Articles by: Go Media
13 Foundational Questions to Ask Yourself When Starting A Design Business
Business Plan Workbook Questions for Design Entrepreneurs Starting your own design firm? Our fearless leader, William Beachy, has created the e-book, Drawn to Business, and accompanying business plan workbook, to guide you through the highs and lows of this exciting time…
Introducing the Ladies Ghosted Hoodie Pack, V2
Ladies Ghosted Hoodie Mockup Templates Hello Ladies and Gents! We’re back with some brand new hoodies to round out the ladies line of hoodie mockup templates.
Here’s What You Need to Know About Creating an Outstanding Online Portfolio
An outstanding online portfolio is a must for any creative. Believe us, it’s true.
So You Missed Your Deadline…
It’s not ideal, but there may come a time when – for one reason or the other – you have to miss a deadline. In this unlikely and rare event, you need to be prepared to handle the situation with grace and the utmost professionalism. Let’s discuss some “must’s” and please share your suggestions with us the comments below!
Happy Holidays from the Go Media Crew
Great Bouncing Icebergs! Can you believe the year is almost over?
Try this Opacity Mask Tip with your New Vector Brushes for a Tattered, Torn Effect
Hey Fans of Go Media’s Arsenal, the best resources for designers on the planet. We’re here for a quick guide to using your new Brink Design Co. Industrial Vector Brushes, just released a day ago! These 100 handmade vector brushes were created with an unparalleled level of detail, made using a variety of different mediums and techniques to give your work that dirty, grungy, industrial look so many of you, our loyal customers, have been requesting.
Enplug’s Entrepreneurial Journey: Zach Spitulski Spills Secrets to his Success
By being named one of Inc. Magazine’s 30 Coolest Entrepreneurs under 30, Zach Spitulski (Enplug) has been grouped with the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos, Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp of Birchbox, and Drew Houston and Arash…
Social Networking 101 – A Newbie’s Guide to Guaranteed Success
Even if you are living under a rock, you know that you can’t escape social media. As a small business owner, you simply a) shouldn’t live under a rock, and b) should embrace the powers that be…social media.
WWW Dot HUH? – How to Select the Perfect URL For Your Business
Follow the KISS (Keep it simple, stupid) philosophy in selecting a URL for your business. Yes, you can be creative and meaningful, but ensure that your URL is, above all, easy to remember and as error-proof as possible. Perhaps the most enjoyable way to test out your prospective URL is with the ever-famous Cocktail Party Test…
Grab This Macabre Vector Freebie
Grab This Macabre Vector Freebie When asked what you wanted to see next on the Arsenal, our e-commerce site for the best design resources in the world, you told us, overwhelmingly: “HORROR!” “MACABRE!” “BLOOD, GUTS AND GORE!” And we want…
Managing Expectations: Hiring Freelancers and Subcontractors
Here’s a familiar scene for many of us: you’re sitting at your desk, staring at your overflowing inbox. The proofs, copyedits, and project briefs start swimming in front of your eyes. It’s official–you need help to get it done.
It may be time to hire a freelancer or a subcontractor. They can be the answer to your prayers: highly effective, competitively priced, and wonderfully flexible. But, that’s only if they’re good. They can also be very, very bad.
You’ll Die Over These Zombie Vector Elements!
Zombie Vectors “Zombies,” you screamed! “Give us zombies!” Well, here they are! Cleveland Heights artist Justin Will is trick and treating us to a delightfully devilish vector pack, filled with 13 elements perfect for the Halloween holiday. But, let’s admit…
Seven Questions to Ask Yourself When You Want to Create an Iconic T-Shirt Design
It seems like everyone is creating a t-shirt line these days. But creating a great t-shirt design is an art few can master. Luckily, the team here at Cleveland graphic, logo, web design studio Go Media has a rich background in apparel design to draw from, as do friends of Go Media, designers Herman Lee, Ed Pincombe and Dan Byler of Jakprints.
