Design, Marketing
Kari Arns
What Makes a Great Image? It's Not Just One ...

A great photograph typically combines several key elements that capture the viewer's attention and evoke emotion or interest. Here are some factors that contribute to making a photograph exceptional:

What Makes a Great Image? It's Not Just One Thing.
Marketing, Design
Kari Arns
How Your Brand Visuals Impact Your Viewer's ...

A brand is so much more than a logo, name, or visual identity—its what people think about your business, product, or individual. It encompasses every experience, interaction, and message that shapes how someone feels about your brand.

Brands are built one impression at a time and in ways that most people aren’t even aware of.

How Your Brand Visuals Impact Your Viewer's Brain
Design, Marketing
Kari Arns
Use Our Logo Checklist to Avoid Common Logo ...

A new logo can become a memorable, recognized symbol that represents and elevates your brand.

But some logos end up creating negative issues for their brand. They can inadvertently become controversial, be difficult to use, or even convey an undesirable image.

That’s why it’s so important to prevent those problems during the development stage. Here’s a checklist to help you think through all of the possibilities and challenges a new logo can bring.

Use Our Logo Checklist to Avoid Common Logo Missteps
Design, Web, Marketing
Kari Arns
Discover 12 Secrets of a Winning Website

A good business website serves as an effective tool for attracting customers, providing information, and facilitating business operations.

Discover 12 Secrets of a Winning Website
Marketing, Design, Web
Kari Arns
6 Reasons to Update Your Branding

It's definitely worth considering! Businesses often benefit from a branding update if they are evolving or want to stay relevant in a fast-changing market. Here are some signs it's time to refresh your brand:

6 Reasons to Update Your Branding

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How Your Brand Visuals Impact Your Viewer's Brain

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How Your Brand Visuals Impact Your Viewer's Brain

A brand is so much more than a logo, name, or visual identity—its what people think about your business, product, or individual. It encompasses every experience, interaction, and message that shapes how someone feels about your brand.

Brands are built one impression at a time and in ways that most people aren’t even aware of.

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Six Ways to Know if Your Visual Brand Standards Are Working

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Six Ways to Know if Your Visual Brand Standards Are Working

Graphic standards are designed to create visual cohesiveness for your brand. But their usefulness can vary widely depending on how old they are, how robust they are and how they’ve responded to changes in your world.

Here are six questions to ask to see if your graphic standards are still serving you well—or if they need an update.

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An Inside Look at a Website Redesign

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An Inside Look at a Website Redesign

Have you ever been completely taken in by a website, but couldn’t really say why?

That’s because many of the visual cues are recognized subconsciously, rather than consciously. These include data-driven cues, color, call to action placement, type choice and format, and images.

A good website creator will pay scrupulous attention to these and other tried-and-true techniques when they develop a new website.

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A Look Inside an Award-Winning Community Awareness Campaign

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A Look Inside an Award-Winning Community Awareness Campaign

What goes in to making a campaign that gets noticed—and creates awareness?

Lots of decisions! Here are some of the reasons behind the campaign we created with the Walla Walla County Department of Community Health, as part of their work to prevent suicide, provide access to mental health resources, de-stigmatize mental health issues, create awareness about the dangers of fentanyl, and prevent opioid use.