Are You Valuable Enough to Be an Entrepreneur
Please where can I enrol to be trained as a certified demotivational speaker? Because some people will not give themselves sense till we use floral bordered paper to slap it in their head. Some people are complete buttocks at their places of employment. When they finally leave, it is because of them they coined ‘good […]
How to Get Value from Working for Free
Dear Creatives, If you want to reap the benefits of working for free, offer it, don’t get asked for it. When people ask you to work for free, they usually offer something in exchange; most times it’s exposure. By so doing, a barter has occurred and they no longer see your service as a favour […]
How to Earn More as a Professional Designer
Before we dive into the nitty-gritty of my advisory story, two things; 1. Those charging miserly prices are not the reason clients don’t pay good money for branding and… 2. Actually, clients do pay good money for branding. If 1 and 2 above sounds like a myth to you, only one thing then… YOU’RE NOT […]
How Much Should A Logo Design Cost?
Even though this design and its caption were developed just for laughs (out of a true life situation I must admit), like everything else in life, it has generated a lot of debate. In every debate, there will always be 3 parties. Those against, those for and those who will be neutral. This image has been […]
Is Your Brand a Nun in a Mini Skirt or a Thug in a 3 Piece Suit?
One word; INAPPROPRIATE! Both of them are right? Let’s elaborate to find out if your brand belongs to one and if so, find a solution out of the situation. A NUN IN A MINI SKIRT. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a nun as “a woman belonging to a religious order; especially: one under solemn vows of […]
Brand and Branding
Except you are the only one offering a particular product or service that people must either use or die, you must build a brand to be successful. Brand, brand, brand… What exactly is this new rave of a phenomenon called brand? There are two things that it is clearly not 1: it is not rocket […]
4 Business Lessons From How I Proposed To My Sweetheart
Before we speed dive into the lessons, it’s only right I first tell you the proposal story right? Right. So here it goes. Story story… Once upon a lovely Sunday afternoon, 27th January, 2013 to be precise, I went to hang out with my darling. In my pocket was a pack of 13 cards neatly […]
4 Characteristics of an Effective Flier
Ever wondered why most fliers end up on the floor, in a trash can or as a perfect wrap for grilled plantain aka boli? That’s majorly because they communicate no benefit whatsoever to the target market and the design is totally unprofessional. Everyone has needs and all people really care about is how their needs […]
Solution to Printing Photoshop Designs
First and foremost, there is no such thing as a ‘photoshop printing problem’. There are only uninformed/incompetent printers. So what’s the printer’s bone of contention? The answer is simple. Their ‘offset’ printing machines work with CMYK, not RGB The three primary colours are Red, Green and Blue (RGB). A mixture of these 3 different colours […]
How I Got 50+ Clients and 900+ Facebook Fans in Ten Months
Dear me! The drag comes to an end. I’ve been promising to write this article since forever. I finally got pushed by a good friend (Pontus Wellgraf) to get it done. Before you get over excited thinking it is magic, IT IS NOT! In fact, it is grueling hours of strenuous work with hardly any […]