Effective web design that invites visitors to each page—and converts them into customers—isn’t as easy to achieve as you might think. In our experience, there are several thoughts and theories about web design that simply aren’t true. We’re debunking our top five most common myths below, in hopes that it makes your web design process a little easier. Websites are …
How a Hobby Blog Became a Business
Hi, y’all, it’s Amber, and I’m here to tell you my story on how I turned my hobby blog into an award winning business while only working part-time! Blogging has landed me incredible opportunities including features on The Today Show, Cosmopolitan, Parade, Country Living and more, and has given me gigs like my current position at Green Bag Designs. The …
How the Heck to Use a Hashtag
If you thought Instagram was a tween trend of 2010, that ship has sailed. It’s 2018, Instagram and Facebook are in bed and the rest of the world is eager to get in. New Instagram updates are rolling out hot, like the announcement that you can pre-schedule and automatically post content (Read Hootsuite’s guide >> How To Share Post Directly …
Happy Anniversary Photos
You guys, we had an incredible photo shoot for our 5 year anniversary! Check out our photos below!
Our Top Five Successes
I’m so glad that we can put our hurdles behind us and celebrate our top five big successes from the past five years! Celebrate with us on our successes below: Getting our first client When I started this business, I looked on Craigslist for some of our first clients. After several failed meetings, and more than one sketchy encounter, we …
Our Top Five Hurdles
“The road to success is not a path you find but a trail you blaze.” – Robert Brault In the five years that we’ve been in business, Green Bag Designs has had some big wins, and some massive fails. Let’s chat about some of our big hurdles: We didn’t have a support system I’ve got to be honest; when I …
The Story Behind Green Bag Designs
When I was growing up, I was always running little businesses. I ran a pet-sitting business in my neighborhood, taught flute to a couple of kids in band, and had a brief stint making cupcakes out of my home. I also spent my time playing computer games on a floppy drive, and making random geocities sites about my friend’s cat. …
Red Kite Coastal Homes WordPress Website Launched in just Three Days
You guys remember that epic snow storm we had in Charleston? Most of us were sitting on couches in front of roaring fires, or sledding down very small hills. Well, we were meeting with two amazing Residential Real Estate Agents that were not going to let a little snow stop them from getting an amazing Wordpress Website! I met with Residential …
We’ve got Vision for 2018!
Have you mocked up a vision board for your business? We’ve tried scrapbooking, jotting lists, creating a vision board, you name it! This year, we decided to mock up our vision on Pinterest boards: Check them out here! This year we’re hyperfocused on two things for our business: loving our clients and saving our Benjamins. We’ve pinned a ton of …
Which One? Wix, WordPress or Squarespace?
Are you starting the web design process? Not sure which platform to build it on? Whenever we’re working with a client, we ask the following questions to determine which platform to build their site on: Have you had a website before? If so, what platform was it built on? Do you want to be able to edit the site …