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Today on the 5: I happened to come across a pair of Aftermath and Creative Bloq articles about the highly repetitive influence of AI slop. I've talked about the YouTube issue before, and I've absolutely seen the degradation effect in the stock sites I use.

FOLLOW UP: £30B POTENTIAL FALLOUT FROM FINANCE RULINGAfter the surprise Court of Appeal's ruling, that not only must commission for brokers must be explicitly made clear, including the rate they receive, the potential fall out could be up to £30 billion. Even Martin Lewis, the consumer campaigner, has said the ruling appears to be going much further than expected. Click this AMOnline article link here, to read more. FOLLOW UP: INEOS TO RESTART PRODUCTIONFollowing the collapse of their seat supplier, Ineos has been hit by a halt to production. They now say they will restart in January. This will be a relief as an expansion into China and Mexico was about to take place when they were hit by the issue. If you want to learn more, click here for a link to an Autocar article. JAGUAR REIMAGINING BEGINSUnless you lived under a rock, and had no contact with any person or the internet, then you will know that Jaguar produced their first glimpse at the reimagining of the brand. This has caused the internet to lose its mind, in various ways. Some through confusion, some because ‘change is bad', some because their firmly held beliefs are being challenged, some because they just want to dunk on anything. We have compiled some links below that explain what Jaguar have done as well as more thoughtful pieces trying to explain aspects of the information. The Jaguar rebranding article from Autocar, click here. For CarDealer's explanation of the launch event, click here. Creative Bloq discuss what the logos and visuals are meant to represent, click here to read that. Rory Sutherland has a discussion about the rebrand, from an advertising professional's perspective, click this Spectator TV YouTube link. Mostly About Driving's take on the more technical aspects of the branding can be read by clicking this link here. To read comments regarding the hateful reactions to the rebrand, click this link to a Driven article. Seemingly Jaguar have been caught off guard by the reaction, click this BBC News article link where they are asking for people to hold off and wait in judgement. FORD TO LAY OFF 4000 WORKERS IN EUROPE AND UKFord has announced a restructuring of its European business, by making 4000 workers redundant, including 800 in the UK. We have mentioned how bad their figures have been for new car registrations, over the last few months. You can read more, by clicking this Autocar link here. NISSAN APPEALS TO THE UK GOV FOR HELP OVER...

  The Friday Five for October 25, 2024: Adobe Fresco Now Completely Free for Everyone Amazon and Walmart Announce Pharmacy Delivery Expansions Stride 2025 Open Enrollment Study KFF Analysis on Med Supp Enrollment Data Medigap Deductibles and OOP Costs for 2025   Contact the Agent Survival Guide Podcast! Email us ASGPodcast@Ritterim.com or call 1-717-562-7211 and leave a voicemail.   Adobe Fresco Now Completely Free for Everyone: Foley, Joe. “Adobe Fresco Is Now Completely Free for All.” Creative Bloq, Creative Bloq, 23 Oct. 2024, www.creativebloq.com/art/digital-art/adobe-fresco-is-now-completely-free-for-all. Gan, Jeremy. “Adobe Fresco's Previously Paywalled Features Are Now Free for Everyone.” Engadget, Engadget, 23 Oct. 2024, www.engadget.com/apps/adobe-frescos-previously-paywalled-features-are-now-free-for-everyone-141956420.html. Weatherbed, Jess. “Adobe Made Its Painting App Completely Free to Take on Procreate.” The Verge, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2024, www.theverge.com/2024/10/23/24277533/adobe-fresco-painting-app-free-availablility-procreate. “Digital Painting and Drawing App | Adobe Fresco.” Adobe.Com, Adobe, www.adobe.com/products/fresco.html. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.   Amazon and Walmart Announce Pharmacy Delivery Expansions: Accelerating Convenience: Walmart Launches Nationwide Same-Day Pharmacy Delivery, Helping Customers Live Better, 22 Oct. 2024, corporate.walmart.com/news/2024/10/22/accelerating-convenience-walmart-launches-nationwide-same-day-pharmacy-delivery-helping-customers-live-better. “Amazon Pharmacy Plans to Expand Same-Day Delivery of Medications to Nearly Half the US in 2025.” Amazon.Com, Amazon, 9 Oct. 2024, www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-pharmacy-expands-same-day-prescription-delivery-united-states. Dr. