DISCOVER YOUR BRAND PERSONALITY
Take my FREE Brand Personality Quiz to uncover:
→ Which of the 4 key personality types drives your brand
→ How to leverage your natural strengths to stand out
→ Why certain marketing approaches feel forced (and which will flow effortlessly)
→ What your ideal clients are subconsciously drawn to about your brand.
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO WEBSITE IMAGES
Struggling to figure out which images actually belong on your website—or how to name them so Google can find you?
This ultimate Website Image Guide walks you through the must-have photos, tips for choosing and organizing brand images, and exactly how to name and optimize them for SEO.
How do you add professional polish to your DIY website?
Your website tells your creative story—but if you DIY’d it, it might not be saying what you want.
Grab my free checklist to transform your site from “it’ll do” to polished, professional, and totally you.
RESOURCES & EXPERT RECOMMENDATIONS
While I focus on elevated and refined brand and website design, there are many other elements that go into telling your brand story. It literally takes a village to build a brand.
After so many years in business and several hundred clients (with various requirements and experiences), I've made a list of service providers that I know and trust to help elevate the rest of your brand, and will recommend without hesitation.
From copywriting to tech support to fonts, plugins, and business coaches, I hope you’ll find expert help here!
WEBSITE HOSTING
Siteground - Get 70% off. The best customer service, with 99.9% uptime and really fast servers. At their price point, it is hands down the best. I only have good things to say about them, and I've worked with over a dozen hosting providers either for myself or for my clients.
Hostinger - a rising star among hosting companies. Affordable pricing, fast servers.
COPYWRITERS
Each of these copywriters will have her own writing style and zone of genius. Check out their websites first to see if the writing style appeals to you, and that you fit their ideal client profile.
BRAND PHOTOGRAPHY
Zebra Jojo Photography - The only credible brand photographer in Singapore who understands the value of storytelling. Really fast turnaround too!
The Branded Boss Lady - Love her style too. She's based in Orlando, and knows how to make her clients look fabulous.
Emily Kim - personality-packed brand photography, with services in Boston, San Francisco Bay, California
BRAND STRATEGY
Before you embark on a brand identity design project, make sure you have clarity about your brand strategy first.
Pink Pineapple - comprehensive brand strategy for lifestyle brands.
Georgina JS - business strategist with a branding and marketing background.
SOCIAL MEDIA & MARKETING
The Talking Fox - social media strategy and management; from hands-on strategy sessions or complete takeover.
Elizabeth Taylor - digital marketing training & consultancy
Yellow Dot Marketing - email marketing specialist for service-based businesses
SEO
Karly de Lange - of Influence Media offers comprehensive digital marketing services
Melissa McGraw - helping business owners with SEO and Google Ads
The SEO Kitchen - SEO setup, tune-up, & training
STOCK PHOTOS
HAUTE STOCK - my favorite source of beautiful, stylish stock photos. For when you want to supplement your brand photos. Their library is extensive! Get 21 FREE stock photos HERE.
For free stock photo libraries, my go to sites are:
FONT LIBRARIES
My Fonts - the best source of premium fonts. Almost all font foundries are in their library.
Creative Market - Most of the newer font designers are selling on Creative Market. It is now the best source of calligraphy and handwritten fonts.
Font Squirrel - legit source of good quality free fonts that are licensed for commercial use.
PLUGINS & TOOLS
Plugins extend the capabilities of WordPress. Here are my top picks, depending on your requirements:
Memberpress - the best membership plugin for WordPress hands down.
Beaver Builder - for greater flexibility in wp layouts.
Gravity Forms - the best form builder plugin ever created.
Quiz Interact - how I built my fun brand personality quiz
Some of these are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission if you sign up. However, these are products/services that I will recommend without reservation, regardless.
