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How To Craft A Killer E-Mail Newsletter

February 13, 2012 · · All Blog Posts, Design Trends, Hot Design Tips, New Effusion Projects · 0 Comments

As any veteran Internet marketer or business web designer can tell you, there are a lot of things that go into building a successful e-mail newsletter campaign. The smallest factors, like the wording of your subject line, can make an important difference when it comes to the response rate and return on investment you see..

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The Most Important Reason to Find the Right Creatives

January 29, 2012 · · All Blog Posts, Hot Design Tips, New Effusion Projects · 0 Comments

In sports, coaches and managers often remind fans that certain things just can’t be coached: speed, height, and raw physical talent are all things that certain athletes are inherently born with, and that teams can’t win without. Believe it or not, it’s the same with design professionals. Some are more talented, patient, and harder-working than.

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Is Google Remarketing a Gimmick… Or the Best Thing to Happen to Online Advertising in Years?

January 12, 2012 · · All Blog Posts, Design Trends, Hot Design Tips, Love 'em or Hate 'em Brands · 0 Comments

Like most new Google ideas – or relatively untested marketing ideas from any company, for that matter – Google Remarketing has been met with a combination of excitement, yawns, and complete confusion. What most business owners and marketing managers really want to know, however, is this: Is the program a great step forward in online.

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Design Ethics, What Do You Stand For?

December 30, 2011 · · All Blog Posts, Love 'em or Hate 'em Brands, New Effusion Projects, What Were They Thinking? · 0 Comments

It’s funny how sometimes standing by your ethic guns may cost you money, but integrity I think… is priceless. Recently, we had a returning client that absolutely loved our work on a very large project that took 4 months to complete last year. We spent weekends and vacation time mind you, to ensure everything was.

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I was Wrrrrr.

December 12, 2011 · · All Blog Posts, Hot Design Tips, New Effusion Projects, What Were They Thinking? · 0 Comments

I’m not sure if it’s just us or it’s a common thing in the industry. But over the last year, we’ve had a handful of potential clients that came to us to bid on a project and awarded it to a freelancer or another design firm (because the lowest bid seemed to be the most.

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Pure Genius

November 30, 2011 · · All Blog Posts, Humbled · 0 Comments

Are you looking for a hand drawn logo with the worst possible style and quality at a really affordable price? You’ve come to the right place. I’ll design you a crappy logo for a mere $5. That’s right, 5 BUCKS! to buy myself a beer at the local watering hole. Sometimes you just need to.

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I need it yesterday

November 12, 2011 · · All Blog Posts, New Effusion Projects, What Were They Thinking? · 0 Comments

Ah… the infamous last words. How many times have you dealt with a client, it can be in the design industry or any industry for that matter, that want to hop on the fast track to crank out a project? We’ve all been there. Ever notice though that more often than not, those turn and.

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How to Turn a PowerPoint Presentation Into Compelling Web Content

October 23, 2011 · · All Blog Posts, Hot Design Tips · 0 Comments

Ever finish a particularly impactful business meeting or sales presentation and wish you could tap into that energy again and again to help you grow your business? Well, maybe you can. While a large part of your PowerPoint talk might be your tone of voice, presence, and timing, there are some steps you can take.

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Does Your Design Firm Communicate as Well as it Designs?

October 9, 2011 · · All Blog Posts · 0 Comments

We can tell you from experience that, no matter how a new potential client comes to us, at some point in the first 10 or 15 minutes of meeting them, a version of the phrase “show us your samples” is going to be uttered into the air. We can understand; clients are paying for strong.

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Is Print Dead?

September 22, 2011 · · All Blog Posts, Design Trends, Hot Design Tips · 0 Comments

Somewhere over the past two decades, print design stopped being the hot young thing and moved into the attic with its collection of cats. Meanwhile, online marketing – and all of its forms, from search engine optimization to social media – suddenly became the one sexy thing that every business of any size “simply had.

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