Finally did it, I created my business! Been busy 24/7 coding/building/creating for the past 5 months and the stores go live in less than 2 days. (Blog will get more attention soon as the dust settles from my empire breaking out.)
So much left to do but at least I can rest for a while on sunday. Mini-goal, try and break $1,000 in sales from saturday to monday. Will be interesting if the goal set for the end of this year will be met. Actually looking possible.
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Robin Oppenlander
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About Me
- DaneDesigns
- Raleigh, NC, United States
- Originally from Copenhagen Denmark. Illustration is my passion but I have a hand in almost all things creative including Photography, Fine Art, Web Design, Social-Media, and Marketing.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
March is going to be Insane.
Hope your all doing great!
I wanted to get into the habit of adding more to my blog, at the beginning of each month I will be presenting my goals and ideas for the month. The purpose of my blog is to share the experience and knowledge I have gathered thus far over 28 years of life. I always excelled at english throughout my studies here in the states but for reports/data/projects, never really on such a public or personal level as the blogosphere. I hope you will follow this blog in your igoogle blog reader (organizes all the blogs you follow on 1 convenient page). It what I use to keep up with the blogs I follow.
So back to the March Madness and no, not the NCAA Tournament. The main reason behind it is last fall I applied to North Carolina State's College of Design and the admission letters go out on March 15th. Been biting my nails for almost 4 months but we're down to the wire now. When the letter to come but I am unsure of what to expect, the selection process is tough and there are always tons of applicants.
The application deadline was back in November. My portfolio was submitted on time along with my essay on how design will transform the world and how I will be part of that change. Design is the greatest power we have in this world and we all use it to some degree. Solutions always seem to arise when I apply the creative process to the issue at hand, not only when creating a piece of art or digital work but everything; cooking, travel, style, how your desk is arranged. The more I use design thinking
March Goals:
I wanted to get into the habit of adding more to my blog, at the beginning of each month I will be presenting my goals and ideas for the month. The purpose of my blog is to share the experience and knowledge I have gathered thus far over 28 years of life. I always excelled at english throughout my studies here in the states but for reports/data/projects, never really on such a public or personal level as the blogosphere. I hope you will follow this blog in your igoogle blog reader (organizes all the blogs you follow on 1 convenient page). It what I use to keep up with the blogs I follow.
So back to the March Madness and no, not the NCAA Tournament. The main reason behind it is last fall I applied to North Carolina State's College of Design and the admission letters go out on March 15th. Been biting my nails for almost 4 months but we're down to the wire now. When the letter to come but I am unsure of what to expect, the selection process is tough and there are always tons of applicants.
The application deadline was back in November. My portfolio was submitted on time along with my essay on how design will transform the world and how I will be part of that change. Design is the greatest power we have in this world and we all use it to some degree. Solutions always seem to arise when I apply the creative process to the issue at hand, not only when creating a piece of art or digital work but everything; cooking, travel, style, how your desk is arranged. The more I use design thinking
March Goals:
- Add portfolio pages to the DaneDesigns Blog.
- Streamline all my marketing/business efforts.
- Organize, Organize, Organize.
- Review & Edit your Blog (I think it has been close to 8-10 years since any attempt at writing at length so bare with me as I fix things up) - added Sunday; 3/7/10 (Getting the hang of blogger, remember I am a designer, not a writer. Trying to apply the way I criticize design to not only the depth of my words but does it sound correct and look correct?
I hope as more pages are added, How-to, Portfolio's, About, etc... the programs and tools I use everyday to sell my photography and digital design work online. Even though the blog is in the growing stages with a light amount of content it's only a matter of adding it. St. Paddy's Design coming in the next few days so check for that.
Thank you for checking out my blog and If you work with Adobe Illustrator make sure to check out my Illustrator Tutorials page for step by step instructions on how to make the most of your creative experience.
Robin Oppenlander
Dane Designs
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
10 Inspirations for Valentines, Love it or Hate it
If you are in need of a little inspiration this valentines day these may help spark your creativity. I gathered together a few vectors related to love
Bleeding Love
Vector illustration by Yunart.
Sometimes love can be cruel.
Reaching for Love
by ~ShooQ
Just when we give it up on finding Love, we discover it didn't..... it will grow for us
Love
by -cryssy
Bleeding Love
Vector illustration by Yunart.
Sometimes love can be cruel.
Reaching for Love
by ~ShooQ
Just when we give it up on finding Love, we discover it didn't..... it will grow for us
Love
by -cryssy
Great composition and color combination. Beautiful vector illustration of a passionate kiss.
Find Love
by *LimKis
There were no artist comments for this piece, but I thought it was a futuristic cupid.
