Tria Designs

“Brand Storytelling” - new cartoon and post https://marketoonist.com/2024/07/brand-storytelling-show.html

Long live print!

Magazines aren't dying—just ask these indie publishers Independent publishers like ‘Mountain Gazette’ and ‘The Surfer’s Journal’ are finding success with high-quality print, a tight-knit community, and less advertising.

How do you thank your members? Contributors? Volunteers? Donors?

While this video was only 10-seconds, it made me feel like I was their most important customer:

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So many higher education organizations immediately hand off their graduates to the development office. If we are truly "life-long membership" institutions, it needs to be a more symbiotic relationship. https://chiefexecutive.net/to-build-the-talent-pipeline-colleges-must-have-more-skin-in-the-game/

If Colleges Want To Help Build The Talent Pipeline, They Must Have More Skin In The Game Properly launching students should be a nine-year process, not just four years.

"Magazines that make the biggest impact this year will have — and relentlessly execute on — a solid strategy. Those that do will see good results: more meaningful engagement, helpful feedback, more recognition, and more significant return on investment.

“Those that don’t will likely see cuts: fewer issues each year, fewer pages each issue, fewer people on the mailing list, and most worryingly: dwindling impact”

https://mailchi.mp/f43aa99497c5/roundups-14458993

"Design is also the difference between being perceived as innovative or not. People see it as a proxy for your product.

"Even writers have a design bias. In Fenwick’s own newsletter which is mostly for writers, the most-clicked items are always about design ... Everyone gets excited by graphics."

Why Writing and Design Should Be Intertwined — Fenwick Chris Gillespie , November 10, 2022

Always a fun process working with Delta Gamma Fraternity.

This was a fun redesign!

Diversifying Your Talent Pool by recruiting and hiring nontraditional employees can offer opportunities for businesses and workers alike.

We have got a great story of a wash doing just that as well as tips on how you can follow suit from Affinity HR Group President Claudia St. John.

https://carwashorg.info/3NntdB5

Anatomy of a digital illustration. “Cliches are boring. Don’t be boring!”

Slides from today's talk at the Fraternity Communications Association Annual Meeting: "Top 10 Rules for Creating an Engaging Magazine" can be downloaded here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/29y1v2kdgfhtsnc/FCA2022_Top10EngageMag_LowRes.pdf?dl=0

Talking about story telling at Fraternity Communications Association Annual Meeting!

The Mystery Photo .... "It's a popular feature with readers. They definitely stop, look and read each issue ... It's an easy lift with great ROI." Fraternity Communications Association
https://mailchi.mp/73b6f85ae2ca/mysteryphoto

THIS! ----> “It’s just human behavior. The magazine lands in your mailbox. And if the editorial staff has done it right, if you’re a good magazine, people will read you because it has shown up. They are not going to seek you out [online]. They just don’t.”

Alumni magazines embrace digital, but print will never die The COVID-19 pandemic forced many alumni magazines to cancel print issues and build up their websites instead. Print is coming back, but the enhanced digital offerings are here to stay.

Just wrapped up this logo for the brave and always vigilant men and women of AFD’s Station 41!

Your magazine remains your " #1 Communication Tool!"

"88% of US adults read a magazine in the last six months ... including 90% of adults under the age of 25."

Explore the MPA's just released 2021 fact book here: https://bit.ly/3DdGsPp and dig deep itno the data to create better content for your readers!

When approached us about feature story on campus traditions, we only approached one illustrator to bring it to life — .

Inspiring and impactful story of how one woman took control of her personal health.

Tria Designs updated their address.

Tria Designs updated their phone number.

Inspiring story of one woman’s journey with fire — from trauma to embracement. Read the story then check out her TED talk. Search: Daniella Torrey. 📸

Winner! 1st Place for the coveted Fred F. Yoder Award for Overall Magazine Excellence. And 3rd place for Publication Improvement.

Winner! 2nd Place for the coveted Fred F. Yoder Award for Overall Magazine Excellence.

"Notice how different types of story formats (How-To, quiz, info-graphic, group-chat) make you feel when you read them?" Erin Peterson of Capstone Communications, provides a whole tool-kit for FREE 👉👉 https://bit.ly/3u20NSU

Winner! 1st Place Magazine Feature Design. This culminated in a sweep for our clients in this category. 📸 .dphotog

Winner! 2nd Place for magazine feature design.

Winner! 3rd Place for magazine feature design.

Winner! 1st place for Critic’s Choice 2-Page Layout showcasing their new brand.

Winner! 2nd place for Critic’s Choice Cover design and 3rd place for Critic’s Choice 2-page layout. Both featuring original art by .