HOW TO: Be a Hybrid Designer/Developer

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Good designers and developers rule the web — they’re the ones who build it, after all. And some of the most interesting and useful players in creating the modern Internet are hybrids… read more

Designing and Producing Creative Business Cards: Techniques and Details

Plenty of creative business card showcases are available out there. Many of these are beautifully done and well thought out, and they serve as inspiration for those who would like their business card to be more than the standard rectangular piece of paper. Yet little explanation accompanies these examples, and… read more

From Freelancer to Thought Leader in 5 Easy Steps

Why would a freelancer want to establish herself as a thought leader in her industry or client niche? Well even for the most bashful of us, the day often (and quickly!) arrives when pushing hours for dollars or pounds just doesn’t quite cut it anymore.

I’m not saying everyone will be… read more

How to Make an A5 Print Ready Leaflet InDesign CS5

In this tutorial you will learn how to design a A5 four page leaflet, which can also be saved as a template for future designs. Using some of the new type setting features in InDesign CS5, you will make an appealing design that’s perfect for print.

Introduction

Note: The Premium Download for… read more

Fight The System: Battling Bureaucracy

If you work as part of an in-house Web team, you have my sympathy. If that in-house team is within a large organization, then doubly so. Being part of an in-house Web team sucks. Trust me, I know. I worked at IBM for three years and now spend most of… read more

Should You Search Social Media Sites for Job Candidate Information?

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Social media is becoming a great way for recruiters to announce job openings and find qualified candidates. The conversational nature of social media allows you to interact… read more

Measuring Service: Quantifying Your Experience for Maximum Impact

As you build your freelance business, you get the satisfaction of touting the work you have already done when talking to new prospects for your services. Demonstrating that you have experience delivering the services your prospects are looking for can make all the difference in landing that next project.

Make sure… read more

20 Useful Free PDF ebooks for Designers and Bloggers

Over the years I have a saved a decent sized library of useful design and blogging related PDF ebooks, I love them. I have voraciously collected them, and all stored on my mobile for whenever the chance of quick read arises. In this post I would like to share my… read more

4 Tips for Writing SEO-Friendly Blog Posts

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

In addition to writing for their human readers, web writers and bloggers have to consider the digital web crawlers employed by search engines like Google. Your business… read more

HOW TO: Incorporate Your Startup at the Right Time

Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet, her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. Follow her on Twitter @corpnet and Facebook.

Now that we’re nearing the home stretch of… read more

50+ Web Development, SEO, Social Media and Sales Job Opportunities

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage… read more

How to Find New Customers

A few posts back, I mentioned a handful of ideas that you can use to ensure you are able to line up work for the future. I didn’t mention anything about the ways that you can find new business offline, in your local community.

Here are a few ways to find… read more

How to Stay Simple with your Product

Let’s face it, we designers love to start from scratch. For example: How may times do we revamp our own portfolios? Staying simple is crucial when starting from scratch.

We hear this “staying simple” phrase a lot these days. Is it just a bunch of jargon or is there something to… read more

Life After Google: 15 Startups Founded by Ex-Employees

In the process of accumulating more than 10,000 employees worldwide, Google also accumulated a lot of former employees.

Many of these Xooglers (yes, that’s what former Googlers call themselves) have decided to scale down and start-up. Xoogler-founded businesses are making headlines everywhere as they are acquired by Google, its competitors, find… read more

Freelance Podcasts

As you all know, the Freelance Radio podcast has come to an end.  If you didn’t get to listen to them all, you can find the archive on iTunes here.

To fill the void left by the team, I’ve found a few options that can’t replace Freelance Radio, but they will… read more

Get Free, Real-Time Social Media Data and Charts from ViralHeat

Social media analytics company ViralHeat is giving away free access to a treasure trove of data from Twitter, Facebook and a number of other social properties, all housed within the site’s more than 4,000 topic-based profiles.

The company’s revamped ViralHeat Social Trends offering gives users a fast and simple way to… read more

100+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Conferences and Events

Every week, Mashable puts together a calendar of upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. Would you like to have your conference or event listed here? If so, please contact us at least one month before your event to establish a media partnership. For more upcoming listings, check… read more

Google Docs Templates for Web Designers and Developers

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If I am honest, I don’t really know how popular Google Docs is within the freelance community, but I have found that I have been using it a lot more recently. To the extent that I seem to have more documents stored online that I do on my hard drive… read more

Recession Survival Tips For Online Businesses

In a recession, companies go one of two ways: either they become the cautious cat, adopting a wait-and-see attitude, spending carefully on their marketing and less overall, cutting back, or they become the ferocious lion, bold, taking advantage of their competitors’ caution to seize opportunities in the tough market.

