My blogs have migrated!

Here's the new link to my blog (my design blog and writing blog are now accessible through the same link). Hope you stick with me, followers!  :) I appreciate every one of you!

Social Media Sites / Pie Chart Breakdown of Users

Been Swamped with Work!

I'm happy to report that i've been swamped. Fallen a wee bit behind on blogging but hey, i'm not complaining! Designing websites, creating event program books, newsletters and teaching social media. It's all good.

Social Media: Short Term Wins vs Long Term Engagement

"Short-term wins can be great for generating buzz and grabbing attention for your brand. But to create long-term engagement you need to put the customers at the center of your strategy and provide something that is relevant and useful to keep them coming back. Marketers must understand how and where customers want to interact with their brand in order to add value. Are your customers creators, observers, or information-seekers? Do they prefer engaging on Facebook, on a Web site, on a mobile phone, via email?"
—socialmediatoday

Psychology of Colors

Infoplease.com says that fashion consultants recommend wearing blue to job interviews because it symbolizes loyalty. When food dyed blue is served to study subjects, they lose their appetite. When I was in grade school I once dyed my milk yellow and couldn't drink it. Infoplease.com goes on to say that black symbolizes power and authority, and red stimulates a faster heartbeat and breathing. The site also says that red clothes make a person appear fatter. I'll have to further research all of this before I know it's true. Interesting though. Any thoughts?

Eyetracking — How the Viewer sees a Web Page

see study

Your headline must grab attention in less than 1 second.

How do viewers eyes track a page? The first thing a viewer sees is the headline, then they scan the first couple of words in that headline. The eye moves to the left side and scans a list of secondary headlines. Navigation at the top of the page works best. Short paragraphs encourage reading. (When I see a long block of text it irritates me and I click off the site immediately looking for faster, shorter info.) Viewers tend to read introductory paragraphs if they're short. Ad placement in the top and left positions works best. People notice ads placed close to popular content and they read text ads more than graphic ads. Multimedia works better than text for unfamiliar or conceptual information.

I came by this information through a series of clicks. First I clicked a link to this blog The Future of Digital Life that blog then credited this blog Direct Creative Blog and that blog credited this website.