Hart's Hobbies Logo

Red Lace Design has designed a new logo concept for Hart's Hobbies.  This concept took 11th place out of 71 worldwide entries.

Client: Hart's Hobbies, USA

Industry: Sports & Recreation

Project Role: Logo Design

Getting Started with SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

Many of my client often ask, what is the best way to help with my search engine rankings?  This is often something that really relates to each individuals website but there are some simple things you can do to help any websites SEO (search engine optimization).  If you need more advanced help, please contact us for a SEO quote.

First of all, you should be paying attention to the following search engines (the top three at the very least) and where you are currently ranked.

1. Google
2. Yahoo
3. MSN
4. AOL
5. AltaVista
6. Lycos
7. HotBot
8. AllTheWeb

If you do not find your listing, make sure you have done the following;

• Register your domain name with a domain registrar such as GoDaddy.com or NetworkSolutions.com
• Use good, quality key words.
• Incorporate your keywords and related text into your sites content.
• DO NOT use sneaky "tricks" to improve your rankings, this will often backfire.
• Go to each major search engine and request they list your website.

Once you have a listing, here are some ways to improve your ranking;

• Include ALT text in all your graphics, using your keywords if possible.
• Get incoming links to your site from other reputable sites.
• Get outgoing links from your site to other reputable sites.
• Use clean, up to date website code.
• Use text, instead of graphics wherever possible.
• Refresh your website quarterly to ensure content is up to date.
• DO NOT become a link farm.
• Be patient, search engine results do not improve overnight.

Are you Right Brain or Left Brain?

I recently came across a creativity test on The Art Institute of Vancouver that tests your right brain vs. your left brain to see which side is your brain dominance.  Creative people tend to use thr right side of the their brains more than their left. Take the test here.

I personally am 33% left brain and 67% right brain which makes me a creative thinker with my most dominate characteristic being right brain, Concrete at 64%.

Schubert Controls Logo

Red Lace Design has designed a new logo concept for Schubert Controls Corporation.  This concept took 10th place out of 276 worldwide entries.

Client: Schubert Controls Corporation, USA

Industry: Manufacturing & Wholesale

Project Role: Logo Design

Toychable Logo

Red Lace Design has designed a new logo concept for Toychable.  This concept took 8th place out of 132 worldwide entries.

Client: Toychable, Australia

Industry: Retail

Project Role: Logo Design

Whidbey Watersports Logo

Red Lace Design has designed a new logo concept for Whidbey Watersports. This concept took 6th place out of 182 worldwide entries.

Client: Whidbey Watersports, USA

Industry: Sports & Recreation

Project Role: Logo Design

The Fastpitch Zone Logo

Red Lace Design has designed a new logo concept for The Fastpitch Zone.  This concept took 5th place out of 57 worldwide entries.

Client: The Fastpitch Zone, USA

Industry: Sports & Recreation

Project Role: Logo Design

Blooming Baby Logo

Red Lace Design has designed a new logo concept for Blooming Baby.  This concept took 3rd place out of 319 worldwide entries.  "Your designs are honestly the BEST I have ever seen.  Your style is AMAZING and you are one of the few designers that takes the contest brief at face value and creates logos that are spot on." - Kathy Dimmick, CEO, United Imaging Partners

Client: Blooming Baby, USA

Industry: Retail

Project Role: Logo Design