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Justen Hong Featured in VoyageSTL’s Most Inspiring Stories in St. Louis

Posted on July 15, 2024 by JUSTEN HONG

Justen Hong was recently featured in VoyageSTL’s “Most Inspiring Stories in St. Louis.” VoyageSTL aims to spotlight the amazing individuals who bring life and vibrancy to the St. Louis, MO area. The publication highlights incredible artists, creatives, entrepreneurs, and change-makers, celebrating their unique stories.

VoyageSTL is part of the LA-based Voyage Group of Magazines. Their mission is to promote small businesses, artists, creatives, and makers by providing a platform for these hidden gems to share their stories in their own words.

Justen Hong VoyageSTL interview

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Visual Lure Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary

Posted on June 17, 2021 by JUSTEN HONG

Visual Lure 20 year anniversary

In this year 2021, Visual Lure® celebrates its 20th anniversary. In an industry where designers and design firms come and go – we think 20 years is something to be proud of. I would like to personally thank all our clients, past and present, who’ve made it possible for me to do what I love for a living.

Helping entrepreneurs and small businesses succeed has always been my passion, and I believe generating results for our clients is what has kept us in business for so long. Thank you again. We hope we can make it 20 more!

God bless,
Justen Hong
Visual Lure Founder/Owner & Professional Eye-Catcher

Justen Hong to be New St. Louis AIGA Website & Interactive Chair

Posted on June 16, 2016 by JUSTEN HONG

Justen Hong St. Louis AIGA Website & Interactive Chair

Justen Hong, the owner and Head Eye-Catcher™ of Visual Lure, recently decided to get more involved with the St. Louis design community, in particular, its local AIGA chapter. He was recently nominated and confirmed to be the new Website & Interactive Chair. The Chair is responsible for the direction of the local St. Louis AIGA website. The chair works closely with each board member as a liaison to gather information to be published on the web. The chair also works with the national office in regards to the local site.

Justen looks forward to working with the other board members to help inform and motivate other designers to get more involved in this great organization.

The AIGA’s mission is to advance design as a professional craft. With over 70 chapters and 25,000 members, it is the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design. The organization defines global standards and ethical practices, helps guide design education, enhances professional development and helps designers connect with one another.

 

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Justen Hong of Visual Lure Featured in December’s Issue of Shutter Magazine

Posted on December 2, 2014 by JUSTEN HONG

I am honored to be the featured artist in this month’s Shutter Magazine. Shutter Magazine is just one of the educational tools offered through Salvatore Cincotta’s Behind The Shutter. Behind The Shutter is a no nonsense educational resource for professional photographers focusing heavily on the business side of the industry. Their other teaching apparatuses include Shutter Network, an educational video based network with topic related episodes, and Shutterfest, an annual professional photographer’s conference held in St. Louis, MO. To date, Behind The Shutter has almost 90,000 active subscribers worldwide, and 2015’s Shutterfest has already been sold out with its maximum capacity of 1,500 attendees.

I was featured in this month’s issue due to the fact that I will be speaking once again at next year’s Shutterfest. I will be teaching three classes. One on building a cohesive visual brand, and two on website design and search engine optimization (SEO). Below are screenshots of this month’s cover and my spreads. If you would like to read the issue, or my article, visit www.behindtheshutter.com/shutter-magazine/. It is FREE! All you need to do is sign up!

Visual Lure featured artist Behind the Shutter

Justen Hong of Visual Lure Writes Web Design Article in March Issue of Shutter Magazine

Posted on March 8, 2013 by JUSTEN HONG

Justen Hong of Visual Lure recently wrote an article in the March 2013 issue of Shutter Magazine entitled “Make the Most of Your Website“.  To read it, all you need to do is sign up for the magazine, it’s all online and it’s FREE!

Shutter Magazine is an educational magazine for professional photographers that is a true multi-media experience merging print, video, and audio. It features tips on photography techniques, but more importantly tips on how to run a successful photography business. Its contributors are a list of who’s who in the photography industry including: Salvatore Cincotta, Skip Cohen, Michael Corsentino, Dave Cross, Vanessa Joy, Justin & Mary Marantz, Lori Nordstrom, Blair Phillips, and Jen Rozenbaum just to name a few.

Here is the first paragraph of Justen’s article: As a professional photographer your number one marketing and advertising tool, without question, is your website.  Potential clients should be able to find it on search engines. It should be viewable on all devices and computers and display properly on all browsers. It should showcase your BEST work, reflect your image and brand, and it should be user-friendly.  Below is the recipe for a successful website… Continue reading the article by signing up here: www.behindtheshutter.com/shuttermag.

 

Web Design Article for Shutter Magazine Cover