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Posted 2/6 - 3 Secrets to Standard Deluxe’s Success
Laid back screen printing shop Standard Deluxe encounters wild success despite their small-town location in Waverly, AL. See how owner Scott Peek's business attracts big clients from the comfort of his hometown roots.
Posted 2/6 - Bill Aims to Give Athletes More Social Media Privacy
Should universities be allowed to force student athletes to have their Facebook and Twitter accounts monitored by coaches and administrators?
N…
Posted 2/6 - Earthquake Strikes Philippines: The Rapid Social Media Response [VIDEO]
Chaos struck the Philippines on Monday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the central island of Negros, causing fears of tidal waves and a tsuna…
Posted 2/6 - How Social Media Could Improve Public Safety
When it comes to public safety, forward-thinking government agencies are beginning to look at social media as a support tool for improved situa…
Posted 2/6 - Why the 2012 Presidential Race Will Be Defined By Data
Forget the Twitter election; in 2012 the presidential campaigns will break new ground in use of data to target advertising.
Posted 2/6 - Deleted Facebook Pictures May Still Lurk on the Internet [VIDEO]
Pictures users have deleted from Facebook months or even years ago may still exist, it has been revealed.
Facebook says it’s workin…
Posted 2/6 - Want To Speak @ SMX Toronto? Here’s How
Posted 2/6 - Super Bowl’s Most-Searched Term: Madonna [VIDEO]
The Giants may have won the Super Bowl, but Madonna won the Google search competition.
The 53-year-old halftime performer was Google’…
Posted 2/6 - Woman Gets Jawbone Made by 3D Printer
Need a new jawbone? Now you can print one.
An 83-year-old British woman recently underwent the first-ever custom transplant of a lower jaw made by a…
Posted 2/6 - Fed Up With Facebook Changes? Try Friendio [VIDEO]
A group of former Facebook users based in Orland Park, Ill., fed up with the mandatory changes that came with Facebook’s network-wid…
Posted 2/6 - Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Interactive Music Video Lets You ‘Look Around’
The Red Hot Chili Peppers just released an interactive version of the music video for the band’s latest single, “Lo…
Posted 2/6 - LeVar Burton to Bring Reading Rainbow Back … in an App
When Reading Rainbow ended its 26-year run in 2009, it left behind decades of preschoolers for whom its theme song will forever surface nostalg…
Posted 2/6 - Amazon to Open Retail Store [RUMOR]
In what may be a sign that 2012 really is the year of the apocalypse, revered online retailer Amazon is rumored to be opening a brick-and-mortar…
Posted 2/6 - Chrysler Super Bowl Commercial Mysteriously Disappears, Returns to YouTube
Someone had a sudden impact on Chrysler’s “Clint Eastwood” Super Bowl spot’s availability on YouTube Sunday night.
Chrysler…
Posted 2/6 - Don’t Miss Networking with Your Marketing Peers at SMX West – Feb. 28-Mar. 1 in San Jose
Posted 2/6 - Honeywell Sues Nest Labs Over Thermostat Tech
When Nest Labs launched a round, self-adjusting thermostat built more like an iPhone than an appliance, we didn’t think we’d seen an…
Posted 2/6 - PSI Engineering Announces New Appointment
Judy MacMaster fills the position of Service and Support Manager at PSI Engineering.
Posted 2/6 - Managing PPC Through The Fog Of Long Tail Keywords
Posted 2/6 - Triocorp Selects ROTOCONTROL RSC Slitter/Rewinder Finishing Machine
Another order placed in South Africa by ROTOTEC, the local Agent for ROTOCONTROL
Posted 2/6 - Pitney Bowes Announces Additional Strategic Alliances for Volly Secure Digital Delivery Service
40 service bureaus and large-volume mailers sign agreements to offer innovative service
Posted 2/6 - Yahoo Launches Mobile-App Search (For PCs) In The UK
Posted 2/6 - Tumblr Humor Editor Reveals the Secret to Finding Hilarious Content
Today alone, Tumblr has already seen nearly 62 million posts — overall, the site just surpassed 17 billion posts total.
For a network that…
Posted 2/6 - Proforma Opens Eight New Offices in January
Proforma is pleased to welcome eight new offices to its network.
Posted 2/6 - Reduce Supply Chain Interruption Risks: Automate
Year-end business reviews for 2011 point to a weak link in corporate practices
Posted 2/6 - Is Angry Birds Keeping Your Brain Healthy? [STUDY]
Go ahead and play your favorite addictive smartphone gaming apps — chances are they’re good for your brain.
