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Proofreading: Ten Quick Tips

Proofreading is incredibly important, as we all know, because there is nothing as cringeworthy as looking back at something in print and seeing glaringly obvious mistakes. In fact, it’s downright embarrassing – particularly when the mistake was yours! We can laugh at these examples, sure, but only because someone else made them. It’s not funny…
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Win a brand new Amazon Kindle Fire!

That’s right, I’m giving away a brand new Amazon Kindle Fire 7″, complete with HD display, 8gb of memory AND wi-fi connectivity worth £129 to one lucky customer! To qualify for the prize draw, simply place an order for graphic design work via the contact page of this website. The prize draw opens on Sunday…
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5 Reasons Why Print Specifying is Important

Back in January, I gave you some tips for making your graphic designer’s job easier. Well, today the focus is all about making your printer’s job easier. We’ve all been there – you have a big project that needs to go to print, maybe it’s a last minute job, it’s usually the most important job…
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Inbound Marketing – what’s it all about?

It may sound like jargon but inbound marketing is actually very simple. In fact, you’re participating in a bit of inbound marketing right now. You’re reading a blog post and connecting with a company in a more personable way. Maybe you didn’t realise, but that’s precisely what it is. Inbound marketing focuses on earning customer’s attention…
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CWDmedia support for London Marathon runner

A good friend and former bandmate of mine is running in this year’s London Marathon. Andy Walker, from Rugby, is raising money for Birmingham Children’s Hospital as part of a group named Team Awesome.  Together, they are running marathons, mountain races (while carrying 35lb packs), racing rafts, busking in town centres, riding bikes for miles,…
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How to Get Your Model to Act Naturally

It can feel a little awkward for clients standing in front of a camera posing, particularly if they’re not used to it.  And especially when the photographer is not someone they know.  But after doing numerous shoots for various projects (from wedding shots, to live performances and business profiles) you tend to pick up a…
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Welcome to the new look CWDmedia

As the saying goes, “New Year, New You”.  Well, in addition to mentally committing to get fitter, eat cleaner and rid myself of my bad habits, I thought I’d give the CWDmedia site something of a makeover ahead of what I hope will be a busy year on the freelancing front. Besides the facelift, you…
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What does your logo say about you?

We like to think we don’t judge a book by its cover but without realising, we often do.  We judge labels, covers and promotional materials every day. And the more we see them, the more we begin to view them as trustworthy and recognisable sources. Some we’ve become so familiar with, we decide to continuously…
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Top 10 Tips for Non-Graphic Designers

In times of financial difficulty, one of the first departments to have its budget cut is Marketing.  The job of putting together advert designs or brochures can fall to a Marketing Manager or Assistant with little or no knowledge of what it takes to put a solid layout together.  They might be armed with Adobe…
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72dpi v 300dpi

What does ‘high res’ actually mean?

High res, or to put it properly, high resolution.  It’s one of those terms we all think we understand, isn’t it?  We’ve heard it often enough and seen it written plenty of times, but when it comes to actually finding high res images, do you really know what you need to look for? Why DPI/PPI…
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