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Blue Juice Tips on A paper sizes
A Poster Size Guide

Here’s a handy guide for poster sizes. The easiest way to figure out what size...

08
Jan
Virtual Team Building Activities
Virtual Team Building Activities

In today’s increasingly remote work environment, fostering team cohesion and maintaining strong interpersonal relationships can...

18
Jun
The importance of positioning to create real consumer and employee engagement
The importance of positioning to create real consumer and employee engagement

Positioning your communications The starting point for any communications strategy is agreeing your positioning for...

02
Jun
How to maximise your organisations' SharePoint Site
Maximise your organizations’ SharePoint site

An organizations’ SharePoint intranet is a powerful tool, not just for communicating with employees. Your...

07
May
Employee-Generated Video of staff creating content
Employee-Generated Videos

Successful companies know the power of effective communication in inspiring their workforce to achieve a...

11
Apr
Top 9 actions to take to create and cultivate your organisational culture online
How to maintain your company culture when working remotely

Ensuring employees working remotely don’t become isolated and disengaged is essential. Here are our top...

04
Apr
Is your website safe from hacking?
Is your website safe from hacking?

Protecting your website from hacking requires a multi-layered approach that addresses various vulnerabilities and potential...

13
Mar
Nail your SEO
Main Tips to help your SEO

SEO or Search Engine Optimization is an essential to ensure your website is found by...

09
Feb
employee engagement success
How to Achieve Employee Engagement Success

It’s a new year, and a good time to assess if your Communications Strategy is...

14
Jan
Record yourself on Microsoft Teams
How to Record Yourself in Microsoft Teams

Are you part of a pre-recorded meeting and need to film yourself? Microsoft Teams is...

01
Dec
Blue Juice Design Top Tips for Hybrid and Remote Employee Communications
Adapting Employee Communications for Hybrid and Remote Working

Hybrid and remote working means adapting employee communications. We share top tips on how...

15
Sep
Communicating during Covid
Employee Communication during Covid

As organisations remodel at near lightning speed, majority of employee communications focus on new strategies...

30
Mar
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Pandemic Dictates 2021 Design Trends

Covid has impacted how communications are visually delivered.  And brand teams are cautious not to...

26
Mar
10 Steps to Market your Start-Up
Start-Up Marketing 101

We help many start-ups and budding entrepreneurs establish professional branding as a vital first step...

19
Jun
Time for change
It’s time for reinvention

As we all scramble to figure out the ‘new normal’, grieve loss of life and...

15
Jun
PDF power
PDF Power

Interactive PDFs are super powerful with functionality similar to websites....

15
Jun
Nail eLearning
How to Nail eLearning

We’ve been working with companies for years to develop eLearning materials, as well as branding...

13
May
Conference calls
Does the ‘new normal’ have you in a bit of a spin? Here’s how to conquer the conference call!

In our ‘new normal’ working from home during the Coronvirus crisis, connecting with colleagues and...

02
Apr
Design trends 2020
Design trends 2020

The beginning of a new decade is a signal for fresh ideas. ...

04
Feb
A new decade a new identity Tips for creating a brand with impact
A new decade a new identity – Tips for creating a brand with impact

Creating an impactful brand starts with building a strong brand identity. ...

04
Feb
Entrepreneur 101
Being an Entrepreneur

Are you an Entrepreneur or want to be business owner? ...

04
Feb
Marketing
Marketing 101

As the world moves forward and business expands so too will the need for marketing...

04
Feb
Digital trends 2020
Digital Trends 2020

Are you aware of the latest digital trends for 2020? ...

04
Feb
A day in the life of a graphic designer 3
A day in the life of a Graphic Designer

In a nutshell the sole purpose of a graphic designer, no matter your area of...

04
Jan
website basics
Websites 101

Every business needs a website - even a simple one. We give you the...

31
Oct
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We’ve gone Back to the Future

Notice something a little different? We’ve gone back …to our first-love retro style logo merged...

25
Jun
personal brand
Why you need a personal brand

It may sound odd creating a ‘personal brand’ but in reality, we all already have...

25
Jun
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The Effort Paradox

A common theme this year in our work is equipping teams/businesses for the challenges the Fourth...

13
Feb
Stress is Good
Check Your Mindset: Stress is Good

We’ve been doing a lot of work around mindset for campaigns and one golden nugget...

11
Feb
selfie image blog
Tips for Taking Selfie Videos

Video is a great way to communicate with your audience.  Being authentic is important and...

07
Feb
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Easy Screen Recording with BandiCam

Video is the ideal way to share information, especially when you need to explain the...

07
Feb
Print Terms
Getting to Grips with Print Lingo

There’s still a place for print and often the terminology is confusing.  Pro Print has...

24
Oct
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Handy Paper Sizes

Not too sure what size you need?  Here’s a handy visual guide with dimensions. ISO...

