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 June 2009
Who's selling/buying in the recession; Chocolate needs no marketing; Mann Plumbing & Solar Energy Systems spotlight, Cicero quote
Back Issues
tree May 2009
Greeting card line earns Best New Product; Cairril.com featured in entrepreneur book; Mills panel speaker at regional seminar; iPhone apps earn great reviews; Latte liberals, Big Mac conservatives?; George Jean Nathan quote
tree March 2009
Sign up for Cairril.com marketing workshop; Cairril.com launches two iPhone applications; Dr Howard & Associates Eye Care client spotlight; African "tree" proverb
name safe February 2009
Smart use of recession marketing; sign up for Cairril.com marketing workshops; Indiana Enterprise Center client spotlight; "Your name in their mouth" quote
freedom January 2009
Sign up for Cairril.com hands-on marketing workshop!; choosing a cause to sponsor; Mix marketing to get Google; WFIU client spotlight; MLK quote
 November 2008
Are you a culture creator?; 5 mistakes in Latino marketing; Sparks on holiday; Canopy Group & the Indiana Economic Development Corporation spotlight; Einstein quote
dance in the rain October 2008
Obama logo clear winner; Smart incentives in a tight economy; Anyone opening your email?; Mandy Wright wins two Lotus tix; Dancing in the rain quote
 September 2008
Named for Mary & Jim; We win national design award; Win 2 tix to Lotus!; TitlePlus! spotlight; Proust quote
butterfly August 2008
What happened to Starbucks?; Neat product? Neat website!; The $99 logo; R. Buckminster Fuller quote (one of our all-time favorite VisoVerbos!)
busy July 2008
We’re really busy! Four videos to keep you amused and a 10-minute-limit Visoverbo. We’ll be back next month with more content!
warning June 2008
Our Monroe Bank website design wins prestigious Maxi award—again; Get the most from your rewards program; Why white space = sophistication; Olympus Properties client spotlight; Elizabeth Barrette quote
axis of joy May 2008
All about e-newsletters: 4 steps to choose an e-newsletter distributor; CAN-SPAM e-newsletter law updated; Northern Manors client spotlight; Louise Bogan quote
magic lives April 2008
Building brands in a recession; Tempate for social media press release; On sale = "cheap"?; Oscar Wilde quote
magic lives March 2008
Handling negative feedback about your business; …And you thought your marketing was challenging; Mills presentation big draw; Sequel Designs spotlight; Michelle Alcott quote
mission accomplished February 2008
Register now for "Integrated Ad Campaigns" 05 March; Mills to speak at apartment association luncheon; Surprising truth about sticky notes; Cairril.com featured in "The Entrepreneur Story"; Douglas Adams quote
 January 2008
Say "Thank You" to win brand loyalty; Facebook privacy scandal hurts brand, hints at future; Indiana University Marketing spotlight; Mother Teresa quote
December 2007 (no issue—on vacation!)
 November 2007
Our design for Smallwood Plaza wins Prodigy Award; Cairril attends DUX conference on user experience; Five tips for effective brochures; Recent speaking engagements; Debi O’Heran quote
 September 2007
We win 4 American Graphic Design Awards; Our sixth anniversary brings Erica De Santis Lotus tickets; What makes you unique?; Jerry Downs quote
 August 2007
Brand experience: your sole competitive advantage; Offline marketing critical to your site's success; Annual Lotus Fest ticket giveaway; Hands of Love card available; Smithwood at Renwick spotlight; Anne McCaffrey quote
 July 2007
Make your newsletters work; 5 new musts of email marketing; Avant-nerds going mainstream; Monroe County Bar Association spotlight; Churchill "pigs" quote
 June 2007
Seven musts for a product launch; Get attention with Brand Spaces; Rubicon Custom Homes spotlight; e.e. cummings quote
 May 2007
Our redesign of Monroe Bank website wins Maxi Award; How to get great customer testimonials; Make direct mail more effective; Minority Report arrives; John Holt quote
 April 2007
Is your biz boring? Let it out!; Promote 101 coming May 2nd; New online small biz marketing seminars; Mills featured at IU and SEED Corp; Dr Suess quote
March 2007
Mills appointed to Indiana University SLIS Masters of Information Board; Get your biz on board the Experience Economy; Genghis Khan quote; Renwick: Cameron Row spotlight
February 2007
E-newsletters build brands; Beyond e-newsletters: Web 2.0; Mills featured branding expert in Business Network; Anne Lamott quote
January 2007
Our redesign of Monroe Bank site receives national nod; Web searchers want your…phone number?; Happy New Year; Voltaire quote; The Mercury spotlight
December 2006 (no issue—on vacation!)
