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5 Tips To Keep Visitors on Your Website Longer

By branding, design, marketing, website

Every business owner, entrepreneur or thought leader has likely spent plenty of time creating a beautiful website they’re proud of. Soon though, they learn that, on average, over 70% of the people who leave their website will never return. This doesn’t have to be the case, though. There are several tried-and-true ways to increase the chances your website visitors stick…

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Promotional Items = Walking Billboards

By advertising, branding, marketing, Promotional Marketing, strategy

Take a second and look around. You are probably at your desk reading this blog post or you are reading this on your phone. My bet is you have a few promotional items around that you may not realize are there anymore, but for one reason or another you kept it nearby. Me? Just at my office, I have an acrylic cup from one of my favorite vacation spots, a cup from the World Championship Goat Cook-Off, a couple of coasters, one representing my Longhorns, koozies from numerous clients, a client’s calendar and too many pens to count! At home, I have so many chip clips that I am never hurting for one when in need! Do I use them all? Yes! That’s what makes them effective. Even the notepad that I love so much I use it daily has the company’s logo on it.

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What are QR codes and Why Should you be Using them in your business??

By advertising, Direct Marketing, Graphic Design, marketing, Vicky Gouge

Many of you (hopefully most) have seen these little box codes start popping up everywhere. What most of you don’t know is that these Quick Response (QR) codes have been around for some time now. They were invented in Japan in 1994!! But, like most new technology, it has taken years for these little codes to emerge. Now they are…

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Non-Profits Profit from Branding, Too

By branding, marketing

Non-profits operate just like any other business – well aside from the fact that they don’t make a profit.  All of the non-profits proceeds go to paying bills, paying employees, and then going to help the people they were founded to help.  Non-profits’ budgets are traditionally tight and have become even tighter in these trying economic times.  Non-profits do, however,…

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Branding is a Relationship

By corporate branding, Graphic Design

Branding is probably one of the most important aspects of marketing out there. Branding is what makes your first impression, your last impression, pretty much all of your impressions. Branding was a large topic of discussion at the 2008 HOW Design Conference that was held in Boston a few weeks back. (Just a side F.Y.I., next year’s conference is going…

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Marketing More Important Than Ever

By marketing

In a time when many people fear recession, it may seem odd to suggest to companies to spend money on marketing.  However, it is during this downturn in the economy that this is actually one of the most important areas to spend your money. Marketing Myths Some say that a down economy is the time to cut the marketing and…

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