Using Twitter Sentiment to Predict Stocks
An interesting article, about a company utilizing “Tweets” to determine the sentiment towards stocks and making predictions for trades. Here is the article: BUBBLE WATCH: New Hedge Fund Uses Twitter To...
View ArticleWebsite Sharing Statistics by AddThis
AddThis is a sharing widget which can be installed on your website to allow users to easily share your website pages. Over 7 million domains use it with more than one billion users per month sharing...
View ArticleHappy New Year!!
(No, we are not at work right now, this is a scheduled post.) Is your company able to schedule your press releases, events or other news items for posting to your website? Is your business located in...
View ArticleModel who inspired the Rosie the Riveter ‘We Can Do It!’ WWII poster campaign...
The inspiration behind a famous WWII poster died at the age of 86. Geraldine Hoff Doyle was a young factory worker in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1942. A United Press photographer was to make her one of the...
View ArticleMatthew Carter – Designer of Georgia, Verdana and Other Typefaces
Here is a great article about Matthew Carter in the Economist “The Most Read-Man in the World“. Matthew Carter designed fonts for Apple and Microsoft, specifically Georgia and Verdana to be read on...
View ArticlePainting with an iPad and the Brushes App
New York artist David Kassan, 33, paints his life models using a simple $7.99 app called Brushes. Seeing this makes me think of where apps could go in the future for graphic designers. Could a popular...
View ArticleFacebook Places & Marketing Campaigns
Facebook places shown on the iPhone by Apple Facebook Places is very much still in its infancy, but the more you think about what it does or can do, the more marketing potential there seems to be....
View ArticleVideo Annual Reports – Companies shifting focus towards newer ways of getting...
Searching on YouTube for the keyword “annual report” is displaying a lot more video annual reports than searches done in the previous years. Companies like Marriott, California Pizza, and others are...
View ArticleSome Great Small Business Valentine’s Day Promotional Ideas
Here are some great ideas for Valentine’s Day promotions for social media marketing. Change Your Social Avatars & Build Awareness for a Cause Create a Valentine’s Coupon or Deal for Twitter and...
View Article“Angry Birds” Fans Might Get An Innovative Ad During The Super Bowl
Well the Denver Broncos aren’t in the Super Bowl so our attention at Barker Design is especially on the ads this year. A report says that a embedded code will be displayed on an Angry Birds Super Bowl...
View ArticleContent Management Systems For Marketers
Barker Design is always testing, trying and evaluating many different Content Management Systems (CMS). For some of our clients a 3rd party CMS is a perfect solution when common management tasks are...
View ArticleVolkswagen The Force Commercial (Matt’s Favorite Super Bowl Ad)
Here is my favorite Super Bowl commercial this year, The Volkswagen The Force Ad (Darth Vader Ad) Although I like quite a few of them this one by far connects to my life and family the most which...
View ArticleCancer League of Colorado Foundation Website Deployed
Barker Design has deployed the Cancer League of Colorado Foundation website. As an all-volunteer organization, the Cancer League of Colorado depends heavily on philanthropic support to fulfill its...
View ArticleBarker Design Deploy’s the Investor Relations Section to the Spicy Pickle...
The new investor relations landing page featuring stock and news information Today Barker Design has deployed the Investor Relations section for Spicy Pickle Franchising, Inc. Utilizing PHP and MySQL...
View ArticleUsing Coupons on Facebook to Grow Your Fan Base
Here are some great methods to grow your Facebook fan base and grow your business. Coupon Promotion Another way to promote your Facebook page is to offer a coupon on that is only available to your...
View ArticleSnappy Quilts Grand Opening Collateral
The owner of Snappy Quilts, in Greenwood Village, Colorado, came to Barker Design to design their Identity and Website. Snappy Quilts was looking for a graphic design company that could produce their...
View ArticleInitial Concerns and Fears about Social Media Marketing
Many businesses are hesitant to begin marketing with social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter among others. Here are some great points from the ReachCast Blog about why businesses are not...
View ArticleDesigning Adaptive Websites
Many clients are starting to ask us about “Mobile Websites”. There are many approaches to providing your visitors with a mobile friendly site for your company. This post will focus on using the...
View ArticleMedData’s New Website has been Deployed
Screenshots of the new website for MedData Barker Design has deployed MedData’s website utilizing HTML5, CSS3, and Content Management System (CMS) by Sitefinity as well as utilizing webfonts to give...
View ArticleTips On Optimizing Your Google Places Page
As geographic searches are increasing via smart phones and updates to the google search website, it is critical that your business has an optimized and claimed Google Places page with up to date...
View ArticleA Great HTML5 Overview Slideshow
The term HTML5 is being thrown around quite a bit lately. You may be wondering exactly what it is and what features they could provide for your website. Chances are you have heard news about Apple and...
View Article(RMCMI) Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute Website
RMCMI Website Screen Shots Barker Design has deployed RMCMI’s (Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute) website utilizing HTML5, CSS3, and a Content Management System (CMS) by Sitefinity. Also the website...
View ArticleAnother Annual Report Season Completed
2010 Annual Report Covers The annual report season has come to an end. Barker Design has added the Quality Systems Inc. Annual Report and the Signature Bank Annual Report to our online portfolio....
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