Whatever your… read more

50 Web Designers and Developers to Follow on Twitter

If your looking for some web designers and developers to follow on twitter, then your in the right place as this list contains 50 web designers and developers who are worth following. You’ll find that each one has a lot to offer and a unique perspective on their craft.

Gary… read more

Quick Look: Intervals

Quick Look posts are paid submissions offering only a brief overview of an app. Vote in the polls below if you think this app is worth an in-depth AppStorm review!

In this Quick Look, we’re highlighting Intervals. Here’s how the developer has described Intervals.

Intervals is web-based project management software that marries… read more

The Future of Public Relations and Social Media

This series is supported by Gist. Gist provides a full view of the contacts in your professional network by creating a rich business profile for each one that includes the most news, status updates, and work details. See how it works here.

Public relations specialists were some of the first… read more

DesignChat Guest – SamataMason

This week on DesignChat we’re speaking to 2 of the partners from SamataMason, a heavily decorated design firm in West Dundee Illinois. If that name sounds familiar, its because I say it every week on the show. SamataMason is where I broadcast from, and they have been great supporters of… read more

50+ Great Social Media, Web Development, and Interactive Job Openings

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage… read more

Offline Access to Cloud Documents Comes to the iPhone and iPad

Cloud storage and collaboration platform Box.net has just updated its iPhone and iPad application with support for offline downloads and background processing in iOS 4.

The update, which should be hitting the App Store soon, will make it easier for users to get things done and access their documents, whether they… read more

Market Your Business by Being Two-Faced!

I’m a great believer in targeted marketing and specialization. Focusing on particular types of clients and offering services aimed tightly at specific needs enhances your appeal to those clients at the same time it improves your efficiency, resulting in better margins on your work.

But it is possible to market your… read more

How I spread my photography business for maximum profitability

Off the top of your head, what do you think photographers do? Take pictures? Yep. What else? So much more!

As a business woman, I soon learned that if I was going to be a photographer who eats, I had to branch out. I learned not to rely on my clients… read more

HOW TO: Self-Publish Anything Online

Technology expert Scott Steinberg is the CEO of high-tech consulting firm TechSavvy Global, and a frequent tech analyst for ABC, CBS and CNN. He’s covered the field for 400+ outlets from NPR to Rolling Stone. His latest self-published venture is the online video series and magazine Game Theory.

Starting your own… read more

50+ Immediate Social Media, Development and Design Job Vacancies

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage… read more

100+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Events

Every week, Mashable puts together a calendar of upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. Would you like to have your conference or event listed here? If so, please contact us at least one month before your event to establish a media partnership. For more upcoming event listings,… read more

How Small Businesses Will Use Social Media in the Future

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Short of saying we’ll all be doing business from Foursquare-fueled hover cars, the future of… read more

How an Ambitious Startup Wants to Revolutionize Banking

When we think of banks, we think of the brick-and-mortar financial institutions we turn to to keep our money safe. Even though in recent years we’ve seen reputable banks crumble and interest rates tumble, most of us would never think to abandon a bank — especially one whose history dates… read more

Spotlight on ZURB – One Super Awesome Interaction Design Company

You may have bookmarked one of their CSS or Javascript tutorials, or you could have read one of their concise and refreshing articles on Smashing Magazine, you may even use one of their web apps, or it could be that you downloaded one of the many useful development tools they… read more

WPEngine Offers an Easier, More Robust Way to Use Wordpress

Have you ever searched for a way to make a WordPress.com blog more robust? How about a way to make a WordPress hosted blog or site more secure and simpler to set up and maintain?

A few WordPress superstars have teamed up to create WPEngine, a new and very exciting platform… read more

15 Developer/Hacker Women to Follow on Twitter

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Everyone should know at least one woman who can code her way out of a wet paper bag.

