http://designfiles.net Tue, 15 May 2012 16:14:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://designfiles.net/blog/good-questions-run-mill-answers/ http://designfiles.net/blog/good-questions-run-mill-answers/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 15:51:46 +0000 Travitt http://designfiles.net/?p=4371 This Ad Age White Paper asks some good questions about small business marketing, but gets some fairly run of the mill answers. We'll help you sort the wheat from the chaff. ]]> http://designfiles.net/blog/good-questions-run-mill-answers/feed/ 0 http://designfiles.net/blog/facebook-photoshop-template-updated-160px-profile-pic/ http://designfiles.net/blog/facebook-photoshop-template-updated-160px-profile-pic/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:28:09 +0000 Kandra Churchwell http://designfiles.net/?p=4357 Simple as the post title puts it... We've updated our photoshop Facebook timeline template for the 160px square pricile pic update rolling out on April 26th (that's tomorrow!).]]> http://designfiles.net/blog/facebook-photoshop-template-updated-160px-profile-pic/feed/ 0 http://designfiles.net/blog/influencing-influencers-snag-elusive-early-adopters/ http://designfiles.net/blog/influencing-influencers-snag-elusive-early-adopters/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:53:14 +0000 Travitt http://designfiles.net/?p=4324 While early adopters share some common characteristics, overall, early adopters are getting younger and more diverse. This presents challenges and opportunities for marketing your products or services to a relatively affluent audience who are willing to pay a premium to get the coolest new stuff before anyone else.]]> http://designfiles.net/blog/influencing-influencers-snag-elusive-early-adopters/feed/ 0 http://designfiles.net/blog/linkedin-recommendation-zone/ http://designfiles.net/blog/linkedin-recommendation-zone/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:27:31 +0000 Kandra Churchwell http://designfiles.net/?p=4308 As pictures are worth a 1,000 words, we present our latest info-graphic illustrating how to navigate to your archived LinkedIn recommendations.]]> http://designfiles.net/blog/linkedin-recommendation-zone/feed/ 0 http://designfiles.net/blog/pinteresting-development-social-media-icons/ http://designfiles.net/blog/pinteresting-development-social-media-icons/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:53:00 +0000 Kandra Churchwell http://designfiles.net/?p=4285 For our new set of free Social Media and communication icons we were struck by the twin inspirations (or “twinspirations”) of young leaves sprouting through the still-frozen, early spring soil, and Pinterest’s intensely visual nature to create Spring Leaves.]]> http://designfiles.net/blog/pinteresting-development-social-media-icons/feed/ 6 http://designfiles.net/blog/spamalot-3-practices/ http://designfiles.net/blog/spamalot-3-practices/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:00:18 +0000 Travitt http://designfiles.net/?p=4264 Today, we present best practices for successful spam-free email marketing, broken into 4 broad categories.]]> http://designfiles.net/blog/spamalot-3-practices/feed/ 0 http://designfiles.net/blog/spamalot-2-email-campaign-labelled-spam/ http://designfiles.net/blog/spamalot-2-email-campaign-labelled-spam/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:00:22 +0000 Travitt http://designfiles.net/?p=4249 Previously on Spamalot… We discussed the CAN-SPAM Act and why – despite the spam epidemic – email marketing is still an effective strategy for brand building and driving sales. Remember though, that even if you follow the law as closely Read More]]> http://designfiles.net/blog/spamalot-2-email-campaign-labelled-spam/feed/ 0 http://designfiles.net/blog/spamalot-run-successful-nonspammy-email-campaign/ http://designfiles.net/blog/spamalot-run-successful-nonspammy-email-campaign/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:42:46 +0000 Travitt http://designfiles.net/?p=4232 False reports of the death of email marketing at the hands of spam merchants, bloggers, and Social Media Marketers have been circulating on the Internet for years. As is often the case with rumors, these reports are greatly exaggerated. Email marketing works, but since the passage of the first version of the CAN-SPAM Act in 2003, it's been a little bit trickier for legitimate email marketers to ply their trade. ]]> http://designfiles.net/blog/spamalot-run-successful-nonspammy-email-campaign/feed/ 0 http://designfiles.net/blog/meet-guy/ http://designfiles.net/blog/meet-guy/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:58:11 +0000 Travitt http://designfiles.net/?p=4187 Phases welcomes Ryan Mulligan to our big, happy family. Ryan is a Graphic Designer, Front End Developer and Songwriter and has really hit the ground running here. Be sure to say hi in comments and come meet Ryan in person at our Spring Fever Happy Hour on Thursday, April 12th, where he'll be the guy handing out drinks!]]> http://designfiles.net/blog/meet-guy/feed/ 0 http://designfiles.net/blog/photoshop-license-plate/ http://designfiles.net/blog/photoshop-license-plate/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:28:15 +0000 Kandra Churchwell http://designfiles.net/?p=4129 A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to spend my Friday night making license plates for one of our clients. Read on to find out how you can make one of your own!]]> http://designfiles.net/blog/photoshop-license-plate/feed/ 2