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The Blog for the Small Business Owner

Being a business owner means we're always learning. We're so excited to share our knowledge with you! These articles are inspired by FAQs you have and common issues/myths we hear and see in the design and marketing industry.

Explore to find tools, resources, and more to understand how to grow your business the right way!

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Website Design Meredith Wolf Website Design Meredith Wolf

The 5 Most Important Pages on your Website

Although each page is important, there are some pages that remain essential to your site's success. When deciding how to optimize these pages, it's important to consider two things: what does the target audience want from these pages, and what action do you want your target audience to take once they are on the page?

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Branding Meredith Wolf Branding Meredith Wolf

How To Keep Your Brand Consistent - And Why You Need To

Do you ever stop and wonder about how brands can achieve such incredible recognition? It isn’t just because they have an excellent product or service... and it doesn't come down to simply having a cool logo. Brand recognition comes down to one simple yet oh-so-complicated word: consistency.

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Strategy Meredith Wolf Strategy Meredith Wolf

How to Create Hype with your Launch

When launching a new business, re-brand, product or website, you have to actually tell people about your new platform and often more than once! (data tells us someone needs to see something at least 7 times before they actually do anything!)

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Strategy Meredith Wolf Strategy Meredith Wolf

Why You Need An Online Scheduler

If your business relies on client appointments, then continuously improving your booking rate is a must. Bookings lead to more traffic, which translates to higher revenues, more money in the bank…  

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Website Copywriting Meredith Wolf Website Copywriting Meredith Wolf

5 Easy Writing Tricks for Better DIY Copy

Good copywriting is a VERY important, but often overlooked, part of online business. If you really think about it, almost every single thing you do in business requires some form of writing: blog posts, websites, social media captions, emails, ads, SEO— everything! So, even if you feel like writing “isn’t your thing,” it’s worth taking the time to get it right.

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Branding Meredith Wolf Branding Meredith Wolf

When To Use Your Logo Variations

In an effort to continue teaching and sharing knowledge about the design industry with non-designers, I thought it might be helpful to demystify some common questions around when to use your primary logo vs your other variations.

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Accounting Meredith Wolf Accounting Meredith Wolf

Accounting Q&A for Small Business Owners

Recently, a favourite IG account of mine, Jenn Sims of @keepingthebooks, posted a Q&A in her stories opening herself up for a slew of small business accounting questions and I jumped at the opportunity. I quickly realized, this would be an amazing blog post as so many of us have ALL THE QUESTIONS.

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Strategy Meredith Wolf Strategy Meredith Wolf

Benefits of Blogging

Blogging can vastly improve your small business on many levels. It’s a powerful marketing tool that can help propel your business forward.

Here are several compelling reasons to blog for your small business, plus some tips for blogging more consistently.

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Branding Meredith Wolf Branding Meredith Wolf

Signs It's Time For A Brand Refresh

I’m often asked by a client whether I think they need a brand refresh and I answer their question with more questions. Helpful, right? ;) Actually it is, for both of us. These are the questions that should be asked when deciding if it’s time.

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Branding Meredith Wolf Branding Meredith Wolf

Fonts 101

When clients decide to move forward with Branding with MWD they have the opportunity to be as involved or uninvolved in the creation of their business’ brand. It is important that those clients who want to be involved have all the information to make the most informed decisions to ensure what they want to achieve will happen based on their requests.

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