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Do The Olympics Earn a Gold in Social Media Marketing?

2016 marked the year of the 31st Olympics for the world. Along with the fanfare of the games came a number of bad PR leaks, social media outrage, and worry; nevertheless the games prevailed. The games got underway on Aug 5th with the opening ceremonies, and along with being introduced to all of the athletes, we were also introduced to numerous hashtags...
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It’s Time to Make the Most of Your Apple Watch

It’s been a little over a year now since the first generation Apple Watch was released. And since then there have been over 8,500 apps made for it. It is literally your phone on your wrist, who wouldn’t want that; I know I do. It would save me the trouble of taking it out of my pocket and just looking at my wrist to see who texted, tweeted or tagged...
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SVG Animations: Make Your Graphics Move

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a powerful text based graphic language that translates code into images. Now, you don't need to know all the right code to make an SVG image there is plenty of software out there that can export your beautifully designed graphics into SVG format. Since SVG can scale so greatly without losing clarity, many web designers...
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My Journey into the World of Marketing

From recently graduating college and moving into the corporate world, to getting the opportunity to work at TIK:TALK, it has been a whole new experience to say the least. Since I’ve been here, there has been a lot to learn, from finding my way around the office to working alongside everyone. Starting with my first day, I have been constantly learning...
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A Graphic Designer’s Take on this Year’s Olympic Logo

It’s fascinating to witness the controversy and uproar that has been caused by olympic logo design. Much like the sports that athletes compete in, it seems that people who normally would not care whatsoever about graphic design suddenly become super passionate and opinionated on the matter. London’s 2012 Games branding is a spectacular example....
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Pantone Palette Pleases

Pantone recently launched a new app called Pantone Studio that has got me super excited. The app is an overhaul/replacement of their older app myPantone and makes creating and gathering color inspiration from the world around you extremely easy. Within the app you can capture an image and then a five-color Pantone palette is pulled from the image. You...
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9 Free Ways To Market Your Business In DFW

I should start by noting that although these marketing and advertising ideas don’t require a direct outlay of cash necessarily, nothing is actually “FREE” if it requires a business owner’s time, attention, and discipline. When I started my business, one of the reasons I chose the name TikTalk is because I’ve learned, working with small business...
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If You’re Not Using Google Analytics, You’re Crazy!

If you have a website but don’t know who’s using it or what it’s doing for your business…this post is for you. When I started TikTalk Marketing, as any good marketer would, I tried to figure out what makes me different, and what unique value I could offer to my clients. Well the list goes ON AND ON [pats self on back sarcastically], but one...
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