Jan
31
No matter if your website is a personal site with a few pages or a huge corporation website, having a good design is one of the most important things. It matters a lot to visitors and can make the difference between leaving a site or bookmarking it. Here are a few tips to help improve your design:
1. Pages should load fast. Most people will leave your site if it’s not done loading in ten or 15 seconds. And even if you have a fast internet connection, not everyone does and 56k modems still exist.
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30
A Guide to Preparing a Poster
A poster must:
• meet physical requirements determined by the session organizers,
• present your IDEA about the topic and show why it is interesting and important
Designing a poster is a challenge because space is limited. It must be lean and clean, standing alone if you are not present, and gain attention as audiences come and go.
1. General Information about Poster Sessions
Poster sessions are held as part of professional conferences, trade shows, job fairs, and university courses or end-of-semester campus shows. Posters of a predetermined size are displayed in a large area, and the audience moves about as it chooses; presenters stand near their posters and explain them briefly or answer questions. Poster sessions enable people to seek information about new work with convenience and freedom in a short period of time, a kind of cafeteria of information. Today’s software programs enable novices to prepare exciting, informative posters. Students as well as professionals can participate in poster sessions. The “Resources” link at the Cain Project web site can help you find specific answers to your questions–such as, “How do I print my poster?”– or help you learn about the challenges in designing a poster.
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Oct
26
Logo Design
Logo design may be the picture of the company. It is regarded as the tool which provides the very first impression of the business. Before beginning a company much consideration is given to the logo design. The logo design ought to be designed based on the title of the organization and also the business product. Logo design has numerous advantages including:
- Logo Design promotes the company on the market
- Logo Design works well for bringing in potential clients to the business
- Logo Design provides a unique identity for the business
- Logo Design is just as important to the business as the name of the business
An appropriate logo design is selected prior to starting promoting the business in the marketplace. It is essential that the logo design is exclusive for the identification of the particular business, not really a typecast logo design.
The Look
A logo design ought to be attractive and straightforward. It ought to be designed using simple color patterns and short text; it’s less than professional to create the logo design unnecessarily flamboyant. Logo designs could be produced through the business proprietor using software or perhaps by hired a professional. Getting a logo design created by an expert is really a smart investment since the designers possess the understanding needed to produce logos suitable for the company. It’s also necessary that the organization’s logo design be innovative and that similar logo designs are not be used by every other business.
You will also find various kinds of logo design software. They are software which are symbolized as having a friendly interface and assist in producing logos based on the color and size specs from the business. Probably the most current software incorporates several files with predefined logo designs. The drawback to by using this software is they might produce similar kinds of design for various companies. When a logo design is produced it may be registered and copyrighted for the business that it signifies.
Things to Avoid
The pattern of the logo design is essential. An interesting design pattern signifies the professionalism, reliability, and productivity. It shouldn’t appear cheap or flashy. A company should avoid heavy adornments and various mixtures of color within the logo design. The important thing to some logo design is straightforward color design and innovative methods to deliver the product to the clients.
Ready to choose a logo design package?
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Oct
24
Company logo design
isn’t only for multi-national companies! They are for just about any business that really wants to present an expert image and focus on creating customer recognition (also known as branding).
Your logo design matches your needs in your business card printing, your company stationery, your bills and receipts, your business’ guides, and, obviously, your advertising. Use it on your business’ signs, in your phone book ad, and along the side of your business’ vehicle.
For those who have an internet site, your company logo design ought to be on every page of the site. Many business owners also boast their company logos on any marketing materials they hand out, for example mugs, calendars, and key rings.
The objective of all of this business logo design reproduction would be to separate your company from the common herd of rivals and build your reputation and preference. (Think about the golden arches.) A great business logo design helps your clients remember your company and most people remember images much better than they remember words.
Business logo design is rather simple with the graphics software packages available, and when you do not have time or inclination to do-it-yourself, you will find many graphics designers who would like to do that for you personally. If you are on your way to creating a logo design or getting one designed remember:
A company logo design needs to be simple. Simplicity of economic logo design constitutes a logo design simple to reproduce and makes it simpler for clients to consider and recognize. Limit the amount of colors inside your business logo design, and avoid muddy colours or tone on tone designs. Think obvious contrast and straightforward shapes when considering business logo design.
Your company logo design needs to possess some relevance for your business. For example, a Christmas tree shape having a bolt of lightning striking it will not be a highly effective business logo design for any computer consulting business. The “picture” the logo design signifies just does not have connection to computer systems.
It’s really no coincidence that a lot of company logos would be the initials from the business’ title enveloped inside a simple shape; relevant pictorial associations are tricky to find for a lot of companies, and a symbol that misleads is going to do more damage than good.
Color is effective. Different colours have different associations and may present effective messages by themselves. Red-colored, as everyone knows, is viewed as fiery and energetic. But how about brown? Regardless of how much you want a specific shade, it might not be the ideal choice for the business logo design.
Your company logo design needs to be scaleable to match all of your marketing needs. The logo design you select needs to look great on the business card, on the sales brochure, and along the side of a bus, for example, in the event that’s how you decide to advertise. Complicated business logo design, designs don’t scale well.
