Lauren Mayer, exhibit "Tracing", Denver CO

Attended First Friday Art Walk on Santa Fe. This weeks feature is porcelean objects that are three-dimensional, by artist of Lauren Mayer's. Her works of art are very edgy. It shows a stair case of papers piled on top of each other. At times it looks like my desk. ;) I particulary enjoy the shadows and shapes they create when bounced off each other and the walls they surround. The motion of the papers falling create a great sense of space and appeal. The papers are black and white, it reminds me of viewing black and white photography.

Solo exhibition of "Tracing" at Vertigo Artspace, 960 Santa Fe Driver, Denver CO 80204. Opening Reception is June, 6-9pm, 2009 and is available for viewing until June 27th, 2009

Terry Maker

Saw the most amazing works of art, that really stood out from the crowd and my mind, I can't stop thinking about it. I'd like to recognize Terry Maker for his "Magic Marks". He'll amaze you by his collages of different objects such as jawbreakers, pencils, chalk incorporating them into his works of art. I've never seen anything like it. This may be the one time I actually hold on to the postcard. http://www.terrymaker.com


Please attend his Opening Reception!
Friday, June 5, 2009
6pm-9pm
Post Modern Company
2734 Walnut Street
Denver, CO

Supporting the Denver Fine Artist Community

Will begin posting blog entries on artists I come across on regular basis when attending art shows, exhibits, opening receptions, etc. Fine Artists are struggling in today's economy to sell their work. It is important to me to show, recognize and appreciate their continued talents and efforts.

Email Marketing TIPs

Enjoyed the Webinar through Constant Contact today on Email Marketing.

Top Secret TIPs:
1. It takes 7 touches before a potential client buys
2. Place "Sign up for Newsletter" above the fold of home page of website
3. Place archived Email Newsletters on Home Page to help build SEO
4. Do not overdo on sending Email Newsletter, 40% end users feel they receive too much
5. Add a piece of article written on Email Newsletter, and place a "Read More" to link to blog to learn more. Able to track web traffic to blog.

Drupal Tips

Attended a seminar last night learning about getting started with Drupal. (1) Themes, and (2) modules are the most important tools you'll learning when creating a website in Drupal. Zen is the most basic theme that allows you to make simple CSS changes to transform the overall look and feel of the web page. FCKeditor is one of the best modules and is strongly recommended for use on laying out your web pages. Web Form is another module that can be used for creating a contact page. Taxonomy is great for creating a glossary of terms. One of the best features for using Drupal is that it allows the web designer to set up multiple roles limiting where the user can go and update information once the web page is designed. For example, Administer would be a role in which someome could have access only uploading images, but would not allow them to make any other edits. Also, it is important to give permissions on certain folders, which is selected on the server side where FTP is accessed. Command + I on every folder that want to give permissions to. It will give you the Info window and select "Write" is checked on all and 777 is listed in the field. I found this a very informative class.

Ten Twitter Tips

A few weeks ago attended a meeting at Imulus in Boulder, Colorado discussing how to market business on Twitter

I found the following ways to best describe it's capabilities and beyond what is listed here, just exploring with a few ideas which you may find useful;
1) Powerful social network to post "tweets" to describe what it is your currently doing.
2) Ask a question about a technical problem facing, i.e. web design, web development, graphic design, SEO.
3) Provide links, via http://www.tinyurl.com
4) A way to emphasize your brand and values
5) Faster way to connect (even faster than LinkedIn) when looking to fulfill a position, i.e. Voice Over Specialist
6) Invite others to lunch or events
7) Search for events and conferences
8) Update background image with that of your own brand.
9) Choose colors to reflect brand or background image chosen
10) Add URL of web site.

Appearance on Blogher.com

Interviewed about services provided at the Web North Design Conference in Denver and appeared on BlogHer.com

http://www.blogher.com/women-tech-women-i-met-web-directions-north