If you are like us, you have clients who are wanting more and more to do email marketing campaigns and newsletters. And like the rest of you, our ultimate goal is to give our clients the best solution and product we can. So I set out to find the best way to accomplish this. We […]
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As part of an article I had read about a new brand, there was an interesting paragraph that I felt I had to write about. The brand that was being written about was HTV (Hispanic TV) which is available in the US, Europe, and Latin America. I personally have never heard of it, I doubt
There are many advantages to text messaging, Instead of calling a friend after 10PM to see if they are still awake, you can just send them a text – if they don’t respond they are more than likely catching some Zs. You can sneak a little love message out during class or while at work
Television advertising is something outside of our scope of work for sure, put the same principles of messaging still apply whether you are taking about a logo, a powerpoint, or even a tv ad. So now that I’ve seen this new ad campaign for the New Mexico Tourism Authority, I’m a little scared about the
Jargon. Apple keyboard command for undo, commonly used by design geeks. Command – Z is based on the Apple computer’s keyboard shortcut for “undoing” an action. Recently I pondered with the idea of what it would be like if we could “undo” in real life as easily as we can on our laptops? Think of
Back in 2008 the WGN Superstation ( the station that lovingly gives us the worst broadcast team in the history of humanity, yes I’m talking about you Hawk Harrelson and whoever your tool color man is) brought us one of the most frighteningly terrible identities in recent memories. With a rebrand as WGN America, the
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An ad campaign, launched Friday, is quickly becoming an internet sensation in the few markets that it was initially introduced in to. While it has not yet debuted in the Phoenix market, if you we’re to be watching a Cleveland Cavaliers game on FSN Ohio for instance, this commercial would be played (by design, mind
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An interesting article from the New York Times about the outrage centered around the redesign on the packaging for Tropicana. The New York Times By STUART ELLIOTT Published: February 22, 2009 Tropicana Discovers Some Buyers Are Passionate About Packaging It took 24 years, but PepsiCo now has its own version of New Coke. The PepsiCo
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I’m sure we’ve all purchased tickets online for events (but in case you haven’t, here’s a little explanation) and run into the security “write down the numbers with lines over them” because some people use programs to automatically hold tickets and block people. So, this security protocol is a legitimate step on the way to
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I was reading a blog post from Jim Walls, creative director at 160over90 which is a branding firm in Philadelphia and his experiment with one of those internet logo places. We in the design industry love these place that claim to give you superior design for 2 dollars and hour. This post was Jim Walls
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