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Let’s get cosy…

You and graphic design are about to become best buddies!

Graphic design is a powerful tool. One I plan to help you take FULL advantage of.

Your business has something amazing to offer, we all know that!
Buuutttt…is it communicating that? Does your audience really know how great you are? That they NEED you?

Design holds the key to connecting with your future clients AND converting them into raving fans.

I want to show you how.

 

Choose your own adventure

Either…

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I can teach YOU how to design

Ever wanted to create your own graphics for your biz but had no idea where to start? I created DIY Design My Biz just for you! A 4-week online course to transform you into a DIY design pro!

💸 Cost effective - one course investment and you have the skills to do the rest yourself!
🤸‍♀️ Flexible - you can create when you want and how you want!
💝 Support - be supported by me and other small biz owners on the same journey
👩‍💻 No fancy programs - I teach you how to do all of this within Canva!

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I can create a brand FOR you

I also offer design services straight to you. This is a very limited offering so please allow a few months before we can begin work.

I will only be offering branding projects in 2020.

You can find out more about the branding services I offer and apply to work with me! This is a selective process to ensure that we are a really great match and will work well together - the better we work together the better your amazing brand will turn out!

If this isn’t for you I hope we can still be friends! Maybe you’d like me to teach you how to create your own designs? x

 
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LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF


Hello! I’m Jacqui.

I'm ridiculously passionate about helping your small biz succeed!

I believe design plays a massive role in the clients you connect with and the success of your business...

which is why (no matter your budget!) I want to make sure your biz is always looking it's best and connecting with who you need it to! ✨

I’ve been working my whole career with women in small business as their spunky graphic designer... Watching their crazy, passion-fuelled ideas grow into a fully-fledged and successful businesses.

I’ve helped them flesh out their brain waves, their target audience and their business needs to create branding and graphics that connect with their audience and SELL.

I’ve had HUNDREDS of happy clients work with me because I GET and UNDERSTAND small business. I am one. And I love serving them. I love serving you. And, I can’t wait to teach you all of my tricks too.

 Good design can scream to your ideal client, “PICK ME!!”

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Let me teach you how to be your own graphic designer!

Introducing…DIY Design My Biz

A 4-week LIVE online course to create your own bangin’ business brand and graphics that will set your biz up for success and attract your dream clients.

 

On the blog…

The Blog
Choosing Colour
Choosing Colour

Colour is a tricky one. How do you know what colours to use for your brand? Your graphics? Your text? Your ANYTHING!?

In DIY Design My Biz colour seems to be one of the areas my students to struggle with the most. They feel stuck, overwhelmed and often want to give up!

Thankfully, I share with them some tools and tips to help keep them going (plus our little Facebook community definitely helps)! But what about you? If you’re not apart of the course I wanted to help you too - to give you a couple of pointers to get you started and hopefully feeling a lot more confident when it comes to choosing colours for your graphics.

So, let’s get started! Here’s what you need to know.

What am I meant to write in my brochure?
What am I meant to write in my brochure?

Creating a brochure is a great idea! …Until you get stuck with what to write in it! In this article I’ll step you through what info you’ll need inside your brochure and where to put it. Plus a few bonus tips around purpose and design!

10 Steps to Creating a Pinterest Board
10 Steps to Creating a Pinterest Board

Learn how to create a Pinterest board and begin collecting inspiration, ideas and concepts from all over the world. 10 simple steps (with images) that the complete Pinterest novice can follow.

 

 

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5 Mistakes You’re Making When You
DIY Your Own Designs

(and How to Avoid Them!)

 
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Your FREE Guide (Straight to your inbox)👇

This JUICY guide is going to help you save you from making design mistakes that may be costing you clients. I see these errors all the time and they are SO easy to fix. Take a look and bring your business design from "meh" to "wow". You’ll be stepped through 5 common mistakes I see and easy solutions to fix them!

Keep up with me on Instagram and Facebook.

