The new New Year starts here!

The new New Year starts here!

Make a cuppa, and pick up that January list whose urgency had evaporated away way back in February. A fresh look in September of business-focused goal-setting has the benefit of eight months of insight from the current year.

Why you should #hashtag

Why you should #hashtag

Hashtags are not just for Twitter, or Instagram, or even Facebook and LinkedIn. Hashtags categorise content and make that content more discoverable in searches both in your social media channels and on Google. You should think of hashtags as part of your branding kit – to engage your audience around an event you are holding, or for instance, an ad campaign.

Design by an Agile Designer

Design by an Agile Designer

Agile software, Agile marketing, now … Agile designer … I am coining a new job title, because that’s exactly how I work as a designer, iteratively, and in sprints with my clients, so we are able to change tack when the wind changes and starts to blow from the west…

May the 4th be with you…

May the 4th be with you…

With your website as a communication tool, and Social Media as an ever-increasingly important marketing tool, storytelling is indicated as one of the key business skills that you need. I’m a designer, not a writer, I work with writers to tell compelling business stories, and I know when I hear a good one. How is your story telling? Are your marketing communications telling the story you need told?

Daffodils / Mother’s Day / Daffodils

Daffodils / Mother’s Day / Daffodils

For me, nothing says ‘Mother’s Day’, like Daffodils What is the first thing that your customers and clients think of, when they think of you? I hope that when you think of me, you think of the word ‘Designer’, along with logo, brochure, information, website, journal...
What’s green, has three leaves and is a good craic?

What’s green, has three leaves and is a good craic?

St Patrick’s Day is a great example of brilliant branding. I like to think of branding as your avatar. Because branding works 24/7 at all touch points with customers and clients – via stationery, business cards, brochures, PowerPoint presentations, website and social media, it’s important that branding – as your avatar – reflects your company – who you are, what you do, and what you stand for.