Entries by Colleen Eakins

A Christmas Fail

Bah humbug!  I had grand plans for a Christmas blog post and email campaign…but it was a complete and utter failure.  Here is my Christmas Fail story: I had been a bit bogged down with client work and subsequently missed a couple of my self-imposed blog writing deadlines.  To make up for it, I came […]

Thanksgiving Gluttony

Warning: Today’s post will not add any significant value to your life. This is totally a random collection of my thoughts throughout my six-day Thanksgiving holiday break. Thanksgiving Eve “Man, I feel so productive!  I’ve accomplished so much today.  If I keep this up, I can knock out a few things on my internal to-do […]

Trying to Get Things Done

I have always had a knack for helping people get things done.  Not because I did it for them or had some specialized knowledge or insight, but by helping them figure out how to accomplish the goal.  The organization, planning and action steps to execute.  For example, my youngest sibling talked for years about a […]

Burnout Made Me Lazy

Burnout made me lazy.  Here’s another admission; I suffered a bit of burnout at the end of 2014.  After things picked up and I started to make it out of the hard time I had been having with my business, I burned myself out.  I was juggling freelance work with an onsite contract assignment and […]

Cheap Graphic Designers vs. Expensive Graphic Designers

Have you searched for a graphic designer, noticed a wide range in pricing and wondered why?  If you haven’t had much experience working with or a firm understanding of graphic design, you may feel that some designers are charging exorbitant fees.  Especially when you can find cheap graphic designers doing what seems to be the […]