September, 2010

Client Recap Summer 2010

Posted by Amy at 6:57 am

The Dream Drawer is an online store selling unique and helpful products devoted to sleeping, dreaming and getting a better night’s sleep.  We first teamed up with owner Donna Talarico to create a logo for the store. After that, we worked on 4 homepage banners to advertise their dream journals, sleep masks, sound machines and all-natural sleep aids. We also created a unique website background and some divider bars for the product pages. What’s next? Promotional postcards to send out to spas and sleep doctors!

Northeast Freight Transfer contacted Bullzeye Design in need of a new website. We’re about 90% complete with the process and it looks great… we can’t wait to show it off. The relationship blossomed quickly and NEFT quickly jumped at the opportunity to work with us for their other design needs. After a logo touch-up, we moved on to a 2-sided 8.5 x 11″ flyer design to advertise their services. They just placed an order today for newly designed business cards and we couldn’t be happier to be working with them!

Cakes by Curly is our newest website client. Mike Walsh is a baker in the Scranton, PA area. He creates specialty desserts, cakes & more. Some people call him “Cupcake Curly” because of his amazing cannoli cupcakes. I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to try MANY of Mike’s desserts. They are seriously works of art. We can only hope to create him a website that’s as beautiful and delicious as his pastries.

A warm welcome to all of our new clients. Thank you for your business and the opportunity to get to know each and every one of you.

$200 New Customer Discount

Posted by Amy at 2:06 pm

From now until November 25, 2010 new customers receive a $200 new customer discount

Click on the coupon below for more information or e-mail us and mention this post to receive the discount on your first project of $1,000 or more.

Web Apps that Offer Great Alternatives to Desktop Programs

Posted by Amy at 10:43 am

There are a lot of web-based applications out there today that function very effectively for the modern business owner. These apps give you the benefits of a desktop computer program with the flexibility to access your information from any location – and from any computer!!

While many online apps can’t compete with their desktop counterparts, there are some that can. Here’s a list of my favorites:

Do You Think Like a Goldfish?

Posted by Amy at 9:03 pm

A hundred years ago, working on the farm, your attention span would have been about 20 minutes (*one minute for each year of age, until age 20).

Then came a little thing called “THE INTERNET”! Maybe you’ve heard of it?

Now, we’re drowning in Social Media distractions: You Tube videos, Twitter updates, Linked in requests, iPhone apps… each one bringing choices and stress.

Too many messages, too many options, too little time.

How are our brains responding to all this stimulation?

Turns out, we’re learning to think differently. More specifically, we’re learning to think more quickly.

The addictive nature of web browsing can leave you with an attention span of 9 seconds. (-BBC News)

9 SECONDS

That’s all we get before people’s brains make a decision whether to stay focused or jump to a new topic.

Welcome to the A.D.D. World! The short-attention-span theater features 5,000 marketing messages a day. Faster than FedEx,  Bigger than Disney World. More unpredicatable than Lady Gaga. In the A.D.D. world, fascinating messages (and people, and companies, and brands, and  ideas) TRIUMPH.

They earn BIGGER budgets, MORE time, BETTER relationships, GREATER admiration, DEEPER trust.

They can charge a higher price, create more buzz, and garner more loyalty. *so um… booyah.

Brands that fail to fascinate consumers will lose. It’s that simple. (sorry)

How can your brand persuade in the 9 second world?

Source: Presentation by Sally Hogshead

There is a very real truth in this presentation. Living in the fast-paced multi-tasking world that we do, how do you stand out from your competition in any industry?

You need to develop a strong brand and deliver important messages that your customers want to hear. Even more importantly, you have to be a step AHEAD. What makes you stand out from your competition? What’s your niche? How do you gain customers? How can you keep them coming back?

Our Partner, Vision in Mind Studios, Launches New Website

Posted by Amy at 6:30 pm

Vision in Mind Studios is a professional design studio based in England, USA and in Hungary with a passion for design and technology solutions for the internet and also to carry out outstanding look for offline printing. They strive to carry out pixel perfect work and find ways to produce the best solutions for the customer.

Adam, owner of Vision in Mind, states “Quality is key in our company and whatever we do has to be 100% right.”

Vision in Mind works closely with Bullzeye Design to create solutions for our clients and provide them with the best service possible. Our partnership allows us to have access to more staff and to operate beyond typical business hours.