A new study from the Archive…
Posted 2/6 - Using The Mobile Ratio To Measure Mobile SEO Success
Posted 2/6 - ISA International Sign Expo Named No. 5 Fast-Growth Trade Show in 2011
ISA International Sign Expo 2011 was one of the largest in ISA history, and its growth was enough to earn it a spot on Expo Magazine's list of Top 25 Fast-Growth Shows in 2011.
Posted 2/6 - Google, Facebook Censor Themselves in India After Court Order
Google India and Facebook have removed web pages considered offensive to India’s political and religious leadership to satisfy a court ord…
Posted 2/6 - 3 Ways Enterprises Cripple Their Online Marketing Efforts
Posted 2/6 - Report: National Marketers Love Local, Fail At Basic Tactics
Posted 2/6 - Verizon, Redbox Ready to Take on Netflix With Streaming Service
Verizon announced Monday that it is taking a crack at the video streaming business.
The company is joining forces with Coinstar, the parent co…
Posted 2/6 - Google Launches ‘Solve for X,’ Think Tank for Fixing Global Problems [VIDEO]
Google just debuted a project dedicated to attacking some of the biggest problems facing civilization, such as global warming, and proposing “r…
Posted 2/6 - Latest Google Search Revamp Brings Opportunities For Local Businesses
Posted 2/6 - Honda’s ‘Bueller’ Super Bowl Ad Got the Most Buzz [REPORT]
Ferris Bueller took the day.
Honda’s CR-V ad featuring Bueller star Matthew Broderick taking a day off (above) was the most-buzzed Super Bowl…
Posted 2/6 - Why Didn’t Apple Advertise During the Super Bowl?
During the third quarter of the 1984 Super Bowl, viewers witnessed one of the most memorable commercials ever, “1984.” Twenty-eight years…
Posted 2/6 - Ferrostaal Appoints Six New Sales/Tech Service Dealerships for the Central and Western States
HOUSTON—Feb. 6, 2012—Ferrostaal Equipment Solutions North America has announced its lineup of exclusive sales and service dealers serving the Central and Western United States. Together with others recently named, Ferrostaal now has...
Posted 2/6 - Pinterest: How Do You Turn Pins Into Projects?
Pinterest is perhaps the most buzzed-about service of early 2012 and an unexpected startup success story. For those who haven’t joined (th…
Posted 2/6 - Coca-Cola, Acura Websites Crashed During Super Bowl
The New England Patriots weren’t the only ones who choked Sunday night.
Websites from Coca-Cola, Acura and film Act of Valor crashed Sund…
Posted 2/6 - Joe Pulizzi: Content Marketer Of The Year! @juntajoe #ContentlyAwards
Two-thousand eleven may have been the Year of the Rabbit to the Zodiac, but to the Web it was the Year of Content Marketing. And if one person walked the walk evangelized by the brand publishing movement – especially in the B2B world – that person is Junta42 and Content Marketing Institute founder Joe Pulizzi. [...]
Posted 2/6 - AlphaGraphics Names Art Coley as President
This appointment is effective immediately and follows the departure of Kevin Cushing as CEO of the company.
Posted 2/6 - Google Instant: Only On When Your Computer Can Handle It
Posted 2/6 - White Nokia Lumia 800 Coming Soon
If you like the sleek lines of Nokia’s Lumia 800, you might like that Nokia will soon launch an even more drool-worthy, white version of t…
Posted 2/6 - Bing Webmaster Tools Adds Markup Validator
Posted 2/6 - Two Super Bowl Moments Land in Twitter’s Record Book
The Super Bowl XLVI isn’t only America’s number one TV event of the year; it also now claims top spots on Twitter‘s most-tweet…
Posted 2/6 - The 5 Best New Apps This Week
With about 500,000 apps in the Apple App Store and an estimated 300,000 apps in the Android Market, finding the gems among the virtual haystack can be…
Posted 2/6 - This Is a Message from Your Heart This Is a Message from Your Heart
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Posted 2/6 - Perfect Colours Launches Deferred Payment Option for HP Designjet Printers
Perfect Colours has announced a new finance option for print service providers (PSPs) wishing to upgrade to new HP Designjet printers.
Posted 2/6 - Znd Presents Latest Innovations at Fespa
At Fespa Digital Barcelona, Zünd is presenting the brand-new S3 line of cutters.
