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Why you need to hire a professional designer

Design is an important part of your business strategy, it’s inextricably tied to your content, your brand and how your customers perceive you. The design industry seems to suffer a similar fate to social media marketing. There always seems to be ‘someone you know’ who claims to be a designer. The problem with this is that you don’t know if this person really understands elements of design, or if they just understand a how to work a design program.

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Market what’s important to your customers, not yourself.

Last week as I was driving to work I reached a usual intersection where I make a left turn. The light turned green and I gunned it to make it, but something caught my eye as I veered round the corner . On the opposite side of the road I saw a sign displayed at [...]

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Goodbye clients, hello focus.

I’ve been freelancing for years outside my normal work hours. I enjoy it as it can break the monotony of “work”, provide a little extra cash and help build contacts. For about a year or so I’ve been trying to scale back, but as the offers come in I keep telling myself that it’s just [...]

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