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Why Not Using a Graphic Designer is Like “The Emperor’s New Clothes”
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Preface: In this modern design version of The Emperor’s New Clothes you are the tailors AND the Emperor. Let’s face it, you started your business for a reason. You had an idea, and perhaps even a plan. You were going to do X better, or at least as well as anyone else out there.You thought about it, you […]
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Have you outgrown your website?
Askew is going into our third year of business, and with that, we’ve found we have completely outgrown our website. As our business has grown, we’ve found the way that we initially set up our ‘work’ gallery isn’t ideal for how we would like to present our projects and clients. As we have more and […]
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Developing a Better Brand
The term branding is often misunderstood or overlooked. Many companies don’t realize the importance that the look and feel of their branding has on their business in terms of creating a name and reputation for themselves. Your business cards, website and all other marketing materials are what give your customers their first impression of your […]
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5 Things to start your New Year differently online
I came across this post I started at the beginning of the year and never published. Would hate to have it go to waste. It’s still good advice, regardless of the time of year. It’s that time of year again when we start to focus on what we would like to accomplish, or change, in […]
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Pangram Play
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Pangrams are those fun little sentences using every letter of the alphabet at least once. Many people recognize the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. One day I started playing around to see if I could create one. This then grew to a challenge to come up with 10 of them. It wasn’t […]
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Just a thought…
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When we came up with the company name, we went through a ton of words. It was a full day of brainstorming, and it still remains a bit of a mystery how askew came into the mix. However, it was a word that we all liked and liked how it sounded. Plus, we figured it […]
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And in the beginning…
I am fortunate to be writing Askew’s first blog while attending a painting workshop in Tucson, Arizona entitled “Intellect & Passionâ€. (You get the benefit of my learning without the sunburned neck and feet – and cactus thorns in the thigh – but you do miss out on warm hospitality, blue skies that stretch forever, […]
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about_michelle
MICHELLE Ideas. That’s where my head likes to spend its time. Coming up with new concepts and ideas, and occasionally attempting to see if they can be materialized. That’s probably why I started out in biology and psychology; however, nothing explains the health administration tangent. Except to give me a strong business sense. In the […]