JUST™ Launched
After a soft launch on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ yesterday, I am now ready to share with you the new JUST™ Creative responsive web site. Feel free to explore and let me know your thoughts. Below is a quick outline [..]
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JUST™ Rebranding!
In the next few weeks I will be launching my brand new responsive website, along with a new domain, business name, profile picture, brand and logo.
My old business name ‘Just Creative Design’ will be replaced by ‘JUST CREATIVE’ and the domain name will also change to http://justcreative.com which I bought off a domain squatter a [...]
Build a Better Tweet
A new study from Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science called “Who Gives a Tweet: Evaluating Microblogging Content Value” has unveiled what we like to read, and what we don’t like to read, on Twitter. I have to say, the results are…
Continue Reading "Build a Better Tweet"Grow Your Community by Asking Questions
Reporters at The Washington Post are now actively engaging their readers by posting comments in streams on the paper’s news stories online, something they’ve never done in the past. The paper switched to a new website platform called Echo, wh…
Continue Reading "Grow Your Community by Asking Questions"How You Should Use Google+ for Your Business
Chris Brogan is the author of the new book, Google+ for Business: How Google’s Social Network Changes Everything.
As a Google+ skeptic (heck, I’m skeptical of all new social media) I was interested to learn more, so I sat down and watched thi…
Does Facebook Timeline Make Sense For You?
I have yet to adopt the new Facebook Timeline interface. I don’t want to. I’m comfortable with using Facebook the way it is, thank-you-very-much. When I found this post on mashable about how to revert back to Facebook classic, I knew I wasn??…
Continue Reading "Does Facebook Timeline Make Sense For You?"Design for Yourself: Pros and Cons
You are a creative person and you want a new look for your business—whether it’s a website, business cards, or whatever. Sure, you could do the work yourself—but should you?
For some odd reason, there seems to be a discrepancy of sorts wh…
The Secrets to Connecting on LinkedIn
I’m fairly new to the whole LinkedIn thing. I’m on it, but I haven’t really been using it to my advantage. I get updates from my Alma Mater’s LinkedIn page each week, but I usually throw that email right in the trash. Is LinkedIn just…
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My husband gave me an iPad as a wedding gift. I thought it was pretty cool. I had no idea how much I would use it for my job.
I take my iPad with me everywhere. I do not have an iPhone, or even a smartphone. The thought of reading emails (and sen…
The Emotional Impact of Color
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Designing a new logo for a brand, especially travel/destination, requires careful consideration of the competitive set, content and how people perceive visual information. After shape, color is the most powerful element in creating brand recognition. It is also the most subjective element because it triggers strong emotions. And to further complicate the matter, individuals, as [...]
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Express Yourself: Logo Development Best Practices
Travel and destination brands operate in a complex environment. Not only do they compete within the world of travel, but also with many other categories that vie for our personal free and leisure time. This includes TV, movies, video, computer games, the comforts of home, recreational and leisure activities, family time, soccer, even shopping.
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Express Yourself: Logo Development Best Practices
Continue Reading "Express Yourself: Logo Development Best Practices"Express Yourself: Logo Development Best Practices
Travel and destination brands operate in a complex environment. Not only do they compete within the world of travel, but also with many other categories that vie for our personal free and leisure time. This includes TV, movies, video, computer games, the comforts of home, recreational and leisure activities, family time, soccer, even shopping.
Before starting [...]
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Express Yourself: Logo Development Best Practices
Continue Reading "Express Yourself: Logo Development Best Practices"Champions of Design
The company’s cheap but well-made, well-designed books found a new audience of working and middle-class readers that few believed existed. The future really was orange.
Continue Reading "Champions of Design"10 Twitter tools for better social networking
Above all the social networks out there, I found that Twitter is by far the most powerful to build and grow a personal brand around yourself. Having yourself established online can be very helpful in many circumstances. It makes it easier to amplify your voice and get help and feedback with your ideas and projects. [...]
Continue Reading "10 Twitter tools for better social networking"Book Review: Engagement From Scratch!
Engagement From Scratch! is a classic tale of learning from other peoples’ mistakes. Thirty professional bloggers prove that hindsight really is 20/20. And you can benefit from their advice thanks to Danny Iny.
I was pretty pumped that I was as…
Importance of Color for Creating an Effective Brand Identity
Brand identity is valuable for anyone who is running a business or would like to offer certain services to the people. Having an effective brand identity can help you promote yourself and your business as well. For sure, graphic designers will play tha…
Continue Reading "Importance of Color for Creating an Effective Brand Identity"Branding and the importance of consistent design
When you start working with clients you have to understand that the work you produce is not just about how good or bad a design is. It has a lot to do with the way the design fits into the wider spectrum of things. Does this design fall in line with the overall theme of [...]
Continue Reading "Branding and the importance of consistent design"20+ Helpful Google+ Brand Page Resources for Freelancers
A few weeks ago Google+ rolled out their much anticipated brand pages. These brand pages are intended for company and…
Continue Reading "20+ Helpful Google+ Brand Page Resources for Freelancers"Tips in Choosing Colors for Brand Identity
Color selection is a key to create a strong brand identity. Branding separates a certain company to the rest of the companies in the same industry. It is an expression of your company that connects you to your consumers and clients. A brand can tell th…
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