Archive for November, 2009
Really Facebook?
Pete | November 30th, 2009I’m sorry, Facebook – but what in the sweet name of Ron Burgandy could possibly be on our profile page to trigger this ad?! Actually, on second thought, don’t answer that… (Mom, if you’re reading this, I swear – there’s nothing. Oh, and be sure to show Dad.)
Small business and startup tip: attack that bottleneck!
Mike | November 30th, 2009When last I left you, I was off to enjoy my delicious hot pizza. Let me tell you, it was yummy! While eating it I was considering how we might help out this local business by offering to show them ways that they might increase efficiency by eliminating a bottleneck in their process flow. Just [...]
The little things
Ross | November 24th, 2009I sometimes forget, when focusing on the big picture, to enjoy the little things. The graphic to the left put a big smile on my face this morning when I arrived at the office. It was posted in our forums by Spazie, one of over 46,000 creatives in the crowdSPRING community. While the Thanksgiving holiday [...]
Small business and startup tip: managing process flows to identify bottlenecks
Mike | November 23rd, 2009Every business can be improved and efficiency increased. One method to identify ways to make your business more efficient is to evaluate the “process flow” you use to produce your business “output,” whether your output is a product or a service. There are several components to this analysis and I will walk you through a [...]
SMALL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
Bethany | November 20th, 2009Harmonic Jazz Festival You’re going to want to break out your Jazz Hands when you hear about this exciting new festival coming to the UK! Harmonic is a new jazz festival will be taking place March 11th – 13th 2010 in Birmingham, UK. So if you’re in the area or want to make the trip [...]
BE A WINNER
Bethany | November 19th, 2009Don’t you want to be a winner? I knew our creatives and buyers were a group of phenomenally humble people, who are on our site because they truly love us, but now it’s time for us to show YOU the love! Let us know what you and/or your friends, buyers, clients, designers have done for [...]
crowdSPRING Celebrates Shakespearean Sonnet Day (Again)
Ross | November 19th, 2009Sadly, our last Shakespearean sonnet day was this past May. If you’re wondering what Shakespearean sonnet day is – we made it up. We read Shakespearean sonnets to celebrate … ummm … Shakespearean sonnets. In May, Kevin handily defeated all challengers and he’s been boasting about his prowess nonstop for months. Jeff Clark, our newest [...]
