Professional logos can cost between $150 and $10,000. For the small to medium business, $250 to $500 will attract some very experienced creatives. $1,000-$1500 will attract even higher end ones if your project is complex and your budget can bear it. By way of eating our own cheese sticks, we just did a logo makeover. (I know, [...] […]

There are lots of shark tanks out there. The Merchant Banking sales tank that small businesses have been forced to swim through for the past 20 years is a notorious one. But not anymore. If you’re a small business — maybe one that only transacts a few payments a month — Paypal has a solution for you. [...] […]

An $800 yearly savings is a big deal around here. Hand Picked Tomatoes isn’t your typical high priced consultancy, located in a slick glass building in that business park by the airport. It’s me, Stephen P. Kane. Plus — depending on the project, — a group of Hand Picked Freelancers working from home offices across Orange [...] […]

In the post, “20 Tips for Marketing Professional Photography Online”, I talked about the importance of site architecture in the development of a successful photography site. Here’s a site I developed over the weekend to demonstrate an example of what good architecture might look like: This site is based on a css template by Dieter Schneider [...] […]

Chad Takenaka, owner of Design Models of California, has an approach to his work that really resonates with me:  Blending the latest technology with old school hand crafted values. After reading today’s LA Times article by Cyndia Zwahlen, I felt compelled to do something to help Chad’s business prosper. So, with a cup of coffee at [...] […]