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My love letter to Weapons of Mass Creation
[Notes from the road: As I begin my journey back to Scranton – heading east on route 80 with a long road ahead – I have plenty of time to process all the amazing memories dancing around my brain from…
Web Design Blunders That Could be Wrecking Your Conversions
For most small businesses, your website is your first impression. If your web design is cluttered or fails to deliver fast loading speed, simple navigation and ease of use among platforms, your conversion rate is almost certain to suffer. In case…
Hey Entrepreneurs: This Video on Finding New Ideas is a Must-Watch
How to Come Up With Great Business Ideas Cleveland’s Kumar Arora is an entrepreneur, designer, marketer and investor behind many notable startups and brands.
Go Media: We’ve Got Your Branding Colored!
The impact of color on your company Color is one of the simplest, most primitive forms of communication on earth. It’s also one of the most effective and yet, our Cleveland branding experts know, it’s one of the most commonly-overlooked.…
Positive Brand Experience and SEO Go Together Like Peanut Butter and Jelly
The most successful firms have more than just a brand identity. They offer customers a total Brand Experience. Customers who have had a positive brand experience don’t just recognize the brand. They feel it. It’s about ensuring that customers have a…
10 Ways to Grow Your Design Firm
Advice from Bill and Wilson, Founders of Go Media There is no perfect recipe for growing a thriving design firm. But through our share of failures, we have learned what works more often than not. Here are some lessons we have…
Why we absolutely loved building this brand
Work Hard. Live Easy. We had way too much fun working with The Finch Group, local Cleveland real estate company, on their latest endeavor and we want to shout it from the rooftops, pun intended. Designer Chris Comella comments, “Innova…
Noteworthy Tips For A/B Testing With UX Research
Tips for A/B Testing You may spend quality time in creating a successful website but might still fail to generate the desired outcome.
Most Anticipated Trends for Mobile App Development
There is no doubt that today, mobile applications play an incredible role in our lives (for almost for all of us, though not all).
Sports Branding Insight With Todd Radom
In this edition of the Go Media Podcast, we sit down with Todd Radom to talk about his extensive experience designing for the sports industry.
7 Ways to Know If You’ve Hired a Great Designer
Looking to Hire a Great Designer? You’ll know you hit the money when you find they have these traits:
Social Networking 101 – A Newbie’s Guide to Guaranteed Success
Even if you are living under a rock, you know that you can’t escape social media. As a small business owner, you simply a) shouldn’t live under a rock, and b) should embrace the powers that be…social media.
WWW Dot HUH? – How to Select the Perfect URL For Your Business
Follow the KISS (Keep it simple, stupid) philosophy in selecting a URL for your business. Yes, you can be creative and meaningful, but ensure that your URL is, above all, easy to remember and as error-proof as possible. Perhaps the most enjoyable way to test out your prospective URL is with the ever-famous Cocktail Party Test…
Why You Should Use WordPress
So, you want to build a killer website. Great. Here are three questions for you before we begin:
Do you want your website to work?
Should it be easy to use?
Should it be easy for you to update?
Adventures in Design Podcast – Ep 203: Weapons of Mass Creation Fest Speakers – Mark Brickey and Jay Fanelli
Design Podcast 2015 It’s a two-for-one special over at Adventures in Design Podcast, WMC Fest Fans! AID Episode 203 includes two of this year’s Weapons of Mass Creation Fest 2015 speakers in one delicious podcast. Not only do you get…
Have an eCommerce Site? Make Sure it has these 3 Key Elements:
We all want to see more traffic and conversions on our ecommerce sites, right?
With numerous tricks and tips swarming the web, knowing what, when, and how to make those improvements can be overwhelming.
Today, let’s start from square one and make sure we all have these three fool-proof elements, all of which can be accomplished this afternoon. Let’s get to it!
Don’t Make Squiggliepoo: Trade Show Marketing Ideas with the Experts from Jakprints
Squiggliepoo [Skwig-il-e-poo] Noun 1. useless marketing detritus, usually handed out at conventions or trade shows Synonyms: junk, tchotchke, futile doodads You’ve put in the time and effort to get your company space at the big trade show – good job.…
Design Firm How-To: Writing Your Company Story
How to Write Your Company Story An excerpt from Drawn to Business by Go Media President William Beachy Who are you? What do you do? What makes you different? Who is your ideal customer? What problem are you solving for them? All…
The Characteristics of Excellent Website Design: Experts Weigh In
The Characteristics of Excellent Web Design Options for building a website are plentiful, but finding a team to deliver a creative custom solution on time and on budget is not easy. Here at Cleveland based graphic and web design firm,…
Cleveland Browns Branding: The New Logo – Chris Comella of Go Media Weighs In
Cleveland Browns Branding Our recent post, “New” Browns Logo Leaves Cleveland Graphic Designers Deflated” collected expert advice from local authorities on the matter including Chris Comella, Go Media Art Director, logo designer, brand expert and sports enthusiast. Chris’s full interview…
Cleveland Browns New Logo 2015 Branding: William Beachy of Go Media Weighs In
Cleveland Browns New Logo 2015 Branding Our recent post, “New” Browns Logo Leaves Cleveland Graphic Designers Deflated” collects expert advice from local authorities on the matter including our own William Beachy, president of Cleveland Design Firm Go Media, designer, brand expert and sports enthusiast.…
“New” Browns Logo Leaves Cleveland Graphic Designers Deflated
The New Cleveland Browns Logo – Cleveland Designers & Brand Experts weigh in. As anticipation swelled for the unveiling of the new Cleveland Browns logo two years in the works, buzz in the Cleveland graphic design community was especially palpable.…
Design Project Management Software Debate: Basecamp VS. Podio Part 2
What’s the Best Project Management Software for design firms? Part 2. In this second part, we conclude our Basecamp VS. Podio comparison. If you missed the first piece, you can find it here (you can always find archives of our design articles…
Go Media’s 1st Annual Best of Cleveland Design Awards
Best of Cleveland Web and Graphic Awards Here at Go Media, we totally geek out about design. It’s all that we do and all that we dream about. We love not only getting our hands dirty every single day, but…