In time for the holidays here are some more great free vectors and other design resources you’ll want to download! 60 Free Premium Vectors from Inky Vectorious has added a few more Christmas-related free vectors, but here’s their whole collection of freebie vectors to peruse! New Vector Freebies from Pixel77 You can also download a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘photos’
December 17th, 2012
More Free Vectors, Happy Holidays!
Posted in Business Talk, Design Tips, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas 
Tags: artwork, clip art, design, free, images, photos, small business, social media, vector, website
Tags: artwork, clip art, design, free, images, photos, small business, social media, vector, websiteDecember 7th, 2012
Update/Create Your Gravatar
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: branding, communication, facebook, images, joomla, marketing, photos, small business, social media, technique, technology, twitter, website, youtube
Tags: branding, communication, facebook, images, joomla, marketing, photos, small business, social media, technique, technology, twitter, website, youtubeI mentioned a while back about what a Gravatar is and how it works, but I want to go over it again because new programs are developing to take advantage of it. For instance my Hotmail/MSN.com email account now shows the Gravatar of every email address that sends me an email. It’s a lovely feature [...]
November 9th, 2012
More Great Free Vector Art
Posted in Design Tips, Digital Revolution Tags: artwork, clip art, email, free, logo, photos, small business, vector, website
Tags: artwork, clip art, email, free, logo, photos, small business, vector, websiteWant some useful vectors but don’t have money for them just yet? Why not sign up for alerts when promotions are happening for free or reduced-priced vectors? Here are a few available today: All Free Vectors Tons of new holiday vectors have been added. Just search away! http://www.allfreevectors.com/ Pixel77 Offers a free vector every day. [...]
November 1st, 2012
Review: Engagement Marketing by Gail F. Goodman
Posted in Book Reviews, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: advertising, books, change, communication, content, customer loyalty, development, experts, facebook, images, marketing, photos, planning, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, video, website, youtube
Tags: advertising, books, change, communication, content, customer loyalty, development, experts, facebook, images, marketing, photos, planning, selling, small business, social media, technique, technology, traffic, twitter, video, website, youtubeDown and Dirty: 3.5 out of 5 Good practical marketing advice that sometimes feels over used and over fluffed in the book. There are enough little tidbits to be gleaned out of this book that I’d recommend it as at least a once-read with a notebook in hand. A few of the things I hadn’t [...]
October 26th, 2012
Design: Just Do It
Posted in Business Talk, Design Tips, Marketing Ideas Tags: advertising, artwork, communication, design, email, facebook, fax, joomla, logo, mail, marketing, photos, planning, print, selling, small business, social media, technology, twitter, video, website, youtube
Tags: advertising, artwork, communication, design, email, facebook, fax, joomla, logo, mail, marketing, photos, planning, print, selling, small business, social media, technology, twitter, video, website, youtubeSometimes we don’t have money for a graphic designer, does this mean we shouldn’t do any marketing? Absolutely not. I’ve seen small businesses reach good starting success with fliers made in Microsoft Word that were little more than glorified letters. Great looks will give you something extra, but if you have good meat to your [...]
October 15th, 2012
Design Tip: Two Types of Black
Posted in Business Talk, Design Tips Tags: artwork, clip art, color, design, mail, marketing, photos, print, small business, technique, technology
Tags: artwork, clip art, color, design, mail, marketing, photos, print, small business, technique, technologyDid you there are two types of black? There’s a rich, deep black that includes a heavy dose of cyan, magenta and yellow inks into the black ink and then there’s a true-black that is slightly less rich but only uses the black ink. It’s important to figure out which type of black your program [...]
October 12th, 2012
Printer FAQ: What is a Bleed?
Posted in Business Talk, Design Tips Tags: artwork, color, design, images, mail, marketing, photos, print, small business, technique, technology
Tags: artwork, color, design, images, mail, marketing, photos, print, small business, technique, technologyYou know how you might have a beautiful full-color all the way to the edge pdf and when you print it out on your printer it has a white edge? That doesn’t always look the most professional. Sometimes you want that very polished color-to-the-edge-of-the-paper look. That’s not a look you can get with a normal [...]
September 7th, 2012
Photography Essentials
Posted in Design Tips, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: color, emotion, images, photos, print, social media, technique, technology
Tags: color, emotion, images, photos, print, social media, technique, technologyI’m not a professional photographer, but I get asked a lot why so many people’s photos come out looking awful. So here’s a few tips and reminders for us novice shutterbugs. Lighting is Essential If you’re indoors chances are your lighting it so dim two things are going to happen. First your photos will blur [...]
August 3rd, 2012
Pictures – Not Just for Professionals Anymore
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: content, development, images, marketing, photos, small business, technique, technology
Tags: content, development, images, marketing, photos, small business, technique, technologyYour smartphone probably has a camera as powerful as most $100-$200 cameras on the market today. Please tell me you’re using it. It’s already in your pocket, with you wherever you go. I remember when 10 megapixel photo resolution was a $1000 high-quality investment and now that power is riding shotgun to a phone! Will [...]
July 27th, 2012
Updating Your Website
Posted in Business Talk, Digital Revolution, Marketing Ideas Tags: content, design, facebook, joomla, marketing, persistance, photos, planning, small business, social media, technology, traffic, twitter, website, youtube
Tags: content, design, facebook, joomla, marketing, persistance, photos, planning, small business, social media, technology, traffic, twitter, website, youtubeIdeally your website should be a living breathing entity. However if you’re a small business owner you might be using it mostly as a placeholder on the website with some brochure information. Your digital presence is so vital these days I recommend doing a entire-site review at least once a year. Update staff info, add [...]