Sweating the Details » design http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog Tyler Dockery discusses graphic design, web design, business, networking, and Dockery Design as it services Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:16:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Tyler Dockery Accepted into the IMU http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/tyler-dockery-accepted-into-the-imu/ http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/tyler-dockery-accepted-into-the-imu/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 14:54:00 +0000 dockerydesigns http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/?p=517 On Wednesday, May 18th, Tyler Dockery— Creative Lead at Dockery Design was formally accepted into the IMU. IMU, the Inbound Marketing University, is an online teaching body that creates educational opportunities for marketers, web designers, and social media experts. IMU graduates move on to create high-powered talks, marketing papers, and educational materials including book— as

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On December 18th, 2009, Tyler Dockery, creative lead at Dockery Design, a Raleigh Graphic Design Firm was asked as a special favor by old colleagues at Wake Tech to return and teach a course in Advanced Typography.

“I have taught at the collegiate

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]]> http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/dockery-design-staff-asked-to-teach-course-in-advanced-typography/feed/ 75 Successful Web Design for Businesses in 6 stages http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/successful-web-design-for-businesses-in-6-stages/ http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/successful-web-design-for-businesses-in-6-stages/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:02:16 +0000 dockerydesigns http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/?p=268 The Web Site Design and Development Process There are several steps in the web site design and development process— from gathering initial information, to the creation of your web site, and finally to maintenance to keep your web site up to date and current. The exact process will vary slightly from designer to designer, but the basics

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PART 1:  Back To Design Basics: Understand Your Target Audience

You would be surprised how many resumes a design firm receives every month. Some are plain, some are fancy, some come with cover letters, and some are really “over the top”. But one thing remains the same— We don’t know any

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Whitepaper- what does that term even mean? In times past, the term E-Book set the internet on fire. Getting an E-Book was something to brag about— you received some materials which you should have bought, but you got them for free. They were large. They were chock full of

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]]> http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/whitepapers-why-bother/feed/ 7 R2D2: Did you see him? http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/r2d2-did-you-see-him/ http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/r2d2-did-you-see-him/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:38:13 +0000 dockerydesigns http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/?p=175 R2D2. He’s our hero, and what a guy! Not only has he defined the robotic wingman, and the droid on a mission, he has escaped the world of Star Wars completely. As a creation of George Lucas, and a

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I do a small amount of work with bloggers— helping them to redesign their sites, and punch up their content. One of the minor complaints that I hear rather often is that “people seem to HATE my blog. No matter what tack I take, visitors leave and

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]]> http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/hate-how-to-get-people-to-hate-you-and-your-blog/feed/ 16 Addressing Failure: Five Web Design Myths Every Business Owner Should Know http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/addressing-failure-five-web-design-myths-every-business-owner-should-know/ http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/index.php/addressing-failure-five-web-design-myths-every-business-owner-should-know/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:35:40 +0000 dockerydesigns http://www.dockerydesign.com/blog/?p=131 Statistics show us that a large portion of visitors leave IMMEDIATELY after viewing just 1 page. Most business owners know that their website is an essential information and sales tool for running a successful company. At Dockery Design, our team of designers and project managers

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