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Exclaim User Guides exceed 50,000 views and downloads.

Tue, 29 Apr 2014 17:50:39 -0700

April 29,2014 / Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print, a leading Toronto marketing design agency, today announced they have surpassed 50,000 views and downloads of their free, do-it-yourself user guides. With a total of ten quick reference guides available, and the next guide launching within the month, the company is well on its way to achieving their goal of 100,000 downloads by year-end.

The three most popular guides are “Top 200 Graphic Design Terms Explained”, “200 Marketing Phrases and Terms Explained” and “200 Online and Social Media Terms Explained”. These free guides provide users with a full listing of terms, descriptions and explanations needed to navigate through the graphic design, marketing and online industries. In addition to these titles, Exclaim offers free downloadable do-it-yourself guides to some of today’s most popular software packages.

“50,000 downloads is a great milestone for us” said Alex Stojkovic, owner and zoo-keeper of Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print. “This many downloads in 12 months proves our guides are addressing a need. We are thrilled that our online-user shave recognized the value of the guides, and are going to continue to create and share resource materials in the future.”

For further information on marketing, web and graphic design, printing, branding,and search engine optimization (SEO) services from Exclaim, please call (416)889-8345 or visit the company’s website at www.exclaimit.ca

For further information, please contact:

Alex Stojkovic
Owner and Zoo-Keeper
Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print

@stojkovic_alex

Download Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print's brochure

Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:08:01 -0700

Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print is proud to unleash into the wild its new brochure detailing

everything you need to know about Exclaim and the various products and services we offer.

The brochure details important items like:

About Us
Reasons to use Exclaim
Services we offer
Client testimonials
Clients serviced

Click on this link or the brochure to the left to download your copy today.

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

Toronto's A Brush Of Colour Painting Launches New Website

Sat, 15 Mar 2014 07:06:18 -0700

15-March-2014 – Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print is pleased to present A Brush of Colour Painting and Interior Design’s new website. Those who are interested in interior painting, exterior painting and interior design can visit the website today at www.brushofcolourpainting.ca.

Brush of Colour’s work encompasses all of the necessities for interior painting, design and drywall work, as well as exterior refinishing, painting and staining. The newly launched website is informative, easy to navigate and puts our clients in touch with experienced and dedicated professionals.

Brush of Colour has been in business for over ten years and have a long history of using high quantity materials utilizing the best of workmanship practices. They follow strict policies and procedures with safety being top-of-mind. They exceed client’s expectations with uncompromising standards making clients requests a reality. If clients need the advice of a colour consultant, this service is offered free of charge. With larger, more complex projects, arrangements for a consultation with an Interior Designer is also free of charge. Brush of Colour will provide a written estimate and adhere to it.

"I am very proud to announce the launch of our new website. As the owner of A Brush of Colour Painting, I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce the Toronto area’s hardest working service provider of affordable, high quality interior and exterior painting. We use the best of products from Benjamin Moore, Sherwin-Williams, Dulux, Behr and Para.” says Ed Spence of Brush of Colour Painting. "I invite you to visit our website today at www.brushofcolourpainting.ca to connect with me personally and see what Brush of Colour can do for you."

About Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print Established in 2004, Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print is the leading provider in the Toronto area for marketing, web and graphic design, printing, branding and search engine optimization (SEO) services. A hard working creative agency, Exclaim is driven to provide marketing, web and print solutions that change attitudes, provoke action and improve the businesses of its community and stakeholders.

Exclaim is a small independently run, creative agency that’s big on ideas and strategies. At the heart of it all is their passion for helping clients create an effective and affordable message that reaches the intended target markets.

Find out today why you can’t afford to not work with Exclaim on your next marketing, web or print related project. Call them today at (416) 889-8345 and see how their marketing services can help your small and medium-sized business get more customers!

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

Redesigned! Redeveloped! Re-launched!

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:37:45 -0700

Redesigned! Redeveloped! Re-launched! Exclaim Re-launches its New Website

Toronto, Canada – March 1, 2014 – Redesigned! Redeveloped! Re-launched! Alex Stojkovic, the owner and “zoo-keeper” of Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print is proud to announce the re-launch of its new corporate website. The newly re-launched website can be found online at http://www.exclaimit.ca.

