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All You Need to Know About Content Marketing

Jo Sabin - Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Content marketing is all about educating people to help them find the solutions that they want and need – if your business just happens to offer those solutions, everybody wins! Here is a brief look at what it's all about. Read more

How to Build Trust in Your Business Relationships

Jo Sabin - Friday, June 12, 2015

Nothing will get you further in the world of business than being seen as someone who can be trusted. While it takes time and effort to build trust, it will open doors, create opportunities and do wonders to boost your career success, so make trust a key element of ALL of your business relationships. Read more

7 Ways Crowdsourcing Will Grow Your Business

Jo Sabin - Wednesday, June 3, 2015

So you want to 'tap the minds of many'? From raising capital, hiring freelancers to social activism, science and much more, crowdsourcing has done wonders for businesses large and small. In this article we ask some questions to highlight the seven ways crowdsourcing will grow your business. Read more

Good to Great: Start-up & Small Business Logos from the UK and Europe

Hanna Schenkel - Thursday, May 21, 2015

Start-ups and small businesses are known to stir things up, often in the best possible way. Not surprising then, that some of the most evocative logo designs often pop up in the start-up sector. Here we showcase some of the best designs coming out of the start-up scene in Uk and Europe over the last year. Read more

5 Big Mistakes Startups Make and How to Avoid Them

Jo Sabin - Friday, January 30, 2015

In this guest post from entrepreneur James Pollard, he shares five mistakes from marketing to hiring talent that can trip up early stage startups as they try to turn their idea into a viable business.  Read more

How To Create a Company Culture With Only 3 People

Jo Sabin - Monday, January 19, 2015

In a recent article for Venture Beat, DesignCrowd's community manager Jo Sabin shared her top tips for creating a company culture with only 3 people. These tips could also be applied to fast-growing startups who want to proactively manage and enhance team happiness. Even with only a few people, you can begin modeling and managing your culture at the stage when it matters most. Read more

9 of the World's Top 10 Brands Are Crowdsourcing so What Are You Waiting For?

Jo Sabin - Monday, December 22, 2014

The world’s top 10 brands may come as no surprise - Coca Cola, Apple, IBM, Google, Microsoft, GE, McDonald’s, Intel, Samsung, Toyota. Each iconic brand has carved its own distinctive path to brand differentiation. But did you know that 9 out of 10 of these top brands have used crowdsourcing to help them get there? Find out why. Read more

3 Easy Ways to Get a Standout Homepage

Jo Sabin - Monday, December 22, 2014

In the past, the shop window was critical in capturing the attention of consumers walking by. Now, that job falls to your home page. Before mass adoption of the internet, stores would present their current sales, top-selling products, and their logo and store name in the display window to help draw passers-by in the door. Today, the homepage of a website works in just the same way.  Read more

Forget the Mining Boom, Let's Create a Tech Boom!

Jo Sabin - Friday, December 19, 2014

Technology Down Under is on fire! DesignCrowd CEO and co-founder tells us it's time Australia started planning for its future. He says it's time to create a technology boom and offers seven reasons Australia should create, support and foster a technology boom (and stop worrying about the mining boom). Read more

50 Startup Logos from 2014: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Jo Sabin - Thursday, December 18, 2014

We've scoured the globe to curate a list of the best logos from startups worldwide. The startup brands featured here cut across industry categories leaving a blaze of disruption in their wake. The trend for flat design continues for both big tech brands and startups with color palettes reflecting a muted tone. Check out the top 50 startups logos for 2014! Read more

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