While I have been an avid blogger since 2003, I have never used a blog for business reasons. This will be a first for me. I know blogs can be an excellent way to get attention to your website, and can be instrumental in keeping people there. I won’t be complaining about clients or begging for more work here. Instead I’ll be talking about new projects and my business in general.

While I have been working both as a freelancer, and for various companies, I have never really set out to get myself noticed. Most of my work has come in via word of mouth- a client telling a friend or co-worker about me and my services. That’s nice and all, but it only goes so far, especially when the world you are working in has a limited number of people in it and there are several others competing for their business.

Recently, I finally settled on a logo design for Kittyloaf. I had tried several, but none of them were quite right. The one you see up above in the header image was the winner. It’s clean, smooth, colorful, fun, clear, and a little whimsical- pretty much everything I like to see in a logo. Once I drafted it, I set out to “draw” up a business card layout. Doing print work has always made me a little nervous. Once it goes to print, its permanent. Digital files can always be tweaked or adjusted. That done, I ordered the business cards.

I’m also planning to take out an ad in our local newspaper once my finances are in better order. I am hoping between the business cards and the ad, I will get noticed and be able to draw in some regular work. I’ll keep you posted.