How recently have you checked out your own website on your phone? 📱 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ More than 40% of website traffic is from mobile phones. Users are finding you and looking at your website from their cell phones. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Don’t make it hard for them to get around. Your mobile look should be just as well designed and easy to navigate as your desktop design. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @showit makes it EASY to design your website on mobile and desktop. You can even hide things from mobile to simplify your designs, it’s the best. One of the many reasons I love being a Showit website designer! If your website isn’t mobile friendly it might be time for a new one! Let’s chat ☺️ Currently booking July start dates for branding and website design packages. 
✨ setting this week up for success looks like batch working for me. Do you batch all of your similar tasks together too? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (If you don’t know what batch working means, it’s basically grouping together tasks on your to-do list that require similar amounts of energy/mindsets. For example, having a day that you take all your phone calls. Or taking a half day to knock out all your admin tasks, or photo editing. Batch working leads to more efficiency for me!) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So here’s my plan for the week: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ today: admin tasks, scheduling out this week’s tasks, following up with clients and contract designers, emails from the weekend ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ tuesday: hourly Showit design work for two clients, inquiry call for a web design project ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (the inquiry call is definitely something that requires a different mindset from design work, but I only take calls on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so depending on the number of calls scheduled I fill the rest of the day with something else) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ wednesday: subpage designs for one website project ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ thursday: subpage designs for another website project ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ friday: hourly Showit design work for two clients ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ✨ have you tried batching your work tasks too? 
"How do I know if a custom website is right for me?” 🤔 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In most (not all) cases custom websites are recommended for established businesses. If any of the following resonate with you, a custom site design might be the best option! ♡ You have been running your business for 2-3 years ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ♡ You already know who your target audience is ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ♡ The products or services you sell won’t be changing dramatically (and haven’t for at least 6 months) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ♡ You’re in it for the long haul ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ♡ You have enough content for every page and blog posts too ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ♡ You’re ready to invest in an elevated client experience On the other hand, if you’re new in business or constantly tweaking your look or services, you might want to hold off on a custom design. The last thing you want is to invest in a custom website, just for your business to change 6 months later. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Every business is different so if you’re not sure if a custom website vs. template is better for you, send me a DM! 
How would you sum up your experience working with MKDS? 🤩 “My experience with MKDS was a 11/10. Mary was so kind, patient and creative. She was open to my ideas while still giving them her professional designer style making the website just perfect. She made my vision come to life, and I just can’t believe the site is MINE.” “Book with Mary! You won’t regret it. She will take the pressure off of you and create an effortless, flawless and fun site for your business! Plus, she becomes a lifelong friend.” If you aren’t sending out a feedback questionnaire after providing your services you are missing out! Who wouldn’t want to hear awesome feedback like this?! 😎 But really, sending out a questionnaire after providing creative services is a perfect way to gain testimonials for your marketing. Plus, I turn these questions and answers into an interview style blog post. ps - feedback responses are a great way to boost your mood if you’re feeling down about anything business related! ❤️ 
We all know how important creating regular content and having a blog on your website is. But have you ever thought about ways you can share those amazing blog posts in strategic ways throughout the site? Not just on the blog page!? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ On the blog today, I’m sharing all about how to increase traffic to your blog with some unique @showit blog setups! I’m sharing some of my favorite places to highlight blog posts and how you can set this up inside Showit. Plus, a couple website pages that I don’t recommend linking to blog posts on. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Link in my bio to read! ✨ 
It always feels good when you’re booking clients way far in advance, because job security 😅 but some weeks when you find yourself having to adjust timelines I’m wishing my calendar wasn’t booked so far out. Anyone else have this problem? This week was originally supposed to be vacation for a cruise, but that’s been rescheduled (for the 5th time) for the fall 🤞🏻. So then I started booking projects for this week. Then, I found out my BFF from California is visiting this week! (Seriously cannot wait 🤩) So back to trying to remove things from the calendar for this week. Plus, I’m also bad at saying no to people and find myself saying I can work on things this week even though I’m technically out of the office. And then this morning I was moving June timelines because I found out about a family vacation to visit family out west! Basically, I feel like I’ve been adjusting a lot of timelines lately. I’m very thankful for vacations and visits that always happen right when I need a break from work. And I’m very thankful for understanding clients ❤️ Working on saying no and spreading out client projects more in the future because I think I need more margin. Designers, any tips for not having to adjust project timelines when things come up? Is this even possible 😂 
1.5 years married, and 4 years together 🥂 cheers to us, Levi Eric! 
This vibrant + playful brand is in the web design stage currently and I cannot wait to share all the fun details with you this spring! 🌸 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’m just a little bit obsessed with all the brands and websites I’ve been working on so far this year! Yesterday I took a poll in my stories to see what you all wanted me to share in the feed. The top two votes were for a web design tip and work in progress. So check out yesterday’s post for a tip about website conversions, and here’s your work in progress post 😉 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you're ready to take your branding and website to the next level, send me a DM! I'd love to chat! 
What do you think is better? Designing your website like a grocery store or a fine restaurant? 🤔 let me know in the comments! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you have no clue what I could possibly be talking about... there’s a new post on the blog for you — How to Improve Conversion Rates with the Power of Design! ✨ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Here’s one of the tips from the post for you. Tip #7 — Present only a few services. If you offer too many services, you could confuse potential clients. Condense your offers into 3 main packages if possible. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This post dives into some design details and technical details to consider for your website if you feel like visitors aren’t converting into paying clients. Head to the link in my bio to read!! 
Looking for a quick and easy SEO tip? Have you heard of Google My Business?! If you haven’t, stop what you’re doing and check it out! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It takes literally 5 minutes to setup an account for your business and it will help people find you on Google! You know when you Google a business sometimes there’s a box to the right of the search results? It shows where the business is located, the hours it’s open, reviews, the link to the website, etc. Well, when you setup Google My Business this is what you get! It’s a great move if you’re working on your SEO game. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Google will mail you a card to verify your business + then it’s super easy to finish your account! I love how easy this was to setup + now my clients can leave me reviews on Google too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Let me know if you have any questions when setting up your account! ✨