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D. “Amazon Pharmacy's Rapid Growth Will Soon Make Instant Access to Medication the New Normal.” Forbes.Com, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024, www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2024/10/14/amazon-pharmacys-rapid-growth-will-soon-make-instant-access-to-medication-the-new-normal/. Palmer, Annie. “Amazon Same-Day Prescription Delivery Expanding to Nearly Half of U.S. in 2025.” Cnbc.Com, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2024, www.cnbc.com/2024/10/09/amazon-same-day-prescription-delivery-expanding-to-half-of-us-in-2025.html. Tong, Noah. “Walmart Offers Same-Day Prescription Delivery with Plans to Reach 49 States.” Fiercehealthcare.Com, Fierce Healthcare, 22 Oct. 2024, www.fiercehealthcare.com/retail/hlth24-walmart-simplify-online-pharmacy-orders-49-states. Gibson, Kate. “Walmart Plans to Deliver Prescriptions Nationwide in as Little as 30 Minutes.” Edited by Alain Sherter, Cbsnews.Com, CBS, 22 Oct. 2024, www.cbsnews.com/news/walmart-prescription-delivery-amazon/.   Stride 2025 ACA Open Enrollment Study: “2025 Annual Open Enrollment Survey - A New Report from Stride.” Blog.Stridehealth.Com, Stride Health, 17 Oct. 2024, blog.stridehealth.com/open-enrollment-2025survey. Popke, Michael. “Almost 75% of ACA Buyers Will Not Compare Plans for 2025.” Benefitspro.Com, BenefitsPro, 21 Oct. 2024, www.benefitspro.com/2024/10/21/almost-75-of-aca-buyers-will-not-compare-plans-for-2025/.   KFF Analysis on Med Supp Enrollment Data: Freed, Meredith, Nancy Ochieng, et al. “Key Facts about Medigap Enrollment and Premiums for Medicare Beneficiaries.” KFF, KFF, 18 Oct. 2024, www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/key-facts-about-medigap-enrollment-and-premiums-for-medicare-beneficiaries/. “Medicare Supplement Enrollment Down Slightly in 2023.” Markfarrah.Com, Mark Farrah Associates, 28 May 2024, www.markfarrah.com/mfa-briefs/medicare-supplement-enrollment-down-slightly-in-2023. Freed, Meredith, Nancy Ochieng, et al. “Medigap May Be Elusive for Medicare Beneficiaries with Pre-Existing Conditions - Issue Brief - 10506.” KFF, KFF, 18 Oct. 2024, www.kff.org/report-section/medigap-may-be-elusive-for-medicare-beneficiaries-with-pre-existing-conditions-issue-brief/.   Medigap Deductibles and OOP Costs for 2025: “F, G & J Deductible Announcements.” CMS.Gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medigap/f-g-j-deductible-announcements. Accessed 23 Oct. 2024. “K & L Out-of-Pocket Limits Announcements.” CMS.Gov, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medigap/k-l-out-of-pocket-limits-announcements. 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Danielle spoke with Stephen Houraghan, brand strategist, consultant, CEO and Founder of Brand Master Academy and BrandBuildr.ai. He hosts The Brand Master Podcast, featuring guests like Seth Godin and Marty Neumeier.With a background in business and finance, he later gained qualifications in design and marketing, founding the Iconic Fox Agency, and offering brand strategy and creative services globally. Stephen has contributed to publications such as Hubspot, Marketo, Creative Bloq and has appeared as a guest on countless industry podcasts and summits.KEY TAKEAWAYSStephen talks about his early career in finance and stockbroking, moving into creating design and how he pivoted into branding. All of this experience has given him a great understanding of business and how to speak the right language to business owners.Artificial intelligence is already a big part of life and Stephen speaks about his AI-powered platform, BrandBuildr and how it streamlines the brand development process and enhances strategy outcomes.Stephen explains how the last four to five years have been spent on building the corporate brand of Brand Master Academy and how he became obsessed with the idea of being consumer driven and consumer led.BEST MOMENTS‘I didn't want to go back to a job, I wanted to work for myself. That led me down the road to asking, if there are all these other designers in this space, how can I convince my prospects to choose me over them? It's a fundamental question at the centre point of first positioning and then broader brand strategy that I didn't even know existed.'‘I knew I needed to get my ideas on my concepts out there and I struggled with the idea of, why would I put all of this in an article if people are just going to take it? It was a real struggle to overcome that mental challenge of look, this is how the industry works now, this is how the world works.'‘As we venture into the world of AI, that human connection and that ability to connect with your audience and to provide them that human guidance and that arm around their shoulder, that's going to become increasingly important in the coming years and it's a big part of what we do beyond the steps and the processes.'