Connecting Communities

We started to blog about the importance of shopping locally over 8 years ago and the message is just as important now as it ever has been. Here are three things that happen when you shop locally.

By now you may have read about or at least spotted a news headline with the words, Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, Data, Privacy. In a nutshell: The data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump’s election team and the winning Brexit…

Today is World down syndrome day and Ballymena Today want to celebrate with this heart warming tribute from some of the hardest working mums around! If you haven't seen this video yet then brace yourself and get the tissues ready!…

I spotted this list of rules for being a better client last week; White space is your friend No, you can't watch us work Be open to things you didn't imagine Be confident, not arrogant Nothing takes a second Don't be rude Tell me the…

I know it seems attractive to cut a corner and save some money but, I regularly encounter design situations where the only logo available is a low resolution jpeg which is effectively useless. The designer is long gone, didn’t know what…

If you're good at anything nowadays, chances are someone will talk about you on the web. Those chances go up if you are a business that interacts with people regularly. This is free promotion you must appreciate. Retailers. Coffee shops.…

Earlier this month here at Ballymena Today we interviewed Rachel from No More Traffik Ballymena. She has already told us how she got involved with the organisations and about the success for the Gift Box which was in the Fairhill shopping…

No More Traffik Ballymena introduced their Gift Box to Ballymena over Christmas time. Their mission was to educate people about the traffiking problem locally and worldwide. We at Ballymena Today wanted to find out more about their work.…

If you are a Ballymena business then you might not have any interest in a Throwback Thursday - why bother? Isn't that just something that the young ones do? What is the benefit for a local business? Well here at Ballymena Today we have been…

What do we mean when we say simple logo design? A company’s logo is its shorthand, a visual cue that tells a story of the brand’s culture, behaviour, and values... A logo needs to be “true,” in the sense that it should not be…