So many colors!

This weekend we finished the renovations on our basement family room. We've been working for about a month on weekends and evenings replacing doors, painting, fixing things and decorating. We decided, since we have two teenage sons, that we'd go with a funky, modern decor. That's easier said than done. We don't want it so modern that we have to change it in the next 5 years, and we wanted it to "fit in" with the rest of our house. So how do we do that? And what does this mean for business? These are decisions that businesses have to make regularly -- the color of a logo, the color of your business decor, the colors that you use with your promotions. Here are are...
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Typos Happen. 3 Secret Ways to Stop Them!

Isn't it crazy how our writing skills and spelling abilities are getting worse and worse. I know, if you're anything like me, you're actually writing more and more -- facebook, twitter, blogs, articles, emails, etc. You would think we'd get better and better with our writing skills. But it's not the case. I guess because we "let things go" thinking that people will understand. I'm amazed at how many times I pick up business marketing materials and they have a typo. There's nothing worse for undermining your professionalism and expertise than a misspelled word. Here's 3 locations where they often happen: Headlines - not sure why, but when we proofread something, we tend to overlook the headlines. Scary. Because they're the "eye-interrupters" that...
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