‘When we sit down with our clients, what ingredients we get is dependent on the questions we ask. The better the question, the better the ingredient. The better the ingredients, the better the outcome.'ABOUT THE HOST - DANIELLE CLARKEDanielle Clarke is a Brand Strategist and spends her time consulting and working with health and wellness business owners to help them attract and retain their ideal customers.GRAB YOU 3 ACTIONABLE STEPS FOR BRAND GROWTH: https://danielle-clarke.ck.page/b1043e5d05WORK WITH DANIELLE TO BUILD THE BRAND STRATEGIES YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS TO GROW: https://calendly.com/d/48p-6ck-vy4CONNECT WITH DANIELLE ON LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-clarke-brand-strategy-consultant/SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/danielleclarke This show was brought to you by: The Media Insiders Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Your nice hosts return to form with a roundtable recorded together for the first time in a while! In this episode, Stephen sneaks a mini-topic in, Ellen asks some controversial questions and Mark helps us realize when we're breaking the law.As a side note, Glom is available right now! We've talked about it plenty on the show, but for more information or purchasing info you can go to nicegames.club/glom.Summer Games Done Quick 2023 - YouTube Licensing 0:10:27 Mark LaCroixIRLProductionA complete guide to font licensing for designers - Garrick Webster, Creative Bloq Cheating, Part 1 0:36:22 Ellen Burns-JohnsonGaming

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Adam Argyle about a ton of new CSS features that have arrived or are coming soon, as well as his new site Gradient.style. Show Notes 00:34 Welcome 01:05 Guest introduction Adam on Bluesky Adam on Twitter 01:48 CSS buckets New CSS Relative Units · January 6, 2023 03:16 rex rch ric rlh 08:06 Gradient.style CSS HD Gradients Open Props: sub-atomic styles 13:49 What are style queries vs container queries vs state queries? una.im | Style Queries Getting Started with Style Queries - Chrome Developers CSS Container Style Queries | Can I use… Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc 18:09 Trig functions Trigonometric functions in CSS CSS Trigonometric Functions: cos() and sin(): dots on a circle 19:57 Live transitions Understand Disney's 12 principles of animation | Creative Bloq 25:08 View transitions View Transitions Demo View Transitions API - Web APIs | MDN 26:01 Text-wrap balance CSS text-wrap: balance - Chrome Developers 26:45 Text-wrap pretty 27:44 What's the future of the browser landscape? 31:44 nth-child(An+B [of S]) 33:06 Cascade layers 34:40 CSS Nesting 38:03 Animate discrete properties 39:42 Linear function Linear easing generator 41:33 Media query range syntax 42:04 Subgrid everywhere 44:41 Media query range and variables? UI Elements - Basics, Best Practice, and Built Ins — Syntax Podcast 612 45:32 env variables Hasty Treat - CSS Nesting 1 — Syntax Podcast 343 46:59 Animation composition 49:50 Select menu HTML element 52:16 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Shameless Plugs Onewheel // Future Motion Adam Argyle Tweet us your tasty treats Scott's Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes' Instagram Wes' Twitter Wes' Facebook Scott's Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky

In this episode, Stephen Houraghan joins me to talk about how to build a brand people will remember.A great brand is so much more than colors, fonts and logos. It's how it makes people feel, the words they associate with it, and how it changes their lives.So, how do you create that relationship between your audience and your brand?Stephen Houraghan is a brand strategist, consultant, the CEO and Founder of Brand Master Academy and the host of The Brand Master Podcast.Stephen has a background in business and finance, providing advice in stock and options trading for retail and institutional investors on the ASX (Australian Securities Exchange).Stephen has shared his ideas on branding and marketing for publications such as Hubspot, Marketo, Creative Bloq, Design Taxiand has appeared on industry podcasts such as Just Branding, Brand Design Masters, Logo Geek and Brand Tuned.Today he shares these proprietary systems, knowledge, and experience in business, branding and marketing to tens of thousands of students and followers through The Brand Master Academy Programs, The Brand Master Podcast, The Academy Youtube channel and the growing Brand Strategy Community.We talk about:[4:40] The magic that happens when you focus on building your brand[8:00] The lens in which Stephen looks through when it comes to brand building[11:10] The foundation of a brand[16:00] Are brand archetypes useful?