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Goodbye System Fonts, Hello Beautiful Google Fonts

May 20, 2010

OK, now being in design I love a good font. I’d say I’m passionate about typography. But being in web design we, until today, have been limited to using only system fonts or an image for a headline which search engines are not that big a fan of and printing can be problematic. This is why [...]

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PDF Proofs – Removing the White Lines in the Proof

February 2, 2010

These days, PDF Proofs have come a long way and are very accurate. Not to mention they save a few dollars as well as a tree or two. Often times on a PDF proof clients will see white lines around images and text. WHAT? Is my proof bad? Is the print design project we’ve worked [...]

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1 Tip on How to Make the Web a Better Place

September 25, 2009

Life as a website designer (and much more) in the Outer Banks of NC is great. While the winters are to be the worst, I hardly leave the house, so I foresee this Winter as being a productive one. My website design services are based on one thing: Designing and building a website for a [...]

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We Take Pide in Our Work and It Shows

September 9, 2009

Did that title catch your attention? Yes, it’s a typo alright, but in this case it’s only a joke. I recently relocated my graphic / web design and development company to the Outer Banks of North Carolina and was thumbing through a community association newsletter and saw an ad with that very same headline, except [...]

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3 Reasons Why Blogs for SEO Fail

March 20, 2009

I found this article on Online Marketing Blog by Lee Odden. I couldn’t agree any more with just about every point. Often times clients ask me to design and develop a blog but are not quite sure what they are getting themeselves into. I admit, even I suggest that one may be useful in certain [...]

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Clients should help their own SEO cause

February 21, 2009

This article was written by Shell Harris at Big Oak SEO. I consider Big Oak the real deal and usually what Shell says in his blog, is right on the money. This article really struck a chord with me because clients ALWAYS ask “what can I do to get my website listed higher in Google.” [...]

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How personal does a group photo make your site?

February 17, 2009

I’m not a big fan of group photos on a a business or company portfolio site. I’ve learned that I am generally alone on this one. The thing about an online company is that your imagination can run wild with the notion of “how big is this company?” A group photo kind of limits my [...]

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Understanding the Creative’s Process

February 15, 2009

One of the most rewarding (and sometimes most difficult) things about running a small marketing firm is that I often get to work directly with the owners of the companies I’m marketing. Most of the time, if the company is successful, the owners know what they are talking about in terms of understanding their market. [...]

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How NOT To Design A Logo

January 12, 2009

I found this article and could not resist the urge to pass it on. I hope if you are looking for a logo that you read this first (or read it below).   http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/how-not-to-design-a-logo/ This article was written exclusively for WDD by Jacob Cass and reflects his personal opinion on logo design.  Jacob is a professional [...]

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Fonts are a Designers Best Friend

December 1, 2008

I have a few clients that I use the same font for on a day-to-day basis. It’s been almost 4 years and I understand, it’s OK, it is their branding. I really don’t mind (twitch – twitch). I’m a loyal guy, especially to some fonts. But, every once and a while I find myself picking [...]

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