Posted 2/6 - Torrent Search Engine BTJunkie Voluntarily Shuts Down
BitTorrent indexing engine BTJunkie has decided to shut its doors after 7 years of service.
“This is the end of the line my friends. The…
Posted 2/6 - How AutoCAD Retooled Its Marketing With Facebook
Chris Hession has been a product and marketing manager for nearly 15 years. But recently, his job completely changed. “Just in the last year and a half, social media has become not just a component of our product marketing plan, but really the core component,” said Hession, currently senior manager of Autodesk’s AutoCAD product marketing. [...]
Posted 2/6 - Mashable Weekend Recap: 28 Stories You May Have Missed
It was almost like a holiday weekend here at Mashable, but with the big Super Bowl game looming on Sunday, we weren’t just hanging around…
Posted 2/6 - OK Go Plays 1,000 Instruments With a Car in Stunning New Video
The band OK Go is known for its imaginative and original videos, and its latest, for “Needing/Getting”, is no exception.
This time the…
Posted 2/6 - Super Bowl 2012 Commercials: Watch Them All Here
There are two kinds of Super Bowl fans: those who watch for the football and those who watch for the advertisements.
For those who prefer the sport,…
Posted 2/5 - 10 Best iPhone Armbands
If you use your phone as an MP3 player during workouts, or don’t want to go running without it, an armband case is the ideal solution to give yo…
Posted 2/5 - How to Follow New York Fashion Week Online
Fashion Week returns to New York Feb. 9, and once again designers and the press are heading to the web to engage consumer audiences.
Building…
Posted 2/5 - Featured illustrator: Malika Favre
Malika Favre creates wonderful vector-style illustrations. She uses color and white space perfectly.
Posted 2/5 - Rep. Told to Repay the State $346K for Printing Contracts
A Rankin County (MS) lawmaker in his second term in office has been ordered to repay the state $346,554 from public printing contracts that went to his family business and pay a $50,000 fine for the dealings. Rep. Kevin McGee, a Republican from...
Posted 2/5 - Take HOW’s Design Salary Survey
Admit it: You're curious to know how your paycheck compares to those of your design colleagues in similar positions. HOW's 2012 Design Salary Report will have all the answers, but we need your help!
Posted 2/4 - Weekend Favs February Four Weekend Favs February Four
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Posted 2/4 - Will You Purchase Facebook Stock? This Week in Social Media
Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up-to-date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Facebook Seeks to Raise $5 Billion in IPO: “Social networking titan Facebook filed to go public, seeking to raise $5 [...]
Posted 2/3 - Vårdapoteket identity
I wish we could see more visual identities like this one. For Vårdapoteket, a swedish pharmacy chain, Stockholm Design Lab created [...]
Posted 2/3 - Tumblr’s New Content Strategy: Covering Itself
Tumblr hired two writers this week to cover the goings-on of... well, itself.
Posted 2/3 - The Most Influential Social CEOs
The Reuters and Klout 50 measures the most influential executives on the web.
Posted 2/3 - Why Companies Must Act as Publishers: An Interview With Joe Pulizzi
Joe Pulizzi discusses the history of content marketing and why businesses need it in today’s digital world.
Posted 2/3 - Morgana and Multigraf Announce Technology Licensing Agreement
MILTON KEYNES, U.K.—Feb. 3, 2012—Morgana Systems, the UK’s leading manufacturer of equipment for digital finishing, is delighted to announce that it has withdrawn its patent infringement claims in Germany, and has licenced...
Posted 2/3 - Buhrs Americas Names Kevin Daly President and CEO
MINNEAPOLIS—Feb. 3, 2012—Buhrs Americas has named Kevin R. Daly to position of President and CEO. In his new role, Daly is responsible for all operations in North America. He joined Buhrs Americas in 2007 as chief financial officer,...
Posted 2/3 - 5 Inspirational New Twitter Brand Pages
Five new Twitter brand pages that we found particularly innovative.
Posted 2/3 - AlphaGraphics Names Art Coley as President
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—Feb. 2, 2012—Blackstreet Capital Partners II, an affiliate of a Maryland-based private equity fund, has announced the promotion of AlphaGraphics Inc.’s Art Coley from senior vice president of global...
Posted 2/3 - INX Digital, Giant Media Announce Regional Agreement for Wide-Format EDX Inks
INX Digital International has introduced a new partner for the alternative market in North America.