[19:50] What entrepreneurs get misconstrued about branding[28:15] ​​Growing and scaling on YouTube[33:10] About the Brand Master Academy[40:00] Stephen's favorite way to learn[42:20] One piece of knowledge Stephen wants every entrepreneur to knowResources:Brand Strategy Blueprint: https://brandmasteracademy.com/brand-strategy-blueprint/ Connect with Stephen here:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephenhouraghan/Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandmasteracad?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/brandmasteracademy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/brandmasteracademy Podcast: https://brandmasteracademy.com/brand-master-podcast/ https://brandmasteracademy.com/ Connect with Kaye here:Brand Personality Quiz: https://www.kayeputnam.com/brandality-quiz/https://www.youtube.com/user/marketingkayehttps://www.facebook.com/marketingkaye/https://www.kayeputnam.com/

The one about video editing 101, Top100 TV ads, Google Traffic widget and “The Empire Strikes Back” - TG80    00:00:00 Introduction   Here are your hosts, Roger and Pascal.      00:02:59 In the News   A selection of announcements and news releases from the world of marketing and technology that caught our attention.    00:11:59 Content Spotlights   ROGER: Video editing for beginners: the ultimate guide by Kieron Moore in Creative Bloq: https://www.creativebloq.com/features/video-editing-for-beginners-guide (https://www.creativebloq.com/features/video-editing-for-beginners-guide)  PASCAL: World's Best Ads of All Time: top 100 TV and video commercials revealed by John McCarthy for The Drum  https://www.thedrum.com/news/2022/06/14/world-s-best-ads-all-time-top-100-tv-and-video-commercials-revealed (https://www.thedrum.com/news/2022/06/14/world-s-best-ads-all-time-top-100-tv-and-video-commercials-revealed)    00:24:14 Marketing Tech and Apps      ROGER: It's all about updates.  Google Maps Widget adds traffic updates: https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-maps-live-traffic-widget (https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-maps-live-traffic-widget)  Photoshop will be free (kind of): https://www.extremetech.com/internet/337158-adobe-has-made-a-free-photoshop-web-app?source=flipboard (https://www.extremetech.com/internet/337158-adobe-has-made-a-free-photoshop-web-app)    PASCAL: It's all about audio production made easier and better:  Wordpress Text To Speech https://wordpress.com/support/create-anchor-podcast/ (https://wordpress.com/support/create-anchor-podcast/) automatically convert the text on any post into a podcast on Anchor, the world's latest podcasting platform that is part of Spotify.  Auphonic https://auphonic.com/blog/2022/06/10/new-noise-reduction-algorithms-beta/ (https://auphonic.com/blog/2022/06/10/new-noise-reduction-algorithms-beta/) new noise reduction features and still free for 2 hours of processed audio per month!    00:32:29 This Week in History   Our selection of historical events and anniversaries from the world of science, technology and popular culture.    00:39:07 Creator Shout Outs   ROGER: Derek Bradley, CEO of Panacea Adviser – and years and years of great content and the Bento newsletter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-bradley-2a9b8214/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/derek-bradley-2a9b8214/)  PASCAL: Rob Beadle, B2B Tech, Saas and Finance Copywriter and Brand Storyteller https://robbeadle.co.uk/category/copywriting-tips/ (https://robbeadle.co.uk/category/copywriting-tips/) Helping You Start a Conversation with Your Future Customers    00:43:17 Film Marketing   THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)  Directed by: Irvin Kershner   Writing Credits: Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan. Story by George Lucas   Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams   Taglines: The Adventure Continues... The Star Wars saga continues... The battle continues...  Before Empire, sequel films tended to be inferior re-treads of the original with the same plot and cast. Empire redefined the sequel and started the trend towards “universe” films. It's also regarded as one, if not the best, sequels of all time. We have a look at the marketing for the film including the torrent of toys and merchandise and a very clever article in Starburst Magazine which revealed the plot, and no-one seemed to notice!    About Two Geeks and A Marketing Podcast     Hosted by the two geeks, Roger Edwards and Pascal Fintoni, to keep you up to date with the latest news, tech, content and wisdom from the world of marketing.   Roger is a man on a mission to keep marketing simple. He is the voice...

