A colleague and I recently had a discussion around this question: What is the possibility of white-labeling WordPress to brand it as our own? The answer she found was a plugin created and available through Video User Manuals called White Label CMS. This is a great plugin and I think it definitely adds a nice […]
I recently went to lunch at Firehouse Subs in my little city of Hickory, NC. I’ve been carrying around a customer loyalty card for at least 2 years now, which says if I buy 7 meal combos, I get the 8th one for free. I knew I was getting close to my freebie and after […]
So you just created a fabulous new web site for your business… now what? If you build it they will come? Not really. The following presents a helpful list of “free” and “easy” tips and tactics to promote your web site. Why are “free” and “easy” in quotation marks you ask? Ahh, yes, because nothing […]
HICKORY, NC Matt Everley, of Hickory, NC-based graphic design studio m.e.designlab, was recently selected as a winner for three 2011 American Graphic Design Awards by a nationwide panel of judges. The awards recognize excellence in communication and graphic design. The competition was presented by Graphic Design USA Magazine. A highly selective 15% of the 8,000+ […]
As an independent web and graphic design consultant, I am frequently provided with RFP’s (Requests for Proposals) to provide design and visual branding services. These often are accompanied by requests for printing or web design, development and programming. For the most part, I decline to provide a proposal back to the one who sent the […]