Can you recall a big yellow book with tons of names and numbers they use to leave on your doorstep many moons ago? It practically doesn’t exist anymore, but its concept still remains. When someone wants to find your contact info and locations, they look you up. Now, instead of a phone book, its online...
Category: Graphic Design
Website 101: Layout
Whether you are creating a website for your non-profit, church, business or for personal use, the layout of the website and its pages is an important part. We believe graphics “make” a website, but we also understand that layout is important too. We like how Jet Peppers, says on his blog post “The Importance of...
Website 101: Design
Thanks for joining us on our blog series “Website 101”! Today we cover why website design is important and three different take home points to decide whether or not your website is up to par in the design department. Let us jump right in! There are three beginning points we believe will help make a website...
Website 101: Graphics Are Key
Here at TCP, we truly believe that graphics make a website. Think about it. You can have a fantastic set up, gramatically correct and compelling text, but nothing visually stimulating to pull it all together? Its just text on a screen. Graphics complement the text. 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual, and...
Facebook vs A Website
One of the comments we receive often from people inquiring about a website is…”why do I need a website when I have a facebook page?” 1. They’re different. Kind of like saying, “why do I need a car, when I have a bike.” They both offer transportation. I know how to drive both. The simple difference is,...
Free Communication Card
The word “FREE” is always the best! We are excited to offer Freebie Friday here at The Creative Place! Download this free communication card to gather information from first time guest, members or any event you have coming up! [downloads ids=”6307″] The Creative Place offers a graphic package to fit the needs of your organization. ...
Free Join A Group Graphic
The word “FREE” is always the best! We are excited to offer Freebie Friday here at The Creative Place! Download this free join a group graphic and use it to help get people connected to groups within your organization! [purchase_link id=”6310″ style=”button” color=”gray” text=”Download”] The Creative Place offers a graphic package to fit the needs of...
Website 101: Target Audience
There are many articles, blogs and self-help books on the subject of understanding your target audience. Therefore, we’re not going to reinvent the wheel, below are some useful links and tools on how to find out who your target audience is. Before you go link clicking, here is our two cents and two pieces of...
Website 101: Why Maintenance Matters
Almost everything requires some sort of maintenance. From our cars, houses, and pets, ….we even go to the dentist to have our teeth maintained! The same goes for websites. At TCP we believe in a well maintained online presence, it truly matters. >It matters because we now live in an instant world. People are able...
Internet Lingo
I’ll be honest, sometimes when I’m around people and I want to, ya know, keep up with the conversation, I’ll throw around some words that sound “correct” but I honestly have no clue what they mean. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve used “Oh, it could be the catalytic-converter” when around car mechanic-y...