Animated talking heads for your marketing- April 21, 2006 This blog post could also be called "How to blow an hour on a Friday afternoon" because that is what I just did. Site Pal is a web site which lets you create a customized, animated talking character for your web site or Powerpoint presentations. It uses Flash technology so virtually anyone online can see it without needing to go to any trouble. Some of the characters are a bit disturbing and demented but with some care, you can create a pretty realistic looking character. I actually managed to..http://www.businessdesignstudio.com/resources/blogger/2006/04/animated-talking-heads-for-y... Build a Mailing List While Speaking- April 19, 2006 Do you do presentations or speaking engagements in front of your target audience If so, you have a wonderful opportunity to grow your opt-in relationship building mailing list in big leaps.First, create a multi-lined sheet with room for name, company, phone and email address, and photocopy as many sheets as you need for this audience (if you have an audience of 50, for example, you might need two sheets of 25 lines). Clip it to a colorful clipboard (in your company color) and attach a...http://www.businessdesignstudio.com/resources/blogger/2006/04/build-mailing-list-while-spe... I just hatched...- April 16, 2006 ... my new logo.Comparatively speaking, renaming the business was easy.The interesting thing about being a logo designer and trying to do your own is that there isn't a client ever saying it's finished. So I've been doodling and noodling around with this for about a month, never coming to a conclusion, always coming up with another idea."Jane! Stop this crazy thing!"I finally wised up and sent out my two best candidates to a small representative sample of colleagues, clients and referral...http://www.businessdesignstudio.com/resources/blogger/2006/04/i-just-hatched.html |