Awesome Logo for Sash Vet Clinic

Another logo I came across during my Sydney adventures; this one belongs to the Small Animals Specialist Hospital. Why it’s great Friendly, comforting and cheerful – and admire the distressed “a”, like a wounded animal, supported and aided by the other letters. Love it – if someone knows the designer let me know!
Packaging Design: Help Remedies 2.0

ChappsMalina was approached by Help Remedies, a New York City-based startup with a big idea: to revolutionize over-the-counter medication. The resulting line consists of 6 products that are designed to guide you through the medication aisle with ease and comfort. From “help, I have a headache” to “help, I can’t sleep”, instead of yelling “FAST […]
Ad of the Day: Lego Click
Running a design website or blog? Why you need alt tags NOW
So Google rolled out their new, Bing-inspired interface. Some people like it, some not quite as much. Regardless of how you feel about it, it does bring to light some important points of consideration with respect to the ranking your site. One of the most interesting thing I cam across was the new option “Sites […]
Blackbird Pie: Embed your Tweets in HTML (the nice way)
How to install the new Salesforce Plugin for WordPress

This is a demo on how to install, activate, and configure the WordPress-to-Lead for Salesforce CRM plugin. WordPress-to-Lead is a free WordPress plugin that let’s you easily create contact forms and publish them to your WordPress site or blog. What’s even better, is that WordPress-to-Lead automatically captures every lead and inquiry directly into Salesforce CRM.
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Ad of the Day: Unsafe Drinking Water
15 Artistic Nude Wallpapers on Black (HD)
Haagen-Dazs loves Honey Bees (Titanium Silver Lion Cannes 2009)

Why it was great With relatively limited resources and a truly integrated marketing campaign Haagen-Dazs managed a massive pump in brand awareness; a boost in sales; an effective initiative for the environment and a Congress funding discussion for research into the bee crisis. It really doesn’t get much better than this.
Ad of the Day: Watch Your Own Heart Attack

For a great case about the successful leveraging of integrated media, look no further than the British Heart Foundation’s promotion of its Watch Your Own Heart Attack film. Celebrity endorsements, poster, press, radio and online advertising as well as Facebook and email reminders were choreographed to build anticipation in the two weeks prior to a […]
How to write a Creative Brief for SMBs

If you’re a large company, you know the drill: you go to a large advertising agency, you get an account manager and a planner, they work with you to refine the creative brief for any advertising initiative and that, together with your years of marketing experience, ensure everything is swell. Sometimes at least. But what […]