http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com Graphic Design Articles, Inspiration & Designs Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:37:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aspen Concrete Contractors needed a simple brochure-style website that they could point their clients to. They do strong work in concrete staining and concrete stamping so I wanted to showcase that side of their business as well as the general concrete contractor work like poured wallls and driveways. [caption id="attachment_245" align="alignnone" ... http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com/website-design/aspen-concrete-contractors-website-design/ Tricity Home Team needed a logo designed that displayed their progressive attitude towards marketing homes. They use a lot of the new technologies like Active Rain, blogging, twitter, and facebook to get the word out about their homes. I went away from the red script font that you see with ... http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com/logo-design/tricity-home-team-logo-design/ Are you a business owner or looking into getting into business? or do you want to improve your business with great tax advice? Attend this FREE convention! Here are the details: [caption id="attachment_235" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Community Commerce Convention - Logo Design by Design Smart Graphics"][/caption] Event Details: When: June 25th, 2009, 8:00am – ... http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com/logo-design/community-commerce-convention-greater-greer-chamber-of-commerce/ I just finished up the logo design for Alpha Fire and Safety this week. We explored many different areas for the logo with the goal to set themselves apart from the other Fire and Safety equipment companies in the Greenville SC area and, more personally for them, add symbolism to ... http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com/logo-design/alpha-fire-and-safety-logo-design/ BEFORE YOU READ THEM, HERE ARE SOME KEY TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW Targeted/Strategic keywords-The keywords you want your customer search to find your company. An example is "web design greenville sc" or "restaurants greer sc" Content-What's on your page-everything from images to text. Sitemap-Includes all the pages you want indexed in search engines. ... http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com/graphic-design-articles/12-ways-to-get-higher-in-google/ Why the change? I recently decided to become an LLC and thought it was the perfect time to shed my old name for a new more focused name. Design Smart is more than a name but a personal motto to, well...design smart. It is extremely important motto to remember, because I'm ... http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com/logo-design/photo-graphics-is-now-design-smart/ [caption id="attachment_210" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Bluestone Cottages Website Design"][/caption] The Craftsman styling and colors of this community were the inspiration for the Bluestone Cottages Condo Community website design. Bluestone Cottages Condo Community is a maintenence free community in Washougal, Washington. Visit the live website at www.washougalcondos.com http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com/website-design/bluestone-cottages-condos-website-design/ This logo design project had me getting in touch with my feminine side! After discussing the goals of the company with owner, Laura Wheelock, we decided the Cool Wicking PJ's logo design needed to appeal to her main target market, women suffering from night sweats, a common occurrence during menopause. ... http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com/logo-design/cool-wicking-pjs-logo-design/ GAP Baseball League needs to attract ball players above the age of 28 for his for-fun Great American Pastime Baseball League.  GAPBL decided to have an advertisement designed to be printed in the Greenville News. The ad is meant to catch the eye and draw people to call GAP Baseball ... http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com/print-design/gap-baseball-ad-design-for-the-greenville-news/ Rosewood Communities needed a billboard designed to promote their maintenance-free community Bluestone Cottages in Greer, SC. The design stays consistent with the other marketing materials for Bluestone Cottages. The main message is that Bluestone Cottages isn't your ordinary maintenance-free community, but one with style, quality and a good location. The billboard ... http://www.graphicdesigngreenville.com/print-design/bluestone-cottages-community-billboard-ad-design/