Branding Trends
Tingalls Graphic Design is super-excited to be the first agency in Madison to offer to latest in branding trends – The Rock.
Posted in Advertising, Branding, Tips, Tradeshow Marketing
Content that Counts: The Golden Nugget
Content that counts comes in many forms. This isn’t your first day on the Internet – odds are you have a Facebook account, Twitter feed or even more. Have you noticed any patterns? Everything happens at light speed, in short tiny bursts of concentrated information. This is counter intuitive – the assumption is that audiences want detailed and elaborate explanations of services and products, events and everything else.
Posted in Copywriting & Blogging, Marketing, Tips, Website Design
Social Media Marketing Part 1 – Who Tube?
Everyone knows about Google – but did you know that YouTube is the second most used search engine? Read some more and learn how to take advantage of this fun and exciting tool.
Posted in Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Tips
The Creative Hurricane – Our Logo Design Process
When you think brainstorming, you probably think of a stuffy room, some paper, a handful of people and maybe some Mountain Dew. That’s cool. Maybe it’s not your specialty. But here at Tingalls, creative is our bread and butter.
Posted in About Tingalls, Branding, Logo Design, Tips
How Graphic Designers Can Up their Credibility Factor – Part 2
In the first installment of this series, we discussed six ways a graphic designer can improve their credibility factor. In part two, we’re serving up five more tips on the subject. And although we’re talking […]
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How Graphic Designers Can Up their Credibility Factor — Part 1
Have you ever met someone who was obviously an expert at something? Probably. But have you ever met an expert that you would absolutely never work with because you had no respect for them, or […]
Posted in Graphic Design, Tips
Triumphing with Twitter
To many, Twitter is quite the strange bird. Trying to figure out how to successfully use it can feel like attempting to get all the sides of your Rubik’s Cube (remember those?) to be the […]
Posted in Social Media Marketing, Tips
The Best Way to Set Up Your Blog: Subpage vs. Subdomain
In our previous series, Blogging 101, we talked extensively about many of the best practices associated with writing a blog. But what about the hierarchy of how your blog is set up? In other words, […]
Posted in Copywriting & Blogging, Search Engine Optimization, Tips
The Best Way to Set Up a Facebook Fan Page
For many business owners, a Facebook Fan page can be a great asset in connecting with customers, sharing products or services, or stating your opinion on a topic that’s relevant to your audience. Setting up […]
Posted in Social Media Marketing, Tips
A New Breed of Social Media Management Tools
In a recent post, Tingalls Graphic Design reviewed three very good social media management tools. But being the geek that I am, I recently decided to do some additional research to see if the landscape […]
Posted in Social Media Marketing, Tips
How to Create a Successful Email Campaign
Does your business utilize email campaigns? Whether you’re an old pro at putting campaigns together, or your company is just embarking into the territory of email marketing, making sure you’re following these best practices can […]
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Is an Exhausted Brain More Creative?
I recently stumbled upon an article at Inc.com called 6 Surprising Ways to Become More Creative. It got me thinking about how the creative process is affected by internal and external influences. One thing the […]
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Tracking Your Networking Success (or Lack Thereof)
In our recent blog post, Networking is Still a Viable Way to Grow a Business, we talked about five tips to help determine what types of networking groups are best for you to join. But […]
Posted in Networking, Tips
Networking is Still a Viable Way to Grow a Business
There was a time when a handshake was our social media. Live conversation, awkward pauses, and the exchange of business cards were our means of disseminating information to each other. And although the Internet has […]
Posted in Marketing, Networking, Tips
Creating a Successful LinkedIn Page, Part 3: Adding Connections
How many LinkedIn connections do you have? Did you know that the amount of connections on your LinkedIn account affects where LinkedIn ranks you? As a matter of fact, if you can attain 500+ connections, […]
Posted in Networking, Social Media Marketing, Tips
Creating a Successful LinkedIn Page, Part 2: Skills & Endorsements
Have you ever received an email from LinkedIn stating you’ve been endorsed? It’s always a nice feeling to know that someone you know took the time to give you a shout-out for a specific skill. […]
Posted in Networking, Social Media Marketing, Tips