The press is in love with reporting horrible things. I’ve even written about many issues that have been affecting my clients but have always tried to see the silver lining. Reports on the economy, oil spills, war, taxes, and human heads found on a plane do wonders to keep us from being optimistic about what’s going...

I’m quickly approaching the 15 year mark working in this evolving world of design, advertising, marketing or whatever-you-may-want-to-call-the-new-mash-up-of-things. I absolutely love what I do, which is really only helping businesses (aka people) introduce themselves to the world. I’ll develop an identity to a...

If there’s ever money to be made, people will try to game the system. One of the most asked questions I hear from new clients is how to get traffic to their new site. Very often, the focus isn’t as much about what benefit a website can offer a customer or what the experience may be, it’s about how to get them...

Everyone is talking about how the next big thing for your business is getting yourself on the next big webby 2.0 social network. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, bla diddy bla bla bla. Don’t get me wrong – social networking & blogging sites are immensely valuable tools. In many cases, they have replaced...

I was walking with my daughter in the grocery store parking lot the other day. I was lost in thought, thinking about a friend that got laid off, how much I just paid in taxes (yes, I’m THAT guy), what a troubled state the economy is in. You know, the good fun stuff that really lifts your spirits. Then my daughter said,...

This isn’t another hacky article about New Year’s resolutions, time to reflect and all that nonsense. It’s a hacky article about 5 easy and pretty cheap things you can do that can immediately help your business or personal life.  I’m not suggesting that you do these sometime in the new year. Get them...