I was perusing istockphoto.com for photos today (very low cost stock agency extremely popular with graphic designers) and saw a nice swirling flower pattern and decided it might be useful to select a few good creative patterns from istockphoto and showcase them here.

Each image has a corresponding link to it’s page in the image stock library.

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Some top marketing ideas to get you off the blocks ahead of your competitors for 2008!

1. Sale Fever
Sales aren’t just for retailers only, get in on January sales fever also. Sales can include general discounts and discounts for bundles. Get the word out using e-newsletters, blogging, social networking, flyers, posters, direct mailings (targeted).

2. Launch something:
Ideas can including launching a new look for your business or a new product and/or service. You could even launch a business blog or podcast. Use press releases to get the word out, include opening offers, and you could even consider a swanky launch event.

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I recently came across an interesting blog called ‘gaping void‘. What first grabbed my attention were the amusing comics littered throughout the blog - after delving further I discovered that these are described as ‘cartoons on the back of a business card’, I soon realised there were more interesting things to discover…

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Desk top wallpapers for you to download!
All based on 1024×768 if you want a larger size, please email me - amanda@trulyace.com

Right click and choose ’set as desktop background’. Or click the link to see the full sized image and save to your hard drive before setting it as your background.

These images are copyright of Truly Ace, and so cannot be re-distributed or sold or copied without permission.

A while ago I saw details of a website called Illustration Friday on another blog and thought it was an interesting concept but did nothing more for some months.

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I was driving back from the seaside one summer Monday some weeks ago, and spotted the above van.

It’s typical for me to eyeball company branding as I drive past vehicles (I don’t drive, I’m always the passenger), which amuses me on long motorway journeys and when I saw this van I was immediately impressed and started snapping away with my phone camera.

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It’s common for businesses to have a logo design developed for their company but not be aware of the different ways they can use it to promote their company and increase brand recognition. Most businesses realise that it can be used;

- In stationery
- On their website
- In marketing materials such as flyers and brochures.

However, there are other more creative ways of getting the most out of your brand design, especially if you have an interesting design such as these we have developed below, or if you are a retail business which tend to have more scope for creative use of their design because they can usually afford to be more ‘flamboyant’ with their branding compared to a service provider.
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First of All What is a Design Brief?
A design brief is information that you give to your logo or graphic designer - it explains to them what you want to achieve from the project (logo design, or any other design project for that matter), and acts as a reference for the designer to work from.

Design briefs save time and money because they reduce the risk of the designer misinterpreting your needs and the resultant multiple design revisions or new concepts that can arise from this.

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You may have noticed that some websites have a small icon, usually a small square version of the company logo showing up in the browser address bar, and also this appears when you add these sites to your ‘favourites’ folder.

Do you want one for your business website? It’s a fairly easy process to get one - the stages for getting the favicon onto your site are;

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A new brand I’ve been seeing in magazines recently is Skinny Cow ; a range of low calories deserts. I think the name is totally inspired because it has many great meanings pumped into just two simple and easy to remember words;

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