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Happy Birthday to The Smart Station - 4 years old!
16 April sees the celebration of 4 years of increasingly successful trading, so I just thought I'd send a big THANK YOU to all my clients, advisers and friends who've helped me along the way (and not forgetting my wonderful and supportive family!) - I couldn't have done it without you! Business is going from strength to strength with an ever-increasing and diverse range of clients and work, and I'm loving every minute of it!
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Calling all fellow fontmonsters...!
Book Recommendation!
You may have noticed by now that I'm a bit of a font freak, so if, like me, you love all things typographical and you collect fonts like they were going out of fashion (hence my daughter calling me a fontmonster!), you might like this fantastic book by Simon Garfield called 'Just My Type - a book about fonts'.
It gives some funny and fascinating background not only to the typefaces themselves and their design features, but also includes great human interest stories about the font designers, clients who've used them, how they've gone in and out of fashion - it's just brilliant stuff.
It was recently featured on the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club - you can click here to go to the BBC website to read their reviews, and if, like me, you just had to have a copy, you can click on the image of the book (left) to be taken to the Amazon website where you can buy it. You can also watch a short (2 minute) but fascinating video of Simon looking at fonts 'on the street' in New York - click here to view. Great stuff!
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Global Entrepreneurship Week at Sheffield Enterprise Agency - 15-19 November 2010
Phew - what an experience! Senta had asked me to be one of the 'inspirational speakers' at their showcase event - what a privilege, but very nerve-wracking! A great turn-out with well over 100 guests there (including several of my current clients), and a fantastic business opportunity. I met some really lovely people - two of whom have become new clients already!
Photograph courtesy of Jeanette Teare, Abbeydale Photography
And here's an interesting thing! The same night as this, Sheffield City Council and CreativeSheffield were unveiling their new Sheffield brand and font at The Crucible, to be used to promote the city and its businesses - an excellent idea, which cost £15,000 - do you think this is value for money? One of the Yorkshire Post's reporters, Peter McNerney, produced a video report with some mixed reviews and I was interviewed - click here to watch the short video clip, and please let me know if you agree or disagree with my comments - I'd love to hear from you!
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"May I have one of
your business cards?"
Do you love it when you hear this?
You should - click here to find out more...
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First impressions really do count - so don't let your documents let you down!
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Slick tricks for sleek slides to help you pack a punch with powerful presentations!
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