This is an old post! Check out our updated one here. Graphic design and public relations are often thought of as two separate disciplines, independent of one another. More and more we are understanding how the two are interconnected and how the combination can increase your impact. Last weekend, the Grand Valley State University & […]
Disclaimer: This blog is not about employee advocacy. While that’s still very important, we are focusing on personal online brands, and why you and your employer should equally give a shit about them. If you examine the goals that you’ve set for your personal brand, you’ll find that the majority of these goals align with your place of employment – […]
You may be wondering how to get to the top of the search results page and drive more traffic to your website. Perhaps you have heard about the mysterious world of AdWords. Or maybe you live under a rock, and neither of these is true. Let’s look at it this way: You need a new […]
Kayden Grinwis is the newest member of #Team834, and he will be leading our web division. His background covers all things digital – PPC advertising, SEO, website strategy, UX, email marketing, social media, and CRM integration (he once built a completely custom, automated sales workflow and reporting system for a multi-national sales team). Stop by the office […]
You can easily have a love-hate relationship with event planning. Immense time, effort and headaches goes into planning an event that spans only a mere couple of hours. But after planning countless events ourselves, it’s safe to say that we know a thing (or two) about executing a fabulous event. In fact, our team recently had the […]
Failure Sucks Failure can really suck. It’s embarrassing. It derails your confidence. It can be held over your head for months to come. But when failure happens, it can be an extremely valuable asset. Some of Team834 were asked to be co-hosts for Generation Grand’s twitter chat about failure on Wednesday night. This was in […]
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! #Team834 may not be completely Irish, but we have had an enormous amount of luck over the past year. We lucked out with the greatest team members, dogs and clients that a firm could ask for. We wanted to share with you a little bit of our luck. Kim 834 has become so much more […]
As a new project manager at 834 Design, it’s been a wild ride learning the ins and outs of agency life with this stone-cold group of ladies. One thing I figured out quickly is that every day is what I call “organized chaos.” The calendar is full and the to-do list is bursting, but there’s […]
Recently, our Boss Lady had a family emergency. That same week two other employees had similar situations. For a smaller agency, having three employees away from the office could lead to disaster (For you math wiz’s that is a fourth of our employees). Did our clients feel neglected? Nope. In fact, #Team834 rallied and made it a priority to […]
Social media is an important tool in your marketing toolbox and we often discuss how to make use of it on our blog. What we don’t often cover is the not so sexy stuff like demographics, user base, and other platform data. Understanding the audience within each platform is essential if you actually want to […]
