The Perfect Font for that Ice Cream Food Truck
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One look at our first free font this week has me nostalgic for the soda counter in the old movies. Milkshake, created by Amsterdam’s The Hungry JPEG, is a stylish free font you can use to create professional titles, labels,...
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Don’t Fall for the Reciprocity Trap of Social Media
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“You’re walking along the street, and bump into a friend. After a quick hello, this friend compliments you. What do you do in response? Most likely, offer a compliment in return. Or, at the least, say thank you. “A few...
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Print Books and the Millennial – a Love Story
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The stats may surprise you. According to CNBC, people still love to own physical books … and the proof is in the bottom line.“Publishers of books in all formats made almost $26 billion in revenue last year in the U.S.,...
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New “Road Grays” Title Knocks it out of the Park
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The world of sports publishing is an always-on, in-the-moment kind of experience on many levels. Instant score updates, apps that give the play-by-play, nonstop commentary on a host of media outlets. For Aaron Stahl, co-founder, editor and creative director of...
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Why Vinyl, Books and Magazines are Not Going Away
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Call them the mediums that refused to die. Vinyl records, paper books and glossy magazines are showing signs of growth. Why? How?“It’s probably safe to assume that people will always consume content in some kind of physical shell – not just...
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A Stark Warning to CMOs Focused on Short-termism
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It’s not the ad campaign; it’s what the ad campaign is doing for your brand. It’s not the marketing campaign; it’s what that marketing is doing to engage and build relationships. This distinction is critical when it comes to understanding...
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Stencil Something Stunning with this Week’s Free Fonts
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Our first free font this week was originally created for a wine production product, and the designer has released the font to the public. Botera Stencil Font by Pixelbuddha is a unique and elegant stencil design that is ideal for...
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The Eerily Prescient World of Books in 19th & 20th Century Sci-Fi
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Did you know that the storyline in Victor Hugo’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame was set just a quarter-century after the printing of Gutenberg’s first bible? According to Leah Price in the Paris Review, the novel “depicted an archdeacon worrying...
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How Safe is Your Online Brand Advertising?
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When it comes to your online ads, brand safety is an increasingly important factor to consider. Consider the blow-up earlier this year as brands fled YouTube in the wake of explicit pedophilic content. This came after two major scandals in the past...
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How News Media Benefits from a Post-cookie World
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In a post-cookie world, can journalism survive? The idea has its skeptics, according to Jeff Turner in the Washington Post.  The end of the cookie era comes as the next crisis in a steady stream of threats over recent years,...
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