Creative Articles

1). John Warwicker - Co-Founder of Tomato Design Company By : Robert Palmer
Design company Tomato ( http://www.tomato.co.uk ) was founded in 1991 in London by John Warwicker, Steve Baker, Dirk Van Dooren, Karl Hyde, Richard Smith, Simon Taylor and Graham Wood. In 1994, Michael Horsham and Jason Kedgely joined. tomato specializes in: Architectural Design, Consultancy, Drawing, Education, Electronic Interactive Media, Film & Commercial Direction, Graphic Design, Fashion, Motion Graphics, Music & Sound, Strategy, Branding & Identity, Photography, Publishing, Title Sequences, Typography, Writing.
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2). Best Baby Shower Cake Decoration Ideas By : Sam Smith
Trying to think of hot baby shower cake decorationg ideas? Want a unique or creatvie cake that will make a statement at the baby shower or possibly a baby shower cake that will work as the centerpiece for your decoration? Then read these great free cake decorating ideas.
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3). Secrets to Getting Paid for Your Creative Ideas and Proposals By : Kirstin Carey
Many creative professionals such as event planners, interior designers, and decorative painters are frustrated when potential clients steal their ideas and take them to cheaper companies. They present their ideas in a proposal or presentation and later find that they didn’t get the client and their designs are being used by someone else. PROTECT YOUR IDEAS In order to protect your ideas and still get the client, you have to change how you deliver your concepts and specifically what you present.
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4). Ceramic Tile Projects – Follow Through By : Charles Kassotis
Tiling your floors can be the first step toward some other great tile projects that will tie your room together with the use of texture and color.
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5). Creative: World Cup 2006 online game with in-game pixel advertising By : John Smith
Reach the World Champion title by play: Two Berliners link funny World Cup 2006 online game, where football fans around the world can score goals for their nations, to business idea of in-game pixel advertising. Read more about this creative idea...
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6). Steps to Creating Easy and Unique Baby Shower Invitations By : Sam Smith
Wnat a unique baby shower invitation that will make a statement? One that will stand out from all the other mail and invitations that people get everyday? By following the simple steps in this article you are sure to get a unique baby shower invitaiton that will match your baby shower theme.
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7). Imagination – without it, life would be unimaginable By : Boomeratv
To imagine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination. – Cynthia Ozick We all have it, it’s just that we seldom use it. We go about our day following the usual routine and rarely fire-up our imaginations to plan or develop something well out of our usual schedule. Steve Joordens, a cognitive psychologist and professor at the University of Toronto, puts it this way - “It’s only a small percentage of our lives that we spend consciously considering things.
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8). Stop Charging by the Hour and Make More Money as a Creative Professional By : Kirstin Carey
One of the biggest challenges with a creative business is getting paid what you are worth. The root of the problem isn't that the client doesn't have the money and it isn't that the client isn't willing to pay you what you are worth. The root of the problem is how you are charging and how you are creating value in the mind of the client. First, you must create a business based on value pricing and not hourly pricing.
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9). Exactly What to Say When Asked, "How Much Do You Charge?" By : Kirstin Carey
A client with a creative business called me one day and asked the following question. It's a question I get asked frequently, so rather than write an entire article, I decided just to tell you exactly what I told her. Kirstin, "I never know what to say when a potential customer calls and asks 'How much do you charge? What are your fees?' I don't want to shoot myself in the foot by quoting something too low, but also don't want the caller to hear a number that they think is too high and hang up.
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10). Five Truly Creative Ways to Train on the Cheap! By : Ryan Yee
If you're responsible for coming up with fast, interesting, and effective training for your company, here are some truly creative ways to spice things up. And surprise...they're CHEAP!
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11). Use Mind Maps to Stimulate Your Creative Thinking By : Royane Real
Do you want an easy method to boost your creative thinking ability? It can be done with a simple change in the way you make notes when you are trying to organize your thoughts.
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12). Creative Focus: You Always Get What You Focus On… So Focus On What You Really Want! By : Dan Goodwin
What do you focus on and spend most of your time thinking about? The things you want in your life? Or the things you don't want? Whatever it is you focus on, that's what you'll find will appear in your life. When we focus on negative things, or things we definitely want to avoid in our life, often it's these very things that appear just at the worst possible moment.
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13). Using Intuition To Still The Mind By :
Intuition was a wonderful gift. It was also an awful curse. By instantly recognizing patterns, intuition was nature's vital tool for survival. Life ceaselessly faced a train of unlimited choices and, often, baffling problems. These demanded instant decisions. An animal could not remain undecided, whether to drink water, or to eat grass. Should it be aggressive and fight, run away, or relax and accept the situation? It was intuition, which interpreted events to trigger emotions.