24
Oct
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Microsoft Sway: Reimagine Content Packaging and Digital Sharing

Sway is a cloud-based app that integrates with Microsoft Office 365 that allows you to...

24
Oct
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How to Survive as an Industry Newbie

Want to be a kick-ass designer?  Then read on… Here are our top tips for...

17
Oct
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New Tech: Forms and Approvals with Permission Click

Permission Click:  https://permissionclick.com/   is a nifty tool for event organisers. We used it recently for the...

17
Oct
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New Tech: Crowdsource Ideas with IdeaScale

Need an employee engagement or consumer platform to facilitate idea sharing? IdeaScale uses crowdsourcing to...

17
Oct
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Top Tips for Corporate Identity Guidelines

Working with global corporates means we’re often supplied with their Corporate Identity (CI) guidelines to...

17
Oct
Mascot
Is a Mascot a Must?

From McDonalds Ronald and 7Up’s Fido to Disney’s Mickey Mouse and the five M&M’s spokescandies,...

16
Oct
Saving with PowerPoint
Savvy Ways to Reduce Ongoing Design Costs with PowerPoint

It sounds like we’re trying to talk ourselves out of business, right?  In a way...

16
Oct
Packaging Power
The Power of Packaging

Having been appointed as the ad agency for a new local ice-cream brand, we’re so...

31
Jul
DesignerSpeak
Decoding Designer Lingo

Designer speak can sound like gibberish to the uninitiated.  If you’re at the receiving end...

26
Jun
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Your Brand is so Much More than a Logo

Often start-ups will ask us to design only their logo.  And it’s understandable – as...

12
Jun
global mindset
Why a Global Mindset will Set You Apart

Having a global mindset is one of the most critical skills to have in today’s...

12
Jun
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Need some social media post inspiration? Here’s 14 post ideas to get you going.

We found this great summary with 14 post ideas from SO ME Academy > Here’s...

16
May
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Still use Twitter? Here’s how to get your chirp on!

It is surprising to know with 262.7 millions users globally, Twitter ranks lowest in social...

11
May
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Is your newsletter successful? Here’s how you can track ROI.

You go to great effort to interview teams and create networks to capture the latest...

08
May
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Create a Cracking Campaign

Want a cracking communications campaign?  It all starts with sound strategy, effective key messages and...

07
May
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Caricature Logo Creation

Logos come in all shapes and sizes.  Some are caricatures. We had heaps of fun...

03
May
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Excel Like You’ve Never Seen It

We pride ourselves on offering truly unique solutions at Blue Juice… it’s one of our...

13
Mar
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Celebrating Being Unique

A key success factor in business is clearly articulating your unique offering.   At Blue Juice...

09
Mar
Instagram savvy
Are you Instagram savvy?

At Blue Juice we lovingly refer to Instagram as ‘The Fickle Pickle’ as users are...

23
Feb
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To our new Blue Juice brand, with love, your Mom

Our new brand is more than just a new look. It’s a part of my...

13
Feb
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Snapchat for Dinosaurs

Has this happened to you? Your teen glances at their phone and chuckles. You walk...

12
Feb
Going digital
Going Digital

What does ‘going digital’ really mean? ‘Digital’ – the buzz word that’s hot on the...

30
Jan
Embrace Failure
Failure is Part of Success

Embracing Failure It’s been written about many times.  Some may think it’s rather radical and...

30
Jan
Making the most of your intranet
Making the most of your intranet

“If you build it, they will come.” Unfortunately that’s just not the case with intranets....

30
Jan
Women Under Pressure
Women Under Pressure

This white paper by the Institute for Health and Human Potential is intriguing. It builds...

30
Jan
Is your small business blog a waste of time
Is your small business blog a waste of time?

Do you find it a chore to write blog posts for your small business? Do...

30
Jan
8 Ways to Boost Communications
8 Ways to Boost Communications

For most established corporates communication channels are already in place, but perhaps your internal comms...

30
Jan
Digital trends report
Digital Trends report article

KEY DIGITAL TRENDS We thought we’d share some of the main takeaways from the 2017...

30
Jan
EMS systems
EMS systems

Looking for an easy way to send newsletters out to employees or clients? Blue Juice...

30
Jan
To brochure or not to brochure
To brochure or not to brochure

To brochure or not to brochure? We think the solution lies in a hybrid approach....

30
Jan
Is your social media on target
Is your social media content on target?

Every social media platform is different, and you need to know how it can be...

30
Jan
Animation deets
Need an animation to get your message across loud, quick and clear?

Yeah, they’re really cool but they don’t pop out in a flash so here’s the...

30
Jan
The most mispronounced brand names
The most mispronounced brand names

Today we thought we’d have a little fun, so we’ve got a challenge for you!...

12
Jan