While women developers, computer programmers and hackers of all stripes are by far outnumbered by… read more

Mashable Celebrates Its 5th Birthday

Pete Cashmore wrote his first post for Mashable.com five years ago in the bedroom of his home in Scotland. Hoping to get immersed in the social media and technology space, the 19-year-old web technology consultant started Mashable to cover web “mash-ups,” which were particularly popular at the time. Before he… read more

75+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Events

Every Monday, Mashable puts together a calendar of upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. Would you like to have your conference or event listed here? If so, please contact us at least one month before your event to establish a media partnership. For more upcoming event listings,… read more

31 Essential Social Media Resources You May Have Missed

Ahoy, social sailors! Hop aboard for another round of Internet catch up, courtesy of the good ship Mashable.

The resource buffet is open 24/7 for your perusing pleasure. This week, we have a look at how far social media’s come over the last five years, a slew of juicy factoids… read more

5 Tips for Aspiring Social Media Marketers

Within the past few years, it seems that social media positions are popping up everywhere, in all types of organizations, from The New York Times, to Pizza Hut, and even in the White House. Businesses of all types are identifying the need to stay connected with their communities because they… read more

Growing Your Business: 5 Tips From the Founder of Blip.tv

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Dina Kaplan co-founded Blip.TV, a video sharing platform for independent web shows, five years ago. In those five years, Kaplan has seen her business grow from a… read more

25+ of the Latest Job Postings in Advertising, Social Media and Search

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage… read more

A Branded World

BRANDS ARE NOT JUST ABOUT COMMERCE, THEY ENABLE US TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD

People tend to view brands as things to be guarded against, held at arms length or as necessary commercial evils, and if left unchecked, will invade every aspect of our lives, turning us into soulless consuming… read more

The 5 Most Annoying Questions Freelance Writers Get Asked

People are in awe of freelancers.  That’s the only way to explain the strange questions that we get.  At holiday parties, family gatherings, the bus stop, people freely make inquiries they wouldn’t dream of asking people in other professions.  For example, would you ask your neighbor the mechanic to just… read more

Mashable Weekend Recap: 13 Stories You May Have Missed

We hope your weekend was either a relaxing one or a productive one — whichever you were going for — but alas, the web brakes for no one. We’ve collected some of the top stories from Saturday and Sunday so you can sip that Monday morning coffee satisfied that… read more

11 Essential Online Resources for Consultants

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

One of the keys to being a successful consultant is information — having it at your fingertips the moment you need it.

While some sources might come and… read more

10 Tools for Distributed Developer Teams

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From open souce projects to the enterprise, more and more developers are working on distributed teams. Now that we don’t all have to be in the same room to fiddle around with… read more

HOW TO: Use Game Mechanics to Power Your Business

Shane Snow is a regular contributor to Mashable and tweets at @shanesnow. This post was co-authored by Phin Barnes, a principal at First Round Capital, SneakerheadVC and creator of the Xbox game, Yourself!Fitness. He has also served as a consultant to MTV games.

Before Foursquare managed to storm social media, GPS… read more

Google Researchers Exploring Social Networking, Possibly for Google Me?

Adding more fuel to the wildfire of rumors about a possible Google social network, one Google staffer has posted a huge slide deck of research findings on social networking problems and solutions.

Social networking is a complex, fascinating puzzle that we’re just beginning to solve. Technologists as a group are making… read more

Dear Abby Rebooted: Love Advice For The Digital Age [Blogger Profile]

Remember the days of telephone calls and pre-planned dates and letterman jackets? When the “Dear Abby” column made sense and men asked a father’s permission to initiate courtship? Nope, neither do Jessica Massa and Rebecca Wiegand, the girls behind what could be the world’s first crowd-sourced relationship advice blog, WTF… read more

Openjobs New Site – Case Study

One of the projects that we are very proud here at Zee is the job board Openjobs. Launched in 2008, the website has renewed since its launching, but we decided that it was time to make a full upgrade in it… and I decided to share with you how was… read more

HOW TO: Optimize Your Site for Search Engine Marketing

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

For millions of websites, publishers, and online businesses, search is still the king. While social media may have the media’s attention and Twitter and Facebook are… read more

Web Designer as The Artist, Scientist And Philosopher

Web professionals have to be both flexible and creative to meet the needs of each client — and these characteristics often transcend the design and development process. Each of us has a unique approach to our work. The particular mindset and methods by which each of us turns a mental… read more

HOW TO: Get the Most Out of Q&A Sites

Ro Choy is the CEO of PeerPong, a site that identifies the best people on the Web to answer any question, using their fast growing PeerRank Index.

