March 29th, 2010
Your name: Christopher Carr
Company name: The Law Offices of Christopher C. Carr, MBA P.C.
Address: Paoli, Penn.
Website: ChristopherCCarrLaw.com
Describe your business in 50 words or less: I offer a compassionate and experienced approach to the law “by the people and for the people”. I am a full service lawyer but I do tend to concentrate on Debt Relief of all forms: debt reduction; fair debt collection; mortgage modifications and consumer bankruptcy. I am a strong communicator, very open and honest and people soon find out how much I really care about them and take their problems to heart.
Your motto or slogan: I am “Mr. Debt Relief”.
Years in business: I have been an Attorney since 1981 in Ohio, I have been practicing law in Pennsylvania since 1986.
What single thing most sets you apart from your competitors? I hold an MBA in Finance from Ohio State and have experience as a Financial Analyst, which helps me to quickly get to the root of financial problems and come up with innovative legal solutions.
Do you have any publications? I did do a 2 part piece which is currently being featured in the RocketLawyer Press.
Tags: Attorney, Bankruptcy Attorney, Debt Relief, Debt Solution, Lawyer
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March 22nd, 2010
DESIGN AT NOON (Main Office)
10 Cleveland Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Phone: (415) 621.4922
Fax: (415) 621.4923
Email: info@designatnoon.com
Contact: Craig Woodgate
craig@designatnoon.com
(415) 621.4922 / ext 207
Website: www.designatnoon.com
DESIGN AT NOON is an award-winning creative communications company. We specialize in branding and design in all their manifestations, including:
- Brand strategy & positioning
- Corporate identity
- Film titles / motion graphics
- Packaging
- Print collateral
- Marketing communications
- Naming / Nomenclature / Taglines
- Retail environments
- Website design
With a philosophy based on distinction, wit and charisma, we look at the messaging experience from all angles. Blue chips, start-ups and non-profits have benefitted from our tailored and flexible approach to delivering definitive solutions.
That work has been recognized by numerous publications and organizations, including AIGA, Communication Arts, Creative Review, Addy Awards and the Type Director’s Club. And a few pieces are housed in the Permanent Architecture and Design Collection at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Tags: Brand strategy & positioning, Corporate identity, Film Titles, Marketing communications, Motion graphics, Naming, Nomenclature, Packaging, Print Collateral, Retail Environments, Taglines, Website Design
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March 16th, 2010
Editor’s Note: This is a letter sent by BlitzLocal CEO Dennis Yu to the American Marketing Association’s Alli Libb, who invited members and friends to the AMA’s “Demystifying Social Media Measurement” webinar. To social media, add search engine optimization and web best practices to the list of things that need not be mysterious.
Hi Alli,
Hope you’re well.
Here is a screenshot of the Social Media Measurement email I got today– the register button or link is not visible, since images are off (see gray box circled in red at bottom).
Most consumers will see the same thing, as that’s the default setting for webmail applications such as Gmail and Yahoo mail. Images off is also the default setting for Google Apps (corporate gmail– such as what we use), which is powering the majority of Fortune 500 corporations and educational institutions.
We see this issue frequently. Good news is that there’s an easy fix. Just make sure to include alt tags on images. This is a great web practice, too, since people who have slow loading pages can still see what the images and links are labeled as.
Calls to action should also be links, not images.
If you implement this, you should definitely see increases to your open rates. Hope that helps!
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March 4th, 2010
Company name: Design Matters Home
Hometown: Louisville, Colo. (Old Town)
Website: Design Matters Home (http://www.designmattershome.com)
Years in business: We opened our office in Old Town Louisville in 2008.
Motto: “Your design matters, our expertise, results you want!”
Describe your business in 50 words or less: Design Matters believes that design is important, if not critical, to everything in the world, natural and manmade. We have broken design matters into six main components that we feel encompass all the pieces that are important to customers in interior design projects – Aesthetics, Functionality, Health, The Earth, Saving Money, and Future Investment.
What are your areas of specialty: Interior design, home staging for real estate
What’s your competitive advantage? We feel we have a very good ability to take a client’s vision, wants, and needs and use our expertise to come up with a solution that will work for their budget. Tim Gunn on Project Runway is famous for saying “make it happen!” We make it happen for our clients! We really want customers to embrace us as part of their project team. We are in it for them first and foremost and I think this vibe, and our attitude toward design, resonates with many people in our area.
We are the only full service Interior Design and Home Staging company in the Boulder, Broomfield, Longmont area providing services that enhance all the phases of home ownership: Kitchen and Bath Design, Real Estate Home Staging, Settle-In Design, Redesign and Interior Styling, Home Office Design, Home Entertainment Design, Outdoor Kitchen Design, Green Design, Universal Design, Color Consultations, Lighting Plans, Window Coverings, Project Management, Space Planning, Furniture Layout, Flooring, Upholstery, Feng Shui, Accessorizing, Built-in Design, Party and Holiday Styling.
What’s the most unusual thing that ever happened to you at your business? We are in a unique place as a business because when we go into a person’s home, we are seeing an aspect of their personal life that few people outside family and friend circles get to see. Sometimes we come across some real strange accessories and situations. One time we encountered a bunch of baby chicks in a bathtub while doing a consultation, and we love this kind of experience. We love to meet all kinds of people with all kinds of aesthetics and needs.
What’s the biggest misconception in interior design? There is no one-size-fits-all level of importance for any of our six design principles, or any project. Different customers will rank each design matter differently and that is cool. We pride ourselves on our flexibility and true desire to make the client’s interior design or home staging project succeed no matter what design issue is most important to them.
People frequently apologize about the state of their home. It is all good from our perspective, we have seen it all, and we need to see it all to get the driving force behind the life of our clients. Well done interior design is as much about a person’s lifestyle as it is colors on a wall. This is the spice of life and the lifeblood of our business. People should be proud of their homes. When you are proud that means you are comfortable and at peace in your home. This is super important. We all have enough challenges and stressors in our lives and our home should be our retreat. It should function how we want and it should calm or excite our senses as we want. We really do take this to heart and give everything we can to help clients feel this way and be as happy as possible inside their homes
What do you do when not running your business? We are part of the community where we do business. We live very similar lives as our clients and are able to have a strong rapport with them. My husband and I are both athletes. He races bicycles and I run marathons. We have kids in the BVSD school system, we participate in many countywide activities, and we support many local causes and local businesses. We are out there engaging in our surroundings. We know the market very well. Every member of the Design Matters Home team loves being around people. We are one of the guys or gals. We are here for our clients and are dedicated to the success of every project we take on. We know that when you are going through an interior design project or need a home stage that you are going through a big change. We are there with you during that change to make it go as fast as possible ending up in the desired results.
Where can we get more information? We have a blog on our website where we share our thoughts on various interior design, home staging, and market topics. We also conduct monthly workshops to help educate and inspire you with design. Questions about interior design and staging are always welcome, and we offer a free initial design consultation. We can meet you, preview your space, and see how we can help you transform your space to suit you perfectly.
Tags: Accessorizing, Built-in Design, Color Consultations, Feng Shui, Flooring, Furniture Layout, Green Design, Home Entertainment Design, Home Office Design, Kitchen and Bath Design, Lighting Plans, Outdoor Kitchen Design, Party and Holiday Styling, Project Management, Real Estate Home Staging, Redesign and Interior Styling, Settle-In Design, Space Planning, Universal Design, Upholstery, Window Coverings
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