crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 25, 2010

These posts and videos are about design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Logo design heresies: A Devil’s Advocate look at The 10.5 Commandments of Designing a Logo – [link]. 5 skills you should have as a graphic designer – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2019

by Michael Heinrich, Founder and CEO of Oh My Green. This state of affairs not only led me to found a company, Oh My Green, that’s exclusively focused on health and wellness in the workplace, but also to develop a new approach to leadership — one that inspires people to bring their best selves (instead of their most stressed selves) to work.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! What Good Does Design Do For Business? crowdSPRING’s Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Green Envee Organics – [link]. What Good Does Design Do For Business?

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 93

Occam's Razor

JUNE 11, 2014

You just get a little nicer talent, you get a different design group (internal or external) and you let your mind be open to new possibilities. Design a glorious purchase experience. If you refuse to have a true mobile-awesome experience, at least suck-less by using responsive design - like this blog. Name, date, text comment.

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Design Software Review Technical Review Mobile 151

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Chapter 4: Brand Identity Design: the Building Blocks of Your Brand Identity. Chapter 5: Designing Your Brand Identity. Put another way: a designer’s job isn’t to design a brand. Designers design the brand identity (explained in Chapter 5 ). Chapter 2: Creating Your Brand Strategy. style guide.

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Marketing Charlotte Naming Design 162

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? If there was, they would green light the project and if not they were likely to shut it down & move on to the next project unless the team was super passionate about continuing. Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel. Commission Junction. Insider Pages.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

The new design improved on the old one in several ways, but these improvements didnt translate all the way through the funnel. Usually, I think that means youve lost some good aspect of the old design. The designers might be telling you that the new design looks much better than the old one, and thats probably true.

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San Francisco Lean Technical Review Continuous Deployment 166

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 12, 2018

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. We’ve gotten good feedback over the years about our business name, so apparently that strategy has worked. 1- Combined relevant keywords.

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Naming Texas Entrepreneur Search 92

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Lead designer Harald Dunnink helped him turn his ideas into an identity for a new online journalism publication called ‘De Correspondent’, which Momkai would build for cost price when 15,000 people invested at least €60 each during a crowd-funding campaign. Two of them?—?former Building the platform and our CMS. Our custom-made CMS?—?called

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it. ones were enhanced because they coincided with hardware that allowed us to capture more content instantly – namely images and video – otherwide Web 2.0 We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc.

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Social Network Networking Internet Technical Review 318

ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

As Peep stated in the “ How To Design an eCommerce Checkout Flow That Converts ” article: “An eCommerce site that I analyzed recently had a payment page where 84.71% of the traffic proceeded to buy. This is mostly because a great number of user experiences are designed without ever involving the users. What if I pick the wrong name?

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Conversion eCommerce Software Review Green 112

Steve Blank

JULY 20, 2009

Zilog Zilog was my first Silicon Valley company where you could utter the customer’s name in public. I was hired as a training instructor to teach microprocessor system design for the existing Z-80 family and to write a new course for Zilog’s soon to be launched 16-bit processor, the Z-8000. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Silicon Valley Chad RSS San Francisco 206

ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

As Peep stated in the “ How To Design an eCommerce Checkout Flow That Converts ” article: “An eCommerce site that I analyzed recently had a payment page where 84.71% of the traffic proceeded to buy. This is mostly because a great number of user experiences are designed without ever involving the users. What if I pick the wrong name?

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Conversion eCommerce Software Review Green 105

ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

As Peep stated in the “ How To Design an eCommerce Checkout Flow That Converts ” article: “An eCommerce site that I analyzed recently had a payment page where 84.71% of the traffic proceeded to buy. This is mostly because a great number of user experiences are designed without ever involving the users. What if I pick the wrong name?

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Conversion eCommerce Software Review Green 101

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 17, 2018

It’s in your best interest to make sure that every logo design choice is intentional and communicates the message you want to convey. Thoughtless design choices lead to misleading or confusing logos. The Psychology of Fonts in Logo Design. Most important, be sure that the company’s name is legible and readable.

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Design Vertical Software Review Wichita 85

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 28, 2019

“Noobpreneur” is Widjaya’s name for “newbie entrepreneurs” – a special subset of entrepreneurs who are always in a growth mindset. All of her content is designed with small business owners and their marketing needs (and limited budgets) in mind. Image courtesy of Buffer. Small Business Trends.

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Small Business Marketing Social Media SEO 106

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. I then ran a crowdsourced contest on crowdSpring to come up with ideas for the name. CrownTV is a spinoff of that name.

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Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

crowdSPRING Blog

MAY 16, 2018

All of these elements benefit from good design. Good design increases the value of your brand and makes it easier for you to acquire new customers. Good design is good business. Design Sells. Nutella understood this and used the power of design in a wildly successful 2017 campaign. Strong Design = Trust.

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Design Wyoming Algorithm Italy 71

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Applying a neuroscience-based method to WTP for green electricity”. Carsten Herbes and three co-authors tackled a narrow topic—consumer willingness to pay a premium for electricity from green sources—that has broader implications. Cheap design looks…cheap. Which design elements make an online store trustworthy?

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Forecast Guatemala Audio Green 134

ConversionXL

JUNE 12, 2014

As Peep stated in the “ How To Design an eCommerce Checkout Flow That Converts ” article: “An eCommerce site that I analyzed recently had a payment page where 84.71% of the traffic proceeded to buy. This is mostly because a great number of user experiences are designed without ever involving the users. What if I pick the wrong name?