Posted 2/3 - Printing Company Releases SSNs by Mistake
The Social Security numbers of thousands of Derry Township (PA) residents have been exposed. Officials with a West Shore printing company (Security Savings Systems) admit they made a mistake and they are offering identity theft protection to the...
Posted 2/3 - University to Close Internal Printing Operation
Johns Hopkins will be closing its longtime Printing Services operation, and the work it currently produces will be handled by outside vendors as the university seeks to rationalize operations and costs. University officials said that the decision...
Posted 2/3 - Publishers Seek Solutions as USPS Nears Brink
Publishing companies face a massive shift in consumer habits online, but revenue isn’t following nearly as fast as the reader. Consequently, print-magazine revenue remains a key to the economics of most companies. These topics and more were...
Posted 2/3 - Fujifilm Names Jurgen Gruber Newspaper Account Manager for Graphic Systems Division
Jurgen Gruber has joined the Graphic Systems Division of Fujifilm North America Corporation as Newspaper Account Manager for the company's Southwest Region.
Posted 2/3 - Patriots Lead Chatter, But Giants Have More True Fans In Social Media
Which ones have the truest fans of all? With social media we can begin to answer that question.
Posted 2/3 - Heidelberg Delivers Digital Press to Welsh Printer
Speedmaster presses complement the digital solution, giving the company a competitive edge
Posted 2/3 - MMT is a Qualified G7 Master Printer
MetroMedia Technologies (MMT) is now a fully-qualified G7 Master Printer.
Posted 2/3 - Xcel Adds Carroll as VP
Xcel Products, Inc. has announced the addition of its newest team member, Thomas Carroll.
Posted 2/3 - NAZDAR Celebrates 90 Years of Innovation
Founded in Chicago in 1922, Nazdar began as one of the earliest manufacturers of screenprinting ink.
Posted 2/3 - How Has Blogging Changed the Voice of Women?
In this video I interview Lisa Stone, CEO and co-founder of BlogHer, the leading cross-platform media network created by, for and with women social media leaders. Lisa tells the story of BlogHer, the fifth largest blog network. She also shares insights and tips for successful blogs and current trends for women bloggers. Be sure to check out [...]
Posted 2/2 - How to take charge of clients who want free work
When you are conducting your own business there will become a time when a person feels you should do certain [...]
Posted 2/2 - Win one of two sets of flyers from online printer Next Day Flyers
Calling all Designer Daily readers who are interested in winning free printing, Next Day Flyers is celebrating the grand opening [...]
Posted 2/2 - How Explore Chicago Uses Social Media To Engage Tourists
The team behind the City of Chicago's official tourism website use social media to engage visitors.
Posted 2/2 - New Goss Universal Press to Add Color Capacity, Versatility and Advanced Features at Guangming Daily
Beijing based newspaper publisher Guangming Daily has ordered a new Goss Universal press
Posted 2/2 - HOW Design Conference Featured Speaker: Justin Ahrens
For more than 10 years, Rule29 Creative’s Justin Ahrens has led Rule29 in the firm’s commitment to “making creative matter™.” Through a collaborative approach to both strategy and design, Rule29 has fostered a culture that encourages involvement in many social causes, and he has also been a consistent voice for the design community on balancing life and career.
Posted 2/2 - A Marketer’s Guide To SEO In a Social Media Age
In the ever-changing world of search engine algorithms, navigating the rules of SEO will keep your content on page one.
Posted 2/2 - Farkas Joins GMG as Marketing Director
GMG is pleased to announce that Michael Farkas has been appointed to the new role of Marketing Director at GMG GmbH & Co. KG.
Posted 2/2 - 16 Emerging Creatives
After evaluating countless portfolios and projects, the editors of HOW selected a group of 16 highly talented emerging creative professionals who are poised to make a difference in the visual landscape.
Posted 2/2 - Are You There, Creative Transpromo? Folding Fanatic Needs Samples!
By Trish Witkowski
Those of you who know me, the Folding Fanatic, by now know that I’m always looking for creative folded formats, but Transpromo is a new area of interest for me. I see tremendous potential in researching the different format opportunities...
Posted 2/2 - American Direct Adding a Sanden Web Offset Press, Its Third in 12 Months
BALTIMORE—Feb. 2, 2012—American Direct, a sister company to Tidewater Direct, has announced the purchase of a 10-color Sanden 1500 web offset printing press. This marks the third Sanden 1500 press the company has acquired in less...
Posted 2/2 - Should You Keep a Content Library?
