on Farman Creative

What kind of work do I do?

Creative services. This includes online and offline Marketing Communication solutions, including concept through design of print and web campaigns, social media and relationship marketing consulting and integration. There is no job too small or basic. Here's the full scoop.

Looking for my portfolio?

• Web design & communications
• Print design & communications
• Branding (Logos, identity)

Online Marketing Intro for Small Businesses

Know you need some kind of marketing or communications plan but have no idea where to start? I help small businesses start with a plan and follow through on action. It can start as simple as a brand identity (need business cards?) or an ad campaign, evolving to your web presence and an online "culture creation" strategy. Solving problems through design, communications, and community integration. This is what I do.  Email me through the contact form or call me (541) 490-9621 for a consultation.

Got Schooled

Washington State University - BA in Communications
Art Institute of Seattle - Graphic Design
School of Visual Arts Seattle - Advertising Art Direction


Quick Tips

Email marketing is good if you have something worth reading. Don't push your products and your services. Open up a discussion about something of value.  For example, instead of pushing your landscaping business, include a Q&A section or offer information on how to compost leaves in the Fall or when to transplant perennials in your area. Offer value and gain trust with your customer by showing them you're not just pushing products. Then they will look forward to reading your emails versus just clicking the delete button as soon as it comes to their inbox.

Shorts

Cure for Cancer or will it ever be???

John Kanzius Foundation has brought some innovation to the cancer-curing research world with Radio Waves. That's right, non-invasive targeted radiofrequency cancer treatment destroys cancer cells without the debilitating side effects. Let's hope the FDA doesn't find out. It might actually work and then no one will ever know about it.

 

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Nov232009

Wall "paper" for the commitment-challenged!

I am commitment-challenged. I'll admit it. I move the furniture in my home and office about 4 times a year. I move perennial plants in the garden every other year and wish I could afford to repaint the house a different color every year! I just like a change of scenery and color - is there anything wrong with that?

Well, maybe, because it gets expensive! For those of us who like to mix things up more frequently than most, there is a solution! And I'm all about finding businesses that solve problems. Especially companies that were born out of trying to solve a problem themselves. Well, here comes Blik, self-described in short as "Wall Graphics for the Commitment-Phobic." Gotta love it. Blik started from two guys who couldn't decide whether to paint or wallpaper their walls, nor did they like either option. The result was Blik.

These wall graphics are hip and affordable. For $50 you can put up one of their slick murals. Sick of looking at flying squirrels one week? Try the soothing life-size orchids or bamboo background the next.

Blik brilliantly displays their commitment-phobic wall decals via a filter-friendly category search: Colors, Themes, Uses, Movable, and even by Designer. I love the themes - Nature, Animals, Air & Space, City, and many more. Check them out. Ok, I gotta go change the wallpaper. Later!

 

 

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