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Most people make their New Year’s Resolutions in January – we think this is just bad practice. Many articles recently have pointed out that January is a horrible time to make a new resolution – you’re just setting yourself up for failure.
But, as the end of the month approaches, we’re thinking about what we want to do with the studio. And we have some big plans.
Blog Topics
We’ve been slowly making a shift in our topics from general design news to productivity for designers.
So what is going to be the true shift in focus for Nascent? Lifehacking for designers and quality, quick education for clients.
Basically, we want to HELP designers as much as possible, both in their own work space and on the client front. We encourage designers to share the tips and Client-Ed articles on this blog to help anyone involved with any given project.
Post Frequency
Starting in February we’re going to be increasing our post frequency on the blog. We’ve already upped our Twitter post frequency with useful tips and articles from around the interwebs, so now we’re going to start pushing out more content than ever before.
Sticking to the “productivity” theme, one of our new categories on the blog will be the keyboard shortcut of the week.
Expect to see keyboard shortcuts from Adobe Applications, Mac OSX, and Windows – everyone will be able to learn something useful from our keyboard shortcuts, and learning 1 per week to use in your daily workflow will make sure that you remember it.
Products
That’s right, we’re branching out into product offerings this year. We’re no longer going to be JUST a service studio, but a press, as well.
Working through the Envato Marketplace, we’ll be releasing an eBook template design in the next month and a WordPress theme built on the Genesis Framework within the next 6 months.
Marketing
Due to a newly found fascination with marketing and copy writing, we’ll be expanding our marketing efforts, as well.
More than that, we will be offering marketing advice and tips along the way – all from respected sources on the web and in print. Most of these tips will likely be featured in our Client-Ed category, so designers should keep an eye on our Client-Ed articles, as well.
Everything Else
We have more plans than we could possibly hope to publish in one post, so keep an eye on Nascent this year, it’s going to be big.