Today, we are sharing 7 questions to ask yourself when you aim to create your next tee design. Like any other project, you want to concentrate on designing “an iconic graphic that leaves a great impression to the viewers through all different kinds of medium,” reminds Lee. But when dealing with apparel, your own set of questions will arise.
Provoking Leadership: Building a Passionate Team
How to Build a Passionate Team Have you ever thought to yourself, “This isn’t working for me.”? Sure, that’s a pretty blanket statement and could mean a multitude of things: The “It’s not you, it’s me” end to a relationship,…
Incredibly Fun Project Alert: Lincoln Electric Automated Welding Cell
Check out our work with Lincoln Electric Our good friends at Lincoln Electric gave us a call because they needed a wrap designed to cover their automatic (robotic) welding cell. They would be competing at the upcoming American Welding Society’s convention.…
From Vector to Augmented Reality: A New Tutorial from Go Media’s Arsenal
You asked, we answered! This all new, in-depth tutorial answers a question asked of us often here at Cleveland creative agency Go Media: “How do you create those awesome vectors?”
So Your Design Just Got Rejected… (7 Actionable Steps to a Happier Client Relationship)
You’ve just spent the last two days pouring your heart into a design. Then, the dreaded email comes through.
Expand Your Network Through Facebook: 10 Quick Tips for Small Businesses
What would you like to do with Facebook? (Horrible pun intended).
The first step for expanding your network through Facebook is asking yourself: What are my goals? What do I really want to do with more likes?
If your answer is that you need to increase your likes by x%, your favorite Cleveland graphic, logo and web design studio Go Media can help with that. We love a good contest as much as the next person! However, a contest that increases your community by 1000, 3000, or even 100,000 likes may seem awesome in theory, but do you know what’s not awesome? Talking to yourself. And if you have a bazillion likes who don’t contribute to your page in any way, you’re essentially talking to a wall. That’s why we we strongly encourage our clients to create robust Facebook pages with “Active Likes.”
Designing a Kick-Ass Logo? Here are 7 Mistakes to Avoid
Mistakes to Avoid When Designing a Logo When you think of great products or companies, the visual image that forms in your mind is probably that of their mark; McDonald’s golden arches, Nike’s Swoosh and Coca-Cola’s wave. The inherent value…
Introducing the Halftone Triple Technique Tutorial!
Say it three times fast…
Halftones: those cool little dots that create lovely tonal values, yet still maintain that flat, graphic look. If you search “how to do halftones” on Google or YouTube, you’ll find that there are a number of ways to achieve this effect. Here at the Go Media’s Arsenal, the best site for design resources on the planet, we tasked our designer Jordan Wong to find the best methods to share with you!
Adventures in Design: Episode 331 “LIVE from Ohio” WMC Fest 6 Keynote Performance
Adventures in Design Live from WMC Fest We here at Cleveland creative agency Go Media, producers of design conference Weapons of Mass Creation Fest were beyond honored to have Mark Brickey of the Adventures in Design Podcast as a keynote speaker…
Stop Everything & Implement these Top 10 Web Conversion Strategies
Here at Cleveland web design firm Go Media, we’re always being asked what we can do to help a website succeed. Online, success hinges on a very simple trifecta: people must find your site, people must use your site, and people must return to your site. Conversion is about people successfully using your website, and returning again and again to go through an additional transaction or sign-up.
Top 10 Vector Packs of All Time: WMC Fest 2015 Limited Edition
202 of our most popular vector graphic elements of all time + 24 brand new bonus vectors It’s almost time for our annual 3 day design conference, Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2015! To celebrate, we’ve put together a bundle jam-packed with the top…
Energy Gels are Booming Business
Boom! Energy Gel Branding Carb Boom! Energy Gels, that is. Carb Boom Sports Nutrition Inc., founded in 2000, has recently developed Carb Boom! Energy Gels, a fruit-based, high-carbohydrate product that, according to CEO Lammers and partner Mike Cousino, had a…