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Teegan Nash
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Should you blog? Five reasons to take the plunge for your brand

Should you blog
I’ve been having a few conversations pop up recently about blogging and blog writing. As we design and develop websites for clients, it’s one of the most common questions a client asks us - Do you think I need a blog? This question is closely followed by - But will anyone read my blog? Isn’t blogging outdated and should I really bother? I understand blogging isn’t for everyone, and if you really have to push it, your energy might be better spent in marketing…
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Teegan Nash
In Business, verve

Great expectations – on ourselves and with our clients

Great expectations on ourselves and with our clients
Do you ever catch yourself wondering why a certain person isn’t doing something you expected? Such as when you’ve asked your partner to put the bins out, and they don’t? They’re funny things, expectations. Because they often come about unwittingly for both the expect-ee and expect-er. They can creep up on you. I’ve been ruminating this week about the “expectation dynamism” that manifests in the client/designer relationship. This thinking has also led me to ponder that we perhaps have a strange relationship with the…
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Teegan Nash
In verve

Business Blogging Made Easier

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(Today’s post comes courtesy of Jennifer Reitmeyer, the owner of Firebrand Messaging, a U.S.-based copywriting and content marketing company serving clients around the world. We invited her to share her strategies to help our readers make their own blogging easier!) We’ve all been there. Sitting in front of a blank computer screen, watching the cursor blink. Knowing that we should be blogging for our business (even if we’re not sure exactly why) and yet not having a clue what to write. Sound familiar? If…
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Teegan Nash
In verve

How to Work Best With a Designer

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When you’re paying a designer to create your branding or another important project, you’re making a big investment, and probably have high expectations, too! So how can you create the best possible client/designer relationship? How can you get every ounce of creative genius out of that designer, and ensure you want to continue to engage them long into the future? I’m happy to let you in on a few secrets to creating a dreamy partnership with your designer – they’ll love you for it,…
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Teegan Nash
In verve

Approaching Social Media Like “The Little Engine That Could”

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A strong social media presence is so important when you’re running a business, but that doesn’t necessarily make maintaining one easy! With so many things pulling at our time and attention, and the constant challenge of creating fresh content, it’s very common to become overwhelmed by the whole thing and to feel like just giving up. That feeling becomes even stronger when we’re not seeing the return we hoped for in terms of increased fans and followers and growing revenue. But, just like the…
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Teegan Nash
In verve

Selecting the Right Name for Your Business

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Happy New Year! If you’ve resolved to launch your dream business in 2016, you probably want to start by selecting your business name. Your business name is your clients’ very first impression of who you are and what you do, so choosing the right one is incredibly important. The wrong name can chip away at your credibility and keep you from closing sales, while a great business name can serve as the foundation for your professional image for years, even decades, to come. But…no…
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Teegan Nash
In verve

Business Health Series – The magic ingredient to a healthy business

business health series – the magic ingredient to a healthy business
Please join me in welcoming our third guest contributor, Kathryn Wiseman from Fulfilled Life Coaching, for our five part blog series  “Business Health”. Inspired by the work of some of my fellow small business friends, this series is all about keeping “healthy” in business and life. In it are the voices of great business people sharing their knowledge from various fields. We hope you enjoy the rich and diverse topics of keeping you and your business healthy. ———————————- The magic ingredient to a healthy business There…
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Teegan Nash
In verve

Business Health Series – Healthy Business Words

Business Health Series – Healthy Business Words
Please join me in welcoming our second guest contributor, wordsmith extraordinaire – Alex Christopher from 'Alex  Christopher {Writes}', for our three part blog series  “Business Health”. Inspired by the work of some of my fellow small business friends, this series is all about keeping “healthy” in business and life. In it are the voices of great business people sharing their knowledge from various fields. We hope you enjoy the rich and diverse topics of keeping you and your business healthy.   Healthy Business Words You…
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