Digital #10Unexpectedly, Trivago integrated Google Hotel Ads in trivago Business Studio. “Now,” according to the German metasearch company, “you can create a Google Hotel Ads campaign without leaving your Business Studio. (…) It runs on the CPA model, so you can advertise to a wider global audience with no extra risk.”Digital #9By a similarly odd move, Tripadvisor launched Review Hub, the new reputation management tool, giving restaurant owners and managers the ability to respond to reviews not only on Tripadvisor, but on Google, Facebook, TheFork, Yelp and, More, All from One Easy-to-Use Platform. You can take a peak at the platform here.Digital#8Mother is “one of the world’s most respected, independent creative companies” in the world, and, if you’re into design, you’ve probably heard of them. Their last work was the revamp of the Tripadvisor logo. “The redesigned logo,” Associate Editor of Creative Bloq, Ruth Hamilton, wrote “keeps the essence of Ollie (Tripadvisor owl mascotte) but given him a minimalist makeover. The new Tripadvisor logo has a simpler, monochrome design that’s much more flexible for use in different contexts.” The rebrand incorporates a new custom type font (Trip Sans), a new color palette, and the “a” in the name is no longer in capitals.Digital#7But will a logo revamp be enough to save Tripadvisor? As the company celebrates its 20th birthday, it may be facing way bigger issues. Just to name one: Viator. The company was acquired six years ago for $200M, and it is now officially operating independently from Tripadvisor Experiences. Experiences President, Dermot Halpin (obviously) left the company and will only stay in Q1 with the role of advisor. Viator Founder, Rod Cuthbert, enjoyed an I told you so moment, by saying that, “back in 2017,” he already talked “about the mistake I felt Trip was making in shifting emphasis away from Viator, the established leader in tours and activities, to Tripadvisor Experiences.” Based on the announcement, he was totally right.Digital#6But it gets worse: according to rumors, Tripadvisor may be making cuts for something around $60M and $80M. First one to go? CFO and President for APAC, Gary Fritz, leaving in Q2.Digital#5Changes in the Experience unit for Airbnb as well: the company hired Catherine Powell, former Walt Disney theme park president. That’s not the first time Disney exects get into the travel space: last May, Tripadvisor appointed Kanika Soni, former SVP, global e-commerce of the Consumer Products Division Disney, as President of the Company’s Hotels Business Unit.Digital#4After 11 years as LinkedIn CEO, Jeff Weiner is now stepping down. He will be replaced by Ryan Roslansky, another LinkedIn veteran, that has been in the company since before Microsoft acquired it (for over $25B) in 2016. Currently, LinkedIn as around 700M members.Digital#3Sabre seems unstoppable lately: it just signed a strategic long-term global partnership with OYO, connecting the Indian company to almost 1M travel agents worldwide via Sabre GDS. Digital#2According to the Phocuswright’s Europe Online Travel Overview 2019 study, “Europe’s travel market grew 2% in 2019 to €296B [and] travel continues to be a key element of the European lifestyle.” Digital#1Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni represents “a century and a half of welcoming elegance.” Recently awarded by Travel & Leisure N°1 resort in Italy, the hotel is so iconic that it inspired the famous Bellagio Hotel, in Las Vegas. Among its guests, you can find names such as JFK, Al Pacino, and George Lucas. During today’s episode of Digital. (3:00 PM CET)I will be joined by Anita Cancelliere, Marketing Manager (and personal friend of mine), and we’ll talk about the current state of luxury in travel. Don’t miss it!

