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How a Brand Board Helps Your Small Business Stay Consistent

As a small business owner, you want your brand to be recognizable, professional, and memorable. But keeping your brand consistent can be challenging…

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Why Infographics Are Important in Your Marketing

For most businesses these days, the biggest challenge is to create great content that stands out from the crowd. As of 2017, there were a total of 38 billion Internet users and 2 million blog posts published every day. Can you believe it? How can you grab your target audiences’ attention quickly?

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Vector vs Raster images. What's the difference?

When I work on a project with a new client, the first thing I request from the client is a vector file of their logo. However, usually they don't know what a vector file is, so sometimes they send me a small jpg or png file that they use on their site. Or...

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Best Free Stock Photo Sites

I used to use free stock photos for my Instagram posts all the time. Especially, Unsplash stock photos. Even though they're free photos…

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