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14). The Value of Creativity - Part 1 By : Angie D. Dixon
Part 1 of 3 ***** Some Introductory Thoughts... I make my living, such as it is, on creativity, spit and a little shoe polish. Well, not so much spit and shoe polish. I’m a writer, a designer, and a serial entrepreneur. I’m also a so-called “expert” on creativity. Which is why I found myself, at three o’clock one morning, thinking about the inherent value of creativity.
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15). Best Fairy Tale Wedding Favors By : Sam Smith
Looking for some great fairy tale wedding favors. Find the best ideas for favors that will tie right into your Fairy Tale Wedding theme. The guest will just love these.
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16). Wedding Slideshow Productions By : Sandra Clukey
Wedding slideshows are being shown at almost every wedding across America. Parents are having them made for their children, married couples are having them made for themselves, best men and maid-of-honors are having them made for the happy couple, and the list goes on. What are some of the reasons people are having these slideshows/video albums/photo montages made? And where exactly do they fit into the wedding ceremony? Slideshows for weddings can be shown at rehearsal dinners, the reception, or both.
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17). Creating A Life That’s Right For You: Are You Living By Design or Default? By : Dan Goodwin
We all have many different areas and elements that together make up our lives. But are the ones that make up your life right now there by design or default? Read the following two statements and notice which best describes how you are and how your life unfolds - a) I have a clear vision and plan of how I want my life to be. I create and seek out the opportunities I need to bring me closer to this ideal life.
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18). Why You Need a 3-Tiered Strategy For Article Submission By : Deanna Mascle
You've heard a lot about how much writing articles can do for your internet marketing strategy. You now understand how writing articles can help position you as an expert in your field, gain valuable targed traffic for your web site, and quickly multiple your site's text links. Now you have convinced yourself to take the plunge into article marketing and you have a few articles all lined up and ready to submit -- and you are overwhelmed by the sheer volume and variety of article directories available.
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19). 22 Questions to Ask Before You Write a Single Word By : Neil Sagebiel
To write successful copy, you need to know as much as you can. It goes beyond reading background materials, reviewing old marketing pieces and doing some cursory research on the Web. You need to get inside peoples’ heads. Start with your clients. They know their business and their customers better than you do. (If they don’t, they should. You can help them learn more.
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20). Decorating On A Dime By : Melanie Breeze
Decorating your home and office can be a challenge if you are on a budget. There are so many different options, and most of them are outside of your financial grasp. A good piece of art work could cost you thousands, not to mention framing. How then do you decorate on a dime? First, you need to know where to shop. Don’t go to a high end art gallery and expect to find something in your price range.
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21). Creativity and Confidence: How To Supercharge Your Self-Confidence Using Your Natural Creativity By : Dan Goodwin
Great self-confidence is something that everyone can benefit from developing. Why is it that when the lives of two friends or colleagues of similar backgrounds, education, age, and ability are compared, we often see that one has achieved great things in all aspects of their lives with seemingly very little effort or restriction, whilst the other has.
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22). Supercharge Your Creativity: The 5 Power Questions to Ask Yourself By : Dan Goodwin
Questions are one of the most powerful tools we have available to us. A great open-ended question can be the key to unlocking a whole undiscovered thread of ideas, reaching a fresh new insight on an old familiar issue, and understanding some part of ourselves and our creativity in a different way. Here are 5 “Power Questions” to ask yourself to illuminate the inner workings of your creativity, and as a result give you a new level of awareness and surge of motivation.
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23). Paying Referral Fees to Designers as a Creative Subcontractor - Should You Do It? By : Kirstin Carey
Kirstin, I am a faux finisher and I do some murals, too. When my clients ask me for referrals for designers, I give them names of people whom I think can help them. Should I let the designer know that I referred them? - Arlene, Baltimore, MD Arlene, Not only should you let the designer know you referred someone to her, you should also ask for a referral fee or a percentage of the contract if she gets the client.
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24). How to be More Creative and Enhance Your Creativity By : Adam Eason
Before thinking about how to be more creative, let me begin point out some real barriers that some people seem to have when wanting to enhance creativity, have a think if any of these things are applicable to you and your life; 1. Lack of time. This is not as major as you may think. Linking thoughts and ideas only takes seconds. It can happen anytime, anywhere.
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25). The Value of Creativity - Part 3 By : Angie D. Dixon
Part 3 of 3 ***** The Interpersonal Value of Creativity Think about the person you love most. What is one thing you find most appealing about that person? Most people would say, “their sense of humor,” “they make me laugh,” “they’re really funny.” Even people who don’t think of themselves as funny, are drawn to people they think are funny. People who would describe themselves as having “no sense of humor” still reach out for humor in their lives.
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