Should you keep your old blog posts?
About a year ago, I went through my entire blog (started in 2009) to see what was hiding in the far off pages. I found old photos of my cats, links to websites that no longer exist, ramblings about random…
Canva Review from a Designer’s Perspective
I’ve been using Photoshop for a long time. After college, I moved to Seattle and found a job in a professional photography lab, where they trained me to do restorations of old photographs using Photoshop. This was when the idea…
Squarespace Review, our thoughts on the updated website builder
I’ve experimented with Squarespace for many years. About 4 years ago, I started offering Squarespace design for select clients, when there was truly a reason to use the platform. Most often this was if they needed a small shop included…
5 great tools we use to make running our business easier
Here’s a quick round up of some of our favorite tools for running a small creative business. 1. Dubsado We started using Dubsado in 2020, and we’re likely still under utilizing it, but yet we can’t do without it. I…
What does Pro Photo’s end of support for their WordPress theme mean?
I’m talking to a lot of clients, and potential clients, that are very concerned about the end of support for Pro Photo. The reason I recommend Pro Photo to my clients that are photographers is the support. It is above…
How to optimize photos for your website to load quickly and look awesome
Clients ask me all the time what is the best way to present their images. We work with a lot of photographers, I ran a photography business for 8 years before starting Jessie Mary & Co, and my assistant is…
The 50 coffee dates project
Do you know where your last 10 clients have come from? I was a little surprised. I spend a lot of time on SEO and social media marketing, so I know this brings me business. What I didn’t know is…
Pro Photo Sites Hosting, an absolute must for photographers using Pro Photo
Last year I wrote an article about Pro Photo changing to a hosted platform, similar to ShowIt or SquareSpace. It still uses WordPress but they now offer their own hosting. At the time, I was lukewarm about this change. Now…