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There's always one know-it-all jackass at the seminar. I remember a few seminars I gave where they intentionally try and trip you up and get you to make a mistake or go back on something you said earlier. Always wonder about those people who try and take you down a notch so as to massage their...

Yeh, no - that only changes the font size.

I'm on MacBook Pro, and both Firefox and Safari (5.02) had horizontal scroll bars. I'm not zoomed in either--- I'll check Safari and FF on my MacPro in the office tomorrow for ya---

THe blowups are fine now. Previously they popped into a new window for me, so maybe site wasn't fully uploaded. Here's a screenshot of your home page opening in Safari, with the scrollbars --

Yeh, for me I have to close the popup window - it opens into a new window in Safari. Dunno, maybe its a Mac thing. Regarding the personality - you may be a bland guy, but maybe the target audience is looking for something a little more flashy? Again, this is just a relatively small point as I...

Looking good, albeit a little bland for me. You do incredible work, but the site feels a little generic to me. Just wish a little more of your personality was integrated. I'm not a fan of the gallery that pops into a new window that then requires you to close the window. Sort of an old school...

Naw, props to Sarah - my lead designer and awesome photographer! Her stuff is crazy good- Dan

Oops - thanks! For some reason I can't seem to go back and edit the message to fix it.

The ones we put on this sign company's site - http://www.houseofsigns.com - were done with a PHP gallery. I like these for sign companies, as opposed to the ones on my site http://www.graphicd-signs.com/portfolio-logo-branding (which are also PHP content managed galleries) because often signs...

Which is why you all should have a hold harmless clause in your logo agreements which specifies that you cannot be held liable if the mark you create infringes on the rights of another, and that they should content a patent attorney and register their mark.

I have a BA in Communications/Advertising. I worked as a graphic designer in NYC upon graduation for 5 years, eventually running the in-house graphics division of a marketing communication department for a large health insurance company. Lot of work with ad agency, and while I was there, I...

If that really was the case then how am I able to sell logos for a couple grand or so, if people could get the same thing for a couple hundred? Keep in mind - I was the sign guy selling logos for a couple hundred 10 year or so ago. But I made a very conscious decision on where I wanted to...

I feel like I'm one of the few who see this as an opportunity, rather than a bad thing. Let 'em go there. The question remains, what is YOUR shop doing to distinguish THEIR services versus some of these other so-called 'options'? If you can't distinguish in your customer's mind why you offer...

I know what we do is different than most here since we don't produce any actual sign work, but recession or not, this year we've sold more logo design than any other year previously. I expect total sales to be about even or 5% up depending on next 45 days. But I focused very hard on that line...

This only serves as a further opportunity to distinguish your work and your offerings versus theirs. The question is - what is your shop doing to differentiate your service from one of these off-shore logo mills? What are you doing to attract the right client, not the one who thinks they can get...

Hey Rick- If you're up for moving out to the east coast, let me know. I got a spot for you, seriously. Dan

100% design only. Last piece of vinyl I personally touched was maybe 7 years ago, or so? And the last pinstriping brush I wielded was probably over a decade ago. I miss that, truth be told. I was actually a half decent striper, while not quite as good of a handletterer.

Hence the problem with me saying anything. Either it's perceived to be self serving or like I have some type of hidden agenda, when I'm merely trying to point out what 14 years of experience, and nearly 400 web sites built have taught me about marketing, design, and strategy. Not to mention my...

People can learn, but at what cost? Is it the best use of the time? Will they produce a professional site that represents the type of work they want to do and the professionalism they hope to portray? Will it be optimized properly to generate work? Will have the marketing and thought process...

Here's link to some of the ones we've built for other sign companies. http://signshopmarketing.com/webdesignportfolio/index.htm Not to be self promotional, but you might want to consider hiring a professional (any professional) unless you are very experienced in web design. There's so many...