Established in 2004, Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print is Toronto area’s leading provider of marketing, web design, graphic design, brand development and search engine optimization SEO services. The newly re-designed website is both stylish and more user-friendly than its previous site. Due largely to its overwhelming popularity, Exclaim will continue its tradition of creating various do-it-yourself reference guides.

Small and medium-sized business in the greater Toronto area that visit http://www.exclaimit.ca will get a great opportunity to see the many ways Exclaim can help businesses get more customers. Whether it’s a marketing plan, website or a print project, Exclaim has a communications solution to meet small and medium-sized business budgetary needs.

"I'm truly excited that Exclaim Marketing, Web and Print is Toronto area’s one-stop communication shop for marketing, web and print services. I give you my assurances that my organization will do its best to develop strategies to help small and medium-sized businesses get more customers."says Alex of Exclaim.

Visit Exclaim today and find out why you can’t afford not to work with them on your next marketing, web or print related project.

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

FREE DOWNLOAD - 200 Online and Social Media Terms Explained

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:08:05 -0700

Continuing it's tradition of producing educational reference guides for various business related topics, Exclaim Marketing, Print and Web is proud to launch its latest reference guide "200 Online and Social Media Terms Explained". This guide is a useful guide aimed to help those understand online and social media terms a little better!

Download your copy today at http://www.exclaimit.ca or from Slideshare at
http://www.slideshare.net/AlStojk/200-online-and-social-media-terms-explained

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

Planning for Online Marketing Success - The Basics

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:46:02 -0700

Continuing it's tradition of producing educational reference guides for various business related topics, Exclaim Marketing, Print and Web is proud to launch its latest presentation. "Planning for Online Marketing Success - The Basics" is the first in a three part presentation series detailing five key things you need to be aware of when launching your next website.

Download your copy today at http://www.exclaimit.ca or from Slideshare at
http://www.slideshare.net/AlStojk/planning-for-online-marketing-success-the-basics

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

Exclaim launches mobile version of its website

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:44:37 -0700

In an effort to take its first step towards a responsive website, Exclaim Marketing, Print and Web has launched today its new mobile version of its website. Given the prolific growth of mobile phones and tablets, a worthwhile and necessary investment from Exclaim was necessary to address this growing populous of vistors. "We want our mobile and tablet readers to have the best possible viewing experience when visiting the Exclaim website when using today's smaller screens." says Alex of Exclaim.

The new mobile website features all the information from the desktop version and features a convenient "call EXCLAIM right now" button. The site is responsive and optimized to scale itself to work on mobile phones and small tablets.

We hope you enjoy the new mobile version of our site. Visit www.exclaimit.ca from your mobile phone today!

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

Exclaim's blog is showcased on PULSE CMS' website.

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:44:25 -0700

Exclaim Marketing, Print and Web is proud to announce that the website of www.exclaimit.ca will be showcased on PULSE CMS' website.

Pulse CMS is a simple software designed for small to medium size websites that enables designer and developers to easily add, maintain a web-based Content Management System (CMS). The WYSIWYG CMS features a content editor, gallery, blog, a simple one-step backup and no complicated database to install. "I absolutely love the functionality and simplicity of this CMS. Not only is it a great piece of software, the support I've received from Mark should be the benchmark for others to follow." says Alex S, zoo-keeper at Exclaim.

Download a copy of PULSE CMS today at www.pulsecms.com/

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

What is a website and what is it good for?

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:28:01 -0700

Websites are so embedded into our lives that asking what a website is sounds like an odd question. It’s easy to say that a website is a collection of pages grouped under the same URL or subdomain that you visit using a computer or cell phone. However, websites are much more complex than most people realize. The whole point of a website is to give web visitors information that they are looking for. The best websites rely on good writing, graphic design, and programming to get their messages across.

It’s important to find web design professionals who understand all three aspects of building a website – content, graphic design, and coding. These three elements do different things, but taken as a group, their goal is to convey a message clearly and easily.

Good content should be easy to read. This means that you need to consider carefully the message you want to send to your target audience, and make sure that the things you say reflect that message. For example, do you want your visitors to buy something, or sign up for your email newsletter? If so, make sure to include a call-to-action in your text. On top of that, you should use words and terms that are appropriate for the people you want to reach – for example, don’t use technical, scientific language that your readers might be unfamiliar with.

