Colleen Eakins, Art Director

About Colleen Eakins

Colleen Eakins is a dynamic and creative individual that possess a knack for great design. With over 15 years of experience in the field of graphic design, Colleen is able to effectively brand her clients with great design pieces. Her motto is: "Anyone can make a pretty picture, but is it effective? Will it make your customer buy your product or use your services? My design tries to answer with a YES!"

Entries by Colleen Eakins

“Your Price is Your Price, but That’s Just Too High!”

June 11, 2014/2 Comments/in Blog, Random Musings/by Colleen Eakins

Today I am on a bit of a rant. No, scratch that. This is a public service announcement. If you are contemplating hiring someone to perform a service but their price is out of your budget, politely thank them and move on. If they are a professional, they will not be offended (you can’t win […]

Colleen Eakins

Colleen Eakins is a dynamic and creative individual that possess a knack for great design. With over 15 years of experience in the field of graphic design, Colleen is able to effectively brand her clients with great design pieces. Her motto is: “Anyone can make a pretty picture, but is it effective? Will it make your customer buy your product or use your services? My design tries to answer with a YES!”

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Check Me Out On eZanga!

June 4, 2014/4 Comments/in Blog, Guest Blog/by Colleen Eakins

My first regular, guest contributor, on an on-going basis, monthly, yay I get to write for someone spot! Can you tell I am excited? About a year ago the team at eZanga.com interviewed me for their Small Business Spotlight series and a few months later, I wrote a guest post. Fast forward to now, growth […]

Colleen Eakins

Colleen Eakins is a dynamic and creative individual that possess a knack for great design. With over 15 years of experience in the field of graphic design, Colleen is able to effectively brand her clients with great design pieces. Her motto is: “Anyone can make a pretty picture, but is it effective? Will it make your customer buy your product or use your services? My design tries to answer with a YES!”

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Searching for Blog Post Topic Ideas:: Business

May 28, 2014/0 Comments/in Blog/by Colleen Eakins

A lot of the blog posts that I write stem from conversations and experiences I have related to my graphic design business. The rest are rants, inspiration born from “aha!” moments and some are observations I make watching tv commercials. Whenever, I have a thought followed by, “I should write about that…” I jot a […]

Colleen Eakins

Colleen Eakins is a dynamic and creative individual that possess a knack for great design. With over 15 years of experience in the field of graphic design, Colleen is able to effectively brand her clients with great design pieces. Her motto is: “Anyone can make a pretty picture, but is it effective? Will it make your customer buy your product or use your services? My design tries to answer with a YES!”

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What is a Serial Entrepreneur and is it a Good Thing?

May 26, 2014/0 Comments/in Blog, Entrepreneurship/by Colleen Eakins

Last week I wrote about social media bios and how it is a chance to shine, brag and sell yourself. Well, today I want to talk about a term/phrase that I have seen in many bios across social media networks, “serial entrepreneur.” Every time I see the term, I wonder what does that really mean […]

Colleen Eakins

Colleen Eakins is a dynamic and creative individual that possess a knack for great design. With over 15 years of experience in the field of graphic design, Colleen is able to effectively brand her clients with great design pieces. Her motto is: “Anyone can make a pretty picture, but is it effective? Will it make your customer buy your product or use your services? My design tries to answer with a YES!”

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Social Media Bios:: Your Time to [Brag] Shine

May 19, 2014/0 Comments/in Blog, Social Media Marketing/by Colleen Eakins

Over the next few weeks I plan to do a little clean up and revamping of my social media profiles. I try to do this every 6 months or so, but I usually fail and only do it once a year. While I look over my profiles and feeds’ and periodically modify my strategy, I […]

Colleen Eakins

Colleen Eakins is a dynamic and creative individual that possess a knack for great design. With over 15 years of experience in the field of graphic design, Colleen is able to effectively brand her clients with great design pieces. Her motto is: “Anyone can make a pretty picture, but is it effective? Will it make your customer buy your product or use your services? My design tries to answer with a YES!”

colleeneakins.com