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  • Never Judge by the looks

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Looking for inspiration for my blog this week, I came across this success story (and a bit of trivia), which also forms part of a true story.  Well, at least the characters are real. Perhaps the finer details may have been enhanced slightly for the message it also sends. How many real life success stories…

  • Flash Ads Are Broken

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Hate those pesky ads that cover the content you are trying to read? They generally make me leave the site as I don’t have time for people that want to place ads over their website content to entice me to go somewhere else and buy a Nokia mobile phone or get American Express credit cards……

  • Apple teases ‘Black Friday’ shoppers

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Apple has advertised that they are marking the beginning of the Christmas shopping season with a special one day shopping event. You’re invited to “wrap it up” this Friday when the apple online store will be having a sale on iPods, iPads and other Mac gifts. This isn’t the first time Apple have had a Black…

  • When Facebook becomes a book

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    When Facebook becomes a book from Siavosh Zabeti on Vimeo. I think I’ve become a little obsessed with the digital word lately. I’ve pretty much stopped buying newspapers and magazines and get my fill online. I use my iPhone for my shopping lists and to jot down the epiphanies that come to me in the…

  • AVOID these Black Hat SEO tactics

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    As with most things in life there are people who always do the right thing and there are those that seem to always do the wrong things. When it comes to SEO there are many strategies a business can implement to help them rank higher in search engine searches but not all of them are…

  • Advertising on social networking sites

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    It seems that brands are popping up everywhere in paid social media advertising spots lately … brands that I’d consider either buying from, or at least aligning myself with (by ‘liking’ their Facebook page for example). I’m interested in yoga, travel and cult TV shows like Mad Men and Dexter – and like magic, local…

  • Microsoft Launches Kinect

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    It’s been a long time in the making, but Microsoft have finally launched Kinect. For those of you unfamiliar with Kinect, it is Microsoft’s brand new controller-less add on for the Xbox 360. Kinect allows the gamer to control not only the menu system of their Xbox 360 simply by moving, but to interact with…

  • How Printing Ink/ Pantone Colours are Made

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    In my 15 years of design experience I am embarrassed to say that I have not once thought about how the ink that I designed for is made! I even worked with a printer for a few of those years and it never occurred to me that there was an art to the process of…

  • 5 helpful press release writing tips

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    A poorly written press release can be what stands between getting press and not getting press. It’s important to communicate your news angle clearly and draft your press release professionally – both in content and format. 1. Write like a Journalist Your lead sentence should aim to get across your story angle, start answering the…