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3 new logo designs

Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by Sheryl.

It’s been a fun time lately creating new identities for 3 start-up businesses. All 3 have been right up my alley in terms of being of the more creative nature. Logo design is in fact the most difficult part of design and the image that is used to present the business to the world. Sometimes the design process can be as long as a piece of string…

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Twitter, tweets, twittering, tweeps – what??!!

Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by Sheryl.

What is this Twitter all about?

If you don’t know what I’m talking about, it’s time to catch up on the latest social media phenomenon – Twitter.

How it works: With Twitter you send short messages of 140 characters or less – these are known as “tweets” — to any other Twitter member (a tweep) who has chosen to “follow” you. You can send the messages from your computer and you can send or receive tweets via your cell phone.

Twitter accounts are free, and if you learn how to gather a community of followers, you have an audience that you can reach out and “tweet” your message to anytime, anywhere. If your Tweets are helpful, entertaining or just plain great, your followers will pass the Tweet to their followers, and so on and so on…

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7 ways to improve your website traffic

Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by Sheryl.

I’ve written this article for any of you that feel quite confused by google, website traffic and just plain having a website (or maybe you’re considering having one). I hope that it will answer some questions and encourage you to investigate further. Once you’ve read it don’t go out with all guns blazing thinking

YES I’m going to twitter every hour, write a blog every day and send a newsletter weekly along with monitoring my site traffic with vengeance  Hell if google won’t just give me more customers like I expected then you can be damn sure I’m gonna get them there!

You probably won’t stick to it so begin at the beginning and take one step at a time…

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Last week’s printrun 02 – Syrup magazine

Posted on 18. Sep, 2009 by Sheryl.

The beautiful spring 09 issue is now out. If you’re not familiar with Syrup magazine it’s a boutique, artisan food magazine that I co-create with Angela Williams-Atkins. You can read more about it here – www.syrup.net.nz. It’s alot of hardwork but also alot of fun to produce!

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huiadesign google performer of the week 13/09

Posted on 13. Sep, 2009 by Sheryl.

The huiadesign site with the most site traffic for the past week is Invitesonline (actually for the past two weeks). We seem to consistently have two clear leaders – Invitesonline and Venus Clubs.

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Etsy love

Posted on 13. Sep, 2009 by Sheryl.

Yes lifes not always about work and design. In need of some inspiration or maybe just some shopping? Here’s some great finds on etsy like the gorgeous iphone sleeve above, so dust the credit card off and start Monday on the right foot!

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New blog design

Posted on 04. Sep, 2009 by Sheryl.

Mary Anne Morgan has been a client for a few years now, interestingly enough we’ve never met as she lives in the US. We originally met through istockphoto as she is a photographer. Since then we’ve had lots of contact and I’ve loved being her designer. Her photography is gorgeous so it gave me great pleasure to design a new blog for her that reflects her personal style. I also created a new logo and brand elements for her. You can visit her new blog design at www.maryannemorganblog.com.

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Creative inspiration 30/08/09

Posted on 30. Aug, 2009 by Sheryl.

I’ve recently discovered Samantha Robinson’s beautiful ceramics. Samantha is an Australian potter based in Bondi, every piece is handcrafted and unique. She is a great example of a creative soul doing what she loves. Will be looking for some of these when next in Aussie.

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Google performer of the week 22/08

Posted on 23. Aug, 2009 by Sheryl.

Once again it’s Venus Clubs then Invitesonline and Syrup magazine. Some other points to note are that both Venus Clubs and Syrup magazine have actively blogged this week and Venus Clubs sends out a weekly ‘muse’ ezine to it’s registered members. These actions are significant in improving site traffic.

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In search of a laptop bag

Posted on 22. Aug, 2009 by Sheryl.

My new macbook was a fairly major investment and sadly it didn’t even come with a free protective sleeve or bag (what’s up with that!). Not wanting to stick with my mundane, over padded, over sized std black business like (and pretty naf) bag I turned to etsy and found these delights…

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