Happy birthday to Bizzy Bizzy! Today marks our 9th year in business! We started our humble biz in the depths of the Recession, and we feel proud to have made it this long through a lot of ups and downs—including a rebranding, an office fire, an actual terrorist organization hacking one of our client’s sites […]
It’s been 8 years almost to the day since we started iCandy Graphics & Web Design. It’s time for a new look, a new name and a new business model!
Donald Trump is a billionaire who is running for president. You wouldn’t deduce that by looking at his campaign’s graphic design. Some of it is fine, but some of it is pretty scary. Few people are going to choose their leader strictly because of their graphic design choices (and we don’t recommend that), but taking […]
This week’s Friday Freebie Giveaway includes an awesome Restaurant Icon set from iCandy designer Carly Wilkie! Included in this icon set you will find: Hamburger Icon Chef’s Hat Icon Silverware Icon Ice Cream Cone Icon Heart Icon Pot Icon Pizza Icon Drink Icon Beer Mug Icon Coffee Cup Icon Icon design is the process of designing a […]
Having a strong call to action (CTA) on your website is important to give users a hint on what to do next. The CTA should be visually noticeable, clear and concise for it to be effective. Read these 8 rules of creating calls to action to optimize your website to get the user behavior you want. Use […]
This week’s Friday Freebie Giveaway includes an awesome Medical Icon set from iCandy designer Carly Wilkie! Included in this icon set you will find: Syringe Icon Stethoscope Icon Caduceus Icon Thermometer Icon Heart Icon Cardiograph Icon Band-aid Icon Hospital Cross Icon Icon design is the process of designing a graphic symbol that represents some real, fantasy or abstract motive, entity […]
Do you want to use YouTube as a tool, but you don’t know how to optimize it? YouTube is a great platform for video bloggers, advertisers, and other businesses because of its ease-of-use, reliability, cost and popularity. Signing up and uploading videos may seem easy to you, but you need to go a few steps […]
In Part 1 of this series, we used the Business/Relationship Framework to better define the kinds of customers you do business with or want to do business with. In this post we’ll continue starting your strategy by applying the Framework to specific content designed to create impact for your web users. Remember in Part 1 we […]
This week’s Friday Freebie Giveaway includes an awesome Construction Icon set from iCandy designer Carly Wilkie! Included in this icon set you will find: Bolt Icon Wrench Icon Shovel Icon Screw and Nail Icon Hammer Icon Hazard Icon Construction Worker Icon Saw Icon Icon design is the process of designing a graphic symbol […]
When Do You Know You Need an Office? Like most freelancers, I started my business working from the kitchen table. It was 2009 and I was living with my husband Tim in our teeny one-bedroom condo in Illinois. When I first started working from home, it was life changing because I had spent years schlepping […]