Every month we try to round up the best of informative and useful articles and information posted on Twitter. This month there was a grab bag of marketing, social media and topics on design. Enjoy! Related posts: Twitter Round Up – January 2011 Twitter Round Up – Feb 2011 Twitter Round Up –...
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Twitter round up for March 2011
When lunch was awesome.
Does anyone else remember the era of the cool, metal lunch box? Any cartoon, movie, tv show, etc. that a kid was into inevitably would crack out a lunch box right around “back to school” season. No related posts. Read the full post
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Putting Your Worst Foot Forward: Why No Website Is Better than a Bad Website
The old line “all publicity is good publicity” may be comforting, but it’s not something a business should rely on. Whether in advertising, storefront window displays,… No related posts. Read the full post
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The Devil’s in the Details: How Church Websites Can Go Wrong
My favorite hobby is architectural photography, especially church architecture. In the past few years, I’ve seen hundreds, if not thousands, of church websites. For every one that’s impressed me, I see a dozen that range from blah to awful. The sheer number of badly designed church websites has had me pondering one question. Why?...
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Twitter Round Up – Feb 2011
Another month gone by in 2011 and time for a Twitter Round Up … consolidating all the best articles and info we found on Twitter during February. Related posts: Twitter Round Up – January 2011 Twitter Round Up – December 2010 Twitter Round Up – Oct 18 to 31 Read the full post
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Top 10 Skills of a Graphic Designer
Graphic designers need multiple skills to pull of what they do. Here’s a condensed top 10 list of those skills. Related posts: Two things that give designers a bad reputation … A Great Example to Developers Read the full post
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Apples and Oranges: Why a Blog Is Not an Informational Website
Free blogging platforms are not noted for innovative design. The big ones have millions of blogs, all using the same handful of templates. Would you really want your business’ web presence to look the same as a million other blogs? Related posts: 20 Reasons Why You Should Reconsider Posting Lists Website Layouts I’ve Seen...
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Twitter Round Up – January 2011
I’ve noticed other sites doing their own Twitter round ups since we started ours last year. Wonder if we started a new trend? Here’s some links to good information we found during the month of January. Related posts: Twitter Round Up – December 2010 Twitter Round Up – December 2010 Twitter Round Up, Sept...
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The Dark Side of Branding
We noticed something on the Design Observer site this week that not only struck a nerve but also offered up an example of how powerful and long standing graphic design can be … good or bad. No related posts. Read the full post
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Two things that give designers a bad reputation …
Design is not a profession where a degree or certification is required. While this is not necessarily a bad thing in a creative field, it does completely open it up and one person calling themselves a professional designer might actually be someone with very little experience, talent or knowledge about design and working with...
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