The TMO Blog

Skeuomorphism vs. Flat Design

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Lately, some designers have been championing flat design as the new frontier for layouts and interfaces, opposed to the skeuomorphism we have all come to know and love (even if we didn't know the name for it). Since flat design may be a new…
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Blog Post Formats You Can Rely On For Content Marketing

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Yep, it's time again for a post about content marketing! It looks like there will be plenty of these throughout the next year as content marketing stays on the tip of everyone's tongue when talking about SEO or digital marketing. But, pumping…
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Correcting Misunderstandings About Retina Displays And Design

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Retina Displays have become a buzzword for design and Apple alike, as it has managed to become synonymous with any display able to show high definition graphics, but many don't actually understand what Retina means. For starters, "Retina Display"…
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How To Avoid Over Optimizing Your Content Marketing Campaigns

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The breakout star in SEO so far this year appears to be content marketing. It was pretty talked about in 2013, but with Google's penalties and algorithms it will only be more important as the year progresses. Of course, just as with any SEO…
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Twitter Ads Not A Viable Platform Yet

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It was only a matter of time before Twitter unveiled an advertising platform to its users. So far, however, the results have been extremely underwhelming. At the present, your Twitter ad campaign will be run like a poorly run AdWords campaign.…
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Report Shows Mobile Search Continues To Grow Without Hurting Desktop

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With the new year come new reports about the way we searched the internet in 2012. The Search Agency posted their "State of Paid Search Report" for the last quarter of the previous year, and while it is mostly confirming what other reports…
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Mobile Design Misconceptions Debunked

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In just a few years, mobile browsing has gone from laughably tedious to one of the fastest growing ways we access the internet. With that meteoric rise to popularity comes misunderstandings thanks to generalizations, but the reality of mobile…
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Typography Vs. Lettering: Know The Difference

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In the past decade, typography has re-risen as a huge interest for designers and artists of all kinds, to the point that it is possible for one to make a living designing type and custom lettering. But, as with any newly popular area, the…
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What Are Google Penguin Updates?

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Less than a year ago, Google unleashed an update called the "webspam algorithm" that seemed innocuous at first, until experts began to notice how widespread its effects were. The impact of the update was so large, Google eventually gave it an…
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