A content library is a guide to example posts and key resources for anyone producing on-site content. Such a guide keeps writers and editors on the same page.
Posted 2/2 - Scion Revamps Its Content Strategy
Scion recently launched a sparkling new site that features point-on content for Scion owners.
Posted 2/2 - 12 Concerns Content Marketers Should Have About Facebook’s IPO
A list of 12 concerns that any brand or publisher marketing on Facebook should have about the company post-IPO.
Posted 2/2 - CCI/CoakleyTech Printing Leaving City
A Milwaukee business that a few years ago won local and national recognition for rapid growth in a central urban location is moving to Hartland (WI), along with about 50 jobs. CCI/CoakleyTech, which does printing and produces technical...
Posted 2/2 - AlphaGraphics Welcomes Two New Franchise Centers
Company expands in Atlanta, GA and Huntsville, AL
Posted 2/2 - Ferrostaal Appoints 5 New Printing Equipment Sales and Tech Service Dealerships in Central US
They join eight other dealers that Ferrostaal recently named in Eastern US
Posted 2/2 - Join the Wrap Battle to be Crowned Fifth Wrap Cup Masters Series Champion at FESPA Digital 2012
FESPA has launched the fifth edition of the FESPA Wrap Cup Masters Series, the live vehicle wrapping competition running throughout FESPA Digital 2012.
Posted 2/2 - Intelligent Heidelberg Automation Boosts Capacity, Performance and Productivity
Heidelberg announces new product installations
Posted 2/2 - E.S. Digital Installs Three HP Scitex Presses to Give Customers Access to Advanced Printing Technologies
HP has announced that E.S. Digital of Rishon LeZion, Israel, has purchased three new HP Scitex wide format printers, an HP Scitex FB7500 Industrial Press, an HP Scitex TJ8600 Industrial Press and the HP Scitex XP5300 Industrial Printer, to deliver high...
Posted 2/2 - KBA Announces "All in One Pass" Premiere in Freiburg, Switzerland
Saint-Paul signs up for high-tech KBA Rapida 106
Posted 2/2 - NPTA Alliance Announces 2012 Board of Directors
NPTA Executive Committee also named
Posted 2/2 - Pitney Bowes Opens Global Technology Center in Danbury, Connecticut
Collaborative environment to foster innovation and growth
Posted 2/2 - Tharstern Chooses CHILI Publisher for e4print PRO
Enhanced integration and extended capabilities are delivered by Tharstern's e4print PRO MIS solution following its adoption of CHILI Publisher.
Posted 2/2 - February 2012: Top 10 Websites for Designers
Each month, HOW editors peruse hundreds of websites to find the best of the best—the Top 10 Sites for Designers. In reviewing these websites, the editors are looking for exceptional design as well as functionality.
Posted 2/2 - manroland Web Systems GmbH Starts with Possehl
Foundation of manroland web systems GmbH contract signed with insolvency administrator.
Posted 2/2 - INDEXX Expands Services with Midlands Acquisition
The Greenville, SC, company has purchased the assets of Crowson Stone Printing Company.
Posted 2/2 - Time For Video to Step Out From TV's Shadow
We need to stop thinking of video as TV's smaller, harder brother, and start emphasizing its power to deliver brand advertising in ways marketers have never before thought possible.
Posted 2/2 - Receive A Free Copy of the MFSA 2012-2013 Wage & Benefits Study
In order to qualify for this free study, mailing services (excluding postage) must account for at least 50% of your firm’s total income.
Posted 2/2 - Langley Group Behind Takeover of manroland AG Sheet Fed Division
Langley Holdings plc has emerged as the investor behind the takeover of manroland's sheet fed printing equipment division, its production facilities, together with the international marketing organization in more than 40 countries.
Posted 2/2 - How to Craft a Privacy Policy for Your Website
Does your website have a privacy policy? This article will tell you what you need to know to create a privacy policy for your website. Why a Privacy Policy? As online professionals and entrepreneurs, you know that collecting information on visitors to your (or your client’s) website can help tailor goods and services. It offers [...]
Posted 2/2 - GraphicDesign.com Announces Formation of Industry Advisory Council
GraphicDesign.com is forming an Industry Advisory Council. The members of the council will be introduced to the public in the near future. Feedback and input from the Industry Advisory Council will be instrumental to GraphicDesign.com in areas such as site design, user experience, content topics, suggested new contributors as well as major site initiatives. Both [...]
