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Happier Holidays Start With Reindeer Beer

T’was the Friday before Christmas, and all through the day designers stared out the window at weather so gray. Wishing and hoping the day’s end would draw near, when out of the blue came a 6-pack of Reindeer BEER! Now the design team is happy, with cold ones in hand. We’re laughing and singing holiday carols so grand. Spreading Christmas cheer and office delight, Merry Christmas...

How to Create Custom Sidebars in WordPress

Two WordPress Plugins that will allow you to create custom sidebars for pages and posts and add custom images for categories, pages and posts. As many people have discovered, WordPress is a great way to create seo friendly web sites that look fantastic. Even though WordPress is dynamic and flexible, many people quickly outgrow the stock limitations and restrictions with out-of-the-box solutions....

We’re Looking for an Entry Level Java Developer for eCommerce Development

Entry Level Java Developer for eCommerce development. We’re looking for a problem solver to grow with our company. We are looking specifically for an individual with the ability work with and create dynamic javascript functionality that will integrated with eCommerce websites. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS • Develop the ability to Design and write complex applications. • Troubleshoot medium...

How To Start Building Your Brand Identity By Asking the Right Questions

Brand identity is probably the most critical element of retail and business design. As a graphic and packaging designer you must be able to offer branding services as part of your design services package. Brand identity is the overall graphic representation that people will associate with a company or product. In todays market, competition for customers is fierce, so you can see why a strong brand identity...

Pixel Productions Inc. Designs New E-Commerce Website for The History Channel’s Pawn Stars

The History Channel’s break away hit, Pawn Stars, is one of the most-watched shows on cable TV. The show focuses on the dealings of a family-owned business called the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop, run by three generations of the Harrison family: Rick, his son Big Hoss, and Rick’s dad, The Old Man. People from all over the world are tuning in to see what this Las Vegas family owned business is...

Where Website Design Ends And Seo Begins

Many people looking to have a website developed think the only investment they need to make to have a successful website is in the design of the website itself. I won’t argue that design is important, but any professional knows that without a long term search engine optimization and website marketing plan that website is never going to gain visibility. When clients pay a lot of money for a website that...

Designing The Right Packaging For The Retail Environment

Today there are more products on the market than ever before giving consumers an abundance of choice and flexibility in what they buy. This is wonderful for the consumer but if you are the owner of one of these many products it can mean facing a serious challenge in getting your product noticed. The reason that I say this is there has never been so much competition surrounding products and their...

How To Accurately Estimate A Graphic Design Job

My graphic design company gets requests from freelance designers frequently about advice on how much to charge for design jobs. Accurately bidding on design jobs is easily the hardest part of this business. I’ve been doing this for quite some time now with what I consider to be pretty good success. Bidding on jobs gets easier the more you do it, because with each prospective client you get a little...