Is Success The Same Thing As Fame?
George Harrison might not be known as the most famous Beatle, but he really nailed it with the following quote. “I want to be successful, not famous.” Preach, George. Preach. So what is the difference...
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Client Spotlight: Pillar & Pen
This lovely couple came our way via our old standby referral source: The Google. We are eternally grateful to him (her? them?) for sending rad clients our way. Meg and Alvaro are a design and build...
View ArticleBook Recommendations from Your Braizen Team
You can often find designers in one of two positions. With their heads down and pens to a notepad or with their backs slumped over a keyboard and eyes glued to a photoshop screen. But every once in...
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How To Optimize Images For Your Website
Why you need to optimize images Before I explain how to optimize images, let’s talk about why you should do it. There are two main reasons: Website hosting fees – the more images you have on your site,...
View ArticleLet’s Talk Letterpress Printers
As a full-service design firm, we are constantly being asked by clients to give them the best of the best referrals for printers. Y’all, we are all talking about all kinds of printers as our client...
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5 Things Your Business Needs To Stop Doing ASAP
We’re not really in a position to tell you how to run your business. But we are going to go there anyway. That’s right. We are going there. You know why? Because we’ve been in business long enough to...
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WordPress Website Hosting
At Braizen, we only like to recommend hosting providers we’ve used ourselves. There are roughly a bajillion website hosts out there. In this post, we’re focused on our favorites: Flywheel* and...
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5 Ways Journaling Can Spur Creativity
You know what they say….It’s hard out here for a pimp…..and it’s just as hard for a designer. Or something like that. What we’re trying to say is, to be on our game all the time, churning out rad...
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Brand Brilliance
Gurrrl done gone and did it again! Our good friend and kindred spirit, Fiona Humberstone (AKA The Brand Stylist) has knocked it out of the damn park. Her newest book Brand Brilliance has just released...
View ArticleNeed Packaging + Promo Vendors? We Got You!
The design and packaging world is ever changing. But, we’ve been in the biz long enough that we’ve come across a handful of keepers. And, believe you me, we take packaging and promotional vendors VERY...
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Those Awkward Years: Developing a Unique Brand Identity
Developing your unique brand is a lot like going through puberty. You start out super awkward, your voice cracks incessantly, your limbs seem too long, your parents get you braces, and you can’t...
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Why G-Suite Hits Our G-Spot
As a small business, we have to force ourselves to be obsessed with efficiency. We’re always looking for programs that will help us tweak our systems and refine our business processes. We’ve had lots...
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Demystifying all the web shit
Are you confused by all the shit you need for your website? In this guide, we’ll teach you all about domain names, website hosting, FTP / SFTP, HTTPS, SSL, and how they all work together. Domain Names...
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Branding: Why It’s So F*cking Important, Anyway.
Branding. We’ve all heard the word. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably tried your hand at creating the perfect brand for your business yourself. You know it’s important. But it’s hard to sum up...
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#FAIL – The Failure Ratio
Failure is part of growth. That’s a fact, yo. So get comfortable with that concept, brush your shoulders off and keep on reading, kid. Success for the greats (think: Steve Jobs, Oprah, that guy who was...
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Do More. Count Less.
Numbers are hard, and you may not consider accounting and bookkeeping an exciting endeavor, but Brittany Turner and her team at Countless are bringing a bit of fun and punk rock attitudes to the...
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Eight free WordPress plugins to make your admin life easier
Did you know that you can customize the admin of your WordPress website? In this blog post, we’re sharing our favorite plugins for improving the WordPress admin. With a few simple plugins, you can set...
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Introducing The Type Set Co.
For over a year now, we’ve been working on a little tremendous side hustle project. It’s finally time to introduce this new baby of ours to the world. We’ve been teasing for months on social media...
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The cost of cheap WordPress website hosting
With website hosting, you really get what you pay for. The cheaper hosts nickel and dime you for everything. On a budget host, you have to pay for backups, SSL certificates (to run your website on...
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What’s in a logo, you ask? So fu*&ing much, we answer.
What’s in a logo? Well, a lot actually. Even the simplest of logos is behind-the-scenes quite complex. That lightning bolt on our homepage didn’t just appear out of thin air, y’all! A lot of research,...
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