Method to the Mayhem

I recently wrote an article for Twitter Backgrounds Gallery website, "How to Brand Yourself with a Twitter Background."

In the article, I talk about when marketing and branding yourself, you want all pieces to look similar and cohesive: logo, business cards, letterhead, envelope, website, brochure, media kit, marketing materials, signage, etc.

And how Twitter profile backgrounds is another tool in helping to market and promote yourself. The background should match your existing brand or look. Twitter backgrounds get noticed if they’re: unique, fresh and stands out from the crowd.

I also go into topics about

+ What size should the Twitter background be?
+ Type of Twitter Designs
+ Tile or not to tile
+ Contrast and readability

The article is up on Twitter Backgrounds Gallery website now. You can read the full article HERE.

Follow @mayhemstudios and @TwitterBGallery on Twitter.

Labels: Branding, Design, Marketing, Self-Promotion, Tweet, Twitter, Twitter Backgrounds Gallery

Posted by Calvin Lee at Sunday, April 05, 2009 | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Todays blog post is different from my normal design related posts. @mayhemstudios is teaming up with @jumeau to help spread the word and bring awareness in preventing child abuse in America.

Prevent Child Abuse – America (PCA America) affects change at the governmental and community level. PCA promotes better child development process and provide parents with better conditions to be the kind of parents they want to be. Check out the PCA Website & blog for more information.

For the next 3 days, please help us to spread the word about preventing child abuse and be automatically entered to win 1 of the 5 free Bags/Belts (your choice) from Jumeau.

So how do you enter?
Simple! All you have to do is send the following Tweet on Twitter:

Enter To Win 1 of the 5 Free Bags/Belts From @Jumeau http://tr.im/hN0L #PCA-America

Rules
+ To enter, Tweet this message!
+ Enter multiple times! (10 entry max with extra 5 entries for every 1,000 followers you have)
+ More you Tweet the message, the better your odds of winning!
+ Entries will be accepted until 11:59 PM, EST on Saturday, March 28, 2009

But Wait there’s More!
Everyone that DONATES at least $10 directly to Prevent Child Abuse America will be entered to win one of ten $50 gift certificates from Jumeau – picked at random by PCA on Saturday.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? DONATE NOW!

Jumeau has pledged to donate 25% of all sales between now and Midnight on Friday to PCA. All you need to do is go to the Jumeau online store and use coupon code – “TwitterPCA” during the checkout.

Direct costs associated with child abuse and neglect including foster care services, hospitalization, mental health treatment, and law enforcement total more than $33 billion. Indirect costs of over $70 billion include loss of productivity as well as expenditures related to chronic health problems, special education, and the criminal justice system. To learn more about the PCA America report, please visit, www.preventchildabuse.org.

Jumeau routinely supports: non-profit events, school fundraisers, sports fundraisers, church/religious fundraisers. If you have an event, please contact Jumeau about participating.

Labels: Bags, Caring, Charity, Give, Help, Jumeau, PCA, Prevent Child Abuse, Support, Tweet, Twitter

Posted by Calvin Lee at Thursday, March 26, 2009 | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

Jesse Newhart, Digital Media Explorer and owner of JesseNewhart.com has a really great video on his blog "How To Turn Twitter Followers into Friends." Jesse takes you through how to becoming friends with your followers and succeed in building relationships on Twitter.

Jesse uses me, Mayhem Studios as an example of how I built relationships on Twitter, by helping others out, participating, interacting, tweeting using information, retweeting others, being part of the community, replying to questions, having good manners and sharing part of your life.

Another great video, "Now Your Followers Are Friends. Now What?" from Khayyam Wakil, I am Khayyam blog. A follow up to Jesse's video, "How To Turn Twitter Followers into Friends."

Khayyam goes over how to use Twitalyzer and what all the numbers mean. Twitalyzer is a unique tool to evaluate the activity of any Twitter user and report on relative influence, signal-to-noise ratio, generosity, velocity, clout, and other useful measures of success in social media.

He also talks about how Twitter is mainstream from ABC News, "Tweet Like a Bird: Your Guide."

So check out all the great videos and free to follow us on Twitter, @mayhemstudios @jessenewhart @iamkhayyam

Labels: Followers, Friends, Jesse Newhart, Khayyam, Retweet, Self-Promotion, Tips, Tricks, Tweet, Twitter, Video

Posted by Calvin Lee at Tuesday, March 17, 2009 | Permalink | Comments | links to this post

With only 3 days into the launch of the new Twitter related web site, Just Tweet It, created by designers Adelle Charles & Dani McDaniel. They have gotten some amazing feedback from the community and a lot of love has been spread.

Just Tweet It have chosen to feature Calvin Lee of Mayhem Studios as their First Featured Tweeter! Calvin is a designer/blogger who is always hard at work tweeting and re-tweeting to help his fellow colleagues and it hasn’t gone unnoticed!

Feel free to follow @mayhemstudios, @Adellecharles and @Dani on Twitter.

About Just Tweet It
Just Tweet It is a directory to find other Tweeters that share your interests, search for friends, and keep up with the latest Twitter tools, links and information.

Just Tweet It was created by designers Adelle Charles & Dani McDaniel. They wanted to make it easier for people using the popular micro-blogging service Twitter to find other “Tweeters” with similar interests.

About Adelle Charles
Adelle Charles is a Designer & Blogger who runs Fuel Your Creativity & AdelleCharles.com.

She is an obsessive email checker and highly addicted to Starbucks. Loves to add "fuel to the fire" any chance she gets. Her dogs Chino and Jameson jot down ideas for her while she's at work. They are obviously the secret to her success.

About Dani McDaniel
Dani McDaniel owner of Anidan Design with over 8 years experience in web and graphic design. Dani loves to help people design their individual place on the internet.

Dani specializes in css/xhtml and Wordpress customization, she can code a design you already have or help you to design a brand new one that sets you miles apart from your competitors!

Labels: Adelle Charles, Anidan Design, Dani McDaniel, Design, Fuel Your Creativity, Just Tweet It, Networking, Promotion, Tweet, Twitter

Posted by Calvin Lee at Friday, October 10, 2008 | Permalink | Comments | links to this post