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Getting Set Up on the Directory of Illustration
Spending a little time this morning getting myself set up with some new advertising through the Directory of Illustration; I’m pretty excited about the prospect of bringing in even more drawing projects for 2016! I don’t typically spend anything on advertising – the combo I’ve been rocking of social media, blogging, and referrals from our…
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Three Reasons Your Logo Design Isn’t Working
You’re working as hard as you can to make your small business grow, but people don’t seem to be taking notice. Have you ever wondered why? It could be something as simple as your logo design – here’s three things to consider. 1. The font’s hard to read. I’m not naming names, but there’s a…
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168 Hours in a Week
A while back, I was on the phone with Lori Brown from Atlanta with Kid, talking about projects we were working on. I may not have her words exactly 100% correct, but she said something along these lines. And it just really hit me hard. There’s only so much time we have to work with.…
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Web Hosting Options for Small Business
There’s two things your small business website has to have for it to go live. You’ll need a domain name – the url or web address you type into the browser to go to a website. And then the files that make up your website need to live somewhere, and that somewhere is your hosting…
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Real Estate Websites: Traci Wells, Greater Savannah Area Realtor
A very happy web housewarming to client Traci Wells – our web design project for her greater Savannah area real estate business went live this week! Real estate websites are a pretty different animal than your standard 5 page informational web design project. The most successful real estate websites feature full MLS integration, so potential…
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What’s Your Backup Plan?
I’m not sugar coating anything today, guys. If you don’t have a backup plan for your digital life, you’re going to lose everything eventually. A few years ago, I was working on my laptop computer at the kitchen table. Our dog Jimmy ran through the room, and got tangled in the power cord of my…
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Savannah Chamber of Commerce Digital Marketing Strategy Seminar Notes
This was the last in the Savannah Chamber of Commerce digital marketing seminar series – I learned so much over the past few months! Make sure you check out the links at the bottom to read the notes from the other sessions. The most important considerations in digital marketing strategy The key is to not…
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How to Start a Blog Editorial Calendar
By the end of this year, my blog will be thirteen years old… and this teenager is finally starting to grow up. With the start of 2015, I’ve finally taken care of a few things that have been on my blogging to-do list for ages: I switched up my permalinks to ditch the dates. It’s…
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How to Play Candy Crush
If you’ve ever wondered how to play Candy Crush… These are the 11 steps I followed to reach Candy Crush Expert Candy Sorter Extraordinaire status. Whip out your smartphone and follow along: 1) The Candy Crush app mysteriously shows up on your phone. You delete it immediately. You give your husband some guff for succumbing to one…
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Four Years as a Self Employed Designer
Today is pretty dang special to me. December 1 is my self employed anniversary; I’m overjoyed to share I’ve been running this business full time, and our bills have been paid, for four solid years. Four years. It still feels so fresh – coming off of maternity leave with Phil, going in to the office…
