5 Questions Nobody’s Asked You (That Can Change Your Business)

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If you’ve talked with other website designers or branding professionals, you’ve probably gotten a fairly standard list of questions from them — asking what color schemes you like, if you have a Pinterest board, what’s your “style”? But if you’ve read anything on this website, you know that’s not how I look at your project,…

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How to Give Your Website a Check-up

How to Create an Effective Follow-up Strategy for Prospective Clients and Get the Gig

Be sure to grab the full PDF checklist so you can tick off each item you’re testing on your site to make sure it’s in tip-top shape! In fact, now is a great time to make sure your website is in good shape and up-to-date as more and more people are online looking for your products…

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9 of the Hottest Web Design Trends for 2023

1.5 billion. That’s how many websites occupy the internet today. (And about how many times I’ve unsuccessfully tried to do a headstand in yoga without falling over, but I digress.) With more websites and businesses appearing on the internet every day, the competition is fiercer than ever to stand out. Gone are the days where…

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Why Is a Good Web Design Important for Small Businesses?

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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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The #1 Thing Your Website Needs in 2020

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I don’t normally use such click bait-y headlines for my blog posts, but today I had to and I’m not even a little bit sorry about it. So, there. You may think the answer to the #1 thing your website needs in 2020 is that your site should be optimized for mobile (which it does), or…

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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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How to Make Sure your Next Big Idea Sells Before you Create it

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If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my 18 years of being a Designer + Digital Strategist, it’s that us business owners bite off more than we can chew. (Myself included. Guilty. As. Changed.) From overestimating how much time you have in the day, and committing to doing too many things, to launching several digital…

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What’s your Why?

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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

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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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