tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7758838747392386956.post-70091095173178640082008-03-17T19:34:00.000-07:002008-03-18T12:10:21.071-07:00Blogging for design...<span style="color:#33ccff;"><strong>Question:</strong> <em>Why blog?</em></span> <div><div><br /><div><strong><span style="color:#33ccff;">Answer:</span></strong> Our latest project, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bossi</span> & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Ich</span> Ky, is a high-end men's and women's fashion boutique located in Seattle's historic <a href="http://www.pioneersquare.org/">Pioneer Square</a>. Great client that's letting us run with our scheme. Retail design is super creative and fun, and pushes the envelope.<br /><br />So what does this have to do with our firm starting to blog? The fact that the clients learned of our services from a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Google</span> search! We got a call out of the blue with a project ready to go, and therein lies all the motivation I needed to get going on our blog and increase our exposure. So here we are... <span style="color:#33ccff;"><strong><em>blogging for design.</em></strong><br /></span><br /><a href="http://www.abollendesign.com/blog/uploaded_images/bossifront-798790.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.abollendesign.com/blog/uploaded_images/bossifront-798780.jpg" border="0" /></a>Surely in the past our <a href="http://www.abollendesign.com/">website</a> has helped to secure us signed contracts... potential clients (that we've already been <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">referred</span> to) take a look at our online portfolio and see that we have some awesome project experience. But to have a choice client FIND US on the web, and then to be sold on services (from viewing our website) PRIOR to even contacting us - well now that's gold.<br /><br />So here we are, blogging, hoping to reach out and spread a little design love to whomever is willing to receive it. Oh, in the meantime, take a stroll down Seattle's First Avenue just south of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Yesler</span></span>, and on the east side of the street you'll see our latest creation taking shape... the designer fashion boutique <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Bossi</span></span> & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ich</span></span> Ky.</div></div></div>Matthew Bollenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16477878523931097687noreply@blogger.com