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Jonathan Ortiz

Blastoff Studio is a Tampa based Ad Agency for all your marketing needs. We offer all online and print marketing and graphic design. We offer web development, brand building, product identity, print ads / ad placement, SEO ( Search Engine Optimization ) and other services like direct mail marketing and email marketing. We truly are your one-stop solution for all your marketing needs. Call us to blastoff your company today!

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» "Logo Designer" or "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"?

By Jonathan Ortiz | Published 02/25/2008 | Marketing Strategy , Graphic Design , Customer Service | Rating:

Recently, a catering company approached me in need of several different services. These services ranged from logo design to online marketing and menus.

He had explained to me that he had a budget of about $700.00 and was wondering what my marketing company could offer. In lieu of this info, I decided it would be best if I pick up a phone and start calling around. Here is what I found.

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» Rule Number One as Freelancer - There are Always Startup Costs

By Jonathan Ortiz | Published 01/31/2008 | Strategic Partnering , Marketing Strategy , Graphic Design , Business Life , Business Finance , Business Ethics | Rating:

Designers and Creative Professionals alike are all too often hesitant to see what goes into the actual cost of running a design business or a pint size freelance operation, so here is some advice touching on a few points. I have browsed through a number of forums for creative professionals and I have surprisingly found that they are under the illusion that there is no startup cost or cost to maintaining a design business. This will hopefully help the creative starting out in their own biz and steer them away from several crucial misconceptions:

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» Websites where you can create generic designs and then pay too much for them

By Jonathan Ortiz | Published 01/21/2008 | Virtual Assistants , Marketing Tools , Graphic Design | Rating:

A friend just told me about a site where you can "Design a logo for FREE, then buy it." I went to the site and I created one. It might seem at first that they have this savvy web program to create the marketing materials for your business, but as I went through the process step by step and saw the quality of image, font and design content that was offered I would be nothing short of ignorant if I shelled out the $99.00 for some clipart design. I came to the frightening conclusion that I could create something just as good in Microsoft Word or Powerpoint. Here is a step by step process of my logo creation:

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» Some guidelines when placing animated logos, banners and presentations on the web.

By Jonathan Ortiz | Published 01/19/2008 | Web Site Design , Lead Conversion , Advertising | Rating:

There are a couple of rules when placing an interactive logo on your website. Here are seven of them.

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» Cost Effective is not always Most Effective

By Jonathan Ortiz | Published 01/17/2008 | Marketing Strategy , Graphic Design | Rating:

I have been working with a client in the tourism industry on redesigning his website and refreshing his content. I took the time to draw him up a proposal with a list of the services I would provide along with the cost. After he looked it over, and he asked me if I would go down in price. All to often people are looking to pay at half measures and expect twice the service.

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» Ethical Marketing Practice - Remember Your Check Engine Light

By Jonathan Ortiz | Published 12/29/2007 | Search Engine Optimization , Business Ethics , Customer Service , Referrals | Rating:

When your clients approach you for marketing services think of when your check engine light comes on in your car: What is your first response? You don't know why it came on but you want to find out so you bring it to a mechanic. When you bring it to a mechanic a number of things run through your mind-

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» Does Graphic Design Matter?

By Jonathan Ortiz | Published 12/29/2007 | Marketing Strategy , Graphic Design , Direct Mail | Unrated

Every graphic designer has asked this very relevant question at one point or another in his/her career. How much does the design matter? Surely, there have been those bleak moments where you are sitting in front of the Mac, probably for a little too long...this question can cause an intense evaluation of your life's work, but nonetheless it begs to be asked at least a handful of times in ones life.

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