The Brolik blog

We love launching brands, creating entertaining content and designing smart, friendly websites and applications. We also like to discuss our experiences and advice regarding these topics here on the Brolik Blog.

Managing Client Expectations: For Designers

You cannot assume that your only job is to make your client happy. You also cannot disregard the opinions of your client. The ultimate goal for designers who want to build strong client relationships is to strike that delicate balance between the two.

From College Life to Digital Marketing Agency

Three recent college grads talk about life after college, interning in the agency world, and share some tips on transitioning into full time employment

Sales Techniques: Closing Sales With The First Conversation

No matter what you are selling, it’s important that certain information is collected and that the client leaves the first sales meeting feeling confident. You want them to feel that they are talking to the right person and that your company is both able and willing to support and guide them through the process.

The Power of Doodling

Commonly viewed as a symptom of boredom or inattention, doodling actually has the power to affect how you process and retain information.

Home Team Marketing: A New Era In Brand Distribution

Employers are embracing employees as their primary marketers. Learn why this is a good thing for many companies.

Tracking Matters

With so much big data and analytics options, tracking digital marketing initiatives can be daunting. Use this scrappy tool set to identify which of your initiatives are working and which are just wasting your money.

Famous Logos and Designer Hate

For as long as there have been companies to rebrand, there have been designers to make snarky comments about their new identities. Designer hate has always been around to some degree, but not as it exists today. Why is everybody jumping on the designer hate bandwagon?

5 Things Clients Should Know Before a Project Starts

Over the years I’ve picked up on a lot things that I now stress to clients before their project starts. With these five things, I can guarantee any project will run smoothly, be more effective, and everyone will feel the project was a success and worth the investment.

Simplify Your Navigation for Better Usability

Your website's navigation is a crucial piece of the user experience. When executed well it will help user engagement and result in a higher conversion rate. This article will give you general guidelines for structuring your navigation to work for your user's needs.

3 Tips for Beating Facebook's 20% Rule

In the last several months, Facebook has been making small changes to their platform so quickly that it can be difficult to keep up. There have been few changes to the Facebook platform that we have found more annoying than the “20% rule.”

Motion: The New Skeuomorphism

The transition from skeuomorphic design to flat design is old news. Gone are the days of emulating real life in a digital form… or are they?

Innovate or Die T-Shirt Collaboration

Brolik and Duke & Winston worked together to create a shirt that expresses the creative, do-or-die mentality that represents the two companies and many other emerging companies in Philly.