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Why clients should reveal their budgets

Alex Cowell on Friday, 28th May, 2010

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It seems to be the perennial question for clients: should I reveal my budget?

My answer is a most definite YES, and here’s why.

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HOW TO: Avoid being a Twitter fail whale

Faith Johnstone on Wednesday, 18th November, 2009

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The Twitter fail whale by Viying Lu

The Twitter fail whale by Viying Lu

What has an unsuccessful whale got to do with your business? I’ll explain by the end of this post – all you need to know for now is that you definitely don’t want to be one. Easier said than done though because Twitter, like most social media sites, contains many pitfalls for an unsuspecting organisations to fall into. So to help you out here are our top five things NOT to do on Twitter.

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HOW TO: Use Flickr for free commercial-use photos

Aegir Hallmundur on Monday, 7th September, 2009

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creative-commons-headerPicture by Giuli-O

If you’ve ever needed a good photograph to illustrate something, you may have been frustrated that the usual stock photo sites have returned just the usual stream of polished, cheesy smiles. A lot of people seem to overlook Flickr as an option, which now contains a fantastic array of over 3 billion images, all uploaded by its users.

Until recently Flickr’s search wasn’t too helpful for browsing large numbers of images. Now Flickr has updated their search and presents the results in a nice grid, perfect for browsing. But can you legally use the images you find for commercial purposes?

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