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Is Your Image An Accurate Reflection of Your Community?

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

Creating a powerful, positive image is key for producing the impact necessary to drive important initiatives and move your community forward. A new look may be just what’s needed to consistently promote your vision, share achievements, educate citizens on current news and events, create new business opportunities and drive new tourism through carefully placed messaging.

Case Study:

The City of Big Spring combined efforts and resources with the Chamber, Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Economic Development Corporation to develop a professional brand and a marketing communications plan. Many vested partners made up the group of city leaders working with our PGC team to define priorities and achieve set   objectives. Fun workshops were used for identifying key goals to produce desired results. Guaranteeing the workshops would be fun PGC brought out our tool kit of crayons, bubbles, glasses, snicker bars and creative ideas as we defined the brand promise of Big Spring. PGC created a brand which embraces what Big Spring is today and what they desire to be in the future. The brand is the promise of the experience.  At PGC we keep our promises.

PGC Shines the Spotlight on Your Community to Create Opportunity

•    Local, state-wide or national media campaigns

•    Proactive Public Relations campaigns highlighting opportunities and resources

•    Increased revenue generated from publicity surrounding community events

•    Utilization of downtown revitalization: shopping, dining, character of small town

•    Social media campaigns

•    Web site updates: images and messaging reflecting new image and brand

•    Improved city signage

•    Increased tourism

•    Increased local business revenue for expanded tax base

•    Boost in community pride

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Does Your Business Have an Appealing Online Image?

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

For large and small businesses alike, a strong and appealing online presence is essential to reaching the majority of adults who rely on the web to stay informed.  According to Nielsen, an average 74% of the public utilizes the Internet for information. Now it’s easier than ever to get the word out about the great things your business is doing.

5 Easy Ways to maximize your online presence
1.     Regular Web site updates – If you don’t have one, get one!   If you have a Web site, update the content weekly or more often to keep your site fresh and interesting so people will check back
2.    Start a Blog – Pick a hot topic or issue, offer a unique special,  and most importantly, post weekly updates
3.    Start Tweeting!- Take full advantage of free social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to post daily updates on business related topics of interest

No matter the size, businesses can make a big impact and create lasting impressions via the Internet. Consistent use of online marketing and public relations strategies is a smart and cost effective way to share your news and views.

It’s easy and affordable.  We’ll show you how.

Contact us today for your free consultation!

The first 5 people to respond receive a complimentary Web site marketing analysis report about their Web site.

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Looking Your Best in 2010

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

The beginning of a New Year is a perfect time for resolutions, goal-setting and planning for the future.

In business, there are also a variety of areas for improvement. Overall growth, increased revenue, customer satisfaction and charitable giving are but a few ways a company might strive for improvement.

Advertising is a necessity for the growth of any business. In the current age of information technology, the ways to reach a customer through advertising are numerous and broad-reaching.

But it all starts with a first impression. Your logo is often your clients’ first introduction to your company through a business card, brochure or Web site. To create a successful identity, your logo must be simple, memorable and engage your audience.

Recently, I came across a compilation of the ‘most relevant identities of the past decade‘, and was fascinated by some of the logos that were included on the list.

A successful identity directly affects the profitability of your business. If your company needs a fresh visual identity or increased visual presence, contact us for a consultation.

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Plan for Your Web Goals

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be in danger in a hundred battles Sun Tzu

So it is with Web development! We don’t look at the design, the copy, or the code until we tackle the information architecture for the site as a whole. The planning is key - knowing yourself (that is, how to structure your copy and path) is just as important as knowing your “enemy” (that is, your visitor, your end user, and how they will perceive the site).

When we jump into this kind of work we generally start from a flowchart. This chart outlines how the site gets structured and where the copy should go. When moving from a roughly sixty page site to a 10 page site, it gets a little harrowing.

Information Architecture (IA) is one of the most important steps in development. I don’t care how beautiful or complex your site is, if it’s hard for users to navigate and find what they need quickly and easily, they will leave and not come back. This is a time-honored, labor intensive activity that happens between clients, developers and creatives, which requires in-depth thought and knowledge before a design ever gets considered.

Creating IA for a Web site is like a well-planned waltz - every step needs to be in the right place, in time with the music or it doesn’t work. It’s the Information Architects who really make the base of the site, that gives the structure around which the copy flows and the design is stretched. If you’re not working with solid IA, you’re not working.

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