Graphic design is also extremely important When evaluating a web design, make sure it uses these four elements: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity. Contrast involves choosing design elements that are very different from each other, but work well as a whole, like using a serif and sans-serif font together. Repetition involves making sure that similar elements like headings and buttons are treated the same way visually – they have to look consistent. Alignment involves making sure that elements on the page are organized neatly along a grid, so that your eye knows where to travel across the page. Finally, proximity involves keeping related elements close together on the same page – to show readers that a certain page title, body text, and image are all related, they have to be grouped together.

The final element of web design is coding/programming. Your web design team should have a solid grasp of languages like Java, PHP, CSS, and HTML to get your website to display properly across a variety of platforms.

Finding professionals who can write compelling content, craft beautiful images, and create clean code is extremely important, especially in a crowded marketplace. Exclaim has professionals that are knowledgeable about all three. For web design in Toronto – one of the world’s busiest cities – you can’t go wrong than to hire the kind of experts that Exclaim provides.

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

What exactly is this thing called SEO?

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:07:07 -0700

What exactly is this thing called SEO? For starters it’s the abbreviated form of “Search Engine Optimization”. In a nut-shell, it’s the process that effects the visibility of a website in a search engine’s “natural”, “un-paid”, or “organic” search results. The better a website is optimized, the higher the results one will expect in modern search engines like google, yahoo or bing. SEO may target different kinds of search queries including images, local, or video searches.

In this guide from Exclaim, we’re going to do our best to explain what it takes to better your competition when comes to internet search engine optimization. Wikipedia describes it best, “As an Internet marketing strategy, SEO considers how search engines work, what people search for, the actual search terms or keywords typed into search engines and which search engines are preferred by their targeted audience.”

Optimization of a website involves critical things like proper editing and providing appropriate natural content, HTML and associated coding to attempt to increase relevance to specific keywords, documents or images and assist indexing activities of search engines. Search engine optimization be broken up into two areas of improvements; on-site and off-site. Stay tuned as I will have an explanation of SEO and how it relates to your website.

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

Exclaim is your source for a free MS Excel 2013 quick reference guide

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:35:08 -0700

Lets face it, these days we’re all constantly dealing with changing trends and ever changing versions of software packages. Excel 2013 is the latest of software offering in the long line of Office programs from Microsoft. Regrettably, most panic when the latest versions of these software packages are released into the market place. Fear not for Exclaim has an Excel 2013 quick reference guide for you. Exclaim is a Toronto-based company that has designed a step-by-step reference guide to help individuals and organizations understand Microsoft Excel 2013 for the better.

Download your copy today at http://www.exclaimit.ca or from Slideshare at
http://www.slideshare.net/AlStojk/planning-for-online-marketing-success-the-basics.

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

Exclaim is your source for an explanation of Graphic Design terms

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:18:59 -0700

Continuing the tradition of creating reference and FAQ guides, Exclaim is pleased to announce the completion of its latest guide; Exclaim's Top 200 Graphic Design Terms Explained. Be cool; use this guide as a quick reference to find explanations on graphic design terms like, EPS, OPENTYPE, EXPORT, DUOTONES and more.

This comprehensive list will be useful in your day-to-day graphic design work. We hope you enjoy using this FAQ guide as much as we have enjoyed producing it.

Download your copy today at http://www.exclaimit.ca or from Slideshare
at http://www.slideshare.net/AlStojk/planning-for-online-marketing-success-the-basics.

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

What is this thing called Marketing?

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:07:00 -0700

To many people, marketing something means being flashy and pushy. It means telling someone thatthey have to buy something. However, successful marketing doesn’t involve“telling” or “forcing” people to buy what you’re selling. In fact, it’s exactly the opposite: it means showing someone what your product or service can do, and explaining why exactly it can help them.

In short, it means that you need to figure out the needs of your customers and determine how what you offer can fill those needs. Good marketing also means that you need to build a relationship with your customers so that you can fulfill their needs now and determine what their needs might be in the future.