Welcome to new Overtime! In this episode, host Meg Lewis and today’s co-host Andy J. Pizza chat about design trends, foam pits, productivity, and the value of New Year’s resolutions. [00:09] Introducing Meg Lewis and the relaunched Overtime [02:45] Fast Company: These are the design trends that ruled the 2010s. It’s time to let them go [09:55] Creative Bloq: 20 top graphic design trends for 2020 [12:32] Design Week: Pantone’s Color of the Year: Classic Blue [15:03] New Year’s Resolutions [20:56] Goal Setting and List Making ###Links Mentioned in today's episode David Allen: The Mind Is For Creating Ideas, Not Holding Them ###Leave some feedback: What do you think about our new format? Please let us know in the comments below! Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. ###Connect with us: Meg Lewis Dribbble profile Twitter : @darngooood Instagram : @darngooood Website Andy J. Pizza Dribbble profile Twitter : @andyjpizza Instagram : @andyjpizza Website Dribbble Dribbble profile Twitter : @dribbble Instagram : @dribbble Website Interested in sponsoring this rad podcast? Email overtime@gmail.com

Welcome to new Overtime! In this episode, host Meg Lewis and today’s co-host Andy J. Pizza chat about design trends, foam pits, productivity, and the value of New Year’s resolutions. [00:09] Introducing Meg Lewis and the relaunched Overtime [02:45] Fast Company: These are the design trends that ruled the 2010s. It’s time to let them go [09:55] Creative Bloq: 20 top graphic design trends for 2020 [12:32] Design Week: Pantone’s Color of the Year: Classic Blue [15:03] New Year’s Resolutions [20:56] Goal Setting and List Making ###Links Mentioned in today's episode David Allen: The Mind Is For Creating Ideas, Not Holding Them ###Leave some feedback: What do you think about our new format? Please let us know in the comments below! Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. ###Connect with us: Meg Lewis Dribbble profile Twitter : @darngooood Instagram : @darngooood Website Andy J. Pizza Dribbble profile Twitter : @andyjpizza Instagram : @andyjpizza Website Dribbble Dribbble profile Twitter : @dribbble Instagram : @dribbble Website Interested in sponsoring this rad podcast? Email overtime@gmail.com

Join Tammy Coron and Tim Mitra on Episode 99, which was recorded on December 06, 2017. On this episode they talk with writer, Tom May. Tom is a freelance writer and editor specializing in design and technology. He was previously associate editor at Creative Bloq and deputy editor at net magazine. If you like listening to Roundabout: Creative Chaos, and you want to know how you can help support the show, please visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/justwritecode.

How do you switch to UI/UX from another design field? What do you need to learn, and how? Today our guest is Nick Babich, the editor-in-chief of UX Planet, and we walk through all the steps in such transition. You'll learn about the skills, tools, methods, and resources to fuel your UI/UX career. Podcast feed: subscribe to http://simplecast.fm/podcasts/1441/rss in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play Music. Show Notes UX Planet — Nick's main project we're talking about 5 Tips for Graphic Designers Switching to UX Design — Nick's recent article The Design of Everyday Things — a book by Don Norman Smashing Magazine, Adobe blog, Webdesigner Depot, UX Booth, Creative Bloq — must-read UI/UX resources Balsamiq, AdobeXD, Evernote, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator — Nick's UX toolset (Jane also recommends Sketch) Behance, Dribbble, UI Movement — places to get inspiration from other people's work Daily UI Design Challenge — free 100-day newsletter Medium, UX Planet — places to publish your UI/UX posts to get exposure Push.conference (the next one is October 20-21, 2017 in Munich) — one of Nick's favorite conferences Nick's website Follow Nick on Twitter: @101babich Today's Sponsor This episode is brought to you by FreshBooks — cloud accounting software for freelancers and small business owners. The all new FreshBooks is not only ridiculously easy to use, it’s also packed with powerful features: Create and send professional looking invoices in less than 30 seconds. Set up online payments with just a couple of clicks and get paid up to 4 days faster. See when your client has seen your invoice, and put an end to the guessing games. FreshBooks is offering a 30-day unrestricted free trial to our listeners. To claim it, just go to freshbooks.com/uibreakfast and enter UI BREAKFAST in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. Interested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here. Leave a Review Reviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here's how.