And it’s done! The legends in this challenge were incredibly talented and committed! Receiving feedback like this makes my heart warm.❤️👉🏼 Tomorrow morning I get to announce the winner of the DIY Design My Biz Scholarship within my Design Small Challenge Facebook group. For those of you in the challenge, you have until 9am AEDT tomorrow morning to get your homework in! You got this!!!!
It’s happening again!! In two weeks time I’ll be hosting a totally free masterclass all about how you can be your own graphic designer #practicaltips Last year over 300 registered to watch!! I was blown away! Let alone all the incredible feedback that came flooding in 🥰 What is it? A free hour long training covering: ✨ WHY having good graphics is even worth the effort. 👯‍♀️ HOW to get your graphics to talk to your people. 🛠 What FREE TOOLS you can use to create ALL of your own graphics. 💕 How to make your brand consistent (and gain LOYALTY from your followers). 🔍 How to communicate CLEARLY so your message is never lost. 💅 BONUS: Easy hacks to make your designs instantly better. 👩‍💻 LIVE creation of a graphic on Canva from start to finish so you can see how a designer does it! When is it? Wednesday the 11th of March at 11am AEDT. And DON’T WORRY! If you can’t make it live you will be sent a replay to watch over the following 48hours...BUT you MUST be registered. But how do I register, Jacqui?! Just head to the link in my bio and pop in your name and email. Easy! Don’t miss this one, it’s gonna be goooood 👌🏼
Hierarchy. Not the first thing you think about when designing…but this was one of the key principles I taught my Design Small challenge students this week! It seems like common sense but we so easily forget about it! When we design, we have control over the visual journey of the viewer. If what you’re trying to communicate isn’t obvious than your design has failed - no matter how “pretty” it looks. It’s the designers job to direct the viewer where to look, what to read and in what order! So, when designing make sure you know the purpose of your design and what you’re trying to communicate and work out the hierarchy of information the viewer needs to know! Make the most important text stand out most - the text that will grab their attention. Then, work your way down in order of importance. Hierarchy can be made in so many ways, but here are some ideas: 📏 Contrasting different sizes of text (ie. the most important info is the biggest). 🎨 Using colour to have different areas of text stand out more than others. 🍔 Chunk/group areas of information together. Always know the goal of your graphic and make sure the important stuff is is given the best seat in the house!
Imagine with me just for a moment that when you design graphics for your biz that it does NOT have to be a stressful, time-consuming exercise (that might not even look good!). I know so many of you aren’t in the stage of your biz to be able to hire a designer to help with your social posts, or brochures or web graphics…but those graphics need to get done somehow!? Let me help. I want to give you the skills and confidence to create graphics for your biz that not only look amazing but that work to attract your ideal client. If you haven’t already, I hope that you’ll join the FREE 4-day challenge I’m starting TOMORROW for small biz owners. Comment, chuck me a DM or follow the link in my bio to save your spot. I’ve put so much love and thought into this challenge and I KNOW how much it will help you. See you tomorrow for our first LIVE lesson (inside our private Facebook group). xx
What would it feel like to be confident in all you are designing for your biz? Each day in my free 4-day Design Small challenge has been intricately designed to help step you through learning to design graphics for your small biz that work and look amazing. Swipe across to get the run down. Link in my bio to sign up 😘 We start on Monday!!
Pretty excited to be offering this!!! So, you’ve heard about my free 4-day challenge helping kick start biz owners on their journey of designing their own graphics... But, there’s something I haven’t told you...One lucky participant will win a scholarship into DIY Design My Biz!! 🙈 Yep! DIY Design My Biz is a 4-week live online course taking you through everything you need to know to confidently create graphics for your biz! It is the 4 day challenge but on steroids! My students from last round have had incredible results and I’m SO excited to start our next round in March. So, if you’d like to be in the running to win a scholarship into DIY DMB make sure to join us for the challenge (STARTING ON MONDAY! 🤯). Link in bio for more info and to snag your place xx