Since the beginning of the year, there has been a lot of activity in online Q&A sites due to increased funding and launch announcements…. read more

Why Women Programmers Aren’t a Fad

Emily Goligoski (@emgollie) is a marketing manager at Federated Media. She produces video interviews with female entrepreneurs for Women 2.0 and writes about culture news as TheSanFranista.

What happens when “equality in the workplace” is simply a numbers game? The ratio of women trained in computer science education is even lower… read more

Occam’s Razor: A Great Principle for Designers

Lex parsimoniae is the Latin expression of what is known in English as Occam’s Razor, a philosophical rule of thumb that has guided some of the world’s best and brightest minds (including Isaac Newton).

It is named after the 14th-century logician and theologian William of Ockham.

But what the… read more

Designing A Facebook Fan Page: Showcases, Tutorials, Resources

Despite its privacy issues, Facebook clearly has a key role in global Internet activity. It has become a kind of universal social network, being used for both personal and business needs. For many individuals, companies and organizations, Facebook has become an integral part of their branding strategy and promotional campaigns.

Facebook… read more

Practicing Photoshop CS5’s New Features

By Rafiq Elmansy

Since the earliest days of Adobe Photoshop, designers and photographers have depended on it to edit images. Photoshop is perhaps Adobe’s most popular application. Professionals in our industry react with excitement and concern for every new version. They want to know about new features and how Photoshop can… read more

How the Web is Affecting Social Relations [STUDY]

Most experts agree: The Internet improves social relations and will continue to do so over the next decade. And you thought the machines were going to rise up and murder us all.

The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center just released their… read more

How Social Media is Changing the Way Government Does Business

Steve Radick is a communications consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton, a global technology and strategy consulting firm. He has worked with clients from across the U.S. government to develop and implement strategic communications plans and campaigns.

There has been plenty of discussion about how governments are using social media to… read more

Making Your Mark On The Web Is Easier Than You Think

We who work on the Web live in wonderful times. In the past, we did of lot of trial-and-error learning, and the biggest hurdle was getting people to understand what we were on about. Over time, companies like Google, Yahoo, Skype, Facebook and Twitter managed to get the geeky Web… read more

30+ of the Latest Social Media Job Vacancies

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to Leverage… read more

6 Challenges to Managing a Brand on the Social Web

This series is supported by IGLOO, a leader in helping organizations improve business processes, increase employee productivity and enhance stakeholder engagement inside and outside the organization using social technologies.

As more companies and PR firms attempt to manage their brands using social media, there are just as many opportunities for greatness… read more

The Art of the Up Sale: Top 5 Tips for Increasing Your Revenue

As we do business every day, we always wonder how to get more of it. More money, more clients, more dollars per hour while still being “competitive.” Sometimes it’s hard to make any of those things happen singly, especially all at the same time. A great way to increase your… read more

HOW TO: Better Serve the Social Media Customer

Maria Ogneva is the Director of Social Media at Attensity, a social media engagement and voice-of-customer platform that helps the social enterprise serve and collaborate with the social customer. You can follow her on Twitter at @themaria or @attensity360, or find her musings on her personal blog and her company’s… read more

Web Designers, Don’t Do It Alone

Whether freelancers, small agency founders or website owners, too many of us work alone. The downside of the digital revolution is isolation. The Web allows us to do alone what previously would have required a team of people. It also frees us from the constraints of geography, allowing us to… read more

Should You Rely on Referrals and Word of Mouth Advertising?

You’ve probably met those people who say that they get all of their business through referrals and word of mouth. And, admit it, when you encounter someone from this nirvana, don’t you feel a bit jealous? Not to mention annoyed?

After all, you’re probably doing all sorts of promotional things like:

Advertising
Direct… read more

10 Effective Video Examples of Paper Prototyping

Paper prototyping is a commonly used low cost usability method for testing and evaluating web designs and applications. This method lets developers conduct tests before a single line of code has been written, and allows you to identify and fix any potential issues early on in development.