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Conversion eCommerce Software Review Green 84

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 11, 2018

They’re the people who design the processes that make it possible to keep things moving smoothly and efficiently in industry. To do this job well and to succeed in this career, you must have a good understanding of components, their design and how they can work together and interact as part of a wider system. Software Development.

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Software Development Software Developers Green Software 100

ConversionXL

AUGUST 5, 2013

While so many landing page optimization efforts go toward better structure , copy , design or call to action - it’s often the missing scent that’s the culprit. Same girl, same design, same call to action look, same copy. Ad design (or email design etc) needs to match landing page design. They match!

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Advertising Bulgaria UAE Matching 111

uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

If designed well, the website will meet that goal and align it with the goals of the organization behind the website. As Luke Wroblewski states in his book Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks , every form exists for one of three main reasons: commerce, community or productivity. Smashing Directory. Designinformer. Newsletter.

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Web Software Review Design HTML 102

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2013

So I started noticing hot sauces more and the more I looked the more I noticed this funny rooster bottle with a strange sounding name I couldn’t pronounce and that familiar green cap. The company name sounded Chinese – Huy Fong Foods. He can’t trademark it since it’s the name of a city.

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Vietnam Los Angeles Entrepreneur Thailand 415

David Teten

AUGUST 8, 2013

Design your slides for maximum clarity. Be careful of color combinations such as red on green; about 7% of all men are color-blind to some extent. All titles and terms (company names, brand names, etc.) Name your file for version control. L anguage: All titles and terms (company names, brand names, etc.)

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Technical Review .Net Audience Naming 114

Version One Ventures

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This list, as well as the companies named, is by no means exhaustive. But it’s worthwhile to mention that we’re seeing startups take a B2B2C approach towards more “comprehensive” behavioral change; that is, helping organizations establish a more green culture while incentivizing employees in reduction efforts.

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Green Technical Review Distribution Software Review 78

ReadWriteStart

JULY 7, 2022

Cash flow is the name of the game for landlords. If you own a multi-family rental property, like an apartment or four-plex, you may provide a designated drop-off location on the premises. Take Green Residential in Texas as an example. While not exactly ideal, you can do face-to-face rent collection.

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Software Review Technical Review SMS Green 118

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 1, 2009

Having so few products means Apple can dedicate enormous resources to each project once it gets the green light. My guess is they have lots of people constantly working on interesting new tools for their designers to play with. Discover whats in customers heads, and tackle problems where design is a differentiator.

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San Francisco Lean Continuous Deployment DC 166

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 21, 2011

I’ve been through the process of designing a corporate identity with a traditional “branding agency,” and it was both expensive and frustrating. When we design features based on what “we” think the market wants, we get it about 50% right. We carry green clipboards and “diagnose” prospects as they stop by the booth.

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Small Business Chicago Technical Review Hiring 67

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 4, 2015

What’s in a name? Would a rose called by any other name sell just as well? Coming up with a name for your business is just as important as the business idea itself. A name not only identifies you, but it can also serve to set you apart from your competitors and reflect your values. So what’s in a name?

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Naming China Entrepreneur Los Angeles 48

Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

He’s out with yet another co-authored book with Nancye Green called — Tom Peters’ Compact Guide to Excellence. 7:33] Why was design such a crucial element of this book? [10:16] 10:16] Do you think great design helps you deliver a great message in a lot fewer words? Uh, Nancy Green is no slouch on her own, right?

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Leadership Connecticut Cofounder Green 97

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Additionally, Microsoft will provide its startups with four to eight months of advice, design and development help, discounted access to Microsoft’s Azure Data Marketplace APIs, and introductions to potential partners or customers. Web Design Software. Venture capital. Developers. Entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs. Infographics.

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Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 27, 2016

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. When brainstorming a name for a new venture, zero in on the promise you want to make to your customers. 1 – Modern Warriors.

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Naming PR Entrepreneur LLC 48

ConversionXL

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

They had suggestions for at-home gourmets, green thumbs, and even unicorn believers. Put a face to your name with video chat. Signing the tweet off with the name of the person who wrote it helps build trust by showing that a real person is reaching out. Target got creative and took gift inspiration a step further.

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eCommerce Software Review Technical Review Stock 125

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 31, 2011

I thought the “Primary&# colors were red, blue, and yellow, not cyan (bluish-green), magenta (bluish-red), and yellow. So what does the “Primary&# designation really mean? Every seven-year-old kid in America is taught that “the opposite of red is green&# and “the opposite of blue is yellow.&#

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Green Matching Coder America 336

ConversionXL

OCTOBER 8, 2021

For example, on-demand graphic design service Manypixels ran a 40% discount at the beginning of the year on its subscriptions: This would directly impact the lifetime value of users signing up in the discount period by reducing the Average Revenue per Customer. The form keeps asking me about a company name while I’m a jobseeker.”.

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Acquisition Churn Rate Cost Customer 135

The Next Web

DECEMBER 1, 2012

For example, let’s use a web design project. Our freelancer friend believes it will take them 30 hours to complete a web design project, and has been kind enough to break it down in the following manner for us: 12 hours to design a concept. Send design concept to client for review and approval.

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Software Review Design Web Email 140