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St. Louis Web Design for Dinner At Your Door, PCS
March 14th, 2011
UPDATE: In order to invest more in her family, Chef Cari has decided to close Dinner At Your Door, PCS. Her website is still available at this current time, but she no longer does catering. If you are interested in learning more about healthy eating, Chef Cari is more than happy to make recommendations and answer your questions. You can reach her at cari@dinneratyourdoorpcs.com. Chef Cari with Dinner At Your Door, PCS is an amazing chef a…
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Making Your Website Stand Out!
March 8th, 2011
Think having a generic website is enough to get your business off the ground and growing? If you've been in business for 30+ years and do all word-of-mouth clientèle, then maybe. If not, you're kidding yourself. Having a website is just as important as having a business card and brochures to give to clients and networkers. The quality of your website will speak miles about you as business, even before a client calls to speak wit…
Using Social Media In Your Online Marketing
February 27th, 2011
The marketing paradigm has forever changed due to the blossoming of social media. Gone are the faceless companies, branded to the extreme with million dollar marketing budgets and flashy CEOs. As Big Business lines up to go bankrupt, begging Congress for bailouts and promises of restored jobs for America, the little business is now primed to flourish. Why? I, for one, am tired of dealing with the Wal-Marts of the business world, and as their C…
St. Louis Web Design for Answer Direct
February 16th, 2011
Sharon Campbell, owner of Answer Direct in Fairview Heights Illinois, and Shani Shefft, her sales director, were looking to give their website and business a more marketable and dynamic presence. Thankfully they met ZakGraphix through their local BNI chapter and jumped at our Basic Web Design package. We took their current branding and modernized it, including a new logo design, and a complete website overhaul that allows them to control their…
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St. Louis Web Design for Extreme MMA Gear
January 15th, 2011
Damion Lowery had a dream. That dream was to start an online store that sold the best MMA gear to the St. Louis area. After a few dissappointing attempts, he found us through a local referral and that's when the magic started. ZakGraphix not only put together a customized ecommerce website for Extreme MMA Gear, but also completely rebooted his branding - logo and everything! Our marketing solution started turning heads, and Extreme MMA Gea…
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Web Development
How Do I Start A Website For Free?
January 13th, 2011
Trust me on this one, it's more costly to develop a website for free than it is to actually invest small monetary amounts in key areas. As a developer and engineer for over seven years, I will tell you my opinions, but also give you the tools you need to try building your own website for free. WordPress Blogs The first thing I'd recommend doing is trying your hand at running a WordPress Blog/Website. There are a few key reasons to star…
ZakGraphix 2.0 Launched!
October 24th, 2010
It's Official! ZakGraphix.com 2.0 is now live. Naturally, it's something we're very proud of. Both Melissa and I have put hours in to the coding and development, logic and backend processes that make this site such a fantastic tool for both us as company and our clients. From websites to logo and graphic design, our clients will be able to keep track of their designs as they progress to completion, download finished compositions, a…
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St. Louis Web Design for Srogus Construction Inc.
October 20th, 2010
Cara Srogus with Srogus Construction isn't your average business owner. She's a dedicated, hard working entrepreneur and a wife and mother! Cara knew her business website needed some attention after its reputation had dropped on Google and Yahoo, so she engaged ZakGraphix Web Design and SEO services to produce a powerful new website solution to enhane her business's marketing model. We took her current site and completely redesigne…
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Proper Logo Design - Effective Branding
July 3rd, 2010
Know When Your Branding Is Amiss. How's your logo? Do you wake up in the morning, kiss your spouse, turn off the alarm and say, "Wow, my business has a great logo!" If you don't find yourself with this quandary, you may want to run through this list: Is Your Over-All Design Obscure? Does Your Logo Have a Clichéd and Unoriginal Design? Do You Have Any File Formats Other Than a JPG? Is Your Design Overly Complica…
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Online Marketing
Juggle.com Open House
June 17th, 2010
ZakGraphix was invited to attend the grand opening of Juggle.com's new office location. It was truly an experience. We were able to speak with both Ryan Noble, founder of Monster Commerce and Juggle.com, and Trip Goodloe. Both are excited about the digital art ZakGraphix has been producing for their company. A sampling of the work can be seen on our graphic design gallery page. Encyclopedia & Reference Resource - Juggle.com Ironically…
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St. Louis Web Design for Carpet Care Plus
June 13th, 2010
Larry and Robin McQueen needed a new website. Sure, there was the old phone number and lack of information about their amazing carpet cleaning services, but that was nothing compared to the desparate need for a re-visioning of their company branding. We took their website and re-visioned it with the dynamic flare they wanted and needed! Carepet Care Plus is located in O'Fallon Illinios and they service the entire St. Louis and St. Louis Me…
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Web Development
IDX vs RETS: The Revolution Begins
June 7th, 2010
Let's be candid about one thing. IDX was the solution every realtor needed about 10 years ago. Sure, it was better than all the hands-on work that was done to compile and display local MLS data, but as technology advances there comes a time to say goodbye to the old and in with the new. Enter RETS. Sure, we at ZakGraphix are thrilled at using a language that is a million times more developer friendly and flexible, but that is not the prima…
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RETS/MLS Revolution
Is Joomla a Good CMS?
