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Gabriel Meacham
I have been working in the computer industry for 15 years and have evolved from a network engineer to a graphic designer. Don't ask me how these things happen. I am a partner at Thalo Creative Studios, an Internet consulting firm and web design / development firm just north of Atlanta in Dawsonville Georgia. I am lucky enough to be able to do what I love all day.
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Thalo Creative Studios - Employee Memo # 1
Thalo - Special High Intensity Training Program In order to insure that we produce websites of the highest "quality", it is our policy to keep all employees well trained through our Special High Intensity Training Program (S.H.I.T.). We are giving our employees much more S.H.I.T. than any other Web Design company in Atlanta... Possibly the nation. ...Feb 16 -
Announcing Spectrum Alpha 5
We are happy to announce that Lanier Color Company has awarded Thalo Creative the long term development and support contract for Spectrum Alpha 5! More details on the way... ...Feb 14 -
White Oak - Branding + Collateral Design
Brand Design | Logo, Pocket Folders, Business Cards, Letterhead, Tri-Folds, Etc... ...Jan 23 -
KingsWay International Collateral Design + Print
Stationary - Letterhead & Envelopes - Business Cards - Tri-Fold Brochure - 2007 ...Jan 20 -
2011 Manufacturing Summit - Tri-Fold Design
11x17 Tri-Fold Design For Event Marketing In Dalton GA. ...Jan 19 -
Other entries by Gabriel Meacham
Phillip Chafin
Phillip has worked with over 4,165 websites in the past 7 years in one position or another. He has seen the good, the bad and the ugly of the Internet and desires to help small to mid-sized businesses get the most out of the Internet. He has seen the 6 months it can take to get your site restored at Google and emphasizes that nobody can guarantee you anything when it comes to the search engines. All you can do is give them what they are looking for and do more, pay more or be more than your competitors.
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TOP SECRET - How to Protect Your Works
Not many people are aware of what Copyright law actually is; however, anyone in business should understand the importance of a good copyright to protect their works from being "knocked-off". This process is much easier than one might think. A Copyright can be requested online for only $35.00/work. For more details click read more. ...May 16 -
TOP SECRET - Initial Product Order
Congratulations Team Thalo Creative for your first product order of our new offering. We have ordered an initial test run of 50 of the top 5 most popular XXXXX. Additionally we ran 50 of a special XXXXX for a manufacturer to get them interested in our product for their own customers. What should we do with the first order? Click Read More to find o ...May 15 -
TOP SECRET - Product Design Comps
Whilst out reviewing the competition sites we have started to narrow down our design and how similar yet different the design will need to be so as not to infringe on anyone's copyrights. We have figured out that our target market will include both men and women and so we have decided to make a design alternate specific to the female demographic. ...May 11 -
TOP SECRET : Competition Review
As many business owners find when creating a new product or service it is vital to check the marketplace to make sure that first no one else is doing it the way you are and that if there are people already doing it that you emulate them if they are already established in the marketplace. There are many things you can learn from your "Competition Re ...May 09 -
In House Project - TOP SECRET
This will be the first of many blog articles we do as we develop a new in-house idea for retailing an already popular product with a spin. Want to know what it is? Keep checking in with us as we get ready to create the plan, purchase the seed product and start online marketing and manual distribution. This should be an interesting case study indeed ...May 08 -
Other entries by Phillip Chafin
Robert Meacham
I am the project manager here at Thalo Creative. I control the schedule. I take part in a lot of the meetings with clients. I help manage where projects are at, and need to be. I am also involved in some of the small back end entries on some of the websites.
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Thanksgiving Weekend
Just as the trees get done pouring off their leaves the thanksgiving holiday is at our feet. It is the one day a year most of us get together with friends & family and eat until every one is ready to take a nap. Here at Thalo Creative we all have family. Some of us in the office are family. Thanksgiving is one of the few holidays we honor, so all o ...Nov 28 -
Is Social Media Just a Craze?
Or is Social Media the Next Generation of Marketing? ...Nov 13 -
What are the Benefits of a Website With a CMS?
You may ask what a CMS is. CMS stands for Content Management System. Traditionally users are not able to edit their websites with out knowing how to work with html. So if they decide to try to edit it them selves there is a possibility of messing everything up. With out a CMS based website the client would have to go to the designer to have them ma ...Nov 06 -
The Hosting Transfers Commence
At Thalo Creative, we host a lot of the websites we design and some others that we haven’t designed. One of the biggest reasons we host them is the ease it gives us because we know our own systems when we are making edits on the website. But then the hosting providers we use start diminishing in the quality of service that they provide. The big cau ...Nov 02 -
Google’s Doodle
Every one knows what Google’s main page looks like; the word Google and then a search bar underneath. Google has always had what they call the Google Doodle. This is a small illustration that they put in place of the word Google. ...Nov 01 -
Other entries by Robert Meacham
John Rider
John has worked for 13 years as an Art Director and Graphic Designer after attending the University of Georgia. Having spent time as a principle on a Marketing team in a corporate environment, he understands the value of diplomacy. He has experience in business development, retail sales, print and online marketing, product photography, brand development and most anything regarding creative business development. With website design projects under his belt, he understands what questions to ask to relate to Thalo Creative's clients to help arrive at solutions that are beyond excellent. He will be more than happy to come pay you a visit to discuss what your business wishes to accomplish!
