Proudly Annoucing CoffeeMarketingPro.com

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coffee black logo c steam 300x300 Proudly Annoucing CoffeeMarketingPro.comWhile slinging coffee and moving up within the coffee industry, Chase Mann of MyCoffeePro.com and Jennifer Vaaler of dailydemitasse.com helped their bosses with marketing strategies and put their backgrounds of design and writing to use increasing sales. After a year of networking and outsourcing each others specialized services, they decided to start Coffee Marketing Pro to offer a marketing powerhouse for specialty coffee companies like high quality cafes, roasters and suppliers.

Visit CoffeeMarketingPro.com, fan them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter @CoffeeMrktngPro

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MyCoffeePro gets a design refresh for 2011

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my coffee pro logo bk final thumb MyCoffeePro gets a design refresh for 2011Happy New Year everyone!

For those of you not “in the know”, I have another passion and blog called “MyCoffeePro”.

For a while now, I’ve wanted to update the look of my logo and website over at MyCoffeePro, but I decided to wait for the new year to come along to get the renovations started. I also have to be careful of the underlying website structure because I definitely don’t want to lose my #1 position in Google for “coffee pro” … that would not be cool.

I wanted to keep my branding, but simplify it just a bit and make it easier on the eyes. I hope I’ve accomplished that by making the logo less rectangular, re-coloring the logo to make the words pop better, and separating out the words to each rest on their own baselines for easier legibility. I got rid of the wisp of steam above the cup, but made the C in “Coffee” into a handle and I also enhanced the bottom of the cup to look even more like a smile, because that’s what coffee does to me wlEmoticon openmouthedsmile MyCoffeePro gets a design refresh for 2011

I’m going into the new year with a slew of new client projects, which is a complete blessing in these tough times, so I’m not sure how long the renovations over at MyCoffeePro will take so please bare with me as we take this little re-design journey together.

Best wishes to you and your loved ones for 2011 and may we all have a prosperous new year.

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Smart Marketing via Time Tested Tips

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lightbulbinnovations thumb Smart Marketing via Time Tested Tips All entrepreneurs and small business owners have to learn this marketing mantra: “Everything is Marketing and Marketing is Everything.”

Marketing can be summed up as the art of figuring out the best combination of graphics, headlines, offers and delivery methods to get the highest response rates. A marketing plan must be part of every business’ operational foundations, but it is often overlooked by small businesses.

Whether you’re just starting a new business venture or you’ve been established for a while and just need to increase sales, you’ll find this list of marketing tips an indispensable value.

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Build a Better Business Card

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businesscardAim thumb Build a Better Business Card Did you know that the business card was first used in China in the 15th century and then later in Europe in the 17th century? Back then it was originally called a “calling card” or “visiting card” and had all sorts of etiquette surrounding the proper use and presentation of it.

Business cards have come a long way since their early inception. They serve as an extension of you and your business and need to immediately make a statement to that effect. They need to tell a story or create the opportunity for a conversation to happen. They need to contain the answers to the basic questions of who, why, where, when and what.

Think of your business card as a miniature billboard along a busy highway. It has the potential to have a multitude of viewers, but usually only for a few brief seconds, so it must compel those viewers to look closer and learn more.

Here’s a little list of ideas to stimulate your creative juices so you can be unique when you build a better business card. Don’t miss the BONUS IDEA at the end of this article.

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