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The Overlooked Approach to Winning More Business: How Branding Closes Deals
Last updated: April 7, 2025 Recently, I gave a talk to a group of professional services business owners and leaders about how branding helps to close sales deals. And while…
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Atomicdust Earns Seven American Graphic Design Awards
Purposeful design is at the heart of every great brand. It can create an emotional connection with customers, helping to shape how people feel, think and engage with a company.…
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Content Writer Stephanie Rushing Joins Atomicdust
Curiosity drives creativity—and our new Content Writer, Stephanie Rushing, is endlessly curious. Stephanie’s curiosity led her to marketing and technology long before she started her career. As a teenager, she…
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Historic Meets Modern with The Victor Branding
Did I ever tell you I have a slight fear of elevators? Our first office was in an old building on Washington Ave. in downtown St. Louis. It had a…
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Atomicdust Earns Nine MarCom Awards
When you think of excellence, you might think of people like Michael Jordan, Albert Einstein, Beethoven or Michelangelo. (Or, if you’re a design and marketing nerd like we are, you…
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Mike Spakowski to Speak at American Institute of Architects St. Louis Event
There’s a great quote about architecture that comes from a somewhat surprising source— Winston Churchill: “We shape our buildings: thereafter, they shape us.” The sentence sums up the power of…
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B2B Website Design Best Practices to Scale Your Business
No matter your title, industry or location, most professional services teams would agree: the competition is fierce. But there’s another truth that spans industries and sectors: the right website design…
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Business Consultant Branding for High Five Strategies
“So, what’s the strategy?” Strategy is incredibly important in business—but for many companies, developing one can be intimidating and perplexing. First, there’s different strategy types. Go-to-market strategy. Cost leadership strategy.…
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Atomicdust Earns Five w3 Awards
“Creativity is seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.” – Albert Einstein Helping companies stand out by doing what others haven’t is what…
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Remembering George Lois: “I was always making a point.”
Have you ever read Steal Like An Artist by Austin Kleon? If you haven’t, you should. The book is about the creative process and where ideas come from—and how to…
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ATMDST Book Club: Our Favorite Branding & Marketing Books of 2022
They say the team that reads together leads together. No one has ever actually said that. Until now, I guess—and maybe it will catch on. But our team really does…
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A Bit of Reinvention for Cite Studio’s Web Design
“So who is your dream client?” Over the years, I’ve come to dread this question. I’ve also learned that people love to ask it to creatives. Nike—I would imagine that…