Topic: Business
Dec 29 2011
Keep Your Promises
Earlier this month Seth Godin posted something seemingly obvious on his blog:
Sep 13 2011
Battling Spam & Fake Websites
Have you ever gotten an email that claimed to be from your bank, credit card company, or even your PayPal account? Those kinds of junk emails are called "phishing emails" and most of us have received at least one at some point or another.
The number of these kinds of emails is astonishing and doesn't look to be slowing down any time soon. In addition, those who create these emails are also creating fake websites. So what can you do to prevent getting caught in their traps? Here are some tips:
May 25 2011
Quality Isn’t Enough Anymore
As consumers, those of us that care and have half a brain expect quality. We just flat out expect it. Even more so when the item or service we want to purchase isn't exactly the bottom of the barrel. And yet, many businesses insist on using this word – quality – as their key (or sometimes sole) differentiator and insist on splattering it all over their marketing materials. The problem is, if most people expect and assume your product is quality, what's left?
Learning Through Rejection
We don't win every single job we bid on. Shocking, I know. ;) But as a web design studio that strives to improve every single day in more than just the technical aspects of what we do, part of what we like to hear is why we didn't win a job – even if we don't like what we hear. Something tells me that most studios, agencies and even freelancers want to know this for themselves as well.
Feb 28 2011
No Compromising On Our Process
420 Creative has been in existence for 8 years. In that time I've learned a lot about what makes a project successful and a client happy. While the finished product plays a major role in that, so does our belief in being fair and transparent with our clients. But even all of that trickles down to our process. A process that has been tweaked and refined more than a handful of times, but one that finally, after almost a decade of business, works and helps us deliver stellar work.