Design is Love
by ~skm-industries
Don't let bad design ruin your life! Fight it with love and you will be protected
Love Retro
by ~clouz
Dance with Love
This Precious Love
by ~rihl
Floral Love
by ~Dean-Site
Love's Taken Over
by ~ColourFool
Great balance and attention to detail.
oO I Love You... Oo
By ~CrazyChild
The truth hurts...
As the year goes on I will be adding more vectors from my own collection and presenting other artists from the design community. I hope you enjoy your valentine's day and I hope some of these selections inspire your love of design and creativity!
Robin Oppenlander
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Powerful Green Web Hosting for Home and Business
There were several reasons I chose Ipower for my web hosting solutions. The amount of services and small army of customer service professionals makes almost everything 100% seemless. I am an authorized reseller for Ipower and lately I've been asisting traditional artists & painters get their work online into professional galleries.
Along with all the tools they offer they are also among the first to offer eco-friendly websites. I can't imagine how much electricity is wasted on the web but Ipower is giving you the power to do something about it! My goal is to make sure our customers are 100% happy and that every single website we design will be hosted with GREEN energy!
Who is Ipower?
Founded in 2001, IPOWER has established itself as a leader in the web hosting industry, providing a comprehensive suite of online services for small and medium-sized businesses worldwide. Our custom control panel, vDeck, offers access to more than 200 tools and services, giving our customers the widest selection of web hosting applications available.
IPOWER has seen tremendous growth, at one point being named to the Inc. 500 list, fueled both by word of mouth and by a competitive affiliate program. More than 700,000 customers from more than 100 countries depend on us every day for speed, reliability, security and global reach.
Attention to the Customers
At IPOWER, the customers aren't faceless numbers. We know them; we listen to them; we implement changes based on their feedback. Our "Customer Experience" team conducts monthly surveys and focus groups to monitor customer satisfaction and find out how we can improve. We perform usability testing on our tools, with real customers, during the development process. And, in 2007, we migrated to a new hosting platform to ensure that our customers' websites and email are hosted in an environment that is as secure and reliable as possible.
Always Evolving
When a company becomes as successful as IPOWER, it's easy to become complacent. They don't let that happen. Their constantly looking for newer and better ways to serve our customers. They've leveraged a position as a web hosting leader to forge strong partnerships with industry giants, such as Google, Yahoo!, WordPress, ShopSite and Constant Contact. In fact, we were one of the first hosts to integrate Google Webmaster Tools directly into our control panel, giving our customers unprecedented insight into how Google views sites.
I've been using Ipower for 2 years now and they have not only given me the tools I need to fully integrate everything together in 1 place. On top of all the utilities and management software plus bonus credits for advertising, but what finally put me over the top was they utilize green energy certificates to create green web sites help make carbon-free websites.
Along with all the tools they offer they are also among the first to offer eco-friendly websites. I can't imagine how much electricity is wasted on the web but Ipower is giving you the power to do something about it! My goal is to make sure our customers are 100% happy and that every single website we design will be hosted with GREEN energy!
Who is Ipower?
Founded in 2001, IPOWER has established itself as a leader in the web hosting industry, providing a comprehensive suite of online services for small and medium-sized businesses worldwide. Our custom control panel, vDeck, offers access to more than 200 tools and services, giving our customers the widest selection of web hosting applications available.
IPOWER has seen tremendous growth, at one point being named to the Inc. 500 list, fueled both by word of mouth and by a competitive affiliate program. More than 700,000 customers from more than 100 countries depend on us every day for speed, reliability, security and global reach.
Attention to the Customers
At IPOWER, the customers aren't faceless numbers. We know them; we listen to them; we implement changes based on their feedback. Our "Customer Experience" team conducts monthly surveys and focus groups to monitor customer satisfaction and find out how we can improve. We perform usability testing on our tools, with real customers, during the development process. And, in 2007, we migrated to a new hosting platform to ensure that our customers' websites and email are hosted in an environment that is as secure and reliable as possible.
Always Evolving
When a company becomes as successful as IPOWER, it's easy to become complacent. They don't let that happen. Their constantly looking for newer and better ways to serve our customers. They've leveraged a position as a web hosting leader to forge strong partnerships with industry giants, such as Google, Yahoo!, WordPress, ShopSite and Constant Contact. In fact, we were one of the first hosts to integrate Google Webmaster Tools directly into our control panel, giving our customers unprecedented insight into how Google views sites.
I've been using Ipower for 2 years now and they have not only given me the tools I need to fully integrate everything together in 1 place. On top of all the utilities and management software plus bonus credits for advertising, but what finally put me over the top was they utilize green energy certificates to create green web sites help make carbon-free websites.
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