“Paper prototyping is a… read more

The Process Behind Good Illustration (Part 3)

Design Informer

The Process Behind Good Illustration – According to a Young Illustrator (Part III)

by Natalie Sklobovskaya for DesignInformer

Good Process and Good Design (Continued)

In Part II I started a list of some personal process-oriented thoughts on illustration—more specifically about some ways to help broaden the creative process and make its execution… read more

Mavenlink – Cloud Based Software To Manage Your Projects And Clients

If you run an online business, you know how difficult it can be to manage different projects and work with multiple clients simultaneously. Your email is not the perfect place to store all the data because often things get mixed up and this may eventually hurt your… read more

9 Universal Principles of Viral Media Sites

Ian Spector is the creator of Chuck Norris Facts. His latest book, Chuck Norris Cannot Be Stopped: 400 All-New Facts About the Man Who Knows Neither Fear Nor Mercy is now in bookstores everywhere. He is currently working on two startups and provides web strategy consulting services. Follow him… read more

Why Feedback and Filters are Necessary in Social Media

Howard Greenstein is a Social Media Strategy and Marketing consultant, and President of the Harbrooke Group. He’s also a national board member of Social Media Club.

We’ve all experienced that person who’s talking on his cell phone in public, in a voice that’s way too loud — on the train,… read more

10 Web Design Bloggers You Should Follow

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Some do web design for the exposure. Some do it for the clients. Some do it in a less than inspiring fashion, while others are absolutely brilliant at it.

Web designers who… read more

Thanks to Mashable’s Socially Savvy Supporters

Thanks to this week’s advertisers and partners for enabling us to bring you the latest social media news and resources. Mashable’s sponsors are as social media savvy as our readers!

Advertise with us and get noticed.

Help us to help you. Mashable is seeking out site sponsors for our… read more

Ask FreelanceSwitch #13: What to Charge? Does News Writing Pay?

In this issue of Ask FreelanceSwitch, Travis King and Thursday Bram look at how to charge and about becoming a freelance writer.

Ask FreelanceSwitch is a regular column here that allows us to help beginners get a grip on freelancing. If you have a question about freelancing that you want answered,… read more

5 Reasons You May Not Be Ready to Student Freelance

Debating on whether or not you should venture into the world of freelancing while going to school? Wondering if you have what it takes to make it as a student freelancer? Well, below are five reasons why you may not be ready to start that venture after all…. read more

25+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Eventsn

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Would you like to have your conference or event listed here? If so, please contact us… read more

25+ Upcoming Social Media & Tech Events

It’s a brand new week, which means it’s time for Mashable’s guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashable’s Events section.

Would you like to have your conference or event listed here? If so, please contact us… read more

How CEOs are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

It’s common to hear stories about marketing or recruiting departments using social… read more

Tiffany & Co. Brings Engagement Ring Shopping to the iPhone [VIDEO]

Boyfriends and bachelors beware: Tiffany & Co.’s iPhone app [iTunes link] for engagement rings arrived in the App Store today, and it’s been carefully engineered for getting clueless and/or commitment-phobic grooms onto the engagement ring floors of Tiffany stores.

For those looking to buy or receive a Tiffany’s engagement ring,… read more

How Political Campaigns Are Using Social Media for Real Results

The Real Results series is supported by Gist, an online service that helps you build stronger relationships. By connecting your inbox to the web, you get business-critical information about key people and companies. See how it works here.

Just as social media has opened a dialogue between businesses and consumers,… read more

Mashable’s Weekly Job Listings in Social Media and Design

If you’re seeking a job in social media, we’d like to help out. For starters, Mashable’s Job Lists section gathers together all of our resource lists, how-tos and expert guides to help you get hired. In particular, you might want to see our articles on How to… read more

Getting Ready for a Website Redesign: Advice, Resources and More

By Robert Bowen

There is a season for all things, and this holds true in the world of web design too. Naturally with the technologies and languages evolving at the rate that they tend to, not to mention the evolution of our own personal skillsets, we find new design doors opening… read more

3 Key Location Trends for Moms

Noa Gafni is a social media consultant with a focus on women and Gen Y. She authors Webutantes, a blog about Internet trends impacting women.

Location-based services (LBS) on mobile phones are engaging a growing market — one that is expected to generate revenues of over $12.7 billion by 2014…. read more

2 WorkAwesome Posts on Working from Home

Last week our sister site WorkAwesome published two posts on working from home that are great reads for beginning or soon-to-switch freelancers. Find out how to ask your boss to let you work from home, and whether you really should.

