| 22 Nov 2013
People don’t like hearing it, but we’ve been saying this for a long time. You get rankings that your site deserves. Don’t try cheap tricks or lame approaches. Instead, create ...
| 17 Sep 2013
3. Specific Defense Ideas Okay. We’ve identified the ideal and labeled some of our distractions. How do we minimize these so we can get more work done? Most times, we ...
| 11 Sep 2013
2. What is the Reality? Okay, in Focus @ Work Part 1 we had our heads in the clouds and talked about the ideal, lets take a look at reality. ...
| 4 Sep 2013
Focus amplifies. Focus distills. Focus is a muscle of the mind. Focus is the collection of a million choices made during the course of completing anything worthwhile. Focus transforms intention ...
| 22 May 2013
In our last post, we discussed some of the factors that affect the choice of colors for websites, brands, and other designs. However, in addition to choosing the right colors, ...
| 17 May 2013
Color is an integral part of any design. From logo creation to print ads, website design to product packaging, the choice of colors has a big impact on how your ...
| 14 May 2013
Here’s something interesting I noticed yesterday: This isn’t appearing on every search, but here and there Google is telling me how many times I’ve visited a site and when the ...
| 19 Apr 2013
If the logo is a company’s signature, all the design and content should be written in the company’s “handwriting.” Just like a person’s handwriting identifies who wrote a particular message, ...
| 10 Apr 2013
In our last post, we looked at what a brand is and how it encompasses all visual and experiential aspects of a product, service, or company. One of the most ...
| 21 Mar 2013
The idea of branding didn’t start with business. It started with ranching in Sweden in the Middle Ages. The word “brand” comes from the Norse word “brandr,” which means to ...
| 21 Feb 2013
Many small or medium businesses aren’t trying to take over the international business scene or go head-to-head with Amazon and the other “big boys.” But thanks to the omnipresent nature ...
| 15 Feb 2013
Many clients are not really sure what happens when they hire a graphic designer or a marketing agency to create a logo, website, or other materials for their business. In ...
| 29 Jan 2013
The average person spends less than 10 seconds on a website before deciding whether to leave or stay and explore further. Within those few seconds, they are looking for cues ...
| 24 Jan 2013
When starting to design or redesign their website, many companies use adjectives to describe how they want the website to look. Words like “fun,” “professional,” and “high-tech” seem to be ...
| 17 Jan 2013
White space is the “negative space” between elements. Basically, it’s anywhere on your page that is not filled up with text or images. It doesn’t actually have to be white; ...
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