Over the past few years, I’ve gotten back to my design roots. And my design roots are decidedly maximalist. (Don’t believe me? Check out my MFA thesis or scroll down on this post to see some of the “jewelry” I made in my first year of grad school.) The reason I say “gotten back” is …
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I’m not going to lie, despite being known for teaching Pinterest strategy, I’ve been neglecting my Pinterest account something fierce over the last year or so. The truth is, all the changes to the platform had me feeling super frustrated. I was sick of jumping on the app and having my feed filled with flashing …
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Based on the responses to my last post, it’s pretty clear that many of you are feeling the same way I am, especially when it comes to Instagram. Someone even responded to my email with, “I totally agree, so now what do we do?” And since my last post was fairly short on advice, today …
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I’ll never forget my excitement at discovering the platforms of Pinterest and Instagram. I don’t remember which one I learned about first, but my feeling about each was the same. Finally, a platform for us! And by us, I mean visual people. Those of us trained or inclined to communicate first and foremost in images. …
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Last month, I taught a pricing workshop in Tennessee, and when I asked one of the participants what she used as her hourly rate (translation: what she’s paying herself) she responded with $10. Now in all my years of teaching pricing, I shouldn’t have been surprised by her answer. It’s so common to see artists …
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