Establishing her own graphic design studio on the Sunshine Coast offered Chole Tremble plenty of benefits – increased flexibility, the opportunity to really invest in her clients and ability to deliver outstanding results. In the dog-eat-dog age of digital change, businesses increasingly appreciate the need to refresh and re-energise their online presence, website content and digital marketing to ensure they remain competitive but are also searching for the most cost-effective way to achieve their goals. With the demand for skilled designers on the rise, one of the biggest challenges Chole has faced since launching Dachboard Design is juggling the demands…

“Do you have a card?” In an age where there a more ways than ever to network, connect and collaborate, this is one of the most common phrasesin any industry. Whether you’re a one-man start-up or a well-established enterprise, your business card says a lot about who you are, what you do and what you offer your clients or potential partners. While a lot of businesses and individuals focus on ensuring the details on the card are correct (and this is important!) when Chole from Dachboard Design is handed a business card she looks beyond the information on the card…

How to “digitise” your logo while maintaining your brand when it comes to branding your business, there are few things more important that creating a logo that speaks to your customers and reflects your values.  In an age where social media, mobile apps and search engines can deliver more exposure for your brand than ever before, established businesses can struggle to straddle the digital divide between maintaining continuity of their brand while capturing the increasingly limited attention spans of potential customers online. This is where an experienced logo designer or web designer can provide an invaluable service. With  15 years’…

Hot diggity dog! Now we are really excited. Instagram has posted on their blog that “Starting this week, you can quickly and easily switch between multiple accounts on Instagram.” You could literally hear the echoing sound of relief… as our design team were just dog tired of logging in and out of our clients social media accounts. This function has been available on Twitter and Facebook but it’s about time that Instagram jumped on the bandwagon. Oh wait, did you not know that we offer social media management services? Social media is here to stay, and we help our clients…

For most small businesses, updating a website is considered a daunting task and is quite often overlooked – yet for any website to be successful it is critical. You’ve invested money in creating a fabulous website but without regular love and attention, it can quickly go to the dogs. By outsourcing your ongoing website maintenance you can keep your site up to date and secure and so maximizing the return on your investment. So Relax. Leave this web stuff with us. We are your business’ best friend and can handle all your website needs and offer two types of ongoing website…

If you’ve read a few blogs you’ve probably noticed that they’re usually telling you what to do. So we thought we’d have a bit of fun today and tell you what NOT to do! Because when it comes to great logo designs, it seems that two wrongs DO make a right. You see, there are lots of things we can tell you about what you should do to create a logo – but there are also some things you definitely should not do – and one of those is trying to do the job yourself! A logo is a lot…

Funny, isn’t it, that we often think of ‘branding’ as something that started in the 1980s, along with BIG hair and HUGE shoulder pads! But when you actually think about it, branding – and brand management – has been around a long time. There was a time, of course, when you could simply get by on the quality of your product or service. Because there really wasn’t much competition. That people would choose your product was practically a given. Branding and brand management came about in the 1950s, as the number of businesses grew and competition became a real issue….

To say brochure design has evolved over the years would be a massive understatement! We all remember seeing some shockers over the years, I’m sure, brochures and flyers that look like they were created using a John Bull printing kit! It didn’t seem to matter way back when, it was just a matter of getting information out there. But good brochure design – in fact, print management and marketing collateral as a whole – is now a crucial element of a company’s branding. Part of the reason for this is the sheer amount of collateral potential customers and clients receive….

There’s been a lot of talk over a lot of years about the use and design of logos, and it’s something that we are frequently asked about. When it comes to logos, there’s no one-size-fits-all solution, but there is one thing that we all agree on – if you have a business, you need a logo design! Your logo is the ‘face’ of your business really. It’s the most important part of your branding. Think of some of the biggest, best known companies in the world and you’ll see what we mean. McDonalds, Nike, Levi’s, Coca-Cola, Google – the list…