) comcast (dot) net. Self Promotion, Marketing & Designing Tips, Ideas, & Resources for Graphic Designers & Web Designers (1) Web 2.0 for Brand Marketing. 12 Steps to a Super Graphic Design Portfolio. Articles June 30, 2008 Your graphic design portfolio is a representation of yourself and of your skills as a graphic designer and it will become an essential part of landing your graphic design dream job!
This guide will help you fine tune your portfolio to make sure its in top shape for your upcoming interviews! Discover How to Improve Your Graphic Design Portfolio 1. Choosing a Portfolio Case. 120 Self Promotion Ideas for Graphic Designers & Freelancers (Free or Almost Free) : Graphic Design Blog & Graphics News Blog. 120 Free (or Almost Free) Self Promotion Ideas for Graphic Designers & Freelancers (1) Give Away Freebies With Your Design Business’s Name and Contact Information.
Go to where your target customers hang out and set up a booth or table. Give out some freebies and a flyer or leaflet as well. Some examples of freebies include free magnets, rubber bands, rulers, note pads, etc. All of these items should have your information printed on them. (2) Free Demonstrations of Your Services. . (3) Where to get Free Coupons. . (5) Speaking Engagements. Contact local schools and associations about classes, colleges, seminars, lectures that you can speak or teach at. (6) Go to Your Local Library or Book Store and Place Business Cards in Relevant Books. More Cool Business Cards - Business Card Layout & Design Part 3 : Graphic Design Blog & Graphics News Blog. More Cool Business Cards - Business Card Layout & Design Part 3 I have noticed that our most popular blog posts tend to be when we list really cool layouts and designs.
So I have decided to post some more cool business card designs. Some of these business card designs have really cool cutout shapes including dieline cuts, cool combinations of papers, embossing, cool use of materials, impressions, metals, and inks. I hope that you enjoy. You might also enjoy our past Cool Business Card Design Finds: The perfect business card for a toy company. A business card shaped like a camera. This business card is located in a coffee stained burlap sack. This food company’s business card has a bite taken out of the side. A Greek restaurant has their business cards on broken pieces of clay pottery. A piano repairman’s business card folds up into a piano. A marriage counselor’s business card looks torn and taped back together representing what she want to repair your marriage. Welcome to about.me (about dot me) Behance Network. Carbonmade : Your online portfolio.