Motivated to Give to Local Nonprofits
What motivates you? At Uptown Studios, we thrive on knowing that what we give to local nonprofits helps others accomplish their goals. In particular, we dedicate time to give back to the community and helping local nonprofits. A large percentage of the clients we serve are nonprofits and we have a standing commitment to donate $5,000 …
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Human-Centered Design – We Dig to Create Solutions
Uptown Studios is the perfect partner for your branding and design needs. Because we love what we do so much we have immersed our entire team into Human-Centered Design processes and training. This a way for us to dive deeply into situations and come out with creative solutions to the issues at hand. Whether it …
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Free White Paper: 10 Ways to Make Your Website More Effective
This free white paper from Uptown Studios will walk you through the key steps in optimizing your website to take advantage of modern techniques and technologies, and drive your visitors to convert to customers!
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7 Rules for a Balanced Life
Getting down to the real qualities of life, when you have a busy one – filled with work, family, friends, personal time and all the rest that comes with having a “life”. The simple things are what make my life wonderful – here is my crack at the top 7! 1. Act with love and …
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Learning and Growing in April
This past week we had the BEST April Fools’ joke. Our lead graphic designer, Anton Weaver, created a 3D model of a special drone that delivered coffee. It is so realistic that when it was dropped into a photo we set up of me reaching for my drone delivered coffee – I could almost smell it.
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Inspired to Be Creative Everyday
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou How do you get into a career that allows you to be creative EVERY SINGLE DAY – how does a person sign up for a lifetime of creativity? Stephen King said “If you don’t have time to read, you …
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Scope Creep: Embrace it!
I must confess, I initially started this blog with the intention of addressing the big bad beast that is scope creep. You know, something like “5 tips on how to avoid scope creep with your website project”… But as I really thought about scope creep – that big project management-y term that I first learned years back when being formally trained in project management and thought about just how often we deal with it… I had a bit of an “A-ha” moment.
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Get Your Mojo on With Design
I think surrounding myself with incredible and creative people keeps me dancing. We have a team at Uptown Studios that really works hard, loves the type of challenges we get faced with every day, and enjoys working as a team. Lucky us! It is a bit of magic when everyone more than gets along and likes each other.
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5 Tips for Inspired Blogging
Writing can be tough, but with the right energy and preparation, you should never be caught without some inspiration to put some content out that will engage readers!
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Free White Paper: Setting Up Your Social Media Content Calendar
This free white paper from Uptown Studios will walk you through the key steps in creating a social media calendar for your business and help you keep some of the most important ideas in mind while you do!
Read More »Finding Inspiration at Work
Showing up to work every day with a love for what you do is a gift. I have been lucky enough to be doing work I love for the past 23 years, and still find inspiration every day. When hard work meets with opportunity, passion for what you do unfolds and a business can really take off. Here ...
Our Favorite Projects of 2014
It really has been a great year for Uptown Studios. New clients, challenging projects and successfully creating change with all things that crossed our desks. Everyone has a favorite project or event that was their favorite so almost the whole team participated in this blog post... Tina Reynolds I have loved being a part of ...
Top 5 Google AdWords Mistakes to Avoid
Google AdWords is one of the biggest opportunities that many businesses can take advantage of to get more traffic to their website, but there are a number of pitfalls out there that can make your campaigns less effective and cost you money!
Read More »Three Tips to Make Your Content King
This is the opportunity for every one in business or employed at a business or a nonprofit to be a an active participant in changing your marketing course – and moving up that ladder of success – Content is King!
Read More »Brand Development Through Social Media
Every company has a brand whether they work on it or not, see how to create brand development through your social media channels. Companies that set themselves up for expansion and growth usually have a well thought out mission and vision statement. Clean, well designed graphics and a clear personality in all their external communication ...