Logo Design Love: A Guide to Creating Iconic Brand Identities

There are a lot of books out there that show collections of logos. But David Airey’s “Logo Design Love” is something different: it’s a guide for designers (and clients) who want to understand what this mysterious business is all about. Written in reader-friendly, concise language, with a minimum of designer jargon, Airey gives a surprisingly clear explanation of the process, using a wide assortment of real-life examples to support his points. Anyone involved in creating visual identities, or wanting to learn how to go about it, will find this book invaluable. – Tom Geismar, Chermayeff & Geismar

In Logo Design Love, Irish graphic designer David Airey brings the best parts of his wildly popular blog of the same name to the printed page. Just as in the blog, David fills each page of this simple, modern-looking book with gorgeous logos and real world anecdotes that illustrate best practices for designing brand identity systems that last.
 
David not only shares his experiences working with clients, including sketches and final results of his successful designs, but uses the work of many well-known designers to explain why well-crafted brand identity systems are important, how to create iconic logos, and how to best work with clients to achieve success as a designer. Contributors include Gerard Huerta, who designed the logos for Time magazine and Waldenbooks; Lindon Leader, who created the current FedEx brand identity system as well as the CIGNA logo; and many more.
 
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• Why one logo is more effective than another
• How to create their own iconic designs
• What sets some designers above the rest
• Best practices for working with clients
• 25 practical design tips for creating logos that last

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The Lock Up Self Storage is Proud to Call Chicagoland Home

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 14, 2012

The Lock Up Self Storage began its family owned and operated business in the northwest suburbs of Chicago in 1976 and has since proven itself to be a true Chicago institution. Cited as industry leaders and innovators by The Wall Street Journal, Urban Land Institute and Business 2.0, The Lock Up focuses on ensuring that their Chicagoland self storage facilities go above and beyond serving the needs of their clients by offering impeccable facilities, helpful and knowledgeable staff and top notch amenities and safety features.

“The Lock Up Self Storage is proud to call the thriving metropolis of Chicago home. We have four locations in Chicago proper and ten locations in the surrounding Chicagoland area that allow residents and businesses alike to find the best storage solutions to fit their needs,” states Andrea Carnes, Vice President of Operations for The Lock Up Self Storage. “All of our facilities have top of the line 24 hour security cameras and climate controlled units available. In addition, our Chicago clients can take advantage of unique specialty services available at certain locations such as state-of-the-art wine storage or drive up storage units. The Lock Up is truly a full service self storage company dedicated to serving and growing with our Chicago clients.”

Always looking to offer a helping hand to the communities it serves, The Lock Up Self Storage periodically offers specials. Right now, clients can save between 5-10% on rentals in the four Chicago facilities located in Bucktown, Lincoln Park, River North and Avondale. Be sure to check out thelockup.com or call 866-327-LOCK to reserve your space now.

About The Lock Up:

The Lock Up has been serving the storage needs of clients around the country since 1976. With climate-controlled wine storage units, 24-hour security monitoring and carpeted units, The Lock Up self storage facilities are designed to meet the needs of even the choosiest clients.

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Homes.com and RE/MAX® Launch New Online Strategic Partnership

Homes.com

Norfolk, VA (PRWEB) March 06, 2012

Homes.com and RE/MAX, LLC, announced today the launch of a major new online marketing partnership. RE/MAX has selected Homes.com to power the new remax.com website and the newly released suite of RE/MAX mobile applications for Apple and Android mobile devices. The two organizations will also be launching collaborative efforts to market Homes.com local advertising products and the new Homes Connect marketing platform to RE/MAX Sales Associates throughout North America.

“We’re thrilled that RE/MAX has selected Homes.com to power the most important elements of their online marketing efforts. Remax.com is clearly a leading property search destination and is the cornerstone of the RE/MAX online strategy,” says Brock MacLean, executive vice president of Homes.com. “By combining our proven search technology with the powerful reach of our Homes.com website and mobile applications, we’ve developed a complementary approach to ensure traffic and leads from both websites are delivered efficiently and directly to RE/MAX Sales Associates.”

Key aspects of the Homes.com and RE/MAX partnership include:

? Homes.com will build and host the new remax.com, leveraging the same innovative technology that powers Homes.com and Homes Connect.

? The new RE/MAX mobile application suite for Apple and Android devices was developed by and is hosted on the Homes.com platform. Versions for other devices will be available soon.