How to Ask Your Boss to Work From Home by Mike… read more

60 Excellent Examples of Illustration in Web Design

The great thing about web design is that we have an enormous range of styles, techniques and ideas to implement when designing. You can go from Super Clean and Minimal Layouts to Colorful Layouts, and you can use Huge Typography or Hand Drawn elements – as long as you keep… read more

HOW TO: Pick the Perfect Name for Your Startup

Frances McInnis is a journalist and crossword enthusiast based in New York City. She has written about culture for Momentum Magazine, business for Resource World Magazine, and a mess of assorted topics for The Huffington Post.

Anyone who has sat stymied with their cursor blinking in a “username” field knows… read more

101 Apps for Your Web App Startup Toolbox

With the multitude of web applications available today, it can be difficult choosing, let alone finding, an application that fits your needs and wants. There are so many fantastic apps available, many of which are bound to be beneficial for you and/or your business.

From mind mapping, design and development to… read more

6 Tips for Effective Recruiting on Social Media Sites

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

The goal of recruiting is to find the right person at the right time. Logically, that means one source is never enough. You’ll want… read more

What’s Not Your Job?

You’re a freelancer, and you know what your job is. You’re a web designer. You’re a copywriter. You’re a marketing consultant.

Here’s what you probably don’t think about often, but should:

What’s not your job?

I’m not talking about clients who ask you to perform above and beyond the scope of the… read more

Web Design Trends 2010: Real-Life Metaphors and CSS3 Adaptation

In our earlier article about Web design trends for 2010 we covered the strong influence of print design techniques, keypress navigation, horizontal layouts, rich typography and aesthetically pleasing designs. Web design today is developing rapidly, breaking the limitations of conventional approaches and exploring the possibilites of upcoming technologies. Designers are… read more

Architect Day: GH+A

Guillermo Hevia Architects is another good Chilean firm showing a lot of quality and boldness in their designs. With the majority of their projects in Chile, they have earned awards and international publications.

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Guillermo Hevia Hernandez was born on November 18, 1949 in Chile…. read more

Photoshop Turns 20

WORLD’S MOST POPULAR IMAGE-EDITING APP STANDS THE TEST OF TIME!

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Adobe Photoshop, the image-editing powerhouse nestled snuggly on the hard drives of more than 90% of creative professionals—not too shabby for a program that started life bundled with 200 Barneyscan scanners! If you think… read more

SkedgeMe Gives Small Biz Simple, Social Scheduling App

This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark.

Name: SkedgeMe

Quick Pitch: SkedgeMe lets other people see… read more

Calculating The Genuine Value of Your Design

By Alexis Brille

Designers who are just starting out seem to have trouble calculating just how much their designs are actually worth, let alone choosing whether to charge per hour or per project.

Worse, one of the most challenging situations an amateur has to encounter is the fact that clients will always… read more

ChoiceVendor Brings Yelp-Like Reviews to Businesses

ChoiceVendor, a Yelp-like review service aimed at the B2B space, has left beta and officially launches today.

ChoiceVendor aims to do what peer-review services like Yelp and Angie’s List do in the consumer space, but with denizens of the business sphere. The B2B space is actually an area where peer-driven… read more

How Does Twitter’s New Social Good Initiative Stack Up?

Geoff Livingston co-founded Zoetica to focus on cause-related work, and released an award-winning book on new media Now is Gone in 2007.

Last month saw the latest Twitter foray into social good efforts with the launch of the new Hope140 initiative. Its #EndMalaria campaign over the past week featured the… read more

4 Ways Foursquare Can Improve Your Workplace

Sharlyn Lauby is the president of Internal Talent Management (ITM) which specializes in employee training and human resources consulting. She authors a blog at hrbartender.com.

It’s amazing how fast a social network can catch on. The most recent example is Foursquare. Co-founder Dennis Crowley recently announced they added… read more

The Ultimate Guidances of E-Commerce

The modern era require all the things that can make changes a face of the companies and industries, including the flexibility and connectivity as a part of it. e-commerce are becoming very popular these days, all sales are done directly or more familiar that you can called with traditional sales…. read more

Turn Free Advice Into Clients

Ever had someone find out that you’re a freelancer and say, “Can I just pick your brain?” If you agree, that person will probably ask you a whole stack of questions about how you work and how you would complete certain projects. More often than not, it’s someone who probably… read more

How to Get More Web Design Sales by Painting Your Nose Red

Walk into the next prospect meeting with your nose painted red and you are sure to attract a lot of attention. And why wouldn’t you? How many web designers do you think the prospect will consider that have red noses? Chances are – only one. You will certainly be memorable… read more