Productivity
The Trick to Faster Client Approval Sign Off?
I thought it would be fun to start things off with a riddle. Everyone likes riddles, right? Question: What needs to arrive in order for something to leave? Answer: Client approval sign off! If you provide creative services of any kind, then you have clients (hopefully), and for every project they bring you, the culmination…
Does Your Process Include a Graphic Design Proof Approval Form?
Graphic design has become increasingly important to businesses worldwide, and the amount of work for graphic designers is growing tremendously. In fact, Adobe found that 71% of businesses are creating 10 times the number of design assets they did in past years. With this, one would expect graphic designers to be compensated as the valuable…
Manage Project Expectations on All Sides
Why do projects fail? While you can blame project failure on any number of things – budgeting issues, timeline overruns, poor planning, lack of project goals, inaccurate requirements, failure to consider risks – most of the barriers to success you’ll encounter can boil down to one thing: poor communication. More precisely, poor communication of project…
You Need to Invest in Marketing Resource Management
There’s a lot of moving pieces when it comes to running a business, and without a marketing resource management system (MRM), those moving pieces can be overwhelming. While it’s certainly possible to run a business without an MRM, it can become terribly inefficient as the company grows; the more successful you become, the more moving…
Online Proofing Can Make Everyone’s Day Easier
Platforms designed to facilitate online proofing – that is, web-based review and approval of files – usually focus their efforts towards creative agencies, marketing teams for brands or printers who do custom print jobs. The proofing process is not confined to these creative individuals and teams, though. Proofing software shouldn’t be either. The proofing process…
Do You Have a Proof Approval Policy?
Have you ever wondered what happens to all of the things that get printed incorrectly every year? Now, if you’re a print shop, you should already know, but if you’re a designer or agency, you likely haven’t given it much thought. When something comes out the wrong color or contains a misspelling, it unfortunately cannot…
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