November 2006
Dump the Drone; Mills at IU Networking Nights; We're moving!; Sparks on holiday; Elizabeth Barrette quote; Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce spotlight
October 2006
Overcome Time Deficit Disorder (TDD); Podcasting 101; Faith Baldwin quote; St John Associates spotlight
September 2006
Cairril.com wins national design award; Cairril.com celebrates fifth anniversary; Hands of Love card available; WWJLPD quote; Global Network Operations Center spotlight
August 2006
Email signatures that get results; Dollar impact of a Bloomington re-brand; Cairril.com nominated for Fuse Business Innovation Award; “Live!!” quote; Optiks + Buskirk-Chumley spotlight
July 2006
Brilliant logo = great brand, right? Wrong!; Use Google Alerts to help your biz; Print shop sign quote; Collins Living-Learning Center spotlight
June 2006
Jump-start your business with Opinion Leaders; Writing effective customer service surveys; Dalai Lama quote; Jennifer Garant Studios spotlight
May 2006
Effective green marketing to improve sales; Get Web traffic with new Yahoo! ad links; Japanese proverb; WS Homes spotlight
April 2006
Build your brand through co-production; Bottom Line Design Awards; Mills featured speaker at area classes; Einstein quote; Sequel spotlight
March 2006
Proof in the picture: Positive brands win; Top 3 myths of search engine rankings; Van Gogh quote; Indiana University Office for the Vice-President of Information Technology spotlight
February 2006
Oops—when government sites go bad; Four steps to turbocharge business referrals; G.K. Chesterton quote; Genius Groups spotlight
January 2006
Four trends that will impact your brand; Want web traffic? Keep it fresh; Chinese proverb; Canine Companions spotlight
December 2005 (no issue—on vacation!)
November 2005
Three tips to prove your value; Cairril.com recent speaking engagements; Mark Twain quote; Renwick spotlight
October 2005
Communicating with color; Top three web scams; Anthony Robbins quote; Fuse Business Innovation Awards spotlight
September 2005
Who's your target market?; Cairril.com wins two national design awards; Cairril.com celebrates fourth anniversary; Gandhi quote; Canine Companions spotlight
August 2005
What people hate about websites; Lotus Festival ticket giveaway; Mills appointed to Ivy Tech-Columbus advisory board; “Life is short” quote; Smallwood Plaza spotlight
July 2005
Five keys to reaching college students; Business planning course to begin; Churchill quote; Andrews, Harrell, Mann, Carmin & Parker spotlight
June 2005
Are marketers liars?; What makes logos work; Mills attends design conference; Hepburn quote; Parker Real Estate Management spotlight
May 2005
Google's "Golden Triangle" and what it means for you; Five easy ways to help your site rank higher in search engines; Recent speaking engagements; Picasso quote; Icebreakers spotlight
April 2005
Cairril.com branding radio show available online; Get emotional: How strong brands differentiate; World Day of Design; Benjamin Franklin quote; Andrews, Harrell, Mann, Carmin & Parker spotlight
March 2005
Five stages of brand-building; Reaching women on the web; Catherine the Great quote; Bloomington Community Farmers' Market spotlight
February 2005
Cairril.com to discuss branding on Bloomington Business radio show; "Small but steady" helps build your brand; Study finds design and information structure key to website credibility; Cairril.com featured on marketing panel; Eleanor Roosevelt quote; Indiana METACyt Initiative spotlight
 January 2005
New Cairril.com, Inc. debuts; Branding, Schmanding (new Branding 101 article); Creating a “wow” customer experience; Jack Brubaker Designs selected to create Arts award; Fritz Lang quote; Cairril.com Design & Marketing, Inc. spotlight
December 2004 (no issue—on vacation!)
