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August
2010
How deep links help your site; Follow us on Facebook; Lotus ticket giveaway; CS Property Management client spotlight; Eleanor Roosevelt quote |
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Back Issues |
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July
2010
How to market to your buyer; The Combine is coming!; Every square inch...; Big Red Liquors client spotlight; Martin Luther King quote |
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June
2010
Hitler in pink; Currency from a collapsing country; Texting trumps email; Indiana University School of Education Distance Education client spotlight; JB Morton quote |
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May
2010
Brand or get branded; Want to get more from your email marketing?; Are customers like lab rats?; Joseph Campbell quote |
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April
2010
View Cairril.com winners online; Email marketing: More than just clicks; Boggled by marketingspeak?; Kurt Vonnegut quote |
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March
2010
Cairril.com designated green business; Great brands begin with employees; Selling the brand experience; Oscar Wilde quote |
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February
2010
The death of TV ads?; Can I get a witness?; Get deviant, get creative; Thomas Paine quote |
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January
2010
Five tips for building an online community; Everything Facebook; "Show me the love"; View Cairril.com winners online; Emerson quote |
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October
2009
Sign up for Cairril.com marketing workshop; We win national design awards; Activate…gratitude!; Free social media workshop; "Missing" quote |
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August
2009
Cut the chatter; Give the money back; Annual Lotus tix giveaway; Dalai Lama quote |
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July
2009
Frozen yogurt teaches brand power; Getting started with social marketing; PowerPoint puts 'em to sleep; Anaïs Nin quote |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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September
2008
Named for Mary & Jim; We win national design award; Win 2 tix to Lotus!; TitlePlus! spotlight; Proust quote |
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August
2008
What happened to Starbucks?; Neat product? Neat website!; The $99 logo; R. Buckminster Fuller quote (one of our all-time favorite VisoVerbos!) |
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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! |
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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 |
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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 |
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April
2008
Building brands in a recession; Tempate for social media press release; On sale = "cheap"?; Oscar Wilde quote |
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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 |
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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 |
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January
2008
Say "Thank You" to win brand loyalty; Facebook privacy scandal hurts brand, hints at future; Indiana University Marketing spotlight; Mother Teresa quote |
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December 2007 (no issue—on
vacation!) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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July
2007
Make your newsletters work; 5 new musts of email marketing; Avant-nerds
going mainstream; Monroe County Bar Association spotlight; Churchill
"pigs" quote |
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June
2007
Seven musts for a product launch; Get attention with Brand Spaces;
Rubicon Custom Homes spotlight; e.e. cummings quote |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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February
2007
E-newsletters build brands; Beyond e-newsletters: Web 2.0; Mills featured
branding expert in Business Network; Anne Lamott quote |
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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 |
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December 2006 (no issue—on
vacation!) |
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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 |
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October
2006
Overcome Time Deficit Disorder (TDD); Podcasting 101; Faith Baldwin
quote; St John Associates spotlight |
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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 |
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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 |
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July 2006
Brilliant logo = great brand, right? Wrong!; Use Google Alerts to
help your biz; Print shop sign quote; Collins Living-Learning Center
spotlight |
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June 2006
Jump-start your business with Opinion Leaders; Writing effective customer
service surveys; Dalai Lama quote; Jennifer Garant Studios spotlight |
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May 2006
Effective green marketing to improve sales; Get Web traffic with new
Yahoo! ad links; Japanese proverb; WS Homes spotlight |
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April
2006
Build your brand through co-production; Bottom Line Design Awards;
Mills featured speaker at area classes; Einstein quote; Sequel spotlight |
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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 |
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February
2006
Oops—when government sites go bad; Four steps to turbocharge
business referrals; G.K. Chesterton quote; Genius Groups spotlight |
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January
2006
Four trends that will impact your brand; Want web traffic? Keep it
fresh; Chinese proverb; Canine Companions spotlight |
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December 2005 (no issue—on
vacation!) |
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November
2005
Three tips to prove your value; Cairril.com recent speaking engagements;
Mark Twain quote; Renwick spotlight |
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October
2005
Communicating with color; Top three web scams; Anthony Robbins quote;
Fuse Business Innovation Awards spotlight |
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September
2005
Who's your target market?; Cairril.com wins two national design awards;
Cairril.com celebrates fourth anniversary; Gandhi quote; Canine Companions
spotlight |
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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 |
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July 2005
Five keys to reaching college students; Business planning course to
begin; Churchill quote; Andrews, Harrell, Mann, Carmin & Parker
spotlight |
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June 2005
Are marketers liars?; What makes logos work; Mills attends design
conference; Hepburn quote; Parker Real Estate Management spotlight |
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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 |
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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 |
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March
2005
Five stages of brand-building; Reaching women on the web; Catherine
the Great quote; Bloomington Community Farmers' Market spotlight |
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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 |
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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 |
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December 2004 (no issue—on
vacation!) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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July 2004
What makes your business unique?; Google tool for brainstorming; Mother
Teresa quote; Wininger/Stolberg Commercial spotlight |
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June 2004
Five key marketing strategies for small business; Cool tools for webmasters;
Dorothy Parker quote; inVenture spotlight |
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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 |
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April
2004
How to build your brand; using modifiers for better search engine
rankings; Charles Shultz quote; Monroe Bank spotlight |
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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 |
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February
2004
Branding for small businesses; recent Web stats and what it means
for your business; Maryanne Radmacher-Hershey quote; Cathy Moore spotlight |
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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 |
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December 2003 (no issue—on
vacation!) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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December 2002 (no issue—on
vacation!) |
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November
2002
TechExpo 2002 report; “Extra Step” award; Web Smarts:
Driving Traffic to Your Site; additional search engine resources;
Ovid quote; Griner Engineering spotlight |
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October
2002
TechExpo 2002; resources on getting the most from your site; Brown
quote; Bloomington Chamber of Commerce spotlight |
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September
2002
Cairril.com Design anniversary; TechExpo 2002; Web Smarts consultations;
Kay quote; IU Individualized Major Program spotlight |
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August
2002
Resources for search engine placement; Lotus Festival tickets; portfolio
updates; The Mahabharata; Wininger/Stolberg Homes spotlight |
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July 2002
Web Smarts: Search Engine Strategies; eliminating spyware; Browning
quote; The Old Rooming House spotlight |
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June 2002
Cairril.com greeting cards in area stores; what your website really
says about your business; Kafka quote; Middleway Food Works spotlight
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May 2002
Web Smarts resource pages; Cairril.com Design greeting cards; Office
Easel in the news; Zola quote; Conseco spotlight |
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April
2002 (Premiere issue)
Web Smarts: Getting the Most from Your Site; mail preferences; Business
Expo; Dickenson quote; Jack Brubaker Designs spotlight |