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

Why You Should Not Design Your Logo in Photoshop

April 4, 2014/0 Comments/in Blog, Entrepreneurship, Small Business/by Colleen Eakins

Spoiler Alert: Adobe Photoshop is not the end all, be all of design. It is not the only design software on the planet and as a designer; I am telling you that any designer worth their salt does not only use Photoshop. Each of the different software programs that Adobe makes is a “tool” used […]

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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Mr. & Mrs. High Maintenance:: Client Relations

April 2, 2014/0 Comments/in Blog, Clients/by Colleen Eakins

Every freelancer and small business owner, will at some point in their, career meet Mr. or Mrs. High Maintenance. They may even patronize your business together. Learning how to effectively communicate and set boundaries will be critical when dealing with them. Not all high maintenance clients are bad, there are different levels within the high […]

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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Are You Being Left Behind?

March 31, 2014/0 Comments/in Blog, Content Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Small Business/by Colleen Eakins

I’m going to answer the title of this post’s question for you; no you are not being left behind. At least not left behind in the way that many small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs are. The fact that you are reading this post tells me that. You at least know how to use the internet, […]

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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Announcement :: New Endeavor

March 28, 2014/0 Comments/in Blog, Entrepreneurship/by Colleen Eakins

I am really excited about this! I am opening/have added a store to Colleen Eakins Design. At the end of last year, I made a new year’s resolution to create more art, outside of my graphic design business. I slacked off a bit at first and then I found inspiration to do something I have […]

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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“This Life Ain’t No Joke” :: Entrepreneurship

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

“This life ain’t no joke, so aspiring and future entrepreneurs better be prepared,” my friend said to me the other day. We were lamenting about how tired and exhausted we were from pushing hard to make our dreams come true. I had been working on a side project in addition to my regular work as […]

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