? RE/MAX listings will also be showcased on Homes.com, driving new traffic to remax.com and leads downstream to RE/MAX offices and Sales Associates.

? A RE/MAX co-branded version of Homes Connect is being marketed by the two companies to RE/MAX Broker-Owners and Sales Associates throughout North America.

“The selection of Homes.com as our preferred online marketing partner is the result of a two-year evaluation, and considerations of a variety of approaches and potential partners,” said Marnie Blanco, RE/MAX Vice President of eBusiness. “In the process, it became clear that the best approach was to leverage the powerful technology of a national listing portal that could lead consumers to remax.com. Homes.com provides RE/MAX all the components and the clearest path to making this complementary approach a reality.”

“With all the negative attention lately surrounding syndication, it’s important the Homes.com brand and mission avoid getting caught up in that fray,” added MacLean. “We offer brokers and franchisors a unique approach, combining our innovative technology services with our vast consumer reach. When a technology strategy is in line with a marketing strategy, as it is with this new RE/MAX partnership, the two complement each other beautifully.”

About Homes.com

Homes.com, part of the Homes Media Solutions division of Dominion Enterprises, is a leading provider of real estate marketing and media services, including brand advertising, property listing exposure and syndication, search engine marketing and instant response lead generation. Homes Connect by Homes.com offers the real estate industry’s first first-ever all-inclusive marketing platform for agents and brokers featuring single-login convenience. Homes.com is visited by over 10 million consumers each month to search nearly 4 million properties for sale or rent, to locate real estate agents in their area, and to find useful home buying tips. For more information, visit http://www.Homes.com.

About Dominion Enterprises

Dominion Enterprises is a leading marketing services and publishing company serving the automotive, recreational and commercial vehicle, real estate, apartment rental, employment, parenting, travel, and daily deals industries. The company’s businesses provide a comprehensive suite of technology-based marketing solutions including Internet advertising, lead generation, CRM, website design and hosting, and data management services. The company has more than 60 market-leading websites reaching more than 20.9 million unique visitors monthly, and more than 280 magazines with a weekly circulation of 2.4 million. Headquartered in Norfolk, Va., the company has 3,300 employees in more than 186 offices in the United States, Canada, England and Italy. For more information, visit http://www.DominionEnterprises.com.

About the RE/MAX Network

RE/MAX was founded in 1973 by Dave and Gail Liniger, real estate industry visionaries who still lead the Denver-based global franchisor today. RE/MAX is recognized as one of the leading real estate franchise companies with the most productive sales force in the industry and a global reach of more than 80 countries. With a passion for the communities in which its agents live and work, RE/MAX is proud to have raised more than $ 120 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and other charities. Nobody in the world sells more real estate than RE/MAX. For more information about RE/MAX, please visit http://www.remax.com or http://www.joinremax.com.

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Dawn Enterprises Supplies the US Fish and Wildlife Service with Steel Bollards

Steel Bollards

Manchester, CT (PRWEB) February 19, 2012

Dawn Enterprises, elite manufacturer and distributor of precast steel and concrete outdoor site amenities for government accounts, supplied the United States Fish and Wildlife Service with 22 steel bollards.

More specifically, the US Fish and Wildlife service requested for the bollards to be 6” in diameter, a 7’ in length, schedule 40 wall thickness and a primed finish.

Steel bollards are designed for durability, aesthetics and security protection, as they can easily withstand harsh weather and offer an attractive perimeter barrier. For more detailed information, please contact Dawn Enterprises at 1-800-262-3296 or visit http://www.godawn.com/category/steel-bollards.htm

Headquartered in Manchester, Connecticut, Dawn Enterprises is a green-friendly company and can manufacture any of their products (benches, bollards, tables, planters, waste receptacles, ashtrays, bollard covers, chairs) utilizing recycled and sustainable materials. Visit their website at http://www.godawn.com.

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Gala Cloths, Top Tabletop Decor Provider of Tablecloth and Chair Cover Rentals for Events and Parties, Wins the Prestigious WeddingWire “Bride’s Choice Award” in 2012

Fabulous and Affordable Table Linen and Chair Cover Rentals

Baltimore, Md (PRWEB) January 30, 2012

Gala Cloths, top provider of linen and chair cover rentals for events and parties since 1991, has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire “Bride’s Choice Award” for 2012 for Rental Linens, ranking the company among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community. Gala Cloths was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients and has won The Bride’s Choice Award for four consecutive years since the award’s inception.

