Has this ever happened to you? Recently I decided to make last-minute reservations at a classy local restaurant with my husband. Thinking the fastest way to get their phone number would be to pull up their website on my mobile phone, I pulled up the site. But the number was not on the bottom of…
Food produced sustainably, it seems to me, is one of life’s primary elements. It all starts there. It is the basis of the health of the environment, my personal health, and for my family who eat the food I cook. Everything flows from health: physical energy, mental acuity, emotional balance.
This e-book of resources was provided to attendees of the webinar ‘Not Your Grandma’s Pie Chart’, presented in conjunction with nonprofitmarketingguide.com by Julia Reich on 11/14/12.
Take all that data you have and turn into something people will actually look at and understand.
In spite of your best efforts at getting the message out – from your website, to email, to print communications, to fund raising events – there may come a point when you realize your efforts could be more professional, accurate, resonant, or consistent. Then you know it’s time for a re-brand.
I’ve been learning about creative firms with advisory boards that help keep the business on track with goals & finances.
Living in the sticks can lead to a higher quality of life, but it also presents a lot of unique challenges from our urban colleagues. This article originated from a morning roundtable led by Julia Reich at the 2012 Creative Freelancers Conference in Boston. The session was called Out in the Sticks: the Joys & Challenges of Running a Design Biz in a Small Community.
Almost all of the design community luminaries I saw speak at the HOW conferences in Boston a few weeks ago (June 21-24) had books to recommend, in a broad swath of genres. Here’s my compiled list of the books, their authors, and the speakers who recommended them: Strengths Finder by Tom Rath (recommended by Luke Mysse) The Most…
This article originated from a webinar presented by Julia Reich for nonprofitmarketingguide.com, where attendees learned to elevate their knowledge of logo design, so they left knowing what makes a good logo and what makes a bad one.
This is Part 2 in a series of posts Julia Reich wrote for the nonprofitmarketingguide.com blog, about how to hire a graphic designer or design firm. 
Now, assuming you’ve found some likely candidates, how do you narrow down your choices? I cover what to look for in a design firm so you can pick one with a sensibility and methodology (and pricing) that’s a good match for you and your organization.
