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a new entrepreneur + story

my nephew came to me (actually his mother) with a new company idea and wanted my help. he said the kind of phrase i like to hear..."i need a graphic designer". now how many times do you here that? not very often because some people don't even know what a graphic designer is...this amazes me. everybody needs a graphic designer...they just don't know it. any way back to the story...once...

accomplishment

i walked in the Ukrops monument ave 10k race in richmond virginia this past weekend on march 31, 2007 to support the vcu massey cancer center in memory of my mother, sarah lee little. it was an emotional time because of the love i have for my mother and it definitely was a personal goal to reach, because no one's going to carry me to the finish line, i'm on...

domain email importance

i've just seen it today. a client instructed us to change his email address on his business cards (BCDs) because he switched internet access services from comcast to verizon. yes, he has user@comcast.net as his email address. now he'll have to inform everyone that he changed his email address and all the confusion and double servicing that goes along with that. if the client has a domain name (as i...

email signatures

email signatures are a very important marketing tool. email signatures can be added at the end of every email that's sent. signatures allow the user to template (say you will) the things that the user uses over and over all the time. if the user starts out every email address with hello and end it with sincerely yours. instead of typing that out everytime...use the signature to enter that information...

domain importance

everyone should have a domain. everytime someone sends an aol email, who gets recognition? aol. because the receiver sees aol. that's branding for aol. that's why aol is not conductive to business. because they don't allow users to use their internet access service and send emails using a domain name email address. it's almost just like any other service...we see emails from comcast.net, verizon.net, earthlink.net. you can use their internet...

yahoo offers the best deal

howdy folks. i'm writing today to let you in on why i think yahoo is best for me and should be for you. even though i have not researched all there is to know about communicating on the internet. i figure i could waste alot of time researching and comparing when i should just go with one service until a better one comes along. yahoo is cool. i use yahoo...

me

hello world, about me. i've been an artist all of my life. my first drawing was when i was 3. i've always loved art. i entered my work in every school art show. was asked to design for others. i went to a private catholic school and they only offered art 1 & 2. i took art 2 three times. then i talked to the principal of the public school...