I’ve been thinking about Christmas for months, as is the life of someone who makes and sells things for a living. The Christmas sales period (mid October to Christmas Day, and then the New Yea...
https://www.kimlawlercreative.com/how-i-prepare-my-handmade-business-for-christmas/
Guys, I am drowning in business advice posts. Drowning. It seems like everywhere I turn there’s a “How to brand your business authentically“, “10 reasons you should be using periscope RI...
https://www.kimlawlercreative.com/are-you-a-consumer-or-a-creator/
Be honest now, how long did you spend writing the About Page for your website? An hour? Two? Not even that? The About page is one of the first pages a new user will visit when they get to your si...
https://www.kimlawlercreative.com/your-about-page-sucks-lets-fix-it/
If you’re running any kind of business chances are you have competition (unless your business is so incomparably niche that you’re totally on your own… there’re very few companies making ...
https://www.kimlawlercreative.com/the-truth-about-competition/
This week I attended a talk about Pinterest in Manchester, hosted by the lovely & super knowledgable Lizzie Sibley from Pinterest UK. I’ve used Pinterest for a while, but I’ve always been a ...
https://www.kimlawlercreative.com/11-ways-to-skyrocket-pinterest-for-your-creative-business/
When I started my freelance web design business I was all about making bank. I didn’t want to live on noodles and I had a mortgage to pay. I took on any scrappy bit of work that came my way, tr...
https://www.kimlawlercreative.com/should-you-niche-down-or-branch-out/
When you’re a freelancer or solo-worker, one of the most important parts of your job is controlling cash flow. Getting invoices paid can sometimes be a pain in the ass, especially when you’r...
You’ve got a mailing list for your business, right? You should have, anyway. It’s a great way of collecting customer and client leads, and yourself on their radar. Mailing lists have been aro...
I don’t do calls. Well, hardly ever. If I can avoid a call, I will. Calls suck. They suck time, they suck because I work from home and get a billion deliveries a day, and they suck even harder ...
https://www.kimlawlercreative.com/why-i-wont-book-a-call-to-discuss-your-potential-project/
One of the most common questions I get asked about web design and development is how I came to do what I do. Did I go to school to learn how to make websites? Where did I learn the ins and outs o...
https://www.kimlawlercreative.com/how-to-be-a-web-designer-my-story/