Back in June I received an email from a company called Themify. I am very familiar with Themify as they create the WordPress themes which I use for the majority of my clients’ websites. I have often utilised their brilliant customer service forum, and submitted a few websites that I was particularly proud of to […]
When I sit down with potential clients this is the question which they inevitably ask. In the early days of Mara Communications I would try to estimate a timeframe based on the size and complexity of the website, taking into account my current workload. As I run my own business and don’t outsource any work, […]
Picture this: you have spent months working with a web designer to create your website. It has been hard work and you are both delighted and relieved when your website is finally launched. “That’s it!”, you think to yourself. “It’s done.” That is not, however, what your web designer may be thinking. Although the regular […]
It was December 2014 when I founded Mara Communications. Having been a full-time mum for 6 years I knew the time had come. I needed to find a new purpose – something for me. Preferably something that I would enjoy, be good at and bonus points if I could earn some money as well. Many […]
In my last post I wrote about my journey to feel like a legitimate web designer using Wordpress as my platform. Someone close to me then asked about non-technical skills. What are the non-technical skills that contribute to being a successful web designer? I have given it some thought and here they are. My top […]
This is a question I have been grappling with since founding Mara Communications. I created my company knowing that I would be using Wordpress as my preferred platform. I have never studied coding and I knew that I would never be a ‘build from scratch’ type of designer. So the question is, am I a […]