May 13th, 2010
If you are new to content management systems, you might get lost when you try to use Joomla. While one of the most powerful open-source CMS platforms available today, Joomla is very complex. Some professional web designers and developers love using it, but once turned over to the client, many businesses and business owners find themselves overwhelmed by the many screens necessary to complete simple website modification tasks. At ZakGraphix we …
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Business Website Tips
Creating a Custom WordPress Website
April 16th, 2010
The great thing about a website developed in the WordPress environment is that it is extremely inexpensive. The only thing you need is a domain name and hosting. The rest is entirely up to your imagination, a little knowledge of HTML & CSS, and access to Adobe Photoshop. From my own experience, a WordPress site can do nearly everything an HTML site can do, from amazing designs to complex content layout, JavaScript/Ajax integration, databas…
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Tutorials
Anyone Can Make A Website!
March 19th, 2010
This is actually a very true statement. In fact, anyone can also build a house, paint a portrait, and even perform surgery - however, it may not be up to the same standards of quality that a professional construction worker, a classical painter, and a neurosurgeon could perform. The same is true for a website, but!!.... don't let that discourage you from trying! If you actually are interested in making a website, first start learning HTML.…
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Cheap Logos
March 14th, 2010
I think I'd better start off by saying - if you've already procured a cheap logo and are happy with it, then God bless you. Logo design is such a hard market to corner when it comes to being a graphic designer. Unless your name is on the Nike Swish, you probably won't be able to run an entire business based solely off logo design. The profit margin is incredibly small for larger companies and usually used to entice you into buying …
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Online Marketing
Quality Web Design
March 5th, 2010
Web development is still in its infancy. Making its first appearance in 1991 with the birth of HTML Tags, the web has grown and multiplied exponentially over the past 19 years. From E-commerce to Blogging, the world wide web has made an impression on our world that has only begun to unfurl. Web development has evolved to become a rather robust and competitive culture and and ever expanding market. In the early 90's, if you threw together a…
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Business Website Tips
St. Louis Web Design for Gerold Moving
January 25th, 2010
Dean Hardt with Gerold moving came to us looking for a few small alterations to his current site and ended up with a complete web design solution that transformed his previous website into a brand new, dynamic marketing engine. Complete with request forms and videos, Gerold Moving's new website properly showcases their services as well as helps direct their visitors with simple, yet powerful, built-in call-to-actions. They are very excited…
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GrowSmartBiz Conference
November 15th, 2009
Okay, so I'm not going to promote NetSol on ZakGraphix, but I just have to say how exciting it is that my logo design is being displayed at a nation-wide conference. The GrowSmartBiz Conference is Netsol's attempt at making themselves a household name by investing back into the business community. Sure, it's noble. I for one and glad to see them take this turn. With all the recent bad press, I was beginning to get worried. Bu…
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ZakGraphix 1.0 Launched!
November 3rd, 2009
A fresh new look for a fresh new start. Sure we've been working as a small-time company for a while, but now things are different. We're going into full production. Our new website has been redesigned to reflect our new company direction — down with freelancing! Okay, so we're not knocking freelancing, it's just not for us anymore. ZakGraphix - "Raising the Standard of Design, One Website at a Time." Micah Zak S…
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