In 2012, Tangerine Tango, an exuberant, reddish orange, was awarded Pantone Color of the year. In 2013, Emerald, an eloquent, energetic green, that elevates our sense of well-being by inspiring insight as well as advocating balance and tranquility takes the honor. Emerald is usually affiliated with dazzling, beloved gemstones, and the perception of Emerald is …
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Should I create a blog for SEO purposes?
Blogs have no special powers in which they gain high rankings. Although if implemented correctly, they will contain fresh and unique content. Search engines tend to like that, regardless of the format. They know when a given site is adding new articles frequently, so they will index it often. Blogs are an easy venue for …
Tate Design Wins NEW American Graphic Design Award
Once again, Tate Design was selected as a winner of the 2011 American Graphic Design Awards! This award was presented in honor of a website designed for an IT company, Lionfield Technology Solutions. For almost five decades, Graphic Design USA, a prominent industry magazine, has sponsored national competitions that recognize creative professionals for areas of …
5 creative marketing techniques using QR codes
Business cards Why not add a QR code to the blank space on the back of your business card? A QR code will allow potential clients to link to a V-card, in order to download your contact information right into his or her mobile contacts. Newsletters Add a QR code to your …
QR Codes: A marketing technique with great potential
QR stands for “quick response,” and these codes provide immediate access to information. A QR code is a barcode read by a cell phone that can store any alphanumeric data within it. The codes are commonly seen in places such as billboards, product labels, business cards, and buildings. The system of these codes is starting …
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Google and Wikipedia blackout sites for the largest online protest in history- SOPA hearing resumes February, 2011
If you were wondering why you couldn’t access Wikipedia or why sites like Google had their logo blacked out, it was due to the sites’ participating in the largest online protest in history. On January 18, 2012, SOPA, the U.S. House of Representatives Stop Online Piracy Act, caused an Internet blackout on some of the …
What are popular color trends for 2012?
Tangerine Tango, an exuberant, reddish orange, replenishes us with the energy necessary to rejuvenate and bounce back to life. Tangerine Tango is alluring and exotic but in a very non-threatening way. A bright, cheerful spin on a classic fall shade, Tangerine Tango will definitely remain popular through the season of autumn. “Sophisticated but at the …
How do I find out how much traffic my competitor’s website receives?
To find out exactly how much traffic your competition receives is pretty much impossible. There are sites available such as Alexa.com, that provide some comparative data, but they do not give the exact amount of traffic that your competitors receive. The only way that you can acquire this exact information, is if you have log …
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Why should you optimize and manage your company’s Online Directories?
Unless you are controlling and managing your online directory listing, the information in these directories will often be incomplete and inaccurate. Typical online directory data has been ‘scraped’ from white and yellow page listings and from government records and contains just address and phone number. In order to achieve top rank in online directories listings …
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Your Marketing Checklist
To get the marketing wheels turning, take a moment to run through this checklist. It will help assess your current marketing efforts and define areas for improvement. Do you have a clear and concise agenda for growing your business? – Is your plan in writing? – Does your plan include specific goals, strategies, dates and …
What are popular color trends for 2011?
A Color for All Seasons Courageous. Confident. Vital. A brave new color, for a brave new world. Let the bold spirit of Honeysuckle infuse you, lift you and carry you through the year. It’s a color for every day – with nothing “everyday” about it. A dynamic reddish pink, Honeysuckle is encouraging and uplifting. …
