Business Practices

Help for Digital Photographers

The Library of Congress and American Society of Media Photographers created a new Web site that's chock full of valuable resources for photographers. And it's free!

Free Shipping on Custom Cards

Are you sending custom holiday cards to your clients? Here's a free shipping offer from PrintingForLess.com, the parent company of CreativePro.com.

Seminar: Freelance Designer Survival

Jeff Fisher, author of Identity Crisis & The Savvy Designers Guide to Success, is presenting this $39 webinar on November 19.

Design Leaders Confident about Economic Rebound

For the third quarter of 2009, the AIGA Design Leaders Confidence Index continued a rebound, rising to 99.01 from its low point of 50.66 just one year ago.

Spark! Ignites Team Concept Reviews

Spark! from MetaCommunications is a new browser-based collaborative tool for creative concept review, proofing and approval.

Graphics Gone Green

"Graphics Gone Green" is for creative professionals interested in building sustainable workflows from concept to output. The ebook shows how to reduce your carbon footprint at work while running a profitable business.

Trademarkia Claims to Be Easiest Way to Create a Brand

More than 5 million new logos, slogans, and trademarks are searchable on this Web site.

Workgroups.com Provides On-Demand Project and Workflow Management

The new Workgroups 2010 Online suite brings subscription-based project workflow and management to advertising, marketing, creative design, packaging and prepress organizations worldwide.

A Publishing System for Modern Businesses

WoodWing's Enterprise 7 includes social media, new Search 2.0, and “Follow the Reader” feature. It will be released in December 2009.

Job Forecast for Q4 2009

A survey conducted by CareerBuilder and USA TODAY predicts restrained hiring and moderation in job loss.

Webcast Series: Controlling the Money Conversation with Clients

This four-part Fall 2009 webcast series is brought to you by the editors of HOW, Print, and I.D.

Free For All: Harvest These Freebies

Summer has officially given way to fall, and in the northern hemisphere, that means it's harvest time. Fill your basket with this delectable sampling of free tools, fonts, and services.

Free Metadata Help for Stock Photographers

Stock Artists Alliance photo metadata events are set for Chicago on September 24 and Atlanta on October 10.

iStockphoto Guarantees that All of Its Files Are Legally Sound

iStock promises that files purchased and used in accordance with the iStock license will not breach any trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights or rights of privacy. The site will even cover the customer's legal costs and direct damages to a combined total of $10,000 per customer.

Tap Into Your Inner Idealist with the Good Web

The Good Web conference, on September 25, 2009, is a forum in which advertisers, designers, brands, and non-profits can share their ingredients of success for building awareness and participation around the causes they believe in.

How to Beat the Big Guys

FunctionFox's free webinar will uncover the differences in business development between large and small firms, and will explain how smaller firms can turn what's often seen as a disadvantage into business development advantage. It will be held on September 24, 2009.

Adobe Apologizes to World for Poor Customer Service

In a letter posted as a PDF file on Adobe's main support Web page, vice president of technical services Lambert Walsh acknowledges that its recent customer support has not been up to snuff. The text of the letter is below. Share your response by clicking the Comments button. Open Letter to Adobe Customers

Ensure Consistency with Brand Station

WoodWing's Brand Station is a new extension to the WoodWing Enterprise Content Publishing Platform. Users need only a Web browser.

Free For All: Free for Web Designers

In this all-Web installment, you'll get a massive Photoshop Web elements kit; thousands of Twitter, RSS, and UI icons; CSS compression; Website spell checking; analytics; and uptime monitoring -- all free!

Four Designers' Bootcamps from HOW

HOW magazine's new workshops help you grow your business, finesse your career, perfect your marketing efforts, or move into Web design.