Social media is an excellent way to build relationships with customers, but you still need to take into account more traditional types of marketing, including advertising with compelling graphic design. A successful marketing campaign has to think about several aspects of the relationship-building process, such as:

· Determining your target audience.
· Understanding the wants and needs of your target audience, and how you can fulfill those wants and needs.
· Informing potential customers about your productor service through multiple avenues.

This last bullet point is also known as “building buzz”.Once you’re actually ready to deliver your product to your customers, you also have to make sure you can do so quickly and efficiently. Poor delivery can affect your customers’ opinions of you and your product, which leads to bad buzz, which leads to – you guessed it – poor future sales.

This is why Exclaim is one of your best options for marketing services and graphic design in Toronto. Not only do we offer excellent web design, print design, and consulting services for your brand, but we do so in an integrated manner to provide you with a seamless product.

Since Exclaim is an independent creative marketing agency focused on working with small and medium-sized businesses, we can work quickly to fulfill any marketing need you might have. Our location in Toronto means that you have access to some of the best and brightest professionals in a bustling city, and that the people we work with have a deep understanding of working in a multicultural, globally-integrated marketplace.

Good marketing rests on good relationship-building and attractive graphic design. Exclaim’s group of top-quality creative consultants, designers, and writers means that we have the tools you need to help your product sell.

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

What is Graphic Design?

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:31:50 -0700

Graphic design has one goal: using visual elements like text and colour to communicate information in a way that is easy for people to understand. Wherever you go, everything you see – street signs, products on store shelves, posters, advertisements and more - is a product of graphic design.

In order for your marketing campaign to be a success, you have to think about what message you want to convey to your customers, whether it’s through a website, newsletter, or commercial. A graphic designer will help you use colour, shape, typography and contrast to make sure that your company’s product or service will look compelling and memorable to customers.

A good graphic designer will want to know as much about your needs as possible: Who is your target audience? Will your advertisement be in print or online? What is your brand, and how do you want to make it stand out in a crowded marketplace?

When crafting a marketing campaign, you and your graphic designer will have to consider several important elements, including:

- How to make sure that your campaign looks interesting and dynamic while still keeping it consistent with other aspects of your brand.
- What your competitors are doing, and whether their efforts have been successful.
- How to adapt your campaign to different mediums (e.g., print, online, TV, etc).

A good designer should be able to communicate well and come up with several different ideas to get the ball rolling. However, true success rests in collaboration – graphic design is very much a process of getting out what you put in, and involves more than just drawing or working with Photoshop. A graphic designer can often provide other services like consulting and user experience design. The more information you’re willing to give your designer, and the more suggestions you’re willing to take from them, the better.

Marketing in a busy, growing city like Toronto requires a special combination of high-quality skills and local knowledge. If you’re looking for graphic design experts that understand Toronto’s marketplace, Exclaim Marketing, Print, and Web is an excellent choice. Exclaim is an independent creative agency that focuses on working with small and medium-sized business to help them deliver an effective message and gain visibility.

We enjoy the creative process of working with clients one-on-one, and our one-stop-shop for web design, print design, and branding services ensures that you’ll get a final product that is seamless in design and execution. Most importantly, we work to make sure that what we provide fits your company’s marketing strategy. If you’re looking for graphic designers who understand your needs and can provide all the services needed to help you build and grow your brand, then call Exclaim today.

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex

Exclaim is your source for a free MS Word 2013 quick reference guide

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 21:19:37 -0700

Toronto, Canada - January 4th, 2012 – Lets face it, these days we’re all constantly dealing with changing trends, updated versions and newer offerings of software packages. Microsoft Word 2013 is the latest of software offerings in the long line of Office programs from Microsoft. Regrettably, most panic when the latest versions of these software packages are released into the market place. Fear not; Exclaim has a Microsoft Word 2013 learning guide for you.

Exclaim has created as a value-added offering, its own series of step-by-step reference guides to some of today’s most popular software packages. Microsoft Word 2013 is the first of many guides being launched today.

Download your copy today at http://www.exclaimit.ca or from Slideshare at http://www.slideshare.net/AlStojk/planning-for-online-marketing-success-the-basics.

Alex Stojkovic
@stojkovic_alex