If your walls are looking a little bare and you need some decoration with a message you can now find two of my recent typography poster designs for sale on Society6.com.

“One Brave Deed” and “Creativity is the Answer“, which was recently featured on Creatica.com, is available for purchase as framed prints or stretched canvas. Both print options are available in a rage of sizes.

As an added bonus I would like to offer “Creativity is the Answer” as a FREE desktop/wallpaper for your computer. Just click on the size of wallpaper that you would like then right-click on the image and select “Save Image As” from the menu.

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To say Merry Christmas to everyone I’ve created a free, festive desktop wallpaper. Just click on the size links below the image and then right click, “save image as” to download. Enjoy and have a wonderful holiday season!

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Due to the availability of information present on the web, many people have decided to undertake the responsibility of creating a website for their business. On the surface, this approach makes sense: Why hire professionals when you could read some tutorials yourself or buy a $20 template? While advocating the Do-It-Yourself approach to your website seems like an efficient way to minimize cost and maximize revenue, poorly designed websites actually cost your company much more than professionally designed websites. The choices you make now about how you execute your website will impact the success of your online presence and how you are perceived online for the coming months to the next few years.

A few reasons why you should hire a professional to create your website:

You need to be presented professionally.

You wouldn’t want your customers to walk into a dirty, poorly built brick and mortar storefront why would you want them to visit a poorly designed website representing your business? The way your website looks and it’s ease of use will affect the way people see your business. Professional web designers know the latest technology and spend years studying how to build a website that looks good, works well and attracts customers.

You need to stand out on the web.

Expensive do-it-yourself services usually offer the same poorly built, outdated templates to all of their customers. By using a DIY service you run the risk of your site not only looking bad but looking exactly the same as your competitors. A professional web designer will give you a unique, one-of-a-kind website that stands out from the crowd and draws in customers.

You need to focus on your business.

Each moment you spend doing something else could be spent running your business. The web design process requires a considerable amount of time to execute correctly. Extensive testing, brainstorming, design, and development goes into the creation of effective websites. An accountant who makes a website, in most cases, simply becomes an accountant behind schedule with only an ineffective website to show for that lost time. When you undertake the creation of a website yourself without extensive experience, your business will suffer.

You need to be found on the web.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the process of creating a site that search engines such as Google and Bing will be able to find and rank in their listings. Creating good SEO is a complex process that takes a lot of time to research and understand. A good, professional web designer will already have this knowledge and make it possible for your site to be found on all of the major internet search engines.

Are you thinking of starting a website or redesigning the one you have? Make a solid investment by hiring a professional web designer and reap all of the benefits of having a well designed presence on the internet.

• Your Competitor Has A Website

  If you are in competition with another business that has a website, they have a clear advantage by marketing themselves in an area that you are not. If a customer is looking for the services that you offer, more often than not they are heading to the internet to find them. If your competitor is online and you are not that potential customer only has the option to use the business that they are able to find.

• Look Professional and Gain Credibility

  With a professional, well designed website, you will improve your overall impression to the public and, in turn, your customers will develop a greater sense of confidence in your organization.

• Because “Google” Is Now A Verb

  “Just Google It” has become a common phrase in our language. More than ever before, people are turning away from traditional means of finding information and looking online. Your website should be at their fingertips.

• Deliver Significant Information and Improve Communication

  A carefully crafted Website can guide your clients, suppliers or employees through page after page of information. Another advantage is that you can add audio and video to these pages – something that paper communication tools cannot offer.

• Cheap Advertising

  Websites are like brochures that are free to reproduce, interactive, and quickly distributed to people who are already looking for them. When you compare the price of a Website to the expense of creating and distributing more traditional forms of marketing materials, like newspapers, direct mail campaigns and magazine ads the cost of setting up and maintaining a Website is nominal.

• Easy and Cheap Updates

  One of the best features of a Website is that you can quickly and easily change information as it changes within your business. Unlike printed materials that need to be revised and then reprinted at cost; a Website allows you to change or add products and services as often as you wish in just a few steps.

• Massive Reach

  According to internetworldstats.com 266+ million people in the United States use the internet and the user growth from 2000 to 2010 is 146%. What other advertising or marketing can help you reach 75% of the US population for such a small investment?

• It Saves You Time

  Handing out information takes time. Answering Questions take time. When you have a website you can direct people with frequently asked questions to it leaving you with time to do what you do best; running your business.

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