Posted 2/1 - Anatomical cross-sections made with quilled paper
Stunning artworks by Lisa Nilsson. She takes rolled pieces of paper and assembles it to create anatomical drawings. These pieces [...]
Posted 2/1 - Newcastle Festival of Dance posters
Lovely posters for the Newcastle Festival of Dance. Via Bumbumbum.
Posted 2/1 - Is your website secure?
Have you ever come across a website that has been infected with malware? If not, chances are you will. Even worse, [...]
Posted 2/1 - Can Tech Get the Budget It Deserves in a Field Where Creative Still Rules?
Ad tech data lets us to target consumers in ways that can send metrics soaring. Yes it's math, but it merits a place at the planning table right alongside creative.
Posted 2/1 - Does Your Marketing Make the Grade Does Your Marketing Make the Grade
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Posted 2/1 - 9 Ways to Integrate Email and Social Media Marketing
Are you wondering how to add social media to your email communications? Email and social media marketing go together like Batman and Robin. They both can be effective on their own; however, when combined, their (super) powers can save the city and exceed your marketing goals. Is Email Dead? In this article I’ll show you [...]
Posted 2/1 - In-HOWse Best of Show Winner
The winning entry—a total identity refresh for The Prism Awards, an international competition that recognizes innovation in photonics—shows that in-house designers are in a unique position to generate big buzz for their companies.
Posted 2/1 - Brainstorming by Yourself
Brainstorming alone can be a lonely and listless experience. But not to worry. Here are nine steps to keep solo brainstorming fresh and productive.
Posted 1/31 - A new interface for Adobe Photoshop CS6
Adobe recenty released a sneak peak video on Youtube to demonstrate a couple of features of the upcoming version of [...]
Posted 1/31 - What Say You About Scheduled Tweets What Say You About Scheduled Tweets
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Posted 1/31 - 5 Ways to Brand Your New YouTube Profile
Are you wondering what to do with the new YouTube look and feel? Many people either love or hate YouTube’s platform facelift. Whatever your preference, in this article I’m going to outline some of the best ways to optimize the new YouTube layout. Frankly, YouTube’s new design is turning out to be a step in [...]
Posted 1/30 - Lid sid
A small item that fulfills a very specific need for people cooking, keep the top of your pan closed, but [...]
Posted 1/30 - How Facebook's 'Frictionless Sharing' Can Create Better Ads On Facebook
Frictionless sharing is getting a lot attention from users, and it's changing how brands approach advertising on Facebook.
Posted 1/30 - How and Why I Use Buffer How and Why I Use Buffer
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Posted 1/30 - Top 10 Social Media Blogs: The 2012 Winners!
Are you looking for some good blogs to read? Look no further! Our third-annual social media blog contest generated nearly 600 nominations (almost twice as many as last year’s contest). Our panel of social media experts carefully reviewed the nominees and finalists, analyzing the quality of their content, the frequency of posts and reader involvement [...]
Posted 1/30 - 3 Proposal Follow-Up Tips
If you've submitted a proposal and now the potential client won't get back in touch, here are 3 steps you should take to follow up.
Posted 1/30 - 13 Designer Letterhead Systems
A design firm's identity system is a chance to declare their mission to the world.
Posted 1/29 - The pothole gardener
Urban gardening at its best. A guerilla gardener’s gardening efforts around potholes of East London.
Posted 1/28 - Weekend Favs January Twenty Eight Weekend Favs January Twenty Eight
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Posted 1/28 - Google+ Updates: This Week in Social Media
Welcome to our weekly edition of what’s hot in social media news. To help you stay up-to-date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention. What’s New This Week? Google+ Allows Nicknames: Over the next week, Google+ will provide “support for alternate names—be they nicknames, birth names, or names [...]
Posted 1/27 - How to Drive Sales Offline With Local Online Calls to Action How to Drive Sales Offline With Local Online Calls to Action
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Posted 1/27 - How Small Businesses Can Thrive With Google+
In this video I interview Chris Brogan, author of Google+ for Business: How Google’s Social Network Changes Everything. Chris shares how Google+ can help small businesses and reveals the strategies he uses to get business leads. You’ll also learn how to adapt your content strategy on Google+ to select the people you want to work [...]
Posted 1/26 - Google+ Prepares to Revolutionize the Local Landscape
If Google merged its huge vault of business information into Google+ pages tied to its Maps, Places and other services, it could become a local marketing giant.