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GINSU!
Granted, the company has come a long way from it roots of selling plastic knives that appear to cut through pineapples. So has Marketing. Thousands of channels now span the broadcast waves and even more than that online. So many places to get my information fix, or just watch three ding dongs girl-fight in some fancy house dressed ...Nov 08 -
21st Century Lead Toy?
In today’s technological business climate, it is often hard to qualify what is actually a good lead, and what may be a complete waste of time. I can research a company within a couple of minutes online, have a pretty good idea about the company, and consider them worth my time exploring. At the same time, any company can look online and ...Nov 07 -
How Do You Stay Inspired?
Finding it hard to be optimistic? News pundits depressing you? Worried about the climate of your industry, or your business? How do you find inspiration? It may be a deep, far-fetched ideology, or may be a quick notion, but one thing is for certain, it is personal. ...Nov 05 -
But why do we have to meet in person?
This blog may be considered dated. Or maybe, that perspective is exactly what this blog addresses. Do you Skype? Got Go to Meeting? Use an intranet video-teleconferencing module to communicate internally throughout your huge corporation? ...Nov 03 -
Excuse me, your site doesn’t work.
As a business development associate here with Thalo Creative, I often call on people whose website does not function like it is supposed to. That is the right customer to call on, right? They have obviously made an effort to put something out there. Are they aware that it doesn’t work properly? Are they going to get upset at ...Nov 02 -
Other entries by John Rider
Joe Gilreath
I have been in Systems Administration for 9 years, working in the IT department of many different organizations. I hope to bring my vast knowledge, education and experience gained in that time to our clients. Some of my past experience includes working with retailers, churches, restaurants, law offices, medical practices, engineering firms, non-profits, transportation businesses, and insurance companies, just to name a few.
As the resident tech guru at Thalo Creative Studios I assist people and their businesses with the technology they use everyday. From getting the servers at work migrated over to virtual machines to getting that virus off your computer. I work to smoothly integrate these technologies in your personal and business lives and resolve any issues that arise in the process. I'm very passionate about the service we offer, service designed so that you can spend your time doing those things you're most passionate about!
As the resident tech guru at Thalo Creative Studios I assist people and their businesses with the technology they use everyday. From getting the servers at work migrated over to virtual machines to getting that virus off your computer. I work to smoothly integrate these technologies in your personal and business lives and resolve any issues that arise in the process. I'm very passionate about the service we offer, service designed so that you can spend your time doing those things you're most passionate about!
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IT departments: Going the way of the dodo?
I’ve seen IT departments go from centralized, to decentralized to centralized again. From in house to outsourced and back again. Any group in a company that starts putting its own interests ahead of the company’s best interests is eventually either going to lose or take down the company; especially small ones. Unfortunately, too many IT departme ...May 03 -
Mac Security Is "10 Years Behind Microsoft"
Kaspersky's CEO went on record stating that Apple is 10 years behind Microsoft in it's OS security. He further elaborates that Apple will soon find that they have the same security issues that Microsoft did 10-12 years ago. ...Apr 26 -
Another Thalo Custom Desktop
We recently built a really nice custom system for one of our long time clients. When they approached us about purchasing a new desktop for their business I informed them about our Thalo Custom Desktop's. She was very interested in the prospect after I extolled the virtues of the Thalo Custom Desktop, which can be found in my blog post here, over ...Apr 25 -
Windows 7 Powertips - 10/10
Move The Recycle Bin To The Taskbar In Windows 7 When the Recycle Bin first made its appearance in Windows 95, I really enjoyed dragging and dropping unneeded files on the trash can icon and watching them disappear. It was just so cool! (Keep in mind that was 15 years ago, and the drag-and-drop capability was a new feature.) ...Apr 23 -
Windows 7 Powertips - 9/10
Configure Windows 7 To Run Only Specific Applications There are situations where you, as the administrator/owner of a network or group of machines, want users to be able to run only certain applications. Parental controls, small business employers, etc.—there are plenty of reasons for doing this and a few methods for achieving it. One of those met ...Apr 23 -
Other entries by Joe Gilreath
Latest Blog Posts
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Not many people are aware of what Copyright law actually is; however, anyone in business should unde...Written on 16 May 2012
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Congratulations Team Thalo Creative for your first product order of our new offering. We have ordere...Written on 15 May 2012