You'll find many different topics on this site essential to ensure you design and thrive.

The following is a complete index of all articles on this site — presented in the most current to oldest article sequence.

We have included many different formats to suit our members learning preferences. You'll find for your convenience: articles, checklists, charts, documents (in Word, PDF, MindManager), we have forms you'll fill out online, a growing section of audios and videos, and more!

New content pages are posted at weekly intervals on promotion, design, production and management topics.

• Promotion: Learn ideas for promoting yourself and your business and putting to work marketing and advertising principles in your design.
• Design: Learn the basics of design, designing for the global community, and how to design for print, the web, and multimedia.
• Production: You'll learn the strategies and techniques to quickly and efficiently get your designs done! We'll cover the latest software, pre-press and printing information.
• Management: Design isn't enough. You must learn how to manage your time, clients, and your business in order to be in-demand and well rewarded.

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• Website checks before you publish your site on the WWW
  
• Adding visuals that communicate at a glance
  
• What to check for in your file when you're done designing it
  
• Typography 301: Paragraph style rules
  
• Essentials of permission-based marketing
  
• The Client Chase Part 2: What To Do, and Not Do, When You Meet a Prospective Client for the First Time
  
• Typography 201: Punctuation done right
  
• Strategies for getting paid on time — everytime
  
• The Client Chase Part 1: Preparing for Your First Meeting with a New Client
  
• Typography 101: Basic rules for setting professional type
  
• Guidelines for US paper sizes
  
• Typical prepress traps and how to avoid them
  
• Does your website claim or educate?
  
• Color in Use
  
• Is it time to give yourself a makeover?
  
• Abbreviations for the US and World Nations
  
• Interview with a Master: Jan V. White
  
• Review of "Editing by Design" by Jan V. White
  
• Is it time for a makeover?
  
• Punctuation and symbols on the web
  
• Do your business practices need a makeover?
  
• What essential pages to include on your site
  
• Essential pages to include on your website
  
• Kinds of websites available and choosing the right one for you
  
• Is it time for a design makeover?
  
• Writing special characters of the Latin alphabet on the web
  
• Is it time for your marketing makeover?
  
• Is it time for your graphic design business' makeover?
  
• Starting the New Year Right
  
• "Special characters" in your design life
  
• Abbreviation Guide — Time Designations
  
• Web colors that are supported by ALL browsers
  
• Creating technical or mathematical characters on the web
  
• Joy of Templates
  
• How to deal with unhappy clients
  
• Uh, oh! How to deal with having few or no professional samples in your portfolio
  
• How to write effective copy: everything you need to know, you were taught in English class
  
• Need Greek? Adding any Greek characters to your website
  
• How to choose the right software for your needs and stay legal
  
• Typography Rules
  
• Surviving business slumps — relatively unscathed!
  
• Tricks to ensure your site looks good — no matter who's viewing it or where
  
• Why you may want to specify type in pixels and not points on the web
  
• Playing it safe: How to avoid problems when specifying colors on the web
  
• Characteristics of a great business name and choosing the right name for your business
  
• Buying the right web design software
  
• What you see may not be what your client sees
  
• Profiting from consistency
  
• 10 steps to creating a winning name for your business
  
• Buying software for the hardware you already own
  
• Find out which Grammar rules you should NEVER apply when writing copy
  
• What you can learn about your customers through understanding advertising principles
  
• How to put your best typeface forward
  
• Making sense of it all: A detailed look at the types of softwares available today
  
• Lay out your office BEFORE you go to the store! Use my grid to avoid any hassles!
  
• Laying out your office for maximum productivity
  
• Website Story
  
• Working With Type
  
• Is technology too much of a "good thing"?
  
• What to avoid when naming your business
  

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