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Brandon Babb| Art Lessons Can Teach Marketing Principles |
| 23.03.2009 10:21:45 | |
 I started school wanting to be an artist. I had a bad habit of starting on a small area of the picture and not planning the picture all at once. The result was a portion of the picture looked polished, but the rest I knew I would never finish. I drew the part of the picture that was important to me. My teachers had a different viewpoint; I would find that some of my favorite parts of the art I created were in the areas I had no interest in creating. I needed motivation to see what I didn’t want or care to see. I didn’t realize how my habits were hurting my pictures until I saw the finished result. I now think the best way to accomplish a goal is to let a fresh set of trained eyes show you what is missing. Marketing and research are really tools and trained thinking that help people realize the whole picture, usually in a way that would seem completely alien.Tags: Hits: 513 | Read more... |
| Mountain West Capital Network Announces 2009 "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award |
| 30.01.2009 01:32:07 | |
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by Bryan Schott Seen on: Utah Pulse
"We are so pleased to recognize Alan as this year's Entrepreneur of the Year," said Mark Lehman of Parsons Behle & Latimer and chair of Entrepreneur of the Year. "He epitomizes business in Utah. Alan is like Johnny Appleseed-he's out there every day tossing business seeds wherever he goes-helping Utah businesses grow." A Utah business stalwart, Hall is the founder, former CEO and chairman of MarketStar Corporation, an outsourced global marketing and sales organization with several thousand employees in 100 countries. He is the founder and chairman of Grow Utah Ventures, a non-profit organization fostering entrepreneurial development, which has several incubation facilities for entrepreneurs, seven new angel investor organizations from Logan to St. George. He is supervising the statewide rollout of Seed Utah, a private initiative to increase entrepreneurism. He also plans to invest in 100 emerging Utah companies through Island Park Investments, a personal fund managed by Iomega founder, Dave Norton. Mr. Hall is also the managing director of Mercato Partners, a new growth equity venture capital firm that he recently launched with partner Greg Warnock, which invests in fast growing technology companies that need additional funds for marketing and sales acceleration. He is chairman of the Utah Technology Council, a member of Wells Fargo's community advisory board and a founding board member of World Trade Center Utah. He also serves as a member of the Intermountain Healthcare Foundation, is a member of the board of trustees of Weber State University and was Utah co-chair of Romney for President. He and his wife Jeanne are chairman and president of the Hall foundation-a not-for-profit organization whose theme is, "no poor among us." Mr. Hall is also chairman of Ogden's 75th Pioneer Days Celebration scheduled for July 2009. In 1997 Mr. Hall was the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of Year in the State of Utah. He has six children and 13 grandchildren Each year, MWCN recognizes a Utah business executive who has built a successful Utah-based company and who has inspired others to participate in the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship. "I am very pleased to be honored by MWCN," said Hall. "It's a wonderful organization with a keen focus on assisting Utah companies to become viable and successful. I am pleased to be associated with them."
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| Designer and Developer Freebies for Saving Time |
| 19.01.2009 14:13:09 | |
 Let's admit it, we are busy. Everyday tasks make doing what we love hard. Luckily, after hours of browsing designy sites I can bring you the best time saving tools for creating popular web graphics. Image Reflection Generator http://www.reflectionmaker.com/This is the ever so popular shine reflection that makes nearly any image look fancy. Icon Finder http://www.iconfinder.net/ This is a Icon Search Engine that shows icons and usage information. For developers. Validation Icons http://www.validationicons.com/ Be the coolest developer on the block by supporting web standards with minimal effort! Tartan Designer http://www.tartanmaker.com/ This is my favorite web application I've found in a while. Worth checking out. Stripe Generator http://www.stripegenerator.com/ Much like the Tartan Designer but for stripes. Great for web backgrounds! Stay tuned for more freebies. Tags: Hits: 574 | Read more... |
| Communicate! |
| 17.11.2008 06:31:29 | |
 I have been thinking a lot about how we communicate and share our ideas. Take a look at these Pool Balls; they both convey the same information each in a individual way. It's obvious which of these balls would be easier to play a quick game of pool with. It can be just as easy to tell if your marketing makes sense for your customers, especially if you know your target audience. If 75% your customers appreciate a simple and straightforward approach, it would be dangerous to launch a brainy rocket-science marketing campaign.  So you have your messaging down. A perfect message can be completely ruined without the right design. Communication is key! Tags: Marketing | Graphic Design | Commiunication | Designer | Target Audience | Marketing Campaign
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| Graphic Design Freebies, get ready to get hooked up |
| 12.09.2008 12:02:04 | |
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Every Stock Photo Tags: Free Stock Photos | Photo | Stock Images | Graphic Design | Stock Xchng | Textures | Tutorials Hits: 777 | Read more... |
