A great source for repeat work for designers is referrals or retainer work. However, it’s not always easy (and honestly sometimes awkward) to know how to stay in touch. Especially without feeling salesy or annoying. One way to keep top of mind is to create a follow-up schedule for past clients. In this post, I’ll […]

Working with a design client can involve many moving parts beyond the actual design work. You need to set a project timeline, assign deadlines to your client, create a list of your own deadlines, provide resources, share files, gather feedback, request copy, and more. This can be stressful for both you and the client. And […]

SUMMARY Using mockups within your website is a great way to make your offerings feel tangible and real, as well as showing what the offering entails. Rather than making you boot up Photoshop to create mockups. We’ve come up with an easy way to build the mockups within Showit. Making it simple to update as […]

SUMMARY Podcasts have become a very common progression of content creation for many different industries. From personal experience I know that it is very rewarding work and a great way to get more personal with your audience. So if you’re ready to give a podcast a shot, allow me to help you set up a […]

SUMMARY Wondering how to update the categories on our Showit website template? These blog categories are important to make blog posts organized and easy accessible to your readers. For this walk through I’ll be using our Showit Website Template – August & Park. If you aren’t using this template, don’t worry. The process will look […]

I know, I know. Pop ups can be very annoying as a user, but they are a great way to bring attention to a task that you’d like the user to take part in and they work! Obviously it’s extremely hard to ignore, and of course the user can always click out of it and […]

Summary Having a blog roll on the home page of your website is a great way to get traffic to your blog posts. This not only makes it easy for visitors to access your blogs but it also allows them to understand the content that you cover there and that it is of value for […]

Summary A video background is a fun way to add movement to grab your visitor’s attention as soon as they enter onto your website, and the process to set it up is SO easy! Join me as I walk you through all the steps! For this walk through I’ll be using our best selling Showit […]

A lot of times on social media we’ll see fellow designers announcing that they’re booked out for the next six months or that they only have one more spot for the year. Back in the day, when I saw this, it would send me spiraling. I would compare myself to them, doubt myself and wonder […]