Website Design? So you want to build websites for a living?  It’s not that unusual.  In fact, it’s a common goal for many people, because the web design industry is incredibly fierce with competition, and there are many, many talented and not-so-talented people in the industry right now.  If you are going to stand a chance, you need a strategy [...]

It’s Like A Game Of Chess… Have you ever played chess with someone, and the game ended up taking a really long time… like a couple of hours to play, due to their inability to move their pieces?  They probably seemed like they had to think about each move for minutes on end before they made it, didn’t they?  Or [...]

Don’t Skip This Important Step! It’s important before you produce anything that you know who you are trying to market your product towards. Not everyone shares the same definition of value, and if you are expected to provide value to your audience, then you must pinpoint what group of people has a need for your product or service. Now you [...]

One of the greatest (or worst) realizations of recent history is the one where human beings realized that people shouldn’t hate what they do for a living.  It’s great because there’s no reason why people should be unhappy at their work, and God only knows why we have believed otherwise for so long.  Yet it’s bad because our productivity as [...]

Say Hello! See that happy fellow right there?  Today’s his birthday, because he was just born!  His name is Sean, and we’ll be hearing from him in the future.  Say hello to Sean, everybody. Everybody Loves Cartoons There’s a reason why newspapers hire cartoonists to get a point across.  Cartoons speak to us.  They have an uncanny ability to get [...]

So, You’re Considering the “Glorification of Sin”? There’s nothing wrong with using sex appeal in your art.  What is wrong though, is using is inappropriately.   If your target audience is young children, then you need to keep it age specific.   Don’t misunderstand what I just wrote!  There’s sex appeal in media for all ages.  Not all of it [...]

The world is becoming more and more competitive every day.  It seems that everyone has high hopes of starting their own business, or becoming a celebrity.  My generation, for example, has delusions of grandeur.  We all think that we’re going to be world famous millionaires.  And we just have not gotten used to the concept of having a “normal” job [...]

To Whom This May Concern: If you’re an artist, you know full well that the entertainment industry has a glass ceiling.  If you don”t have the backing of a rich white-collar executive, then you have had to deal with the glass ceiling.  This glass ceiling was set up so that they could make as much money as possible.  This is [...]

“Those who dance are considered insane by those who can’t hear the music” – George Carlin At one point or another, I’m sure you’ve debated with someone or yourself over what an artist really is.  What is the definition of an artist anyway?  Don’t bother picking up the dictionary and trying to look up the definition of artist.  I’ll save [...]

If you’re a musician, I’m sure you’ve considered starting a record label before. So let’s discuss the factors in starting a record label of your own. I’m not going to get into the legal issues though. If you want to read about that, there are plenty of other websites to look at. What I’m more concerned with is the mindset [...]

So Much Writing… It seems that more and more people are choosing to begin writing every day.  For example, as of this writing, there are at least 112.8 million blogs in existence.  With services such as print on demand and self publishing, anyone who wants to be one can be an author and publish a book.  Nowadays, it seems like [...]