Why Is a Good Web Design Important for Small Businesses?

web design important for small business

Who doesn’t like their blog posts to start like a 3rd grader’s book report with a bunch of statistics in the beginning? No one, that’s who. So, unless you’ve been living under a rock, 3.5 billion users are actively using the interwebz with more and more people joining every day. As business owners, that means your…

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What Successful Businesses Know About Websites

What Successful Businesses Know About Good Website Design

Who else is sick and tired of all the “formulas”, “blueprints”, and “cheat sheets” out there in the marketing world designed to magically catapult your business into six-figure powerhouses while you’re working with your laptop on a beach somewhere? I know I am. And, um… hate to break it to you, but if you have your laptop…

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3 Ways to Know if You’re Ready for a Re-Brand

Portland website & graphic design

It’s official. The big yellow ball is showing up in the sky again in-between bouts of rain, hail, thunder and a slew of other apocalyptic weather. That can only mean one thing to this Oregonian: It’s Spring! I can finally start playing (read: weeding) in my garden, dust off my hiking boots, and start buying…

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What’s your Why?

portland website & graphic designer

Quick question: What tagline resonates with you more? A: “Web Design + Digital Strategy for purpose-driven solopreneurs.” Or… B: “The world is a prettier place when you make money doing what you love. Web Design + Digital Strategy for purpose-driven solopreneurs.” Tagline “A” definitely wins the brevity award, but “B” has some heft behind it.…

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How to conduct design research

portland website & graphic designer

Those who know me best know that I have lots of feelings about trends or fads. (And really, I have lots of feelings about everything, but that’s a topic for a different Blog post that I won’t bore you with.) From design, to fashion, to home décor, I always err on the side of timelessness…

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The Problem with Trendy Design

portland website & graphic designer

Ah… remember the 90s? When everything was better in plaid flannel, “No soup for you!” was a hilarious catchphrase, Dr. Martens were EVERYWHERE and everyone (who was anyone!) had a “Rachel” haircut? Well, I didn’t only because I am more of an “Angela Chase” from “My So-Called Life” type rather than a “Rachel Green” from…

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My Favorite FREE Stock Image Resources

portland website & graphic designer

I don’t like to play favorites. BUT. If there’s one group of people that I love working with the most, it’s my fellow Creatives in visual fields. I’m talking ’bout my Make-up Artists, Chefs(!!!), Interior Designers, Hair Stylists, Bicycle Builders, Fine Artists, etc… I friggin’ love those guys. You know why? They almost always have…

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Why your website needs professional photography

portland website & graphic designer

I remember my 8th birthday party like it was yesterday. My friends gathered around our oak kitchen table, an appropriately lit yellow cake with chocolate frosting approached, singing commenced, and then, the dreaded camera lurked its way around the corner. It was then I got up from my seat, ran outside in the cul-de-sac, and…

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