So keep the business logo design, design simple, and test how good your logo design scales before you decide to hurry it into print and working your logo design.
Get the custom logo design you want in as quick as 7 days.
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Sep
14
OUR PASSION IS CREATIVITY and our goal is to use it to get the best design solutions you could ever imagine. At One Source Graphics we know that good ideas generate big sales, and that’s the final outcome we aim to generate for our clients in each project.
We don’t believe in appearances by themselves if they don’t come together with a concept applied to a specific objective. We build a unique idea that suits your needs and encourages your customers to do business with you.
Sep
14
True Blue Motorsport: Animated Banner
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Animated Banner Design
Client: Jesse Freeman III (True Blue Motorsport)
Designer: Tony Mack
Software: Fireworks and PhotoShop
www.onesourcegraphics.org
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Jul
31
Recent Project: Redesign of Full Page Ad for Ready Writer Communications
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Ad Re-Design
Designer: Tony Mack
Software: Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator
This was a collaborative process between a client and a designer — to convey a specific message to a targeted audience. Various methods were used to create and combine words, symbols, and images to create a visual representation the ideas and messages of Ready Writer Communications. Typography, visual arts and page layout techniques were used to produce the final result.
Jul
14
.PDF Design Project
Designer: Tony Mack
Client: ARBONNE (Bonnie Gortler)
Software: InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat 8 Professional
Mission: To create a welcome package that could be easily emailed to a potential client in response to an inquiry.
Jul
13
Business Gold Website Package – $900.00
Your website is your online presence. Getting it right is the key in order to attract new customers and provide support to existing ones. Let the One Source Graphics development team build you a webiste that can achieve desired results.
Website Design Business Gold Package is all you need to create and build a success story online. The package includes everything from high quality custom website design, with free web hosting, email accounts, domain name to an eye-catching Flash intro for your website!
Who is the website design Business Gold for?
Website design Business Gold package is for businesses looking for an all -inclusive package that provides them the website success essentials at an affordable price.
What is Included in the web design Business Gold?
Business Gold package gives basic 15 page website along with FREE 12-months of web hosting, Flash Intro, Domain Name and more.
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12
Custom Web Design for Small Businesses – $600
Your website is the showroom of your business on the Internet. Getting it right is important in order to invite, engage, sell and support. One Source Graphics can help you design, develope and maintain a professional website for your business.
Custom website design Silver package includes everything from high quality professional looking website to free web hosting for 12 months. The increased number of pages in this package allows small business owners like you to provide and present more information about their products and services.
Who is the custom website design Silver package for?
Custom web design Silver package is ideal for small startups and businesses looking for a professional looking company website with the usual company information pages.
Includes:
6 Web Pages of your choice
1 Design concept by 1 Designer
1 Contact us form
3 stock photos
Free 12 Months Web hosting
7-day Turnaround time
Free Search Engine Submission
Money Back Guarantee*
Jul
12
Custom Website Design – “To fit your business” – $300
Unlike other developers who would wrap a template around your business website, One Source Graphics will develop your website from scratch so that it fits better to your business.
Does it cost a fortune?
Tailor made websites are no longer a luxury that only a large business can afford. With prices starting from $300.00, now small businesses can also portray a professional image.
Who is the Website Design Bronze package for?
Website design bronze package offers an entry level opportunity to all those who are looking for a professional and objective presence on the Internet. It is suitable for professionals, consultants and very small businesses looking for an entry level professional website.
There is a little point having a great looking website if it can’t bring any business. Our specialists ensure that all websites are developed in accordance with the SEO best practices so that they can be found when your potential customers are looking for something that you provide. Our matured development procedures ensure that the coding standards are adhered to.
Package Includes:
2 Web pages of your choice
1 Design concept by 1 Designer
1 stock photo
Free 12 Months Web hosting
3-day Turnaround time
Free Search Engine Submission
Jul
04
Sooner or later, at some point in the business development cycle, every business owner asks themselves the following question:
How can I attract more customers who will spend more money and bring me more profits?
A perfectly reasonable question unless you are in business only to give away your product or service. Most business owners are not in business just to provide charity and they need some way to attract more customers who will spend more money.
The official name for getting customers is – customer acquisition – and it is the first system any business owner should put into place. Buying office furniture, designing business cards, applying for licenses, purchasing computer systems — none of these counts more in a business than customer acquisition. To make a profit and stay in business, every business owner needs a reliable way to get more customers.
Hands down, the very best way to acquire more customers is through a direct response marketing system. This simply means that whatever method a business owner chooses to prospect for new customers should have a built-in way of tracking response so the owner knows where the customer came from. And here is the secret to attracting more customers to your business.
You must tell your potential customers where they can find you AND give them a compelling reason for doing business with you.
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03
Talk to almost any advertising agency, or Fortune 500 company exec about advertising and promotion, and you will almost certainly hear the buzz words “fragmented advertising” and “consumer-centric campaigns” and long discussions about the many pitfalls and difficulties of creating effective advertising campaigns today.
