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Entries from May 2008

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

May 25th, 2008 · No Comments

I never realized what a busy time of year this is for everybody –myself included.
Have a good time and stay safe!
Update: Cult Status has received an inordinately large amount of design and screen printing work, thus explaining my lack of ability to blog much. I’ve re-structured some duties around the shop and will hopefully have […]

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Rock Posters are for Decorating

May 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Custom screen printed Rock Posters have always been big in certain music scenes (And will probably continue to be for a very long time). Sadly, the main stream does not share this sentiment, but one day… oh, yes… one day they shall! Whether you’re part of a music scene that embraces the beautiful art of a […]

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Tags: Business · Screen Printing · Making Money · Marketing

Last apology.

May 16th, 2008 · No Comments

I totally dropped the ball on blogging this week.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I was dealing with all sorts of drama with buying my first house. On top of that, I’ve got a lot of heavy design work in the pipe, so this week has been full of stress and lacking in sleep.
…and […]

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You Don’t Have to be a Punk to Rock the Punk Patch

May 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Image via WikipediaI was speaking with a friend the other day about patches. When I was in high school, patches and buttons were the way to customize your book bag and show off your stunning and ever-so-hip musical taste. The more enviable patches were those that showed more local and/or obscure bands (as opposed to […]

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Tags: Business · Screen Printing · Making Money · Branding · Marketing

Something little to check out

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Again… busy week = bad blogging.
In the meantime, you can check out the MPLS pops website www.mplspops.org
The website still has some updating after my client sends some more information, but it’s currently in a usable state in time to send out some newsletters.

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cultBLOG Update:

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

These have been a hectic couple of weeks for sure!
I’m still dealing with some house-purchasing drama (inspectors and appraisers, etc.), while at the same time getting a ton of design/print work done for the new portfolio. I should have something up this week to post to the “The Process” category.  The Langer’s Ball and The […]

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Tags: Graphic Design · The Process · Announcement

Happy Mother’s Day

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments

Happy Mother’s Day to everybody (and their mothers).

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My Apologies

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Image via WikipediaMy apologies to you for the lack of post today.
I’m the process of trying to purchase our first house and are having some issues with the city inspection requirements possibly exceeding the value of the house –which makes for an unfavorable lending situation for banks (especially during a housing crisis).
More posts to come […]

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The Secret to Effective Guerrilla Merchandise Marketing

May 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Image via WikipediaFor the newbies to the cultBLOG, I like to use Jay Conrad Levinson’s definition of “Guerrilla Marketing” –mostly because he coined the term and has written about infinity and a half books on the subject. His basic definition of Guerrilla Marketing is accomplishing ordinary business/marketing goals by unconventional means. In the same respect, […]

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Tags: Business · Screen Printing · Strategy · Making Money · Marketing

Music Merchandising: 5 Steps to Success

May 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Image via WikipediaIf you’ve been reading the cultBLOG at all, you get how much I stress the need for merchandising; but properly merchandising your band or music organization is about more than just buying a run of one-color t-shirts and schlepping them to all over the place. No. There is actually logic behind all the […]

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