Posted 1/26 - 3 New Apps to Manage Your Social Networks
Are you looking for a better way to manage all of your social accounts? With the growing number of social networks, it can be a pain to keep on top of them all. Below I’ve highlighted three tools to help you manage your various social networking accounts from one neat dashboard. #1: Alternion Just recently [...]
Posted 1/26 - Admitting We Have a Problem Is the First Step Admitting We Have a Problem Is the First Step
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Posted 1/26 - What Do Hiring Managers Really Want to Know?
Designers: Do you have an interview in your near future? Be ready for the questions that might be fired your way. The Creative Group has assembled questions you can expect hiring managers to ask.
Posted 1/25 - Why Marketers Are Learning to Embrace Sustainability Through Social Media
Here are some of the ways the smartest companies are using social media, not just to communicate their sustainability stance, but also to involve the public in building a better world.
Posted 1/25 - Turns Out Consumers Really Do Care About the Data You're Collecting
Nearly half of consumers say they have not completed an online transaction because of something they read in a privacy policy.
Posted 1/25 - What Marketers Should Learn From Internet Industry's Anti-SOPA Campaign
Older tactics are quickly giving way to a new order -- applicable whether you're promoting a brand or advocating for a cause.
Posted 1/24 - Why Internet Companies Are Such Terrible Super Bowl Advertisers
The reality is that the bar is higher for many of these Internet brands, and creating an ad that conveys information and creates desire can't be done by simply hiring a d-list celebrity.
Posted 1/20 - How Yahoo Can Become a Brand Ritual Once Again
Scott Thompson has the chance to make Yahoo! a ritual for consumers once again, if he uses data from the most loyal users to tailor and simplify the product.
Posted 1/19 - Why SOPA Won't Work: We Are All Pirates, Copyright Holders Included
Interactive marketers aren't the only ones who'll suffer if SOPA passes. Copyright owners: I think you're going to have to find another way.
Posted 1/19 - Three Technologies that Will Change the Way We Shop
Watch out because when it comes to shopping, micro sensors, not robots, will inherit the earth.
Posted 1/19 - Smartphone Users: These People Aren't So Special Anymore
Smartphone penetration is rising, reaching nearly 50%, and yet some advanced mobile behaviors aren't on an ever-increasing trajectory.
Posted 1/18 - Mobile Scan 'N Scram: How Worried Should Retailers Be?
Retailers fear mobile shop in stores but buy on their phones, but the numbers show its still a niche behavior: just 6% of all smartphone owners admitted to doing it.
Posted 1/17 - Data Is Great, But You Need to Learn When to Ignore It
The fact that one can measure something doesn't mean that one should, and the fact that something is quantifiable doesn't necessarily make it paramount to something that isn't.
Posted 1/17 - It's Time for 'Mad Men' to Play 'Moneyball'
It was strangely appropriate that the movie shown to thousands of ad-industry execs flying United, Continental and American to CES was "Moneyball," the story of Billy Beane's use of data to compete with the Yankees.
Posted 1/13 - How I Got Bruce Springsteen to Follow Me On Twitter
Bruce Springsteen is following me on Twitter. That sounds impressive until you realize that he's not really following me, but actually following a Twitter version of himself that I created.
Posted 1/12 - Five Key Things to Know About CES
The Convention Center is for pure technological sensory overload. Unless you're marketing consumer electronics products or are part of that value chain, it's not going to affect your job.
Posted 1/11 - Twitter's Redesign Isn't Really Helping Advertisers
It's now easier to navigate and participate on Twitter, but there are no real improvements from a brand marketer standpoint to allow us to reach new audiences
Posted 1/10 - The Case for Renaming 'Gaming'
From marketing VPs to moms, "gaming" has a bad rap. It's a multi-billion dollar industry capable of influencing business strategies, education and society itself.
Posted 1/9 - TV's Digital Age Will (Truly) Arrive In 2017
Like it or not, virtually all TV advertising at that point will have the capacity to be bought, sold, measured, managed, targeted and optimized according to web-like digital ad and audience metrics.
Posted 1/6 - Three Graphic Design Trends For 2012
Although I’ve never been known for being ahead of the curve, with all the 2012 predictions going around I felt I’d be remiss not to share some of my own. So for better or worse, here are my top three trends to welcome in the first week of the new year. Enjoy! 1. ARTIST AS [...]
Posted 1/6 - It's 2012. Should My Brand Build a Social App?
If you're thinking about building a custom social app, here's why you may want to think again.
Posted 1/6 - Why Is Consumer Engagement So Hard?