This is my head right now! Gee did I ignore my own advice from yesterday’s post today! 🤣🤣 Whoops! I spent most of the day creating a quiz. I mean, the quiz is great and all but it was not work I NEEDED to do. I had other work I NEEDED to do 😅 So, this is me with my big ideas. Procrastinating the hard work even more by lettering this very design. #procrastdesign 😂 But at least it looks kinda cute, and I did learn a lot! Thanks @ianbarnard for the lettering tutorial!
I think in business we get a bit too excited (me included). We want to do all the things. And we want to do them now. We want a new website, to start a podcast, do 5 blog posts a week, better our social media, do a rebrand and throw in a little bit of personal life on top. Let me save you some burnout - It’s NOT possible. Well, I’ve found it’s not for me anyway…coz I really love doing all the things. And all the things might be good. They might be GREAT! But, they might not be for NOW. Is updating your website going to generate more new clients, or is doing a good job with the clients you already have and asking for referrals going to do better? Is starting a podcast when you’re already feeling flat out going to give you more exposure? Maybe…but is that what your business needs right NOW? Maybe not. Ask the hard questions and get ready to say no to yourself. Be strategic, not busy (for busyness sake).
If you've ever felt like throwing your laptop out the window in frustration as you try to design graphics for your small biz I can definitely guarantee you're not alone! I've put together a FREE 4-day challenge for small biz owners to kick start them as they do their own graphic design...and hopefully avoid buying a new laptop 😛 Why create a free training? Coz I get it. I get that in those early stages of biz you can't always afford to hire a magical designer who will create everything for you! And as a designer myself I know that good design really IS important - so in the meantime I want to help small biz owners create graphics that will HELP and GROW their biz. NOT graphics that embarrass them or stop them from showing up for their clients as they should!! What are you waiting for? Head to the link in my bio and spend 4 days with me (and some other incredible business owners) as I teach you all the basics you'll need to know on your DIY designing journey. There'll be everything you need to get the ball rolling...a Facebook support community, workbook, cheatsheets, 4 live lessons and tasks to help you apply it all to YOUR biz. See you there lovely!! It's not far away! We'll be starting on Feb 17th xx
Last days to grab this Canva template for $12 with all proceeds going to @salvosau. 18 Canva templates, all text and background colours editable. Includes imagery inspired by small biz ladies with the ability to add your own images into the iPhone/iPad screens! Perfect for your instagram posts! More deets in my insta highlights. Link in bio to buy. Ends 31st Jan.
So if you’ve been following along in my Insta stories you’ll know I’m currently on leave holidaying in Japan! Butttt, that doesn’t mean I can stop myself from having fun in my biz (lol, try stop me!) So, here I am FINALLY updating you guys on some news my email subscribers got a few weeks ago - in mid Feb I’ll be launching a FREE LIVE ONLINE 4-DAY CHALLENGE! 🥳🥳🥳 This challenge is specifically designed to give small biz owners the confidence and skills to create their own designs. We’ll be starting on 17th of Feb through to 20th Feb with a LIVE lesson each morning stepping you through 4 days of strategy, tips and practical solutions to take you from a design newbie to a confident Canva and DIY design wiz! PLUS you’ll have access to a Facebook group full of like minded legends all on the same journey. I’m SO excited!! If you wanna join in (already had some legends sign up!) just head to the link in my bio (all 100% free). See you inside! 😘
There’s always time. We all have been given the same amount of hours in the day. Bit a CEO and a 5-year-old kid. The difference is what we choose to make time for. Nut out your priorities and make decisions towards THAT. For me, I recently took on a new job. Not because I needed to fill in extra time, not because I didn’t have enough work already...but because I wanted to prioritise the mission of that new role: Helping youth know they are loved. But I didn’t just find a treasure chest full of 12 bonus hours a week...something had to give. I made some tough decisions around my work structure, clients and my business so that now I can do 2 things I love with my life: Help business owners, and help young people. Is there anything you need to make time for..? What’s gotta give? I’m still learning to settle in and work our what my time needs to look like but it’s a fun challenge and I know I can do it.

 

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