Brides, wedding and event planners, caterers, and other hospitality professionals can stroll through Gala Cloths’ online gallery of table linens, napkins, chair covers and sashes, visit Gala’s two showrooms in Maryland and Pennsylvania, request sample swatches, or arrange for a Gala Cloths regional designer rental consultant to meet them at their party site. Showrooms are in Reisterstown, Maryland near Owings Mills and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which is by appointment only. Gala Cloths has designer rental consultant managers covering Greater Baltimore, Washington, D.C. Metro (including Northern Virginia), Maryland, West Virginia, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware. Gala Cloths ships linens throughout the U.S. and also provides set-up services.

Selections from the Gala Cloths gallery are featured in Baltimore Bride Magazine’s January 2012 issue, “The Ultimate Wedding Guide,” chosen by Drew Vanlandingham Design Studio. Table linens, napkins, and custom chair back rosettes helped create a rich, jewel-like wedding feast tableau. Specific cloths in the photoshoot include Taffeta “Champagne Velour,” coordinating Taffeta Overlay: “Myth,” Napkins in “Plum Satin.” Gala Cloths also created exclusive custom chair back rosettes in Rose & Silver Crushed Broomstick Bengaline.

Also in this issue, Gala’s Cloths’ uniquely textured Satin “Fuji Silver” tablecloth was selected for an elegant “Ladies Who Lunch” bridal shower.

Gala Cloths’ long history of service and recognition in the events industry nationwide includes hundreds of celebrity events and photo shoots for bridal and society media, charitable events such as The Family Tree’s Great Chefs’ Dinner, and selection as the linens provider for a Today Show wedding.

Dulany Noble, founder and owner of Gala Cloths has achieved distinction in the events industry through her work with the National Association of Catering Executives (NACE) on a national level and also through NACE’s local Baltimore chapter. She won the George Zell Spirit of NACE award, national recognition for one individual NACE member who exemplifies the goals and values of the organization and who has outstanding participation and contributions at the local, national and humanitarian levels. Gala designer rental consultants are active in ISES, the International Special Events Society and include a past-president of a regional ISES chapter.

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Madico Acquires Enpro’s Distribution Assets

St Petersburg, Florida (PRWEB) January 26, 2012

Madico, Inc., one of the world’s leading manufacturers of automotive, solar, safety and security window films, today announced that it has finalized an agreement to purchase select assets from The Enpro Group™ based in Houston, Texas. These assets will include, among other things, the distribution rights of Madico® branded products in various U.S. states including: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

“The Enpro Group has been successfully distributing Madico products for over 30 years and we have truly enjoyed this long-standing relationship. After the purchase is completed, Madico Window Films will leverage its broad resources to build upon Enpro’s legacy of outstanding customer service, while The Enpro Group will focus its energy on its FirstCut program, Retail Services, Contracting and other business segments. We are confident that this purchase will be very positive for our window film customers, for Madico Window Films, and for The Enpro Group. We are also pleased that our relationship will remain strong since we will continue to meet Enpro’s needs for window film products,” says David Fletcher, President of Madico Window Films, Inc.

David Dickey, President of The Enpro Group, added, “Distribution has been the foundation of our business since our first day in operation. This acquisition of assets is a testament to over 30 years of outstanding sales and marketing efforts, territory development, and relationship-building strategies. Madico has been an excellent partner and we look forward to continuing our long successful history with them.”

About Madico, Inc.

Headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, Madico® develops, manufactures, and markets technologically advanced laminates. They have been successfully doing so for more than a century. With an unrivaled commitment to quality of design, Madico continues to pioneer industry-first products and processes with a focus on photovoltaic backsheets and solar control window films. Within its product line is the popular, technically-leading SafetyShield® security window film. The company is proud to be recognized by the Boston Globe as a “Top 100 Place to Work” in 2010.

About The Enpro Group™

Founded in 1981, Enpro has over 30 years of experience in the creative glass solutions business. They have four separate and distinct divisions of business operations: Distribution, Retail Services, Contracting, and Marketing Services. The Enpro Group also develops and manages brands in varying markets and industries. Some of the brands created and managed by them in the market today include: FirstCut® digital cutting systems, software, and film, HockeyShield™ arena laminates, RaceShield™ windshield laminates, and EnproShield™ security shutters. More information can be found at http://www.TheEnproGroup.com.