What is fragmentation exactly? It’s the increase in the number of available methods for getting your message to your audience.
One of the main difficulties faced by any entrepreneur is that advertising has changed and evolved over the last few years. It now includes visual, audio and electronic media.
In fact, if you do a Google search for advertising, you may feel overwhelmed by all the options available to you now — if you just look at the options for your Website you’ll find popups, popovers, audio messages, flash video, RSS, even animated “sales people” that can be programmed to appear right on your Website and interact with your customers. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!
So is traditional advertising — which includes billboards, radio, television, newspaper and magazine — dead?
Not by a long shot. According to one top advertising mogul, traditional advertising methods are still around because they still work.
The trick is to figure out who your target market is, what they want, and how they look for that information.
Mark Twain said, “Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.”
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02
Finding new customers can be difficult, and costly. But once you have a satisfied customer, one of the techniques to keep in touch with them is through post card marketing.
Using direct mail postcard marketing, you keep in contact with your customers, to let them know that you appreciate them. You will stand out of the crowd, because this technique is not used by many marketers. This can result in repeat sales, for a long time to come.
Using direct mail postcard marketing is a great way to make sure that your customers keep coming back to you.
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22
Flyer
Designer: Tony Mack
Software: Photoshop
Website: www.OneSourceGraphics.org
Jul
29
Do you have a design that needs to be kicked up a notch? Give us a call at (800) 974-5580 and talk to one of our design consultants. At one Source Graphics we are here to help.
Make sure to check out our Summer Website Specials and before you call take a moment to fill out our Web Design Request For Proposal Form or the Web Design Questionnaire, either one can be very helpful in clarifying your ideas.
If it’s a logo you need, just fill out our Logo Worksheet and one of our design consultants will contact you.
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COMPARATIVE FEES FOR ADVERTISING & PROMOTION USUAL AND CUSTOMARY FEES BASED UPON CONCEPT AND DESIGN OF: 1. Campaign using 3-5 different sizes and shapes employing the elements of photography or illustration, headline, subhead, body copy, and company logo or sign off. 2. Presentation of 3-5 layouts, 2 revisions and a final comprehensive for each component indicated and supervision of art and photography. 3. Reasonable deadline and production schedule. 4. Unlimited use within the specified media for 1 year from date of first placement. |
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Advertising Campaigns |
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| National | Regional | Local | ||
| $5,400 – $20,000 | $3,400 – $10,000 | $2,200 – $10,000 | ||
| TV/Broadcast | ||||
| $30,000 – $80,000 | $17,000 – $45,000 | $12,000 – $30,000 | ||
Consumer Magazines |
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| Cover | Spread | Full Page | 1/2 Page | 1/4 Page |
| General interest (Reader’s Digest, People Weekly) | ||||
| $4,700 – $12,000 | $4,000 – $12,000 | $3,000 – $9,500 | $2,000 – $7,200 | $1,400 – $5,000 |
| Special interest (The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly) | ||||
| $3,400 – $10,000 | $2,700 – $8,000 | $2,000 – $7,000 | $1,700 – $6,000 | $1,200 – $3,000 |
| Single interest (Golf Digest, Scientific American) | ||||
| $4,400 – $14,000 | $3,700 – $10,000 | $3,400 – $9,000 | $2,000 – $6,500 | $1,400 – $4,000 |
Business Magazines |
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| Cover | Spread | Full Page | 1/2 Page | 1/4 Page |
| General (Fortune, Business Week, Forbes) | ||||
| $3,400 – $8,500 | $5,400 – $17,000 | $4,000 – $14,000 | $2,400 – $7,000 | $2,000 – $5,000 |
| Professional (Architectural Record) | ||||
| $3,400 – $8,000 | $4,000 – $11,000 | $3,000 – $8,500 | $2,000 – $5,000 | $1,700 – $4,000 |
| Trade & Institutional (Convene, Hospitals) | ||||
| $2,700 – $6,500 | $3,000 – $7,500 | $2,400 – $7,000 | $1,700 – $5,000 | $1,400 – $3,500 |
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| Cover/Spread | Full Page | 1/2 Page | 1/4 Page | |
| All markets | ||||
| $4,500 – $18,000 | $2,200 – $10,000 | $2,000 – $8,500 | $1,400 – $5,000 | |
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| Full Page | 1/2 Page | 1/4 Page | ||
| National, major metro or circulation > 250,00 | ||||
| $3,400 – $12,000 | $3,400 – $7,000 | $2,000 – $4,000 | ||
| Midsize metro or circulation between 100,000-250,000 | ||||
| $3,400 – $10,000 | $1,500 – $5,000 | $1,400 – $4,250 | ||
| Small metro or circulation < 100,000 | ||||
| $3,400 – $12,000 | $1,100 – $3,750 | $900 – $3,000 | ||
| Weekly newspaper | ||||
| $1,000 – $7,000 | $700 – $3,250 | $600 – $2,500 | ||
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Feb
01
AccuTutor Print Ad Design Projects
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Jan
12
Maclay Associates Business Card Design
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