The Rebel’s Guide to Design: 16 Rules You Can (And Should) Break [SlideShare]

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Don’t use more than three typefaces. Follow a grid. Keep it simple. 

You’ve heard these common design rules repeated over and over again — by your teacher, your art director, and even that friend who uses Microsoft paint to design his band posters.

Amazon to Open Physical Stores?

Every news outlet in the world is telling Amazon that they’re doing this ecommerce thing all wrong. What started as an online bookseller ballooned into the largest e-tailer in the world, with every so much more available than books. Such prodigious growth both inspired and disgusted everyone who watched. And now they want to take it all back to where they began: books.

Amazon to Open Physical Stores?

Every news outlet in the world is telling Amazon that they’re doing this ecommerce thing all wrong. What started as an online bookseller ballooned into the largest e-tailer in the world, with every so much more available than books. Such prodigious growth both inspired and disgusted everyone who watched. And now they want to take it all back to where they began: books.

8 TED Talks About Work/Life Balance That’ll Change the Way You Think

Everyone and their mother seems to have a strong opinion about work-life balance.

Some argue that balancing career and lifestyle is necessary for your overall happiness. Others argue that the concept of “balancing” your work and your life, which implies that the two are on par with one another, is plain old wrong. Still others argue the whole thing is completely imaginary and unrealistic, and that we’re making ourselves unhappy by pursuing it in the first place.

8 TED Talks About Work/Life Balance That’ll Change the Way You Think

Everyone and their mother seems to have a strong opinion about work-life balance.

Some argue that balancing career and lifestyle is necessary for your overall happiness. Others argue that the concept of “balancing” your work and your life, which implies that the two are on par with one another, is plain old wrong. Still others argue the whole thing is completely imaginary and unrealistic, and that we’re making ourselves unhappy by pursuing it in the first place.

What Does Marketing Look Like Around the World? 36 Stats & Trends From 5 Different Regions

It’s hard to generalize about “the state of marketing” in the world when marketing looks and feels different depending on where you are.

Just like location, technologies, culture, and politics affects consumer behavior, it also affects how marketers, well … do marketing. Marketers in Asia-Pacific might find themselves with different priorities, challenges, and practices than marketers in Latin America, or in Europe, or in Australia and New Zealand, and so on.

What Does Marketing Look Like Around the World? 36 Stats & Trends From 5 Different Regions

It’s hard to generalize about “the state of marketing” in the world when marketing looks and feels different depending on where you are.

Just like location, technologies, culture, and politics affects consumer behavior, it also affects how marketers, well … do marketing. Marketers in Asia-Pacific might find themselves with different priorities, challenges, and practices than marketers in Latin America, or in Europe, or in Australia and New Zealand, and so on.

8 Pieces of Marketing Wisdom for the Chinese New Year

It’s that time of the year again: A time when nearly a sixth of the world’s population comes together to celebrate Chinese New Year. And as a global company with employees, customers, agency partners, and subscribers who celebrate this holiday, we decided it was time to get in on the festivities. 

In celebration of the Year of the Monkey, we created the Marketing Fortune Generator. This free tool does what you’d expect: it generates your marketing fortune for the new year.

8 Pieces of Marketing Wisdom for the Chinese New Year

It’s that time of the year again: A time when nearly a sixth of the world’s population comes together to celebrate Chinese New Year. And as a global company with employees, customers, agency partners, and subscribers who celebrate this holiday, we decided it was time to get in on the festivities. 

In celebration of the Year of the Monkey, we created the Marketing Fortune Generator. This free tool does what you’d expect: it generates your marketing fortune for the new year.

How to Prep Your Online Store for a Celebrity Endorsement with the Likes of Beyoncé

 

Starting up a business is hard work. Any successful entrepreneur will tell you that. What they’ll likely also tell you is that to be truly successful, timing is absolutely everything. Some entrepreneurs may call this aspect of success “luck,” and they’re probably right. The formula to produce luck for you and your company, then, is as simple as identifying your opportunities and putting action behind them. At least, this was the success formula for metallic temporary tattoo company Flash Tattoos when they solidified a collaboration with Beyoncé.