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Liz was kind enough to lend her hand to some major css issues I was having. I still need to get this sidebar fixed as well

She has got great posts for illustrators over there, including Delicious Wallpapers For Your iPhone and 8 Ways To Jump-Start Your Illustration-

Build a collection of words you can use to jump start your imagination.
Illustration Friday has a new word each week that participants illustrate. The results are sometimes literal, but often times they run off in unexpected directions.

Those types of sites are great to participate in, but if you want more than just one a week, you need to build your own personal repository. For some reason, it works better if you aren’t the one coming up with the words, so have your friends (or if you have a blog, your readers) contribute. Write each word on a sheet of paper and stuff them in a box, or put them all in a text file for the next time you need an idea.

 Get her content here by RSS now!

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Why should you blog?

Here’s one reason from Vandely Design’s post on 10 Reasons Web Designers Should Blog 

Helps Customers to Find You

A blog can bring potential customers to you in a number of ways. They could come to your site through search engines, through social media, or through a link to one of your posts. They could even be one of your subscribers that follow you on a regular basis. Publishing a popular blog will bring plenty of new people to your site that can potentially turn into business.

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This is a great list of un-tapped business and marketing ideas. Once you go through them, and you want more business ideas, just click here to get my podcast on iTunes all related to marketing, list building and otherwise advertising goodness.

After you’ve done that, head on over to see the whole list of advertising tips for your design business.

Here’s a sample for you now though:

Be Unique with Your Business Cards

Business cards usually have an entire back that is blank. Utilize this space to print a coupon for your services. Or do something completely unique that hasn’t been done before. Get some great ideas for business card designs with these amazing examples.

Business Cards in Local Establishments

You may also find it useful to post your business cards in local establishments. Places such as coffeehouses and libraries will often have a notice board where individuals can post flyers, business cards and ads. Many individuals view these boards to see what new services are posted and putting your business card up there might be another good way to draw in new business.

And you?

How do YOU advertise your business? Leave some wisdom in the comments.

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Collis over at Freelance Switch has got a few easy tips to get you into shape for hte new year. He has 6 steps to getting more web design clients.

I’ve added my own, which is # 7:

Never think you are too good to help others below you. Never get arrogant or foolish.

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Kent is a snob- a tech snob.

He loves all things Mac and has a website to prove how gorgeous he likes things.

Listen.

Hear that?

He’s telling you his favorite web font now (Avenir) 

There’s other adventures too like the junk food he loves and how one man turned his apartment into a Apple store

Oh, not to mention the fact that Ken has been featured on some of the cream of the crop design web sites for how groovy his blog is.

Jealous!

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Let’s face it:

Finding quality sources when it comes to graphic design is hard.

Why?

Because everyone thinks they are great, special, unique.

 David Airey has been kind enough to round out his list of the top 50 graphic design blogs out there, starting with our friend Verlee Peters.

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