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Be Your Own Site Psitechiatrist

Is your website working? Just because the button is turned on, doesn’t mean it’s actually connecting to your audience. To be sure your website is actually working the way you want, remember two words: Google Analytics.

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Get a Taste of Summer

What's your favourite memory of summer? Do any summer nights make the list? We're betting one or two do. Everyone has a story starring a summer night. What's yours?

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Previous Issues

Kickin' It Bold School | Sep 6, 2011

The Tugboat Has Landed | Jun 13, 2011

May-December Brand Romance | May 4, 2011

It's Time For A Little Spring Cleaning | Apr 15, 2011

The Post St. Patrick Perspective | Mar 16, 2011

Tugboat Concept on Topic | Feb 7, 2011

Nip and Tug | Jan 5, 2011

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Don’t Panic

It looks like the four horsemen have run through, bringing a whole lot of fear with them. London burns, stock markets crash, new diseases, floods, famine, extremism…the list goes on. It makes you want to close up your shop, move to the woods and write manifestos. Let us offer a little something from the past: Keep calm and carry on.

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Cancel Christmas

It won’t be long until we begin to see signs of December’s approach. From the crass to the sublime, there will be zero chance of anyone forgetting the festive frenzy that Christmas brings.

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Nice Package

Which present under the Christmas tree immediately gets your attention? Is it the shoebox with a red bow or the odd-shaped, colourfully-wrapped one that may or may not be a massive teddy bear? Getting consumers excited about a brand comes (partially) from effective packaging, regardless of scale. Compelling conceptual, strategic and well-designed product packaging can lead to big results.

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Status Update: On Vacation

So you’re on the road, and you have your phone with you for emergencies. You realize you didn’t pack enough beverages (if that doesn’t count, what does?). On the left is a website for a brewery, as seen on an iPhone:
brewery-sm.png On the right is a map of Hornby Island, showing an access road, showing where the road connects to a rocky beach: hornby-sm.png

What do they have in common?
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