Companies continue to treat consumers as a mass of eyes, ears and wallets, forgetting each consumer's unique experience with their brand.
Posted 1/5 - In Asia, Bloggers Not Spectators in Social Media
Can you imagine living in a society where eight of 10 online adults were blogging, publishing Web pages or uploading video?
Posted 1/5 - Welcome to the Beginning of the End of the Fragmented Ad Tech World
2012 will be the year when investors wake up and realize the chaos they have created by indiscriminately pouring money into our sector.
Posted 1/4 - How to Turn Tweets Into Ratings Points
Social media needs to be sustainable and embedded into all aspects of the marketing mix. The best way to do that is to turn tweets into actionable target ratings points.
Posted 1/3 - Get Ready For the Advertising World to Transform, Again
Public companies that need to beef up their ad technology stack include Amazon, Adobe, Oracle, Accenture, IBM, Akamai, Apple, LinkedIN, Google, MSFT, Zynga, Yahoo! and (soon-to-be-public) Facebook.
Posted 1/2 - Social Media: Five Facts to Bank On in 2012
While you'll get served your share of predictions for the year ahead, here are five things you can bank on happening in social media.
Posted 12/30 - GraphicDesign.com Welcomes Nicole Spiegel-Gotsch as a News Correspondent
Nicole Spiegel-Gotsch is a freelance graphic designer and owner of NSG Design, based in Hoboken, New Jersey. She has over ten years of experience in design working on projects ranging from UX, mobile app and site design to print advertising and promotion. Over the course of her career, she has worked with individual, corporate and [...]
Posted 12/29 - When Moms Shop, They're Highly Digitized -- and Not Just for Pencils and Wipes
Stressed moms use digital tools more than the general Internet population, pay for convenience and brag of successes, spending across a wide range of categories
Posted 12/28 - GraphicDesign.com Welcomes Jo Gifford as a News Correspondent
Jo Gifford is a designer, writer, blogger and founder of Cherry Sorbet Creative. With 15 years experience in graphic design in the hair, beauty and lifestyle industries working with a diverse range of clients her portfolio career continues to evolve, which is just how she likes it. As a designer Jo, art directs and project [...]
Posted 12/28 - James George Joins GraphicDesign.com as a Featured Contributor
James George is a graphic designer, web designer and writer from Knoxville, Tennessee. Graduating with a BS from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, James has been designing for print and the web for the last 6 years. James is an expert in print and web design, creating logos, printed materials, identities and websites that his [...]
Posted 12/20 - GraphicDesign.com Welcomes Matt Cannon as a News Correspondent
Matt Cannon is a Freelance Graphic Designer & Creative Director living in Brooklyn, NY. He was born with a computer mouse in hand and hasn’t put it down since. He has over 10 years of experience designing strong, effective corporate brand identity and specializes in website composites, logos, print and brainstorming and designing user interfaces [...]
Posted 12/19 - GraphicDesign.com Welcomes Nathaniel Coalson as a Featured Contributor
Nathaniel Coalson is a nature, travel and fine art photographer and mixed media fine artist based in Leicester, England and Denver, Colorado. Nat has worked professionally in the arts and photography, digital imaging and printing since 1987. Prior to his current career as a professional photographer, Nat worked for over 15 years as a graphic [...]
Posted 12/12 - GraphicDesign.com Welcomes Dave Bricker as a Featured Contributor
Dave Bricker, MFA is professor of graphic design in Miami, Florida, an author, a musician, an interactive developer and a designer of both print and interactive content. He produces rich, experiential websites that are “a little different,” and provides marketing consultation to clients with vision, integrity and excellent offerings. He enjoys projects that “everyone says [...]
Posted 11/23 - GraphicDesign.com Welcomes Mirko Humbert as a Featured Contributor
Mirko Humbert has been working as a freelance writer for more than 7 years. After graduating from the ERACOM, a leading Graphic Design and Arts institute located in Lausanne Switzerland, he immediately went on to pursue his passion as a writer. He first worked in his small hometown where he grew up in Fribourg Switzerland. [...]
Posted 10/29 - Terran Marketing announces official launch of Graphicdesign.com
Terran Marketing announced today the official launch of Graphicdesign.com, a website dedicated to creative professionals. The new GraphicDesign.com has been under development since July 2011 when Terran Marketing announced the purchase. Focused on providing the highest quality and most comprehensive resources for design professionals and those seeking graphic design services, Graphicdesign.com features local search capability [...]
