Blog Posts for 2021
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New Boston Won Two International Awards for Digital Campaign and Print Work
by Julie Fiedler on December 1, 2021
We love working with clients to help them reach more customers and share their messages in a meaningful way. Add repeat clients and award recognition to the mix and that sends us over the moon. We’ve had the pleasure of working with Kansas Farm Bureau to reach their membership... Read More
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Four Reasons Why You Shouldn’t DIY Your Marketing
by Susan Religa on September 28, 2021
Are you a DIYer when it comes to your marketing? While do-it-yourself projects do have their place (thank you, Pinterest!), marketing your business is not the best chore to tackle yourself. Here are some reasons you should think about hiring out your next marketing project: Read More
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The Value of Having a Consistent Brand Identity
by Maike Torrez on September 1, 2021
What exactly is a brand identity? To understand why it’s so important to have a consistent brand identity, let’s start from the beginning and answer the question: What is a brand identity? Read More
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Rocking Professional Email Communications
by Kristin Brighton on August 1, 2021
I don’t know the cause, but since the start of the pandemic, I’ve noticed an overall decline in general email etiquette. I’m not sure whether this is the result of our over-reliance on texting and other forms of instant messaging, the struggles of working from the chaos of home... Read More
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Setting the Right Tone in Your Marketing Content
by Lisa Sisley on July 26, 2021
Tone is the attitude your writing conveys to your reader. Formal, chatty, snarky, judge-y, rah-rah, condescending, supportive…if you can feel it, you can write it. Read More
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There’s a Name for That: Copywriting Skills You’ve Used All Along
by New Boston on July 23, 2021
The ability to define why we write and speak the way we do is useful when crafting consistent, clear marketing content that will catch the full attention of your audience. Marketers play with words all the time, but they have to play in ways that make sense and sound right to... Read More
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New Boston Won a Gold Award for Content and Design Work in the Healthcare Industry
by Julie Fiedler on July 12, 2021
Olympians have their gold medals and occasionally we marketers get them, too. Just like athletes swell with pride as they stand on the coveted podium, national anthem playing, tears of joy welling up, we marketers feel pretty proud to be recognized for our work on behalf of some... Read More
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Common Website Accessibility Mistakes and How to Fix Them
by Shawn Dryden on June 14, 2021
Accessibility is an important factor in all aspects of life, and websites are no exception. The web has become a fundamental service and making sure everyone can access everything they need online is not only the right thing to do, but legally required. There are federal... Read More
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Finding Inspiration as a Graphic Designer – The Threat of a Blank Page
by Maike Torrez on June 8, 2021
Hmmm, where do I start…where do I even find the inspiration for this blog? The blank page is staring at me, so I guess I have to just put something down. See? I did it! That wasn’t so bad. I’ve laid the foundation and hopefully, this will turn out to be a helpful piece for you.... Read More
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Enhance Your Writing with These AP Style Rules
by Julie Fiedler on May 20, 2021
In the days of cave dwelling, Ort and Bog only knew a few spoken words, and turning those words into visual representations was pretty tricky. They could agree on what pictures meant better than they could agree on what a bunch of lines and squiggles meant, so they stuck with... Read More