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Don’t Let Photography Bust Your Budget – Low Cost Alternatives for Conference Marketing Collateral

TweetWith budgets shrinking everywhere, marketing and design teams are forced to be even more creative when it comes to sourcing low-cost photography. For conference marketing collateral, there are a number of great sources ranging from free to just a few dollars. Convention and Visitor’s Bureaus — Most cities have a convention and visitor’s bureau and [...]

Site Seeing: How to Help

TweetIt is impossible to ignore the tragedy in Haiti and the many, many Haitians that need assistance to survive this great tragedy. For this week’s site seeing column, (others can be found here) we thought it appropriate to highlight some of the organizations on the front lines. Red Cross Habitat for Humanity Embassy of Haiti [...]

Things We’re Th!nking About – 1/18/2010

Tweet Guest Post: How One Savvy Nonprofit Is Leveraging Social Media (Even During the Great Recession) (topics: nonprofit, social media, recession) E-mail subject lines in 8 words or less (topics: email marketing, copywriting) Usability Study: Shopping For Bedsheets – How Hard Could It Be? (topics: usability, web design, inspiration, e-commerce) The Most Relevant Identity Work [...]

Recap: Stefan Sagmeister – Design and Happiness

TweetI’m a little embarrassed to say that after seven years of living in Washington DC, Monday night was the first time I’d ever visited the Corcoran. Perhaps subconsciously I was waiting for just the right event to make my inaugural visit; Monday night was certainly that night as the Corcoran Gallery presented graphic designer Stefan [...]