in this weeks round-table show we have a great discussion on what were the blogs, books, videos and communities that have influenced us the most on our own personal journey connected web-design and WordPress.   Links Mentioned During the Show Smashing Magazine: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/ A List Apart: https://alistapart.com/ Responsive Web Design podcast: https://responsivewebdesign.com/podcast/ Tragic Design: http://www.tragicdesign.com/ Resilient Web Design: https://resilientwebdesign.com/ Webdesigner Depot: https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/ Webdesigner News: http://www.webdesignernews.com/ Rafal Tomal: http://rafaltomal.com/ Design Shack: https://designshack.net/ The Layout by Flywheel: https://getflywheel.com/layout/ Creative Bloq: http://www.creativebloq.com/ Designmodo: https://designmodo.com/ UX Booth: http://www.uxbooth.com/ UX Matters: http://www.uxmatters.com/ UX Planet: https://uxplanet.org/ Accessibility according to real people with disabilitieshttps://axesslab.com/accessibility-according-to-pw Boagworld: https://boagworld.com/ The Web Ahead: http://thewebahead.net/ Unfinished Business: http://www.unfinished.bz/ The Big Web Show http://5by5.tv/bigwebshow CoDrops: https://tympanus.net/codrops/ Responsive Design Podcast: https://responsivewebdesign.com/podcast/ Shop Talk Show: http://shoptalkshow.com/ Codepen: https://codepen.io/ CSS TRICKS: https://css-tricks.com What Screens Want (Frank Chimero): https://www.frankchimero.com/writing/what-screens-want/ The Web's Grain (Frank Chimero): https://www.frankchimero.com/writing/the-webs-grain/ Designing in the Borderlands: https://www.frankchimero.com/writing/designing-in-the-borderlands/ Back to the Cave: https://frankchimero.com/writing/back-to-the-cave/UIE: User Interface Engineering: https://www.uie.com/  

Print Brokering, it's easy money. Is print brokering part of your graphic design business strategy? If not, it should be. We spend hours upon hours putting our creative skills to use for our clients. But if at the end of a design project we simply hand the printer files over to our client then we're leaving money on the table. With the addition of print brokering to your services you not only increase your value to your clients, but you can also drastically increase your income. It's not as scary as it sounds Getting into print brokering isn't that daunting a task. You don't even need to know anything about the print industry. You only need to know how to set up a proper print file, which you should be doing already. Then, instead of handing those files over to your client, you send them to the printer on your client's behalf. So what's the point? Let me illustrate it for you with an example. Let's say you design a 4-colour tri-fold brochure for your client. You spend several hours creating it until it's exactly what your client wanted. You send your client the final file along with your invoice, and you get paid a few hundred dollars. Good job! Now let's say you've added print brokering to your services. Instead of sending the final file to your client, you contact two or three printers for quotes on printing the brochure. You then show those quotes to your client, decide together which is the best one, and send the file to the selected printer. Once the job is printed and delivered to your client, you send them an invoice for both the design and the printing. In return, you receive an invoice from the printer MINUS your commission for bringing them the job. Did you catch the keyword in that last sentence? Commission. That's right; you receive a commission for sending the job to the printer. Depending on the cost of the printing job that commission could be several hundred, or perhaps even thousands of dollars. That's the point! So, how do you start print brokering? Contact local commercial printers. The easiest thing to do is contact your local commercial printers and ask them if they have special deals for graphic designs which bring them work? Chances are they already do. If that's the case, you simply have to let them know who you are and start earning income from print jobs you send them. If they don't have some plan already in place here's one you could suggest to them. Ask if they are willing to give you a flat discount on all print jobs you bring to them. 15% is a good place to start. Whenever you have a print job to broker, the printer would supply you a quote for the full printing price. This quote is what you share with your client. Then, once the print job is finished, the printer invoices you, including your 15% discount. Your client pays you the full price of the quote, and you, in turn, pay the printer the discounted invoice, keeping 15% of the printing price as your commission. This way, your client is not being taken advantage of since they are paying the same price they would have if they went directly to the printer themselves. The benefit to them is you now handle that part of the job for them. The benefit to the printer is unlike their regular customers who doesn't understand printing files or printing, once they train you how to supply files to them the way they want them, they never have to worry about your jobs again. This means faster turnaround through their pre-press department which translates to more profit for them. Of course, the benefit to you is the added income you get from the print brokering. Copy shops Copy shops are a bit different. They don't have the same profit margins as print shops and can't offer the same discounts. However, most copy shops offer tiered pricing. Meaning the price per copy drops with the more copies ordered. A deal you could offer them is to pay a certain amount in advance. Like a retainer of $500 or $1000 for example, in exchange, they would charge you their lowest rate for copies you order regardless of the quantity. They simply deduct your copies from the "retainer" you've provided them. Trade Printers Trade printers are similar to commercial printers except they only deal with clients "in the trade" which includes graphic designers. Trade printers offer wholesale like pricing, so unlike the commercial printers mentioned above, you simply mark up