How to Make Awesome Social Media Graphics without PhotoShop
Photo-editing tools like PhotoShop are expensive and complex for part-time use by the everyday marketer. Community Managers today need to be able ...
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Print Essentials for Safely Reopening
While all businesses need to comply with guidelines for reopening, you’re not limited to generic, boring design options. You can brand your ...
Graphics & Font Guidance in Today’s World
Right now we are all navigating some interesting times that are possibly requiring your businesses to operate a little different (or maybe a lot ...
Free Social Media Graphics & Storefront Posters
We know that the current pandemic caught almost everyone off guard, and it’s been a mad scramble for many business owners to rapidly adjust ...
What’s a Mobile-First Website?
If you have watched your Google Analytics in the past few years, you may be seeing the trend of mobile users on the rise. According to a Statista ...
Common Terms We Use – Defined
AI stands for Artificial Intelligence, and in marketing it allows companies to deliver highly personalized interactions with customers and ...
What are pixels, PPI, and DPI?
We love Pixels! When discussing images for your website, we usually tell you a measurement called a pixel. Pixels are the standard measurement ...
What is a Vector Image?
“What is a vector image? I don’t know what that is! Do I have one of those? That sounds scary. Do I need one?” If you have ever ...
5 Tips to Selecting the Perfect Image for Your Website or Blog
Do you have the content for a blog post but it’s looking a little wordy? You probably need some visuals to kick things up a little bit. ...
If You’re Using an Image You Found on the Web, You’re Stealing
Do you know the rules behind using images and graphics from the web? How about the differences between a copyrighted photo and one under a ...
Accessibility is NOT just for people with disabilities
Accessible websites can help more of your users than you think! Have you ever wondered what the big fuss is about accessibility and if having an ...
What is Gutenberg?
UPDATE: WordPress 5.0 with the Gutenberg Editor has been released. Vivid Image has a plan in place, and those on our Safe and Sound Hosting plan ...
I hate my web designer, and I feel like my website is being held hostage
Are you utterly frustrated with your web designer? Do you feel like your website is being held hostage, making it seem like you can’t fire ...
Not Just Websites: We Love All Our Unique Projects
We may be your friendly website and digital marketing agency, but that’s not all we do! While we specialize in web development and digital ...
What Logo Design and Refresh Looks Like…
Oils of Life Oils of Life had a start to their logo, but it wasn’t fully capturing the look and feel that they were looking for. We sat down with ...
Is it Time for a Logo Redesign or Refresh?
Your logo is so important to your business! Your company logo expresses what your business stands for, its culture & values. It is often ...
Look at What We’ve Been Up To!
There’s no doubt we love what we do. It’s been busy around our office, and our favorite part of every project is to celebrate with our clients ...
Take a Look at This!
There’s no doubt we love what we do. It’s been busy around our office, and our favorite part of every project is to celebrate with ...
How to Organize Content
We were recently reminded of a great blog post that Karlie, Vivid Image designer wrote a while back that can be very helpful to clients ...
When Does a Logo Need Updating?
Is your logo starting to look outdated? When do you know it is time to refresh your logo? All four of us designers at Vivid Image weigh in on ...
Branding: 5 Elements of an Identity Kit
Have you ever encountered inconsistent branding? Your brand is one of the most important things in your company; it is how the world identifies ...
Customer Submitted Photos
If you would like to have customers submit photos to you, it has never been easier. Photos of customers, your products, services, and stories are ...
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The Vine App – A Fun Video Tool To Try
Recently I discovered a fun video app called Vine. In a nutshell, it’s a tool that captures live moments in just 6 1/2 seconds. If ...
Pic of the Day: Lamb or Lion?
This photo was taken by Vivid Image Designer, Karlie Mosher on a recent trip to Minnehaha Falls. Spring is supposedly coming in like a lamb, but ...
WordPress Blog Formatting – Do’s and Dont’s
One of the key benefits of the WordPress platform is that once the foundation of your WordPress site is developed, you can easily add new content ...
Grab Bag: Photos for Your Blog That Leave Nothing to Chance
There’s no question that photos are a popular component in marketing. Photos engage people, generate interest and get shared. That’s why it’s ...
Website Metrics Made Simple
While website metrics can be extremely complex and go into depth analyzing the smallest of details, most small business website owners just want ...
