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

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!”

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The Most Recent Twitter Update: Your Thoughts?

May 14, 2014/2 Comments/in Blog, Social Media Marketing/by Colleen Eakins

Today’s post is really more of a question, or a series of questions. Have you updated your Twitter profile to go along with the latest updates? How do you like the update? I updated my profile a couple of weeks ago, but I am not quite happy with the update that I made. I love […]

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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Boosting Office Morale When You ARE the Office

May 12, 2014/2 Comments/in Blog, Random Musings/by Colleen Eakins

As a freelancer, I wear many hats and essentially I am the entire office staff for my business. Just me, myself and I. I’ve written before about when the boss (me) gets sick and now, the boss is in crisis. I have playfully referred to my dog as my coworker and over the weekend, he […]

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