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3 Critical Things to Know About Product Packaging

Product Packaging with MCG

Table of Contents The Importance of Identity Design Components of Designing Product Packaging Creating a Hierarchy of Information     What Product Packaging Means for You If you’re selling something, your product packaging should get people excited to try or buy your stuff. If it’s bland, then you might need some help. There is tons of work that goes into

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Got a Big Printing Project? 3 Costly Mishaps to Avoid

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Printing projects can be easy to screw up if you miss the details… We understand that outside of basic office printing, it can feel daunting to work on a major printing project. For us, we work closely with clients and printing companies to make sure everything is accurate. But maybe you’re the DIY type of business owner. While there are

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McQuillen Creative Gives SPURS a FREE Website

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Non Profits Need Effective Websites. It’s almost unheard of now days to run into a company or organization that doesn’t have a website of any sorts. Usually a company will have a crude, late 1990s website or one they cobbled together on a free website platform. Or they have one that the boss’s nephew’s son created, but has since joined

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Is Your Local Marketing Difficult?

Local Marketing Made Easy

Advertising is Changing. Local Marketing is Different. You may be realizing that the way to market and advertise your business is a bit different these days. We have been in the marketing game for over 25 years, and we have striven to stay ahead of the game. Fortunately, our company gets how small businesses work. We’re not here to chew

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The Apostrophe – The Most Elusive Punctuation Mark

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The proper right-hand curly apostrophe is the go-to mark when making contractions or indicating possession. For the most part, all of our software can produce the proper curled apostrophe when that key is typed. However, often when text is copied and pasted between programs, the apostrophe often gets converted to a “tick” mark or a mere vertical stroke. Unfortunately, few

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Schwab Audiology Brand Development

Schwab Audiology Brand Development

We recently had the pleasure of creating the brand for Schwab Audiology. As a native of Aberdeen, Dr. Elizabeth Falk Schwab returned to the area to open her own hearing healthcare clinic. Elizabeth brought us on board to help with designing her logo, stationery items, and print advertising as well as developing her website. Schwab Audiology Brand Development in Review When creating the logo, it was

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The Beauty of Simple One-Page Websites

one-page websites are an elegant solution for small businesses

One-Page Websites: A Quick Study on Elegant Simplicity One-page websites are becoming an increasingly attractive option for small businesses and organizations that have a focused mission or product. Needless to say, making an attractive and interesting website with only one true function proved to be a unique challenge. Our goal was to make an attractive, engaging site that looked impressive

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Office Peeps – Solutions & Savings

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Office Peeps is a 55-year-old, family-owned office supply company located in Watertown and Huron, South Dakota. They specialize in office interior design, and their products and services include: Office supplies Office equipment and service Desktop and laptop computers Office furniture and interior design Janitorial supplies School supplies and furniture Scrapbooking supplies MCG has mainly been in charge of the website design

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Webb Shoe Company Website Ad

Webb Shoe company

  Webb Shoe Company lasted over 100 years in the Hub City. They were a staple of Aberdeen. I had the honor of designing an ad for Webb Shoes to celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2009. Webb shoe company was one of my favorites. I really like this ad we designed for Webb Shoes. Webb’s just celebrated their 100th year

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