5 Not-So-Corporate Web Designs
When I think of a standard corporate website I think of a white background, a large image banner featuring standard stock photos, and plain text navigation links. However, I’ve found a few companies that have pushed the limits of standard corporate design and won big!
Below are five of my favourite corporate websites.
Optimize Your Keywords & Increase Your SEO
Having a strong understanding of your most relevant keywords is arguably the most important aspect of any SEO plan. Strong keywords drive traffic to your website, ensure you are indexed properly by search engines, and increase your ranking in search engine queries. In the following blog I’ve outlined a few tools and techniques for optimizing your keywords.
Free Online Directories For Calgary Businesses
Canadian businesses have gotten a raw deal when it comes to online business listings. Most search engines, with the exception of Google, only accept business listings for US companies. Luckily there are ways for Canadian companies to list their information online without paying for PPC (Pay-Per-Click), or PPI (Pay-Per-Impression) advertising.
Signing-up to these directories won’t cause your phone to ring off the hook with customers eager to hand over their money but signing up to these directories will make your information available to a much wider range of users.
So enough chitchat lets begin.
2010 Winter Olympics Medals
The 2010 Winter Olympic games officially open tomorrow night and Canadians are hungry for gold.
The Olympic medals, designed by Omar Arbel and Corrine Hunt, are stunning. The unique undulating surfaces are representative of the rolling landscape of the greater Vancouver area while the laser engraved west coast aboriginal artwork is a tribute to Canadian culture.
Big Rock Eddies Documentary
The Big Rock Eddies have been referred to as the redneck Oscars but this design competition has gained national recognition over the last 15 years . Last year I was interviewed for the documentary Eddies: The Documentary (clever!) for my one minute cartoon Triple XO surprise. Somewhere in the excitement of being in a professional documentary, and wanting to cover my own ass incase I said something stupid, I agreed to design the documentary packaging.