Media Kits Blog
Why A Good 30 Second Pitch Will Grow Your Business
I’ve been networking since practically day 1 of my business journey. Every meeting in every group I’ve been in wants you to do a 30-second introduction or pitch. Over the years, I’ve ended up getting a lot of attention for my introductions. Today I thought we’d...
Why Your Existing Clients Are Important for Success
I do a lot in my business to help small established businesses use graphic design to get more leads. That means I help them get new customers and that’s been a big focus in the entrepreneur and small business communities for a long time. I see ads all the time about...
How Graphic Design Can Help Your Business During Every Part of the Sales Cycle
Ultimately what I help businesses do is sell things or find the right people for them to sell their products or services. I have a pretty good understanding of the sales cycle because of this. The sales cycle is the term used to discuss the process a business goes...
Ask the Designer: Pitch Decks vs. Media Kits
I was watching a T.V. show the other day about a scrappy bunch of software developers in California. In the show the team of four nerdy guys is preparing for a meeting to present their company to potential investors. They kept talking about their clothes and the demo...
Why you need to revise your business plan as you grow
I remember writing my business plan. I was on a vacation with my family sitting on the bed in the hotel room on my laptop writing up my vision for the future. It was something I put together when I was super new to the freelance entrepreneur business owner game. If...
What is a Style Guide and Why do you need it
One of the best things to come across my desk as a graphic designer working with existing businesses is their style guide. I love them because it makes my job so much easier. I’m not always going to be one working on their logo or their last marketing campaign. I was...
Why It’s Important to Think Like Your Audience
When I started my business I was given a lot of advice on how to get customers. One of the pieces of advice I got was to think like my audience. It didn’t make sense to me then, but it makes a lot more sense to me now. Here are few things I’ve learned that will help...
Why Market Research is Important for Creating Good Designs
When I ask a client “Tell me about your audience?” they sometimes don’t know anything about them. One of the ways to learn more about your audience – your ideal clients – is to do market research. Today I’m going to answer a few of the most common questions I get when...
How to Write a Good Tagline to Help Your Business get Remembered!
A tagline is a great tool to help people remember your business. These are short phrases that help share your business's reputation and personality. Most of us can recite the catchiest ones and they stick with us long after the business is gone. If you’ve been reading...
What is Marketing Collateral
Marketing Collateral is a term that those of us in the sales, marketing, and design industries sometimes use. I have a tendency to use it often. I realize though that a lot of people are not familiar with that term so I thought I’d discuss it today In sales and...
Speak Design: 5 design terms you should know!
Want to sound like a pro when talking design with your professional designer or your team? Here are a few design terms that will help you out! Resolution: This is a unit of measure that determines quality in a design. Higher resolution means higher quality. A...
Why Designs Need Good Copy
Every design’s best friend is copy. Copy or text refers to the written message in the design. The design layout and text work together. Graphic design has a job to do. Its job is to catch attention and communicate with your audience. Here’s the thing though – design...
Why Storytelling Can Help You Grow Your Business
People love stories. We love to hear what happens to others and generally, we empathize with these characters. That’s why people get so invested in characters from television shows and in books. Storytelling is one of the things that make us humans. It also is a...
Are Letterhead and Stationery Still Relevant?
In a fully digital world, you might wonder if letterhead and stationery are still relevant. The short answer is yes, it is. The reason being that for as long as we have a postal service shuttling printed letters back and forth, there will be things mailed from...
Why A Good Customer Experience Helps Strengthen Your Brand
Why A Good Customer Experience Helps Strengthen Your Brand Branding is all about expressing a company’s reputation. One of the ways to really create a good name for yourself is to have a good customer experience. I’m not just talking about good customer service...
GUEST ARTICLE: Simple Tips of a Better Graphic Design: From Concept to Completion
Simple Tips of a Better Graphic Design: From Concept to Completion by Aubrey @ Content Camp Fire You need no introduction to the seven basic elements of good graphic design - line, color, texture, size, shape, space and value. They are, after all, the lifeblood of...
The History of Christmas Advertising
History of Holiday Advertising The holiday season is here, so I thought I’d do something a little fun and a little nerdy. I love learning the origins of things and this holiday season, I felt like it would be fun to share some interesting info about the history of...
Why Market Positioning Matters in Graphic Design
One of graphic design’s best friends is marketing. The two disciplines work together towards the same goals – getting businesses noticed so they can get more sales and thrive. Market Positioning, sometimes shortened down simply to “positioning or position” is a tenet...
3 Popular Types of Logos
When it comes to starting a business the first thing everyone thinks about is getting a logo. A logo is a design that represents a business. It can use words, letters, or images to convey information about the personality and type of business to potential customers....
Goal Creation Tips for the Newbie Goal Setter
With the end of the year coming up, I started doing what I do every November, I started working on my goals for the next year. It was a great tip I got years ago, from a mentor I had. What I didn’t know at the time was that less than 20% of people create goals. An...