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I was privileged recently to see a middle school production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” I say privileged because not only were the performers adorable (of course), confident and committed, but they really brought home the simple but important themes of the show that we could all stand to be reminded of: Read more

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We hope your workplace isn’t like the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, but when you are having trouble with a creative block, Lewis Carroll's famous tale may have some good advice for you: Read more

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Every Creative knows that the interview process for them is unique. While the resume is still important to potential employers to see where creative talent has been and what they’ve been doing, the work produced is what matters most.

Whether you’re a designer, developer, copywriter or producer, employers expect to see an online portfolio of work that emulates what they are trying to create.  Read more

Are you making New Year's resolutions for 2013? We thought we would ask the Artisan Team what some of their goals for the new year might be: Read more

Maybe not raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, but on this particular Tuesday, we thought we would ask our team at Artisan for their favorite things about the holiday season. Read more

Creatives are inundated with ideas. They come to you while you’re sleeping, while you’re cooking, while you’re reading or working or running. While brainstorming or in solitude. Sometimes at such awkward moments you can’t write them down before they float away. 

How many of those ideas come to fruition? Probably not many. Some because they weren’t great ideas to begin with but most because we are wary of committing the time it takes to find out. Read more

If you work at a traditional job, this might not be your natural reaction when someone gives you a new project, but if you are a freelancer or an entrepreneur—or think like one—a day when you get more work is a day for smiling. Read more

Everyone says it—think positive! Imagine yourself at your goal and it will happen! Visualize success and success will come to you!

It can get…annoying.

Plus, it can work against you. Read more