Annual Reports: Visual Storytelling Reflects Organizational Attitude, Personality, and Ambition

As the fiscal year wraps up, organizations across the corporate and public sectors are gearing up for annual report season. A clear trend has emerged in recent years: annual reports are moving away from dense, text-heavy formats to concise, visually engaging presentations powered by infographics. Gone are the days when annual reports were lengthy tomes…

COVID-19: Communicating in a Pandemic and Beyond – The Power of Infographics

Fact and fiction have competed for our attention since the beginning of time. What’s real versus what’s believable but not true are easily confused, especially in the digital age where content is shared in real time. Prior to March 2020, the world had heard reports of a respiratory illness in China, but little emphasis was…

How Much Should You Budget For Marketing

What To Spend On Marketing… It’s a valid question, and sooner or later, just about every business asks it.  Marketing budgets cover all marketing related expenses, from traditional marketing like billboards and brochures, public relations and promotions to online activities like digital and social marketing campaigns and content marketing.  Regardless of the scale of your…

Three things you need to know before developing your brand

So what’s in a brand? Your integrity. Your identity. Your soul. Your brand must convey who you are and what you do while being cognizant of who your audience is.  Your brand has to speak for your organization and be reflective of your corporate vision and mission. The right choice of colour, texture, graphics and text should be measured…

Understanding the Elements of Design

There was a time when great design required a four year degree, a light box, expensive pencils and countless years of experience. Today, thanks to tools like Canva, Stencil, or Crello, businesses have easy access to a host of beautiful graphic design templates to create awesome designs for their social media or marketing.  The thing…

The great debate – In-house Marketing vs Agency Marketing

Every business asks themselves this question at one point or another. Should I invest in an in-house marketing person or team, or should I trust my marketing dollars to an outside agency? It’s a dilemma and needs to be carefully considered. Both the risks and the returns have the potential to be high, which makes…

Get The Most From Your Social Media Presence

Remember when FaceBook was a great place to share pictures with friends, when LinkedIn took business card trading to a whole new level and when Twitter gave you a place to vent about anything in 140 characters or less. It’s all still true, well Twitter lets you vent twice as much now but, what some…

Tips For Your Next Landing Page

Once upon a time surfing meant grabbing your long board to hang ten on some rad curls. Today ‘surfing’ also means searching for info on the world wide web.  Whether for research, entertainment or just good old time wasting, if you want web surfers to hang ten on your landing page, then your landing page…

Sell Products and Services with Infographics

Infographics are great at getting you noticed by conveying content in easy to understand ways with images, graphics and text. We recommend infographics as a practical way to sell your products and services through clear, concise, effective communications. 4 suggestions to effectively use infographics to help sell a product or service. Compare and contrast. Show…