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Marketoonist.com is one of my favorite sites for many reasons. (Mainly because I can always count on them for a giggle.)  This cartoon supports a very interesting article about the dangers of becoming custom hashtag crazy. You better be sure you're ready to suffer the...

I love Marketoonist.com. I can always count on them for a chuckle. http://tomfishburne.com/2013/09/branded-content.html ...

What does this infographic tell you about your branding? Were you considering the psychology of colors when you designed it? Check out Brian Honigman's article and infographic here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-honigman/psychology-color-design-infographic_b_2516608.html ...

Fromhttp://www.prdaily.com/Main/Home.aspx Somewhere in between the PR pitches, tech announcements, and six second video snippets, you may just find time this month to read up on a few new social media tools and best practices. Keeping in mind that our collective heads are exploding, I have taken the...

Many brands aspire to become lifestyle brands.  Lifestyle brands are seen as the pinnacle of marketing.  Marketers elevate these brands beyond functional attribute to higher-order benefits.  Consumers express their identities through these brands.  This strategy promises differentiation and growth. One of the reasons that method succeeded...

Project: Create custom icons for multiple multi-media purposes. The client provided several style samples he liked and a list of icons and button colors he needed. I found a style I liked that reflected what he was looking for and then altered the design to suit his specific needs. I was able...

[caption id="attachment_440" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Fun With Photos: Composite image I created from a series of photos I snapped in Ireland.[/caption]...

[caption id="attachment_409" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="ScoreCardRewards.com Banner Graphics for 4th Quarter"][/caption]4th Quarter Holiday Series for rewards website. Considerations: My goal was to find a solution that spoke to a diverse audience with a homogenized holiday appeal. Banner graphics in order: Log-in, welcome, merchandise and travel. I also...

[caption id="attachment_364" align="alignleft" width="232" caption="Casino Night Social Invitation"][/caption] For those of you who, like me, are always attracted clients who desperately need a high-class solution on a SHOESTRING BUDGET...

In web design, you have to understand that all the elements, whether they are big or small are really important. Like in a system, they exist in a perfect symbiosis if all of them are working fine, thus making your website look and feel great....

[caption id="attachment_350" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Marketing Migraine Campaign for LinktoEXPERT"][/caption] "Michelle Walker Nault has worked with LinktoEXPERT in many capacities. She created our logo, provided feedback and support as we built the infrastructure for our portal, helped write and refine scripts for promotional videos and testimonials, provided...

[caption id="attachment_291" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Dr. Nick Venturino, Tampa Florida. Palms Magazine"][/caption] This mission was to design a print advertisement to run in a new Tampa Palms area magazine called " Palms As with any project, a good creative director must complete their "due diligence" list before the...

[caption id="attachment_220" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Photo saved with a Lightroom Plugin"][/caption] I snapped this photo at a wedding last year and discarded it initially because I had inadvertently set my camera (Nikon D200) image settings to "VIVID" and after capturing this image in horrible low flickering flourescent...

[caption id="attachment_45" align="alignright" width="253" caption="Pocket Watch Illustration Mad Hatter's Ball"][/caption] In 2005, I had the good fortune to be asked to serve as volunteer creative director by a friend of mine, to help brand and produce a gala event and fundraiser for the Florida Blood Services Foundation that...