Bay Coffee recently asked us to improve their Google search rankings for key search terms such as ‘Coffee supplier’ for which the client was lagging well behind other competitors in the wholesale coffee industry.

We recently received this glowing testimonial from UTS: On behalf of everyone at UTS Student Engagement and Development, I would like to thank you for your time and effort redesigning the UTS Autumn 2015 Orientation Booklet.

It’s not enough to be an expert just in your product or service. It’s also vital to understand your client’s business – what it does, its goals and visions – and then to see how your product can add to this. And in today’s technology-driven market a business to business sales strategy has to consider … Continue reading Business to Business Sales Ideas →

To start a new business takes courage, drive and perseverance. There’s plenty of anecdotal and concrete evidence that the attrition rate of new businesses is high, but don’t let this put you off. There’s also a mass of evidence proving – when you do things right – how a business can succeed and grow. The … Continue reading Start a New Business – 5 Crucial Steps →

Finding a way into the hearts & minds of customers is what every successful brand and business strives for, and getting the name of your business right the first time can make a major difference in this pursuit. A well thought through and considered brand name can be the difference between your business being mediocre … Continue reading Naming Your Business – Creating a New Brand Name →

Believe it or not, small business is the backbone of the Australian economy. And just because you are small, doesn’t not mean you need to be small minded with your approach to marketing. Yes, even on a small budget. Here are 5 inexpensive and basic marketing ideas for small business:

In a recent article, SmartCompany focuses in on a massive opportunity for small online retailers to snap up customers. According to research published this week by FedEx Express, this opportunity hangs on whether a business has a responsive and easy-to-use website, an often neglected fact. According to the 9,000 individuals that made up the study, … Continue reading Good website design: Are you losing sales from poorly executed web design? →

Happy festive season from Creative Order. Our Sydney & Melbourne graphic design studios will close 5pm 23 December and will re-open at 9am 5 January 2015. Thanks for an amazing year.

A Brisbane couple recently created a new service called Playdate to help new mums find each other in their local area. The founders are looking to a big 2015, having only spent $60 a day on digital advertising over the last 3 months.

What is good design, why is it important? How do you pull together design and democracy? If you weren’t lucky enough to attend the Melbourne Writers Festival this year, one of the highlights for us was a talk called ‘Design Matters’ hosted by Esther Anatolitis – the subject of the discussion was about advocacy in … Continue reading What is good design? Why is it important? →

The Creative Order team are excited and proud to be nominated as a finalist in the Australian Design Biennale Awards to be held in Hobart. This years Biennale is produced by AGDA in conjunction with Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). Taking place over four days it will applaud and show off award wining … Continue reading Australian Design Biennale Awards – Packaging Design Finalist! →

The Optical Company (TOC) has appointed Sydney and Melbourne based creative agency Creative Order to work on their above-the-line advertising, digital and brand strategy for all of its retail eyewear brands, such as Kevin Paisley, Stacey and Stacey, Prevue Eyewear & NIB. The brief covers TV commercials, press advertising, radio, in-store POS, direct mail and … Continue reading The Optical Company Appoint Creative Order as Their Lead Creative Agency →