The other day I got into a discussion about where a blog should be placed on a retail site, and it got me thinking in general about where blogs or community content should appear on any site that isn’t primarily a community site, retail or otherwise. While I could spend time discussing how to handle URLs, how many posts...
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Ilise Benun Ilise Benun thinks self-promotion is like exercise: it’s something that should be done everyday for a healthy financial future, but that we almost always find excuses to avoid. As a top marketing strategist in the creative world, Ilise teaches people like you to promote themselves and their business in her own consulting firm, Marketing Mentor, as well...
Most designers love design technology: the latest Adobe release, the hottest Apple hardware, the biggest Wacom tablet. But, as many of us learned this week, being an early adopter has its risks. After releasing the $599 iPhone on June 29, Apple slashed the price to $399 on September 5. The early adopters were none too pleased—so displeased, in fact,...
Reading blogs or perusing photo-sharing sites, you may have come across what looks like a copyright symbol, but with two Cs in a circle instead of one, usually paired with the phrase “some rights reserved.” This is the mark of Creative Commons, a non-profit group offering copyright-like licenses that encourage information sharing. Full information on Creative Commons and its...
You asked your legal, copyright and trademark questions, and Jean has answered! All questions are taken from comments posted on the original ‘Ask Jean’ post. We invite you to ask more questions. Dear Jean, I was asked to make some copies of Grandma’s old picture. It is a probably a 40-year old picture, but it has been copyrighted by...
In the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, 4-foot, 9-inch, 18-year old gymnast Kerri Strug was up last on the vault. By her calculations, her team’s last shot at the gold medal rested squarely on her shoulders. She sprinted down the runway and into the air, performing a vault with a handspring and twisting dismount. As she reached the...
