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The Value of Design
The Value of Design

Design is omni-present. It cannot be escaped. Everywhere you look, every object you see, every book you read, every billboard in your line of sight, advertisements in magazines, newspapers, and on TV…

Protect Your Web Site Against Plagiarism
Protect Your Web Site Content

A while back, we were introduced to a site that lets you type in your web site’s domain name – or even a specific page URL on your site – to see if the content on your page is being used on any other sites…

Who Are You Calling an Artist?
Who Are You Calling an Artist?

We have a bone to pick with those well-meaning name-callers who like to refer to us as the “a-word” – artists. While their verbal path may be paved with good intentions, and there is a certain element of the artistic…

Less is More
Less Is More

Once in a while, we can all use a good reminder of how simple execution of a great idea can be more effective than all the bells and whistles you can shake a stick at…and, what’s with the stick shaking anyhow?

You're So Vain
You're So Vain

We’ve seen companies of all shapes and sizes across a wide spectrum of industries. In spite of their differences, all share a common goal – to market in a way that most effectively speaks to the target audience.

Smart Goal Setting for Business Success
Are Your Goals SMART?

As obvious as it might seem, actually writing down goals for your company for the coming year is something few people actually take the time to do. In the absence of a set of written goals and a concrete plan…

Vancouver Brand & Logo Re-Design
Re-Design to Re-Define

In a market where companies are always in search of ways to outsmart the competition, giving your collateral and identity an overhaul is a great way to reinvent yourself.  Not merely an aesthetic process, the decision…

Product vs Service Marketing
Service vs Product Marketing

If you manage a service-based business, you’re certainly aware of how ineffective some traditional product-based marketing approaches can be in promoting your company. The fact is, if you provide a service…

What a Brand Is - and Is Not
What a Brand Is - And Is NOT

With terms like branding, brand identity, corporate identity and a host of other terms related to corporate brand building finding their way into the jargon of nearly every businessperson on the planet, there’s bound to…

Creative Corporate Branding Design
Corporate Doesn't Have to Be Boring

You may hear many creative types express that they feel working on “corporate” projects is boring, limiting and stuffy. However, the more restrictive a project’s guidelines, the greater the challenge to turn out…

Generate Free PR for Your Business
Generate Free PR For Your Business

A little free press can go a long way in helping get the word out about your business. Networking in Vancouver has a great article on their web site that is a summary of a presentation given by a PR expert…

E-Mail Marketing Design
Mis-Steps with Mailing List Management

If you’re anything like us, your e-mail in-box can get pretty full, pretty quickly. Just when you think you’ve tamed the torrent of incoming messages, you open your mailbox to see it full once again.

A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stories and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer’s decision to choose one product or service over another.

SETH GODIN - AUTHOR