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Top Logo Designs For Inspiration

Logos not only catch the viewers’ visual attention, but also capture the soul of a company into a single, recognizable image. It is for this reason that a logo is so vital to the success of a business. It is not just a single component but a variety of different elements such as color, shapes, texture, and font that can make a logo come to life.

Here are some great examples of logos that stand out from all the rest, as well as other inspirations from graphic designers featured on denzomag.com

Click HERE to see all the logos! Enjoy!

September 11th, 2012|Branding and Identity|

Logorama: A Funny Short Logo Video

We live in a world surrounded by logos. They are everywhere we look from the clothes we wear to the food we eat. Below is a marketing comedy video called Logorama that I found on . Logorama is a short French animated film written and directed by H5/ François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy and Ludovic Houplain, and produced by Autour de Minuit. The film depicts events in a stylized Los Angeles, and is told entirely through the use of more than 2,500 contemporary and historical logos and mascots. The film won the Prix Kodak at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 82nd Academy Awards according to Wikipedia.

August 6th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Super Simple Ways To Improve Your Website

Your website is the key to your success and can allow clients to find you from all around the globe. On average, a viewer will remain on a webpage for 15 seconds before deciding whether to stay or search elsewhere. This is why it is so important to keep your website up-to-date and make it the best it can possible be.

Check out the top ways you or a professional web and graphic designer can help improve your site in 5 minutes I found on Fadastic.com. They feature some great tips and ideas to showcase your website. Enjoy!

Usability/Accessibility

– Use your logo: Link it to your homepage. Sounds simple enough but it will save time for your

July 2nd, 2012|Branding and Identity, Moonstruck Marketing|

Successful Email Marketing Tips

Putting together an email marketing campaign is a great way to reach out to clients and share information with them. But with the average business owner receiving so many emails on a daily basis, it is important that yours doesn’t get lost in with all the others. Here are some great tips on email marketing and how you can make your next email campaign get you the results you’re looking for.

Don’t Cram Everything Into Your Email

If you’re sending an email or newsletter you may have a lot of information you want to feature in the message. But the more information you pack into an email, the higher the chance the recipient’s eyes will simply skim right over

June 11th, 2012|Moonstruck Marketing|

How a Professional Profile Photo Can Help Your Business

Can you believe that just a few years ago, HR managers had no clue what prospective employees looked like until they walked into the interview? However, nowadays it is so easy to find out what someone looks like by searching their name and looking at their profiles on social network sites. In fact, statistics show that HR managers search out your LinkedIn account and let’s face it those who have a more professional headshot are more likely to get the job. The bottom-line is, if you don’t have a professional photo of yourself, than now is the time to get one.

Having a professional photo shoot doesn’t have to always mean having straight-faced, suit-and-tie, black and white picture

June 5th, 2012|Branding and Identity|

Top Fonts for Graphic Designers

When designing a creative piece of marketing material for a business, a graphic designer has to be able to pair the right fonts with the design to deliver the message as clearly as possible. However, a graphic designer has thousands of different fonts they can choose from. So how do they know what fonts to use when there are so many to choose from? Well, there are some particular fonts that are designed for certain types of projects and some that shouldn’t be used in others. For instance if you were designing a logo for a law firm you would want to use a font that’s strong, bold, and easy to read like “Trajan Pro”. And if

May 24th, 2012|Graphic Design|

Marketing Tips For Every Start-Up Business

In recent times, many people have stepped away from working for someone else and have decided to begin a business of their own. Owning and operating your own start-up business is something many people strive for yet many face obstacles along the way. Although the concept may come easily to you, there are many hurdles to jump before success can be achieved. Here are some tips to follow so you can start up your own business and achieve your goals and ultimately your dream business.

Go Where Your Customers Are

While trade shows, social media coverage and other outlets are important; nothing beats face-to-face customer interaction. If you’re using social media and your customers are too, make sure you’re

March 24th, 2012|Moonstruck Marketing|

Top Marketing Mistakes Businesses Can Avoid

As a graphic designer, we understand just how critical marketing is to the success of every business. Below you will find some of the most common marketing mistakes businesses make and the best ways to avoid making them.

Not Following A Marketing Plan:

Having a marketing plan and sticking to it is essential in the business world because it is the foundation of your business and it helps build and design your product and services. Not only that but it also works to identify your target audience, and provide a roadmap towards your companies success. But equally important, a marketing plan provides the specific details needed to increase revenue, grow your customer base, and provide the best service possible.

Not

February 14th, 2012|Branding and Identity, Moonstruck Marketing|

How Marketing Collateral Can Help Your Business Succeed.

You may not think that a completely web-based Internet business requires marketing collateral, but they actually do. In fact, most all businesses require some form of marketing collateral in one way or another to succeed. Your marketing collateral can be a significant factor of how your business is perceived by clients and customers. This is why it is important to plan carefully, and to have a clear message and the right type of designers and vendors to help make your business communicate the best way for your brand.

When most people start up a new business one of the first things they think they will need printed are business cards. Well here is a list of other types

October 25th, 2011|Branding and Identity|

Top Reasons Why Graphic Designers Should Blog

Graphic design blogs are popping up everywhere and it’s becoming more of the norm to blog about what you do best. And for all the graphic designer who aren’t blogging, you may be missing out on some of the greater values in blogging besides sharing your thoughts. There are a lot of reasons that designers should blog but here are just some of the top reasons why blogging can be extremely beneficial to your business.

-Blogging Helps Designers Boost Their SEO Rank

Adding a blog to any site gives your clients the opportunity to add new content whenever they want. Blogs also increase the size of the website over time and this can provide a major SEO benefits in the

October 18th, 2011|Branding and Identity, Moonstruck Marketing|