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Social Media resources for Bozeman businesses

March 25th, 2010 0 Comments

Last night was the 2010 Bozeman Tweetup hosted by the good folks over at KBZK, Future Farm and, of course, Manifest Creative. While the numbers have yet to be tallied, I’d be willing to bet that there were just about 100 Bozeman business owners in attendance. Sean Golliher of Future Farm gave a great presentation [...]

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Surprising your customers

January 21st, 2010 0 Comments Surprising your customers

Surprise can be a wonderfully potent element of any business’ marketing arsenal. When Chad Kimm, owner of Crema Roasting in Bozeman, Montana, stopped by our studio last week, it was completely unexpected.

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Horsepower? – Automotive Horse Logos Scarce at Best

January 11th, 2010 1 Comments Horsepower? – Automotive Horse Logos Scarce at Best

Horsepower has been a part of automotive terminology since the beginning of the automobile era, therefore I find it surprising that only a handful of automotive manufacturers have chosen to use an image of a horse as a design element of their logo or emblem.

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Manifest Creative Enjoys a New Studio

January 7th, 2010 1 Comments Manifest Creative Enjoys a New Studio

On December 1st of 2009 Manifest Creative officially moved into a new studio office located at 21000 Frontage Road, Suite #6 in Belgrade, MT.

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More Bang for Your Advertising Buck

December 27th, 2009 0 Comments More Bang for Your Advertising Buck

In today’s economy, many businesses are cutting their marketing budgets while searching for more effective pathways to maximize their advertising dollar. With smaller budgets to work with, advertisers must work smarter and more efficiently.  To be considered effective, it must offer your organization measurable, trackable results.

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For the Love of Logo Design

June 22nd, 2009 4 Comments For the Love of Logo Design

I simply love logo design… it is a passion of mine, and with each new logo I create, I love it even more. Over the last several months I have created many logos… some of them are for actual customers, some of them are for friends/family, a few of them are just exercises in design and I also have a number of them available for sale as well.

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Photoshop template for designing Twitter backgrounds

June 17th, 2009 6 Comments Photoshop template for designing Twitter backgrounds

Creating a custom-branded background image for your Twitter profile is one of the simplest ways to set yourself apart from the crowd and increase your follower rate. This post offers a Photoshop template and resources to help you get on your way to branded Twitter success.

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Why are so many things broken?

April 21st, 2009 0 Comments Why are so many things broken?

Video presentation from web-marketing guru Seth Godin on why the design of so many things that we interact with on a daily basis could be considered broken. This video is from a speech that Godin gave at the Gel Conference.

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What Denny’s doing right on Twitter

April 3rd, 2009 0 Comments What Denny’s doing right on Twitter

Congressman Denny Rehberg demonstrated he’s listening to Twitter users. Will it continue?

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A better way for Congressman Rehberg to use Twitter?

April 2nd, 2009 4 Comments A better way for Congressman Rehberg to use Twitter?

Montana has three members of the United States Congress, Representative Dennis “Denny” Rehberg (R) and Senators Jon Tester (D) and Max Baucus (D). Of our three congressmen, Mr. Rehberg has demonstrated the greatest affinity for social media and has been a great advocate of governmental responsibility and transparency.

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