What editing program do you use? Why do you like it? What do you hate about it? Do you ever just wish that you could take components from several different programs and combine them into your own, perfect, personalized video editing software program? Yeah, me too! I have always used Final Cut Pro 7 and I love it. One of …
Relocating an entire business, mountains of video equipment and all, definitely doesn’t sound like much fun, right? Well, even though the actual moving process is kind of a pain, it means that your business is doing great! Moving to a new, bigger office is like getting to take over your older siblings bedroom (the bigger one, of course!) when they …
With the holiday season quickly approaching, what is your small business doing to prepare? Check out these 5 quick tips to help your business be on the nice list! Start working on your campaign now. Have you turned on the TV since Halloween? I’d say a good majority of the commercials deal with the holiday season. People are shopping earlier …
This week’s small business showcase features a women’s boutqiue found in downtown East Lansing, Michigan by the name of Jeanologie. Jeanologie is a womens clothing store that offers hand-picked, high fashion styles inspired by the streets of New York. Founded in 2010 by Michelle Gross, a former MSU graduate, Jeanologie strives to be your one stop shop to find that …
A collection of 10 stupidly clever Halloween puns. You’re Welcome.
This week I would like to feature a new small business in the city of East Lansing, Michigan that seems to be flourishing. Michigan Creative strives to support a creative, local economy and nothing says creative like the newest bar in town, Hopcat. According to their description, Hopcat was envisioned, designed, stocked and staffed with one mission in mind: to bring you …
After writing my blog two weeks ago on Pinterest lingo, I have had several requests to do the same for Twitter. Using 140 characters to get your message across and not knowing the language would make it difficult, but that’s where I come in! Since it’s launch in 2006, Twitter has grown substantially in popularity. By 2007, there was an average …
As a company with many part-time employees, Michigan Creative needed to find a way to organize ideas, thoughts, tasks, and to-do lists. It needed to be all in one place, easy to access, and easy to use. After doing some research, we came across an online system called Trello. Never heard of it before? Neither had we, but we are …
So I know that I have done a blog on Pinterest for Business, but I didn’t really explain how to use it! I thought that today we’d take a look at the basics of Pinterest: lingo, functionality, and overall instructions on how to use it. They say it’s always best to start at the beginning so let’s start with lingo. Lingo: …
Graphic design is a form of visual communication and it is everywhere. Literally. While you might see billboards, or other business and street signage as “visual pollution,” all of these were carefully designed to effect change in the viewer’s perception of a product or service. Although these might not reach a large segment of viewers, they do make a difference …
