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

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!”

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Finding Your Blogging Voice

November 27, 2013/3 Comments/in Blog, Content Marketing, Small Business/by Colleen Eakins

My first foray into blogging was not on this site here, for business, but on my hobby site for fun in my spare time. I am very competitive and I turn everything into a challenge that I must conquer. I find it helps to motivate me to accomplish things and move forward in life. My […]

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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WordPress is “Easy,” is Relative to Your Experience

November 26, 2013/0 Comments/in Blog, Random Musings, Small Business/by Colleen Eakins

I love the WordPress platform for building and maintaining websites. Lots of web designers, entrepreneurs and bloggers love WordPress as well because it’s so “easy.” When working with clients and explaining WordPress to them, I have branded it as “easy” to use and learn as well. However, I have begun to realize that “easy” is […]

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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Why I Quit Facebook…Sort Of

November 25, 2013/8 Comments/in Blog, Random Musings, Social Media Marketing/by Colleen Eakins

I quit Facebook. Well, sort of. Before social media became a marketing tool, I was an avid user on the personal side of things. Like most, I bounced from network to network as they were created and became popular. Myspace, CollegeClub, and a bunch more that escape my memory at the moment…sad, I know. When […]

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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Is Content Marketing a Trend?

November 21, 2013/0 Comments/in Blog, Content Marketing, Marketing/by Colleen Eakins

I start today’s post off with another question: Is content marketing a trend? My answer: No. “Content Marketing” is the latest marketing buzz word that is being thrown around amongst marketers, entrepreneurs and digital strategists. According to Wikipedia, “Content marketing is any marketing format that involves the creation and sharing of media and publishing 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!”

colleeneakins.com