Young Design

01/31/2023

4 Easy Website Updates

Want to improve your website? Just a few easy tweaks can update your website and make it instantly more user-friendly.

10/27/2022

Ever wondered what adding "white space" to your marketing collateral means? Our blog post explains the secret sauce: https://bit.ly/3zhB3ri

Wondering what white space means in the world of graphic design? We use it strategically in both web and print design for our clients.

08/24/2022

How do you know when it's a good idea to re-brand?

Re-branding – changing your company name, logo design, tagline, or colors – can be a high-wire act full of pitfalls.

07/13/2022

If you have a broken website, you’re breaking trust with your market.

We help companies keep their websites current, secure, and in working order. Web maintenance is invaluable in keeping your customers' trust.

06/13/2022

Think you can write your own marketing content? Think again. Hire a pro instead.

Instead of struggling with your content, hire a professional copywriter who will tailor your content to each marketing vehicle.

04/06/2022

Illustration is making a big comeback. Check out our tips on how to choose and use illustration in your marketing materials. https://bit.ly/3NRutgT

We've got tips on how to use illustration in the graphic design of your marketing materials - websites, social media, email campaigns and print collateral can all benefit from the illustration wave in design.

02/28/2022

Spring's a good time to review your marketing collateral and give it a good cleaning!

We help our clients update their marketing collateral by incorporating new colors, images, fonts, or entirely new designs – all while retaining their established brand.

11/10/2021

Read on to see if your web colors are doing their job!

Colors have an enormous impact on how a viewer reacts to a website. They create a certain feeling and can signal brand familiarity.

10/05/2021

Looking at logos and branding: The lessons are simplicity and consistency.

Upon developing your brand, use it consistently throughout your marketing collateral. Monitor how your logo, your colors and your brand are used.

07/14/2021

Losing traction on social media? Our guest blogger Jill Kurtz at Kurtz Digital Strategy has great advice on how to update your social media marketing.

Develop your social media outreach in a way that is natural for you and your brand. Those connections will help you tap into the value of social media in creating relationships that build your brand, now and into the future.

07/07/2021

Thinking about adding video to your website? Check out our tips.

Videos are a great way to tell your company’s story and enhance your brand, engendering friendliness and trust. Plus, studies show a majority of people prefer learning from video as opposed to static images or text.

06/10/2021

In partnership with NOVA Web Group and Kurtz Digital Strategy, we recently redesigned SMR's website, adding video, a new color palette compatible with their existing brand, and cleaner navigation. Take a look!

SMR Group, an international security recruitment company, was ready for a new website. We gave their new site a breath of fresh air – by using white space to design cleaner pages, and by adding a more subtle color palette. And there’s more:

05/05/2021

Print is BACK, in a big way. Remember to include print materials when planning your marketing collateral.

Call us for your marketing collateral – we are experts in print design and production

04/09/2021

Looking for a better website? We know how to get you there.

The best in website design and development

03/24/2021

Do your branded colors truly reflect your product or service?

Color is a powerful design tool.

03/01/2021

"Almost a quarter of all URLs have at least one website issue, nearly 40% of them critical." Your company website needs constant tending; make time for reviewing and having a pro make the fixes.

Bloated pages, sluggish load times—and worse. Most companies have no clue how much these issues are undermining their digital marketing spend. The solution? Website quality management.

02/11/2021

During times of big change, tend to your brand by reflecting the realities of the market and culture throughout your collateral.

Refresh your branding during this time of change.

02/03/2021

Our guest blogger Jill Kurtz of Kurtz Digital Strategy writes about the benefits of reusing and recycling your content.

Today’s guest post is by Jill Kurtz, who provides online marketing strategies for small businesses through Kurtz Digital Strategy. She uses more than 30 years of marketing and communication experience to help each client reach customers and prospects using websites, social media, and other online ...

01/21/2021

Today I'm a guest blogger for Kurtz Digital Strategy, talking about some important elements of .

Guest Post by Julie Young, Young Design People can get confused about the term “branding”. A brand is just another term for identity in the marketplace. For companies, it’s corpor…

01/12/2021

We're answering our most frequently asked design questions: logos, trademarks, Word, and web hosting advice (yes, that's part of web design services!).

Make sure your logo is simple, unique and timeless.

12/14/2020

11/05/2020

We put our logo designs through some pretty rigorous testing. Here are our top 5 questions we ask. Would your logo pass the test? https://bit.ly/3erYkuU

Make sure your logo is simple, unique and timeless.

09/30/2020

And the wheel keeps turning: "The 10,000 foot-view of these trends makes it clear that ‘web’ design looks more like traditional ‘graphic’ or ‘print’ design than ever."

We've done most of the heavy lifting for you and pulled together the top web design trends that will likely grace your screens in 2020.

09/17/2020

Our 5 tips for an easier slide deck.

Whether online or in person, audience attention spans are short. A streamlined design can keep them focused on your topic. 1. Simplify your content. Your top priority is to streamline and simplify your deck’s content. Mercilessly slash your source document and only include the highlights on your s...

07/29/2020

On our blog: Have big dreams for your company? Realize them with quality design of your marketing collateral.

Wake Up Your Market with Quality Collateral Whatever big dreams you have for your company, they can be realized through creative design and production of your marketing collateral. Leveraging your brand for greater recognition is key when competing in today’s crowded industries and markets. We’...

06/23/2020

Great article on re-making a restaurant website into a digital experience. It isn't a DIY project; it requires seriously professional web design and development.

The restaurant industry has begun to undergo a major digital transformation. Those that want to survive will need a website that can handle the new way of operating, which means they can no longer afford to hold onto that cheap website built years ago.

06/06/2020

As the pressure builds daily, the artwork becomes more urgent and pointed.

06/03/2020

You may think you're ready, but are you really? 7 tips to help you plan your marketing collateral.

You’re ready to produce new online and print collateral – maybe a brochure, postcard, or an email campaign. But are you really ready? Before asking a designer to ‘design some collateral’, think about these seven points: Start From the End Have you priced out design, production, printing and ...

06/01/2020

"There are few things more annoying than a website that doesn’t work how you expect it to...So Google is stepping in."

Now optimizing for a more delightful web.

05/21/2020

“From the moment you walk into our store, we want you to see something that’s new,” said Andrew McLean, the company’s chief commercial officer. “The sticky mat, the welcome table — they’re all triggers in the customer’s mind that things are different now.”

Retailers that spent years trying to get customers to linger are reimagining their stores for a grab-and-go future to make shopping faster, easier and safer amid long-term shifts in consumer expectations and habits.