I hope you’ve been enjoying the January desktop calendar that I posted last month. Here is a new one for you to enjoy through the month of February.
This photo was taken in Washington DC. We were amazed how “pedestrian-friendly” the city was. The crosswalks were wide enough to accommodate all the foot traffic and the signals count down the number of seconds that you have to get across the street. The metro was very convenient and easy to navigate–and clean–not at all like what you see in the movies. Oh, and the legs in the photo are those of my husband.
You can download the February 2010 Desktop Calendar to your computer and right-click on it to “Save as Desktop Background.” Feel free to tell your friends they are welcome to download these calendars, too, if they would like.
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This week, I have been attending NAMS in Atlanta, GA. This morning we learned all about Strategies for Social Marketing from five of the best in the business! It was so informative and I wanted to share the information with you. Below, you will see a snippet of the video presentation.
The presenters are Jeff Herring, Meritza Perra, Kevin Riley, Willie Crawford, and Bob “The Teacher” Jenkins.
Now, if you thought that was good, you’ll want to check out the full audio presentation: Strategies for Social Marketing. The audio is available for only $17 and includes several bonuses!
I’ll write more about NAMS later, but had to get this information out to you!
I recently had the pleasure of working with Stephanie Fish of Buckeye V.A. on her new website design for her Virtual Assistant business. Her previous design was very dark with a black background and a bright white contrast. It wasn’t portraying the look and feel that she wanted for her business.
I suggested that we try to soften things up with Stephanie’s new custom WordPress Theme and make it pretty while keeping it very professional-looking. The gray pinstripes of the background is a symbol of a suit (professional) with pink accents (pretty), throwing a few swirls in just for fun. Stephanie was very pleased with the result. She wrote:
It’s taken many website designs and designers, but finally, I have a website that I’m thrilled about! It’s so nice to start the new year off with a great looking website (it makes a world of difference as a business owner when you are thrilled about your web presence)
Stephanie Fish of Buckeye V.A.
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As an appreciation for my clients and friends, I have created a desktop calendar for each month in 2010 and will share each new monthly download here, on my blog.
The January 2010 desktop calendar is a scene from the shoreline of Mackinac City and Lake Michigan. It was taken in October and it was quite cold. You can almost feel the cold by looking at the water. It was beautiful, nonetheless.
I hope you will enjoy and download the January 2010 desktop calendar for your computer. Once you download the calendar, just right-click Please feel free to share this link with your co-workers, family, and friends. And check back next month to download the February calendar!
EdenPURECanada.ca was a unique site to create. The owner wanted to portray the feeling of “warmth” in the design. In order to achieve this look and feel, I consulted a color specialist who recommended an orange and purple combination.
- orange gives the feeling of warmth, without being too hot
- purple/blue is the compliment to orange
- gold gives it a richness and brightness
The background design of the wavy lines helps to depict the heat radiating and filling the space, while the pattern in the header with the gold gives a soft and airy feel.
However, after a short time, the site owner discovered that the majority of his visitors were male, so we darkened up the site a bit to try to pull out more of the colors in the heating unit, changing out the purple for black, thus, keeping the “warmth” feel to the site, but making it a bit more masculine. We made some other adjustments and the site has done very well. You will see the finished product to the left.
In fact, this client chose the optional statistics package with his hosting and loves to optimize his page according to what he finds. The site continues to rank in the top three positions on www.google.ca, www.bing.com, and www.google.com, much of this due to the excellent SEO copywriting of Cindy Bidar. Cindy is excellent at what she does! Here is a screen shot of one aspect of his statistics:
These are daily stats. You can see that the EdenPURE.ca site rarely dips below triple digits (blue). This client has also found that many of his returning visitors (orange) have become buyers, which is GREAT news!
I have to tell you that working with you has been a joy.
Being new to the internet “game” I was more than a little worried about how I was going to build and manage an effective website. You have put all the fear to rest with your creativity and professionalism. Working with Dramatic Design has proven to be one of the best decisions I made.
Thank you!
Dave Carstens
Dadec Enterprises LLC
