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

Creating A Custom Short Link

December 5, 2013/2 Comments/in Blog, Content Marketing, Social Media Marketing/by Colleen Eakins

Over the Thanksgiving holiday break when I was supposed to be “not working,” I worked. I did not do anything stressful or work for clients, but I did do some “internal,” as I call it, work. For a while, I have been wanting to create a custom short link. I share a lot of content […]

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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Confession: I Don’t Always Take My Own Advice

December 4, 2013/6 Comments/in Blog, Random Musings/by Colleen Eakins

It’s confession time. Hi, my name is Colleen and I am guilty of not [always] taking my own advice. Wait, before you stone me, hear me out and listen to my excuse. I often advise clients, family and friends that pick my brain on different ways to market their business and position/brand themselves. A lot […]

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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Business: Feast and Famine

December 3, 2013/0 Comments/in Blog, Small Business/by Colleen Eakins

Every business has seasonal periods that are slower or busier than usual. With large companies, you tend to hear about lay-offs or seasonal/temporary hires during their high and low seasons. For them, the economic affect is felt, but not like it is felt in a small business. If you have less than 10 employees, or […]

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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6 Blogs You Should Be Following

December 2, 2013/0 Comments/in Blog, Resources, Small Business/by Colleen Eakins

I am an avid reader and have been since childhood. With the advent of technology and the explosion of content readily available and easily accessible online, I have added blogs to my daily reading lists. I follow more blogs than what is listed here, but I thought I would keep the list short and list […]

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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Low Cost to Free Resources to Learn Technical Concepts & Software

November 28, 2013/0 Comments/in Blog, Resources/by Colleen Eakins

One of the great things about technology is that it has made it easier to share information, find information and learn. I myself have taught myself new techniques in updated software releases, CSS, some PHP, and a few other technical concepts using online resources. Some were free resources and some were paid, but the pad […]

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