Ruff Haus Blog - Sage Advice On Everything from Branding and Design to Dog!
Please excuse me while I wipe the drool from my chin! I just finished reading a blog article at eyeondesign.aiga.org about Mad Med – how designers are hooked on it and how we gobble up the visual candy being served on every level from the hidden gems in the background to the opening graphics.
How do you know it’s time to redesign your website? It really boils down to 3 key reasons: Usability, Messaging and Technology. Read on to gain insight and a few tips from Ruff Haus
This year we managed to add an illustration of Ruff Haus mascot Pamela in the mix. It has taken us a while to illustrator her because she's all black and likes to lay around a lot... hence the pose she's in under the christmas tree.
We’ve been making the most of an illustration of our ca-nine to five'r, Quigley. For Halloween, we turned him into FrankenQuigley, on the 4th we turned him into QuigLincoln, and at Christmas he was Ol' Saint Quigley. This Thanksgiving he gets to be a free-range turkey!
Recently I was in a new business meeting and I had someone ask me "What is marketing to you?" Right then, I realized no one has ever asked me that question before.
What better way to add some playful pizazz to your Halloween-themed marketing materials this month than grabbing a nice creeeeeepy font!
Budweiser has figured out once again how to use man's best friend to tug at our heartstrings and advertise beer at the same time. Kudos to them for also promoting safe drinking, our companions are counting on us!
To most of us today, the phrase dog days refers to the "sultry" (love that word) days of summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, the dog days of summer are most commonly experienced in the months of July and August. In the Southern Hemisphere, they typically occur in January and February.
Pop quiz: what makes Business-to-Business (B2B) marketing different from Business-to-Consumer (B2C) marketing? Well, a couple of important differences that come to mind are the length of the sales cycle and the complexity of the transaction.
Has the Sales Funnel changed almost beyond recognition, as technologies such as the World Wide Web, smartphones, and social media have brought about significant changes in the way marketing and sales interact with prospective customers.
I was in a meeting with a client reviewing a project and the question came up on whether or not we should include a QR code because they're outdated and overrated, and no one uses them anymore. Has the QR Code worn out it's welcome?
Don’t get caught up in technology when marketing your business. Websites, email, and social media are convenient. However, the cost of some of these options can add up when you factor in the cost to track and analyze results.
