Resources
Below you will find a list of resources and service providers. These links are provided as a convenience; I do not necessarily recommend or endorse the services of these businesses. CrackerJack Accounting is not liable for use of these resources.
Articles/Blogs/Magazines
Creative Business - A business resource for creative firm principals and freelancers.
CreativePro.com - Information and tools to understand your business, work more productively, make new client connections, interact with your peers, and as a result, be more profitable and more satisfied with your career.
How Magazine - HOW magazine’s goal is to help designers, whether they work for a design firm, for an in-house design department or for themselves, run successful, creative, profitable studios.
Communication Arts - Print publication offering competitions, forums, feature articles, job bank, graphic design resources and online shopping.
Creative Latitude - Creative Latitude is a worldwide community that unites various creative disciplines for collective promotion, education and ethical business practice.
GAIN: AIGA Journal of Business and Design - Dedicated to stimulating thinking at the intersection of design and business. Through rigorous case studies and thoughtful interviews, the journal demonstrates how the process of design can be used to solve business problems, foster innovation, build meaningful customer relationships and differentiate products from competitors.
STEP Inside Design - STEP inside design explores the impact of design on all facets of our lives; how we work, learn, move, communicate, and play. STEP takes readers behind the scenes to meet the creative problem-solvers that make it possible for us to move through the world in brilliant and dynamic ways.
Staffing Resources
52LTD - Portland’s only locally owned and operated full-service staffing resource for the creative industry.
Right Brain Resource - The hiring solution for the communications industry. You can post jobs, read our industry content, listen to our podcasts, check out our blogs and research salary information. Right Brain can help you save time and money on your hiring efforts.
Aquent - The talent agency for designers and marketers
Filter Talent - a full-service creative resources company that connects industry- leading companies with the very best creative talent throughout the West Coast
Accounting & Project Management Software
MYOB - Small business accounting and management software (mac & pc friendly)
Workamajig - A web-based job tracking and integrated project management software, Workamajig® streamlines entire agencies, from new business and sales leads to staffing and creative execution, and all the way through a project’s cycle to accounting and financial reporting. It makes your business make sense.
Infowit - Creative project management software
functionfox - The simpe time and project tracking system for small creative companies.
Intervals - Intervals is a web-based service that marries time tracking and task management in a personalized online space with powerful reporting.
FreshBooks - An online invoicing and time tracking service.
Marketing
ThoughtShot Consulting - Business consulting & coaching to small business owners who are ready to develop solid, proven strategies for marketing, managing and growing a business.
Market Accelerators - Helping companies grow using practical marketing tips and ideas along with affordable coaching and consulting that remove barriers to growth.
Insurance
Kramer Insurance Group - Specializing in property & casualty insurance for business and personal coverage.
The Quintana Group - Specializing in: Business Planning, Estate Planning, Employee Benefits, Individual and Family Health Insurance
Cool Office Supplies
Office PDX - An innovative retail hybrid targeting the cultural creative: a specialty design store, art gallery, and graphic design studio all wrapped up in a gorgeous 1950’s office environment.
See Jane Work - The online destination for office style and organization.