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Ribbon & Ink is a full service branding studio that works with small creative businesses to create brands with strategy and beautiful, purposeful content-driven websites to go with them. 

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Marketing, Membership

The Benefits of a Creative Membership for Weddings Pros

  Listen…being an entrepreneur can be a lonely island. Community is key! A creative membership group tailored to wedding professionals offers support, education, collaboration, and resources that can significantly improve both the creative and business aspects of a wedding professional’s career. The Ribbon & Ink Membership is six months and is geared towards wedding businesses. […]

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Now Offering Showit Website Maintenance Service

  I’m really excited to try out my new service for Showit website users: Showit maintenance! I’ve been getting feedback that a lot of people go into their website to make changes and, over time, links stop working, mobile versions get messed up, and all kinds of things. Or sometimes people just want to update […]

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marketing strategies for wedding photographers and planners / engagement season tips for wedding businesses

Tips

Must Have Marketing Strategies for Engagement Season as a Wedding Business

  Attention wedding businesses! Engagement season is almost here. Are you ready for it? Up to 40% of all yearly engagements occur between Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day so you don’t want to miss that opportunity to connect with engaged couples! You must have some marketing strategies for your wedding business in place to prep. Here […]

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showit website tips and tutorials / creating a url in showit

Tips

How to Create a URL from Any File in Showit

Did you know you can create a url for any file you upload to your Showit media library?! It’s super easy! If you need to link to a PDF it’s a handy trick to have. Watch this short video to learn how.  Want more tips on updating and customizing your Showit website template? Join […]

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Tips

How to rank higher on Google for wedding photography

A tale as old as time: how do I get to rank higher on Google? If you’re a wedding photographer you know the market is super saturated so being ranked higher for your keywords is so important! You probably are super good at wedding photography, but not so great at the ranking part. You’re no […]

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A custom brand identity and Showit website template customization for Virginia wedding photographer.

Branding, Launch

Black and White Branding and Showit Website for Virginia Wedding Photographer

Happy launch to J St Clair Photography! I’m so excited to share the custom branding and Showit website for a Virginia wedding photographer. Jackie’s work is super classic and sophisticated and she wanted to uplevel her DIY brand and website to a more custom one. During our initial branding kickoff call we chatted about who […]

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Branding, Launch

Custom Brand Identity and Showit Website for DC Wedding Planner

I’m so excited to share the custom brand identity and Showit website launch for DC wedding planner Greta David Events. Greta had been DIYing her brand and website up to this point and really wanted a colorful new look to represent her DC wedding planning business. We had a productive kickoff call where we discussed […]

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Launch, Showit Template

Showit Template Customization for New Jersey Stationery Business

I had the pleasure of working with wedding invitation stationery designer, Stephanie Somodi. Stephanie came to me with a logo and color palette and I took on the task of customizing one of my Showit website templates for her stationery business as well as writing her copy. Stephanie’s work is gorgeous and has a very […]

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Branding, Launch

Custom Brand Design and Showit Website for Michelle Bordenkircher Photography

Happy launch day to Kentucky wedding photographer Michelle Bordenkircher! Michelle has been in business just a few years and as her business quickly grew she knew she needed a more professional brand identity design and Showit website that spoke to her ideal audience. After reading through her initial questionnaire I put together this color palette […]

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Tips

5 Basic Things You Need to Know About Showit

Showit is an amazing drag and drop website platform for small creative businesses. I’ve been a Showit Design Partner since 2010 and I know Showit like the back of my hand! Showit is always updating the software to make it more user friendly, but, if you’re new to Showit it can be overwhelming. I’ve put […]

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