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

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!”

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Content Marketing: Is Blogging Dead?

November 20, 2013/2 Comments/in Blog, Content Marketing, Marketing/by Colleen Eakins

I have seen the question come up of whether or not blogging is dead fairly often recently. For many, blogging is a part of their content marketing strategy. For most that are using content marketing as a strategy, blogging is the only method that they are employing. Blogging has been around for a long time, […]

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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A Call for Guest Blog Submissions

November 19, 2013/0 Comments/in Blog, Guest Blog/by Colleen Eakins

Last week I announced that I was challenging myself to write [almost] daily blog posts. I plan to write and post on the blog Monday – Friday and continue to keep the weekends free from work. Part of my plan to keep up an almost daily blogging schedule is to also open the blog up […]

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