New business card design, what do you think?
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Waiting...
Well the edits are done, the excel spreadsheets are made, now the waiting begins.
My business adviser says I have nothing to worry about but I will know officially in a about a week.
A week?! That's /forever/ in internet time!
Well back to business, nose to the grindstone ass in the air. Websites need to be built! Designs need to be saved!
Ba ba da da!!
Super Smashley to the rescue!
My business adviser says I have nothing to worry about but I will know officially in a about a week.
A week?! That's /forever/ in internet time!
Well back to business, nose to the grindstone ass in the air. Websites need to be built! Designs need to be saved!
Ba ba da da!!
Super Smashley to the rescue!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tick Tock
The final hours are counting down and all the finishing touches and grammar correction must be completed.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Don't Rain on My Parade
So much information. Need to process, restate and evaluate my way though it!
Thank you to mentors Antonio Almonte from River City Stone, Liz Hoover of Diary of a Webgal and of course my Mother.
Friday, June 11, 2010
What a whirl wind of a couple of days and I love it.
Met with a close colleague of mine Shaun from SR Solutions. Shaun is one of the most intelligent and versatile individuals I know. Not only is he smart with computer hardware, software and coding he can also educate you on how to properly pollinate your plants. I will be offering and helping promote his services. His services are;
-Consulting on any computer issue
-Virus detection and removal
-Computer Sales and Repair
-Web hosting
-Remote information backup system
-Digital Video Security Cameras
-Entertainment system installs
-Networking
One little Gem I learned about with Shaun today was the Spinright hard disk recovery program. Do you know what that is? I didn't!
A hard disk recovery program is something that will recover data from pretty much any hard drive. But more then that, if you use it before your hard drive fails it will routinely crawl through your data storage, 'exercises' each region with data patterns and will WARN YOU if you have any hardware weakness issues.
These developers have been around since back in the day of 10gig hard drives and are hardcore! I tip my hat to you.
And oh look, they have blogs!
I enjoy the comment of "Dragged Kicking & Screaming into the 21st Century." I'm afraid a lot of people will be not dragged but let's say 'gently guided' into the 21st Century.
Every business needs to have a website domain, continually updated website content, twitter accounts, blogs, e-newsletters, online shopping and be part of social media sites that are appropriate to their own niche market. All of these things will engage their clients on a personal level and it's free marketing!
Well I realize my own business website needs to have all of these things, and a spiff up the design a bit. I have a bit of a problem 'selling myself' and it's something I need to get over. I am smart, professional and there is a need for my services in the business community.
A company I follow closely and admire is At First Sight cinematography. They are all seriously talented and create stunning work. They have a blog that is updated regularly.
While I was browsing there I clicked on some engagement photos and noticed Jessica Penner, a fellow designer. Her blog is great and each day of the week she has a new topic. Great idea!
Met with a close colleague of mine Shaun from SR Solutions. Shaun is one of the most intelligent and versatile individuals I know. Not only is he smart with computer hardware, software and coding he can also educate you on how to properly pollinate your plants. I will be offering and helping promote his services. His services are;
-Consulting on any computer issue
-Virus detection and removal
-Computer Sales and Repair
-Web hosting
-Remote information backup system
-Digital Video Security Cameras
-Entertainment system installs
-Networking
One little Gem I learned about with Shaun today was the Spinright hard disk recovery program. Do you know what that is? I didn't!
A hard disk recovery program is something that will recover data from pretty much any hard drive. But more then that, if you use it before your hard drive fails it will routinely crawl through your data storage, 'exercises' each region with data patterns and will WARN YOU if you have any hardware weakness issues.
These developers have been around since back in the day of 10gig hard drives and are hardcore! I tip my hat to you.
And oh look, they have blogs!
I enjoy the comment of "Dragged Kicking & Screaming into the 21st Century." I'm afraid a lot of people will be not dragged but let's say 'gently guided' into the 21st Century.
Every business needs to have a website domain, continually updated website content, twitter accounts, blogs, e-newsletters, online shopping and be part of social media sites that are appropriate to their own niche market. All of these things will engage their clients on a personal level and it's free marketing!
Well I realize my own business website needs to have all of these things, and a spiff up the design a bit. I have a bit of a problem 'selling myself' and it's something I need to get over. I am smart, professional and there is a need for my services in the business community.
A company I follow closely and admire is At First Sight cinematography. They are all seriously talented and create stunning work. They have a blog that is updated regularly.
While I was browsing there I clicked on some engagement photos and noticed Jessica Penner, a fellow designer. Her blog is great and each day of the week she has a new topic. Great idea!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Starting Out
I am currently 7 days away from submitting a business plan for an expansion loan from the Women's Enterprise Center. Not only is it a loan but I am going through the process of properly refining my services, work practices, clients, media, marketing. Really trying to get my shit together.
The more I learn the more I realize how much there is to learn.
I want to use this blog as a diary of everything I come across in a day and hopefully educate others about new media and the web and how it can benefit them as it benefits me.
I have had a lot of small-medium business owners come to me in the past month(or so) having some problems:
-Not educated about technology, new media and the internet.
-Looking for a professional to help them understand and use it to their benefit.
-Not looking for a company, most have been 'burned' in the past by a designer, developer or a larger media company because of cost.
-Are in a website contract with another individual but are unhappy with the results, lack of updates and services.
I have been to a lot of events recently about social media and technology and I am flooded with information. I need to collect the information, process and use it.
Advice from other talented Web Gals so far- I'll mention them individually later.
Keep It Short Stupid.
Be Transparent.
Be Human.
Be Honest.
So here it goes.
The more I learn the more I realize how much there is to learn.
I want to use this blog as a diary of everything I come across in a day and hopefully educate others about new media and the web and how it can benefit them as it benefits me.
I have had a lot of small-medium business owners come to me in the past month(or so) having some problems:
-Not educated about technology, new media and the internet.
-Looking for a professional to help them understand and use it to their benefit.
-Not looking for a company, most have been 'burned' in the past by a designer, developer or a larger media company because of cost.
-Are in a website contract with another individual but are unhappy with the results, lack of updates and services.
I have been to a lot of events recently about social media and technology and I am flooded with information. I need to collect the information, process and use it.
Advice from other talented Web Gals so far- I'll mention them individually later.
Keep It Short Stupid.
Be Transparent.
Be Human.
Be Honest.
So here it goes.
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