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Sean McKay, Vice President Of Business Development At American IRA-A National Provider Of Self-Directed IRAs, Announces Free ‘Rules of The Road’ January 11th Webinar

Self-Directed IRAs Give You Control of Your Retirement

Greenville, SC (PRWEB) January 06, 2012

Sean McKay, Vice President of Business Development at American IRA-a National Provider of Self-Directed IRAs, announces free ‘Rules of The Road’ January 11th Webinar.

Sean Mckay says “We developed this webinar to help get the word out about things that people need to avoid within their self-directed IRA so that they can properly acquire assets. The feedback we received from our first month of these webinars was so overwhelmingly positive that we have decided to continue to offer this webinar each month.”

Topics that will be covered in this webinar include but are not limited to:

*Disqualified Persons

*Self-dealing

*Conflicts of Interest

*Direct Prohibited Transactions

*Proper Acquisition of Assets

*and much more…

When Congress first designed the IRA in 1974, they built in a number of restrictions meant to prevent IRA owners from using these vehicles to benefit themselves prior to retirement. For this reason, the following transactions are prohibited within IRAs:

*They cannot buy property from their IRA.

*They cannot sell property to their IRA.

*Their relatives, defined as ascendants and descendants and their spouses, may not buy from or sell directly to their IRA.

*Their IRA cannot engage in any of the above transactions with any entities controlled by their ascendants, descendants, or any of their spouses.

*Their IRA cannot engage in transactions directly with their accountant, financial advisor, tax attorney or anyone else who advises them on their IRA, nor with any business entity they control.

*They cannot use their IRA, nor the assets within them, as security for a loan for use outside the IRA (this rule is commonly misunderstood.)

Sean interjects, “In plain English, this means they cannot use their IRA directly for their own benefit, nor that of those related to them, and their advisors cannot manipulate them into using their IRA to benefit themselves. Their IRA exists for one purpose only: To provide economic security for them after they turn 59½. Anything they cause their IRA to do that is contrary to that purpose runs the risk of generating taxes and penalties.”

About:

American IRA, LLC was established in 2004 by James C. Hitt in Asheville, NC.

The mission of American IRA is to provide the highest level of customer service in the self directed retirement industry. Mr. Hitt and his team have grown the company to over $ 250 million in assets under administration by educating the public that their self-directed IRA account can invest in a variety of assets such as real estate, private lending, limited liability companies, precious metals and much more!

To learn more about American IRA, LLC and self-directed IRAs/self-directed Solo 401(k)s, please contact our office at 1-866-7500-IRA(472).

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An Indiana SEO Company is Helping Small Businesses Get off on the Right Foot in the New Year

Cedar Lake, Indiana (PRWEB) January 02, 2012

It is January 2, 2012 the second day into a brand New Year for the United States to keep building towards an economic recovery. In order for this recovery to happen small business needs to take a bigger role in the economic growth. To do this in today’s digital age small businesses need to find a way into the spotlight of the internet so that they can gain new customers and confidence to spend money. There are many ways for a company to take advantage of the web today; a company can make a website, Facebook Page, Twitter or LinkedIn account.

Small businesses can use websites in many different ways. They can be informative websites that offer information about the company, its services, and employees. It can be an e-commerce site where the company can sell its products to consumers all over the world. For example an automotive business may have a site that lists common car problems and their symptoms, have a tab about the business itself, list prices for services such as oil changes and brake service, and have a tab to schedule an appointment. Another way to bring more attention to a small business is to use social media; Facebook and Twitter are becoming the most popular way to advertise on the internet. The reason is that it is free to set up an account and thousands of users can be reached with a single click. Of course just making a webpage or Facebook page does not mean that a business will instantly gain more customers. A business needs the page to have traffic driven to it through search engine optimization campaigns. SEO Companies specialize in getting websites to rank in Google and Yahoo search engines. SEO Marketing Media Elite an Indiana SEO and Indiana website design company is aware that small businesses are the backbone of the United States economy. SEO Marketing Media elite know the best SEO practices and will use them to help get small business websites ranked in Google. They are running a special too start of the New Year focusing on small business. SEO Marketing Media Elite is giving ten percent off website design or SEO services for the first ten new small business clients.

Contact SEO Marketing Media elite at 1-866-942-5673.

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