What Everybody Ought to Know About Browsers Part 2
Now that you know about what a browser is, you are upgraded to the most current version and can clear your cache, determine if which browser is ...
What Everybody Ought to Know About Browsers
One of the most frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) at Vivid Image is: Why can’t I see my website or why isn’t displaying correctly? One of the ...
Weekend Inspiration – Online File Storage and Presentations that Zoom
This is the third week of Weekend Inspiration. I hope you are finding some tools that are valuable to you and your business. The collection ...
Weekend Inspiration – Online Photo Editor and a Meeting Scheduler
Here are a few tools that I think might make your life a little easier. Online Photo Editing with Pixlr If you want a full featured image editor ...
5 Ways to Jazz Up Your Contact Us Page
A contact us page is a staple part of every website. You need to let your customers know where you are and best way to start a ...
The ULTIMATE Marketing Recipe for Success!
Working with social media and marketing, I try out and sample different plans, campaigns, social media platforms, tools and give recommendations ...
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A Website is not Enough – Think Mobile
Today, having a website viewable on your desktop computer isn’t enough. Millions of people are now using their mobile phones to surf the ...
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MN Art and Wine Anyone?
One of the long time members of the VI Community, Clay Coyote, has a couple of great opportunities the next two weekends in June to enjoy. I ...
The More Creative, The Better
Today’s Remark!able blog post is directed at some of the smaller, social media initiatives I’ve seen businesses using lately. We ...
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Web Design = Online Packaging
Do you market products or services? Or both? I have been fortunate to market “new products” and “new services” in my ...
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Is Surprise Advertising "Old School"?
I started thinking about this post over a week ago, but I was a little surprised when I got my first Super Bowl ad review 4 days before the ad ...
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Going Green with Design
As a graphic designer, there are various topics I could cover as it relates to design. But why not just keep it simple? If I could get as basic ...
You’ve Got To See This
A Daycare to Office Space A few years ago we renovated a daycare building into modern office space and had a vision to incorporate art into the ...
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A Latte Good Web Content: Starbucks
As I was pondering my Tuesday blog post, I got an email from a reader and they were discussing the new Starbucks Logo. Later that afternoon, I ...
Be Remark!able in Spirit
I come across Remark!able examples of social media use all the time that cause me to pause and take notice. I tend to make a mental note, and as ...
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Building Trust Online
How do you build trust online? I read an article in the November 2010 issue of Website Magazine called, “The Four Pillars of Building ...
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Photo Sharing Through the Internet
Just about everyone who wants to snap a picture does so with a digital camera. There’s no more film to take in and process – just point, shoot ...
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What’s In A Link?
Links are everywhere; in our emails, on Facebook, in articles we read online. I would venture to guess that we don’t think much about clicking on ...
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5 Things You Can Do When Considering a Redesign
A great piece of art will stand the test of time – a great website will not. Online technology and design trends are constantly evolving. ...
How Do I Get a Little Picture by My Comment?
The “little picture” you are referring to is called a gravatar. Like the one next to the comment on this blog post (scroll down), a ...
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Don't Stop Make it Pop: Simple things YOU can do to make your content POP
First of all, if you didn’t get the headline – Click Here. Like music, good design is somewhat subjective – what one person or ...
Wordless Wednesday: iPad
Your thoughts or insights? Please share. Stay tuned for ours.
Lighting A Fire with Ideas
This is our first Wordless Wednesday post from Vivid Image. Therefore, I hope you’ll forgive me for giving a little explanation into what ...
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A Day at Vivid Image: Web Development
It’s a brisk 23 degrees out, the geese are flying over head, the sound of rocks getting dumped in the river echoes about, and the office ...
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What is a Logo?
A Logo is: A name, symbol, or trademark designed for easy and definite recognition. The graphic element of a trademark or brand, which is set in ...
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Client Spotlight: Primary EyeCare (formerly Duling Optical)
Vivid Image had the fortune of working with Primary EyeCare beginning last winter when Dr. Christianson and Dr. Hoppe approached Vivid Image with ...
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Vivid Image Wins Award for Thimbleberries Website
Client: Thimbleberries Website: www.thimbleberries.com Vivid Image is pleased to announce that we have been selected for the W3 2007 Silver Award ...
