Comments on: Why Is Simple So Hard http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/07/29/why-is-simple-so-hard/ Small business marketing blog Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: clavoie http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/07/29/why-is-simple-so-hard/#comment-414163 clavoie Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:20:31 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=6403#comment-414163 I used to work in PR, and one of the big values we offered to clients was to take the role of the uninformed and use that to force clients to be simple & clear in their communications to press & the public. People often accuse PR flaks for being stupid - but there's huge value in forcing simplification. I used to work in PR, and one of the big values we offered to clients was to take the role of the uninformed and use that to force clients to be simple & clear in their communications to press & the public. People often accuse PR flaks for being stupid – but there's huge value in forcing simplification.

]]> By: HelpALocalBusiness http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/07/29/why-is-simple-so-hard/#comment-414035 HelpALocalBusiness Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:07:55 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=6403#comment-414035 I think we tend to complicate things, its in our nature as humans. And more due to information overloading. I think we tend to complicate things, its in our nature as humans. And more due to information overloading.

]]> By: Will Kenny http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/07/29/why-is-simple-so-hard/#comment-414028 Will Kenny Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:27:11 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=6403#comment-414028 "The other I posed . . ."?<br>" . . . it’s actually harder to make some easy . . ."? “The other I posed . . .”?
” . . . it’s actually harder to make some easy . . .”?

]]> By: pjdsocialmedia http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/07/29/why-is-simple-so-hard/#comment-414025 pjdsocialmedia Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:52:44 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=6403#comment-414025 Touche and apologies for the negative comment without any constructive feedback, it was a particularly bad day!!!!<br><br>Anyway thank you for the article and the appropriately witty response to my initial comment. Touche and apologies for the negative comment without any constructive feedback, it was a particularly bad day!!!!

Anyway thank you for the article and the appropriately witty response to my initial comment.

]]> By: Pamela Wilson http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/07/29/why-is-simple-so-hard/#comment-414022 Pamela Wilson Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:03:19 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=6403#comment-414022 I agree! As a designer, I encourage my clients to pare down both the information they want to present and the format they use to present it to the "bare necessities." <br><br>We live in a world of information overload and visual clutter, so keeping your message simple is a great strategy for making it stand out. <br><br>Now that I find myself teaching design basics to non-designers, I come back to this point over and over again: good communication doesn't involve a lot of bells and whistles. It's a series of decisions, and the end product will work best if it's straightforward and clear. I agree! As a designer, I encourage my clients to pare down both the information they want to present and the format they use to present it to the “bare necessities.”

We live in a world of information overload and visual clutter, so keeping your message simple is a great strategy for making it stand out.

Now that I find myself teaching design basics to non-designers, I come back to this point over and over again: good communication doesn't involve a lot of bells and whistles. It's a series of decisions, and the end product will work best if it's straightforward and clear.

]]> By: modular homes http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/07/29/why-is-simple-so-hard/#comment-414021 modular homes Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:30:44 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=6403#comment-414021 Why Is Simple So HardThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing The other I posed this somewhat trick laden question! Why Is Simple So HardThis content from: Duct Tape Marketing The other I posed this somewhat trick laden question!

]]> By: Karilee - Marketing/Tech Coach http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/07/29/why-is-simple-so-hard/#comment-414019 Karilee - Marketing/Tech Coach Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:06:38 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=6403#comment-414019 You're right. Seth is an artist when it comes to expressing powerful ideas in simple words. You're right. Seth is an artist when it comes to expressing powerful ideas in simple words.

]]> By: ducttape http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/2010/07/29/why-is-simple-so-hard/#comment-414013 ducttape Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:26:22 +0000 http://www.ducttapemarketing.com/blog/?p=6403#comment-414013 Actually neither smartening so I guess the use of irony is out of place here too! Actually neither smartening so I guess the use of irony is out of place here too!

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