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Blog: 3H Hoopla
On Trend: Are your new ideas already passé?
Are you on trend? In the creative field, being on trend or staying ahead of the trend curve is something that needs to be constantly monitored. As designers of packaging, creators of TV ads and developers of Social Media initiatives, being on trend is a must. … being...
Powerful Product Packaging: 7 tips to get it right!
Powerful product packaging. It's not just about the product experience anymore. Today, even the packaging needs to be an experience. Powerful packaging requires more than a basic understanding of packaging fundamentals. It's not just about being pretty and persuasive...
Package Design: Think of it as Social Media, on a shelf
What does your product's package design say about your brand’s personality? It should say (almost) everything. If people haven’t seen any advertising for your product, then the first time they’re going to see it is in the store. Think of packaging as Social Media on a...
Are you news or noise? Be relevant – it matters!
News is when you have something original to say. Noise is when you don’t.
Be relevant in 140 characters or less!
The new Google logo: It’s an alphabet soup of opinion
Rah-Rah, Google! Give us an ‘E’ (but make it crooked!).
Gotta LOVE that crooked ‘e’ in the new Google logo. It’s so Google! Irrepressible, playful. I hear it’s annoying people. They want to straighten it. Personally…
Why do we call it Labour Day?
Labour Day: why? We’ve all been celebrating the last hurrah of summer on the annual Canadian Labour Day Holiday Weekend. Officially (and sadly!) after this, summer holidays are over and it’s back to normal for Canadians. For Canucks, Labour Day is always the first...
Common Sense: It’s not as common as you think!
What is common sense? How important is it in business? In business, I believe knowledge and experience make for common sense. If you don’t have both, you’re working from opinion. Common sense is a way of thinking, based on what you know for sure. You might have heard...
Want to create RICH CONTENT? What’s your plan?
In life, we need a plan. To create rich content, we need a plan. There’s a lot of buzz around content and content creation. For those new to content and content creation, it can get confusing. What is content? In a nutshell: content = information. Rich content = great...
Business Opportunities: What’s luck got to do with it?
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” Stephen Leacock, Canadian writer and humourist Canada’s Stephen Leacock had it right way back when. In his typical satirical style, he was saying: we make our own luck. We certainly...
Chat Slang: Is it the new business casual?
Chat slang is no longer just about the kids; it’s not even about the rest of us ‘getting down with the kids.’ It hasn’t been for quite a while! Hard to believe, but texting has been around for 23 years The first text message was sent in 1992 by a 22-year-old test...