their quotes by whatever margin you want to make before giving the price to your client. Online Printers Online printers such as ePrintFast offer low prices because they bulk print their jobs. Your business card order is printed on the same sheet as many other business card orders, lowering the cost for each of you. Even with shipping costs, the prices are great. That's how they offer prices that your local commercial printers can't compete with. You can make a good income by adding a hefty markup to their prices. Search online for similar printers near you. Print brokering isn't just for paper You can take your print brokering service beyond the printed page. Screen printed t-shirts, ball caps, coffee mugs, pens, pins, etc. You name it. If it can be printed on, you can make a profit from it. Do you use print brokering to supplement your business? I would love to know if you offer print brokering as part of your business. Let me know what they are by leaving a comment for this episode. Resourceful Designer is one of the 12 best graphic design podcasts! Resourceful Designer is #2 on a list of the 12 best graphic design podcasts put out by Creative Bloq. Here's what the article had to say. Want to nail the business side of design? Hit up Mark Des Cotes for top advice If you're interested in the business side of graphic design, Mark Des Cotes' Resourceful Designer is a must. With 48 episodes recorded so far, it's aimed at helping home based graphic designers and web designers streamline their business, with plenty of advice, tips and resources to help you get things right. Each episode covers a specific theme, such as how to save money, dealing with deadlines and what to do when you mess up a a project and much more. And as well as the podcast, Resourceful Designer also has an in-depth blog plus a useful list of design resources. Questions of the Week Submit your question to be featured in a future episode of the podcast by visiting the feedback page. This week’s question comes from Stacie Why do we need a Pantone color book and which one should we buy? What's the difference between printing in 4 color and spot colors? And is it affordable for a client to print in more than 4 colors? To find out what I told Stacie you’ll have to listen to the podcast. Resources of the week iloveimg.com offers an array of tools for compressing, resizing, cropping, and converting image files from other formats to JPG, or from JPG to png or gif. Modify all your images en masse in one place. It takes just a few clicks with their easy-to-use tools. Everything your clients need for their image work is there, and it’s all free! iloveimg not great for compressing images since they don’t give you much control over the quality of their compression. Instead, I suggest optimizilla.com. This online image optimizer uses a smart combination of the best optimization and lossy compression algorithms to shrink JPEG and PNG images to the minimum possible size while keeping the required level of quality. Again, completely free. Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe on iTunesSubscribe on StitcherSubscribe on AndroidSubscribe on Google Play Music Contact me Send me feedback Follow me on Twitter and Facebook I want to help you. Running a graphic design or web design business all by yourself isn't easy. If there are any struggles you face running your design business, please reach out to me. I'll do my best to help you by addressing your issues in a future blog post or podcast episode here at Resourceful Designer. You can reach me at feedback@resourcefuldesigner.com

Maurice Cherry is the founder and creative principal at 3eighteen media, a design and consulting studio in Atlanta, GA that helps creative brands craft messages and tell stories for their targeted audiences, including fostering relationships with underrepresented communities. Past clients and collaborators include Site5, The City of Atlanta, NIKE, Mediabistro, and SitePoint. He is a pioneering digital creator who is most well-known for the Black Weblog Awards (the Web's longest running event celebrating Black bloggers, video bloggers, and podcasters) Other projects of Maurice's include Revision Path, 28 Days of the Web, and The Year of Tea. His projects and overall design work and advocacy have been recognized by NPR, News One, CNN, AIGA, Creative Bloq, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution, and The Los Angeles Times. Maurice is also an educator, and has built curriculum and taught courses on web design, web development, email marketing, WordPress, and podcasting for hundreds of students over the past ten years.

Ian Swift aka Swifty is a dedicated graphic artist. Since embarking on his career at The Face magazine in 1986 he has pursued an individual course which has led him to specialise in the music industry and youth culture aesthetics. Equally at home with a club flyer or a complex movie title sequence, he has successfully run his own practice ‘Swifty – Grafix’ for over two decades. His work has featured in dozens of books and magazines and in 1997 he launched ‘Typomatic’, UK’s first independent font foundry. While his reputation and working life is rooted in the typo-grafix world recent exhibitions reveal a shift in Swift’s focus towards a body of artworks with a more exploratory and personal dimension. Ian Swift talks about his upbringing and how he wanted to be in the army when he was younger. He explains what triggered him to go to art school and become a graphic designer. And how he got in contact with Neville Brody, while in his third year at Manchester Polytechnic. Later on he worked for Straight No Chaser magazine. We wonder if he thinks this is where he developed his own visual language. Ian explains how the magazine became a vehicle for his font design as well. Furthermore we talk about his attitude towards licensing fonts, ‘The only thing I can actually call my own are my fonts.’ Recorded via Skype in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. (We apologize for the audio quality) Swifty :: Type-O-Matic :: Creative Bloq interview :: Straight No Chaser blog :: Swifty’s art :: Swifty exhibit at Design Manchester :: File Download (26:53 min / 25 MB)