Kim Kalisik (Formerly Smith) has completed certification as a Digital Business Consultant with WP Elevation. WP Elevation is a global business mastermind group for WordPress consultants that helps its members better serve their clients through communication, development workflow and project management best practices. WP Elevation gives its members access to ongoing education, and a community of […]
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Helpful tips for estimating your next design project
Many times, I receive an email (generated from my website) or a phone call from a potential client inquiring about prices for graphic design, web design, etc. If you, or your business is in need of gathering an estimate or two for graphic design or web design services, please allow me to give a few pointers to make it a better experience for you.
A Year in Review: Lessons learned after the 1st year in business
In August 2009, Blue Turtle Graphics celebrated it’s first year in business. Looking back, I can only say that it’s been a wild ride! Over the past year, I’ve learned many important lessons about running a small business and I wanted to share a few of them with you: 1. Create partnerships and network. As […]
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5 Tips for print designers who want to be web designers
About a year ago, when I started my company, Blue Turtle Graphics, I decided I wanted to offer web design services for my clients in addition to logo design and print design (stationery, advertisements, brochures, etc.). The only problem was, that for the past 13 years I had been designing for print not web. At […]
Web Designer? or Web Programmer?
I stumbled across this old post in “Rants” on Bittbox the other day and thought that Jay Hilgert has some great points about the differences between web designers and web programmers. You can read his whole post here . He mentions in his article how the two are completely different animals, one requiring a design […]
