10 urban color schemes :: cityscapes
Color is one of the most important parts of branding, and thus deserves a lot of thought. If you need inspiration, explore what’s right outside your window! Cityscapes aren’t just gray and cold: Zoom out a little, change your focus, and you’ll find cool blues, vibrant reds, and bright greens. Here are a few examples to spark your own creativity.
Pay it forward, change the world
Today’s the day I hope one of my readers is an altruistic millionaire — or that I have a lot of other regular, altruistic readers! Read on to find out why I’m asking for your help.
Freebie! February 2012 desktop calendar
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The Miss Manners Guide to Social Media Etiquette, Part 2: What to Do
Last time we talked about three no-no’s of social media. To recap, those were:
- Plagiarism is bad, so don’t steal other people’s posts.
- Don’t follow just to get people to follow you.
- Don’t unfollow just because those aforementioned people didn’t follow you back right away.
Now that we’ve covered what you don’t do, it’s time to discuss what you do do. (Yes, do do. Any Friends fans out there?) Without further ado, we’ll dive right in.
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The Miss Manners Guide to Social Media Etiquette, Part 1: What Not to Do
Don't make a mess of your social media strategy.
All right, you got me. I’m not Miss Manners. I can’t help you with the most polite way to decline a tea party invitation, or decide what time of day it is appropriate for a woman to wear pearls. Of course, if you were interested in either of those things, you probably wouldn’t be here.
So, gentle reader, instead I am going to give you some advice that will improve the quality of your online social networking. You might think you’ve got Facebook and Twitter down pat, but if you’re doing any of the following things, you’re in for a rude awakening.
Wine & Design: 15 creative wine bottle labels
Cheers!
If you’re like me, you don’t mind having a glass of wine (or two) while working on a creative project. While most companies frown upon working under the influence (WUI) and especially drinking while working (DWW), I’ve found that it can sometimes help my creative juices flow. Just remember to find the right balance. Here are 15 eye-catching wine labels that prove that wine and work do, on occasion, mix! If you find that you can’t sip on a glass of wine while working, at least these labels will inspire your creativity.
Brand refresh on the horizon? Don’t pull a Qwikster
Avoid Qwikster-esque embarrassment with these three simple tips.
No doubt you’ve heard by now that Netflix has yanked its DVD-only website, Qwikster, before it was even born. Wasn’t it just weeks ago that Netflix proudly announced the new entity, separate from its streaming service? Why, yes. You are correct. Three weeks, in fact. Obviously a move like this makes Netflix look pretty silly.
When it comes to your website (and by extension, your reputation, online and off), you can’t afford to go off half-cocked. Not only do you waste valuable time, but in the end you can end up with proverbial egg on your face. Learn from Netflix’s mistake by applying these 3 Anti-Qwikster Rules of Re-Branding.
Top 10 Reasons You’re Not Getting Follow-Backs (Part 2)
In my last post, I covered the first five reasons why you may not be getting the follow-backs you are hoping for. As a refresher, these include:
- Constantly tweeting cliche quotes
- Being a social media snob
- Tweeting only sporadically
- Tweeting all the darn time, and
- “Convo bubbles” (aka secrets)
Today I’m going to share with you the top five reasons why your fellow tweeps aren’t following you, even though you’ve fulfilled your end of the bargain by following them first. In my book, these are the follow-back deal-breakers.
Top 10 Reasons You’re Not Getting Follow-Backs (Part 1)
Follow me... Please?
One of the tacit rules of Twitter is: “I’ll follow you if you follow me.” Sure, that’s the polite way of Twittering, but realistically, it isn’t going to happen. Sometimes the old “it’s not you, it’s me” excuse holds true: The person or company you just started following is a super-star tweep with a thousand million followers (or thereabouts), and either they can’t keep up with follow-backs, or they’re just too arrogant to put in the time.
But most often, (and I hate to be the one to break this to you), you aren’t getting follow-backs because of you. Here are a few reasons why you might not be getting the return follows you’re hoping for.
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