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Top 10 iPad Apps for Business

DesignCrowd - Friday, September 10, 2010

By Alec LynchThe other week I attended a series of expert round tables for small businesses and technology companies hosted by The Insight Exchange (topics included search marketing, content curation, iPhone app development etc).  Each round table had about 10 people allowing for small, up-close interactions.My favorite round table presentation was from a guy that used his iPad to present.  He pro Read more

Crowdfunding sites - how to raise funds from friends and strangers

DesignCrowd - Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Crowdfunding websites are a new way to get money from the community / other people for your project, charity or business and they are an exciting new application of crowdsourcing!Here's a definition of crowdfunding from Wikipedia:Crowd funding (sometimes called crowd financing or crowd sourced capital)describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool  Read more

Crowdsourcing Video - 5 Tips for Small Business Crowdsourcing

DesignCrowd - Tuesday, June 29, 2010

By Alec LynchCrowdsourcing can take many forms - for example, you can crowdsource feedback, you can crowdsource t-shirts, you can crowdsource funding and (of course) you can crowdsource design (DesignCrowd is a crowdsourcing design website).  Each crowdsourcing application uses a different process some use voting, some use collaboration and some use competition (DesignCrowd uses the compe Read more

Design Plagiarism - How to Prevent: A Review of TinEye.com

DesignCrowd - Monday, June 7, 2010

Recently, we came across TinEye (www.tineye.com) which is a brilliant, and currently free, resource for checking the originality of images online in seconds.  This is an incredibly useful tool for customers buying designs to help ensure the designs they purchase aren't infringing copyright and are original.  It is also a very useful for our freelance graphic designers to ensure any o Read more

Top 7 Free Online Small Business Forums

DesignCrowd - Monday, May 24, 2010

Online forums are useful resources for small businesses. They can help you solve a problem; provide a means of business networking; and/or help you advertise your goods / services. Here are 7 of the top online, free small business, entrepreneur, start-up forums. Read more

Free logo design - 5 common free logos to avoid

DesignCrowd - Monday, April 19, 2010

Free logo design might seem like a good idea, however often the outcomes are far from perfect. Find out the 5 most common free logo designs to avoid.  Read more

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