 November 2004
Got customers?: Three steps to attracting new business; Cairril.com Design & Marketing, Inc. to debut in January; Sparks on holiday in December; Corinne Roosevelt Robinson quote; SEED Corp. spotlight
 October 2004
Marketing to local customers using your site; Fortune 100 companies not optimizing sites; Cairril.com Design speaking engagements; Aaron Stanton quote; Renwick spotlight
 September 2004
Cairril.com Design wins national design award; Cairril.com Design honored with Chamber award; Getting to customer evangelism; Celebrating our third anniversary; Churchill quote; XLiveCD spotlight
August 2004
Do you treat customers like strangers or like friends?; Marketing ROI calculator; Lotus ticket giveaway; Aristotle quote; Women’s Center for Natural Healing spotlight
July 2004
What makes your business unique?; Google tool for brainstorming; Mother Teresa quote; Wininger/Stolberg Commercial spotlight
June 2004
Five key marketing strategies for small business; Cool tools for webmasters; Dorothy Parker quote; inVenture spotlight
May 2004
Promoting your site through offline channels; new LiveWire e-newsletter for small businesses; VisoVerbo gallery launched; Lily Tomlin quote; American Student Achievement Institute spotlight
April 2004
How to build your brand; using modifiers for better search engine rankings; Charles Shultz quote; Monroe Bank spotlight
March 2004
CAN-SPAM Act and what it means for you; getting started with pay-per-click; “Must be present to win” quote; First United Church spotlight
February 2004
Branding for small businesses; recent Web stats and what it means for your business; Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey quote; Cathy Moore spotlight
January 2004
Turning employees into brand evangelists; the buzz about blogs; Jack Brubaker Designs featured in local paper; Anne Morrow Lindbergh quote; City of Bloomington spotlight
December 2003 (no issue—on vacation!)
November 2003
Build your brand by building trust; 4 top ways to improve your site rankings; Sparks on holiday; “Rest & be thankful” quote; Catherine Hilt-Hughes spotlight
October 2003
Improve your site’s ranking using Google’s PageRank tool; online pay-per-click search engine guide; Google launches improved AdWords Select tool; Jim Johnson quote; SEED Corp. spotlight
September 2003
Cairril.com Design wins Double Dot Award; free WebTrends seminar on web metrics; Google & Overture’s contextual ads; Caryn Leschen quote; South Central Indiana Small Business Development Center spotlight
August 2003
Cairril.com Design wins national design award; win two tickets to Lotus Festival; online resources updated, including new info on e-commerce search engines; Henri Carter-Bresson quote; Detour Theatre Company spotlight
July 2003
Cairril.com Design featured in Chamber of Commerce Business Network; improve your linking strategy; writing great PPC ads; Elizabeth Barrette quote; MedPro Services, Inc. spotlight
June 2003
Cairril.com Design presenting Web Smarts to Indiana SBDC directors’ meeting, how to hire a search engine optimization firm; a commercial that delights: the power of great design; St Augustine quote; Indiana University International Studies program spotlight
May 2003
Cairril.com Design greeting cards in area and national stores; how your Website looks to a search engine spider; free teleclass on e-zines; Leonard Bernstein quote; Regency Management Service, L.L.C. spotlight
April 2003
Web Smarts: Search Engine Strategies resource page updated; search engine submission resource page updated; boosting your chances for an effective website; Marva Collins quote; Parke, Williams, Ltd. spotlight
March 2003
Web Smarts: Search Engine Strategies coming to Business Expo; Web Smarts: Driving Traffic to Your Site resource pages available; Auden quote; Wonderdisc spotlight
February 2003
Web Smarts at SBDC and Business Expo; how long to wait before your site gets added to search engine indices; Stoppard quote; Silicon Valley Coach Federation spotlight
January 2003
Web Smarts update; choosing keywords for your site; Middleway Food Works take-home meals; what to do with those Ameritech phone cards; Joyce quote; Wininger/Stolberg Commercial spotlight
December 2002 (no issue—on vacation!)
November 2002
TechExpo 2002 report; “Extra Step” award; Web Smarts: Driving Traffic to Your Site; additional search engine resources; Ovid quote; Griner Engineering spotlight
October 2002
TechExpo 2002; resources on getting the most from your site; Brown quote; Bloomington Chamber of Commerce spotlight
September 2002
Cairril.com Design anniversary; TechExpo 2002; Web Smarts consultations; Kay quote; IU Individualized Major Program spotlight
August 2002
Resources for search engine placement; Lotus Festival tickets; portfolio updates; The Mahabharata; Wininger/Stolberg Homes spotlight
July 2002
Web Smarts: Search Engine Strategies; eliminating spyware; Browning quote; The Old Rooming House spotlight
June 2002
Cairril.com greeting cards in area stores; what your website really says about your business; Kafka quote; Middleway Food Works spotlight
May 2002
Web Smarts resource pages; Cairril.com Design greeting cards; Office Easel in the news; Zola quote; Conseco spotlight
April 2002 (Premiere issue)
Web Smarts: Getting the Most from Your Site; mail preferences; Business Expo; Dickenson quote; Jack Brubaker Designs spotlight