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7 Tips to Help You Find the Right Creative Agency
7 Tips to Help You Find the Right Creative AgencyFinding the right creative agency is essential to creating an effective marketing campaign to promote your brand and products. However, due to the sheer volume of creative agencies in the market, it can be hard to sort out the good from the mediocre and unfortunately the […]
BREAKING BAD THE MOVIE *sheds tear of joy
We all loved the story of mild mannered high school chemistry teacher Walter White. Down on his luck, trying to make ends meet, when the universe threw him another curve ball which set in motion one of the greatest stories to grace the small screen.We watched as Walter became Heisenberg. Cheered at the classic scene […]
BANG! creative wins Applied Arts Community Award
BANG! creative wins National Award for work in our communityMarch 6th, 2017 – BANG! creative is humbled, honoured and excited to announce we have won a 2017 Applied Arts Magazine Community Awards for our work with Norris Electrical, a Milton-based company. BANG! creative developed a new brand package, from a new look and style, website […]
BANG! creative® creates awareness campaign for Canada’s fastest growing community.
BANG! creative creates awareness campaign in support of one of Canada’s fastest growing urban communitiesThis project was selected as winner in EDAC’s Marketing Canada Awards, (2) EDCO Marketing Awards and (2) Summit International Creative Awards.The Town of Milton had already been in the midst of considerable population growth and economic activity when the need to […]
Direct Mail Isn’t Dead…Yet.
Put your brand in your customers hands. Our clients keep telling us “Direct Mail is dead.” “Nobody reads their mail anymore.” “Nobody reads the Newspaper.”But the fact of the matter is, although less people may be reading it, Direct Mailers deliver some of the highest brand engagement available. When you pick up or receive your mail, […]
So You Want A WordPress Site…
Wordpress is an Open Source Content Management System (CMS) similar to Drupral and Joomla. CMS’s all have their pros and cons, because many of these tools are created as open-source software programs, their code is easily available – both to good-intentioned developers and malicious hackers. Hackers can pour over this code, looking for security loopholes […]
Your Logo Is More Than Just A Logo.
“I just need a new logo” is a phrase we hear all the time from prospective small-business clients and start-ups. There is some truth to the statement…your brand may need a logo/word-mark in order to become the front line of your visual identity. But you don’t JUST need a logo.Time and time again, our clients […]
Content Is King!
SEO, Search Engine Optimization has been a pain in the web developers side for going on 10 years now. The entire point of SEO was to let search engines like Google, Bing & Yahoo help their users get better and, this is the key part, RELEVANT search results. When the entire concept of SEO got […]
Hashtag Do’s & Dont’s.
#This #Blog #Article #Post will #teachyou about proper #Hashtag use. First tip…Don’t do that. Using hashtags solely for the purpose of using hashtags will not, and I repeat: WILL NOT make your message more appealing. It’s 2016, and almost everyone on earth knows what a ‘hashtag’ is…that being said…there are definitely a lot of people […]
A Beginners Guide to Kerning.
Imagine the awful, awkward feeling that you get when you are riding the subway during rush hour. People have filled the subway car and are invading your personal space. A little too close for comfort. Well, we are not the only ones who need just the right amount of space around us to be comfortable. […]
Pelee Island Label Design by BANG! creative® Hits the Shelves at the LCBO!
The BANG! creative® team is pleased to have had the opportunity to work with Ontario Winery, Pelee Island, in developing a new look for their ECO wine bottles. The new labels hit shelves this month at the LCBO replacing the existing “Eco Trail” labels.The primary focus when developing these labels was to develop a clean, […]
BANG! creative® Wins Best of Category at 2014 REDGEES.
BANG! creative® has had the honour of being awarded first in their category for the MBC—Working Together logo design and received Honourable Mention for their region at the Designedge 2014 Canadian Regional Design Awards (The Redgees).“As much as it is an achievement, it is also a great honour to be recognized by industry veterans and […]
BANG! creative® Adds a Little Flare to Downtown Milton with the Design of New ‘Live, Work, Play’ Banners.
The BANG! creative® team has designed a set a banners for the Milton Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) that are displayed along Main Street to promote living, working and playing in Milton. The theme ‘Live, Work, Play’ reflects what Downtown Milton has to offer to residents.The banners were developed by BANG! creative® pro-bono for the […]
Milton Chamber of Commerce 125th Celebration.
As the Milton Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated their 125th anniversary at the Milton Centre for the Arts, the BANG! creative® team was proud to be there as the brand sponsor, to unveil the Chamber’s new brand design! Also in attendance was General Rick Hillier, former Chief of the Defence Staff of the Canadian Forces, who delivered an inspiring […]
Official Opening of Arts Centre Celebrated.
Milton’s cornerstone of creativity was officially introduced to the public this past weekend — with the red carpet treatment for all those responsible for bringing it to fruition.To highlight a three-day celebration of the newly-opened Milton Centre for the Arts, a red carpet event was held Saturday evening, allowing construction partners, public officials and other […]
Case Study: Advertek.
Advertek is a 14 year old printing company that has grown in-spite of a shrinking print industry. However, they recognized their look, message and brand was out of date. A strong brand will be the only thing that will set Advertek apart in an increasingly -and in many cases – an industry already considered a […]