Posts Tagged ‘web design’
Consumers Prefer Better Looking Websites
Ross | July 13th, 2011Successful businesses know that to develop long-term relationships with their customers, they must find ways to build trust. This is not as easy to do as it sounds. According to the 2011 Edelman Trust Barometer study, U.S. consumer trust of companies dropped 8 points from 2010 to 2011. In fact, this trend seems to be [...]
The July cS Award
Ross and Mike | July 6th, 2011The July cS Award of $1,000 will be given to a designer or writer who has the highest average buyer score for all entries they submit to crowdSPRING projects during July. To be eligible, you must participate, during the month of July, in at least five (5) projects on crowdSPRING and submit at least ten [...]
Announcing The New cS Awards
Ross and Mike | June 15th, 2011Starting this June, crowdSPRING will have monthly cS Awards to honor quality work by designers and writers in the crowdSPRING community. At the beginning of each month, we’ll announce the criteria for that month’s cS Award – we’ll do our best to keep it simple and objective – and to focus on honoring quality work. [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Thumbtack Press
Amanda | April 4th, 2011Most of us have probably taken a gander in an art museum or two. We are able to recognize da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and recite Vincent van Gogh’s ear-choppingly bizarre biography from grade school art classes. However, art did not stop developing with Andy Warhol in the 1960’s and it can be a struggle to [...]
Small Business Spotlight of the Week: eatingGF.com
Amanda | March 10th, 2011I fluctuated between being a vegan and vegetarian for nearly three years. Though the promise of breakfast sausage eventually lured me back to the dark side, I still feel a certain kinship and understanding with those that have special dietary needs. It can be daunting and down-right frustrating to find a restaurant that has [...]
Best Practices and Tips for Restaurant Web Design
Ross | January 26th, 2011Whether you’re an entrepreneur opening your first restaurant or a seasoned business owner with many years of experience in the restaurant industry, you face many challenges. Among the most important of these challenges is your restaurant’s website. A strong web design can help a restaurant to more effectively market itself, can help convert visitors who [...]
crowdSPRING’s Twitter Roundup For Graphic, Web and Industrial Designers
Ross | August 19th, 2010Every day on the crowdSPRING Twitter account and on my Twitter account, I post links to posts or videos about logo design, web design, startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week about graphic design and web design. The image is [...]


