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This is more of a fun one than anything else but I stumbled across an archive of Vintage Advertisements.  If you scroll down a little and look on the left you can see that you can sort ads by the year and even decade.  Farthest one back goes to the 1652 (and it's for coffee too!) Check em out for some sweet inspiration for your next ad...or check 'em out[...]

Logo's are a funny thing.  As you can see in this BuzzFeed article, some of the most iconic logo's didn't cost a cent.  Other's might seem ridiculous a little high.  I thought it was real interesting to find that Coca-Cola never paid for their logo.  Pepsi seems about right.  I remember when people were freaking out over the logo back in 2008.  What I think is important to understand while[...]

All right. I'm into this article for two reasons. #1 - it's just a good article about getting the perfect domain. #2 - Jane Porter mentions Jersey in the first example. For many reasons I'm a big proponent of domains. Many times I'm a big proponent of having a few domains, I mean...they're pretty cheap.  Why wouldn't you have at least two! I've suggested multiple domains to multiple people over[...]

A recent post from Forbes (via Lifehacker) talks about the problems with having too many hands in a pot.  Simply put, "Nothing destroys a good idea faster than a mandatory consensus. The lowest common denominator is never a high standard." It seems to happen to a certain extent on every committee, work meeting and non-profit group I have been a part of. It even happens with bands...I believe they call[...]

I've seen my share of people think that the medium is the message.  It's a common mistake that I believe happens too much.  Business owners think that if they have a website then people will come.  Or if they put an ad on the radio then by Saturday people will be knocking down their door.  I beg to differ.  What's on your website that will compel people to use your services?  What[...]