Small business
How To Succeed As A Creative On crowdSPRING – Community Guide
Ross | December 1st, 2008crowdSPRING is fortunate to have an amazing community of creatives. They number in the thousands, come from more than 125 countries [as of July 2010 - more than 175 countries], speak hundreds of languages, cover all age groups, demographics, experience, religions, etc. They’ve created graphics designs for companies in virtually every country of the world [...]
Simple Things Make A Difference
Ross | November 26th, 2008Earlier today, I re-tweeted something from Ken Walden (SuperHatz on Twitter). In his tweet, Ken said: “Do something in your business to help make a process better by 5, 10, 15%, now. Simple actions are the most effective.” Shortly after I re-tweeted Ken’s tweet, it occurred to me that we mostly focus on long-term goals [...]
Appreciations
Mike | November 24th, 2008We’ve had several milestones recently on the crowdSPRING team. In the past few weeks, both Pete and Chad have celebrated their one-year anniversaries with us, and now (sniff) Angeline has decided to move on to greener pastures. Pete Burgeson was (and always will be) employee number 1 at cS. He was our first real hire, [...]
Celebrate Incremental Success
Ross | November 20th, 2008We have a daily five minute all-team meeting at crowdSPRING. At this meeting, we review key performance metrics from the day before. We share this information with the entire team because we believe in being transparent and because we want each person on the team to know how we are doing as a company and [...]
Weekly Glance of Awesomeness #16
Angeline | November 20th, 2008Hiya everyone, Here’s this Weekly Glance of Awesomeness, extra crunchy with mild spices. I hope you enjoy it! Glance #1: Blocklites Logo The Award: $300 End Date: November 22nd The Breakdown: Blocklites are a neat concept that allows signs to be visible during daytime, while being invisible at night when looked at with lights at [...]
Just Do It Right The First Time
Ross | November 18th, 2008Nike achieved unprecedented heights with it’s “Just Do It” campaign several decades ago. “Just Do It” has been one of the most memorable marketing slogans of all time. We can all benefit from a variation on that tagline: Just Do It Right The First Time. Let’s face it – while there are plenty of exceptions, [...]
It’s Not You, It’s Me
Angeline | November 17th, 2008Greetings to everyone in crowdSPRING land – Over the past 4 months as Community Manager at crowdSPRING, I’ve had the pleasure of working with 7 of the most dedicated, creative, funny, charming, and handsome fellas a girl could ask for. Seriously, our office might as well be FindAStud.com! (Okay. Maybe I’m exaggerating just a little.) [...]
Weekly Glance of Awesomeness #15
Angeline | November 13th, 2008It’s Thursday! Thursday means that it’s almost Friday, but more importantly, it means a good dose of awesomeness for us crowdSPRINGers. I’ve dug through the active projects on our site, and here are four of them that I think are pretty nifty. Check ‘em out! Glance #1: Belly Dance T-Shirt Design The Award: $150 End [...]
Take control by giving control
Chris | November 11th, 2008For those of you familiar with MySpace, you know users can customize their profiles. The funny part is, MySpace didn’t (until recently) give you many options to do so, especially in the realm of styling. Basically, users get around a lack of personalization by putting styles inline directly into a field it was not intended [...]
