Tag: graphicdesign

Using learning styles in advertising and marketing

Having ventured into the colosseum of death/education for three years I learnt a lot about how the mind learns and each person has a unique way they enjoy and digest information best, this is sometimes known as VAK, visual audio and kinaesthetic learning. These processes are extremely useful when designing advertisements or marketing strategies to help reach the largest audience possible. In this post, I will discuss the three learning styles and ways you can approach each learning style in advertising to make people engage with your brand that bit easier. Continue “Using learning styles in advertising and marketing”

The colour gold and its meaning

The colour gold is a colour that embodies success and achievement. It is a colour that no matter what culture you are from brings a sense of value and quality and implies material wealth and extravagance.

In this post I will look in-depth at the meaning of gold. Its different perceived meaning to us and when we should consider using the colour in our branding and designs Continue “The colour gold and its meaning”

How To Make A Boring Business Interesting in 4 Steps

A lot of industries, services and products, it is fair to say, are dull or lack that bit of sex appeal and wonder how to make a boring business interesting. But how do you make a boring industry interesting? In this blog post, I will be discussing 5 ways in which you can make your product or service more appealing and thus, easier to sell. Continue “How To Make A Boring Business Interesting in 4 Steps”

7 Websites that gives ROYALTY FREE images for blogs and or graphics projects

Recently, when I was browsing the blog of a fellow creative I noticed their image was quite snazzy and I was fairly impressed alongside the excellent content that had been written by this person. As I reached the bottom I realised that they hadn’t in fact created the image themselves but used a website that allows you the use free images for blogs as long as you link back to their website. This website is Freepik.com.

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The colour blue and its meaning

The colour blue is a colour that embodies communication, authority and trust. It is a colour that can bring inner security and confidence and allow you to take control and do the right thing in difficult times.

In this post, I will look in-depth at the meaning of blue, how different shades have different meanings to us and when we should consider using the power of blue in our branding. Continue “The colour blue and its meaning”

The colour orange and its meaning

The colour orange is a colour that radiates the warmth of red but also the happiness and optimism of yellow making it a colour of joy and youth. Like a youngster, orange holds the characteristics of an untainted soul of optimism, uplifting, spontaneous, independence and adventure as well as strength in bouncing back from difficult situations. In this post, I will look in-depth at the meaning of orange, how different shades have different meanings to us and when we should consider using the vibrance of orange in our branding. Continue “The colour orange and its meaning”

Future Tech Products that are straight from the movies!

Future tech, it seems, is often inspired by the movies or the Hollywood directors who know something we don’t. Movies are the place of fantasy and desire and movie buffs being able to bring some key technologies of our favourite films to life is really a motivation of every film lover. From the Back to the future time travelling car, to the Tron Legacy Light Cycle so many key technological film props capture the imagination of us all. Continue “Future Tech Products that are straight from the movies!”

How to create a successful blog post using WordPress step by step

You’ve finally bought your very own CMS website and it runs on WordPress, people keep telling you about content marketing and how blogging is a great way to enhance your organic search and build a fan base. This is very true and thus why I am going to be creating several blog posts and vlogs (on The Change Creative YouTube Channel ) about how to use WordPress and what you should be considering every step of the way so you never get lost. In this post I will discuss how to create a successful blog post that will get attention.

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Lest We Forget Graphic Art

Lest we forget. I have been working in-house for MigSolv for the last two years now and have been asked by the board of directors to design something that could show our support and sympathy for the occasion with it being 100 years since the start of the first world war.

To begin I sketched a few ideas very basic to get my ideas out and then began constructing what I believed to be the best concept which is what this blog post will discuss in detail. Continue “Lest We Forget Graphic Art”

Testing a website before it goes live

If you regularly visit my website or blog you will have noticed that I have made some changes ( and one reason why I haven’t blogged as much as I used to over the last two months). Before I allowed myself to take my local site to the live server I had to do some basic testing and every website should go through this same process to ensure as few problems occur so your users can enjoy your experience to its fullest and also make sure your business looks professional. In this blog post, I will discuss 5 areas that must be tested before you allow yourself to let the website into the public domain.

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