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Oct 29
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5 Signs Your Brand Needs a Refresh (And What to Do About It)

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Your Brand Should Grow as You Do

Businesses evolve. Services expand, audiences shift, and styles change. If your visuals and messaging haven’t evolved too, your brand may be holding you back.

Here are five clear signs it’s time for a brand refresh — and what to do next.

1. Your Look Feels Outdated

Design trends move fast. What looked sharp in 2015 may now feel tired or amateur. If your colors, fonts, or layout look dated next to competitors, your audience might assume your business is behind the times.

A modern brand refresh doesn’t mean reinventing everything. Sometimes small updates — cleaner typography, refined color balance, simplified icons — breathe new life into your image without losing recognition.

2. Your Messaging No Longer Fits

Maybe you’ve grown beyond your original niche or added services. If your tagline, website copy, or marketing materials no longer represent who you are, it’s time to realign.

Your voice should match your value. The words and visuals you use every day must reflect where your business stands now — not where it started.

3. Your Audience Has Changed

Maybe your client base has matured, or you’re targeting a higher-end market. The aesthetics that once resonated might no longer connect.

Understanding your target audience is essential. Before redesigning anything, take a close look at who you serve today and what attracts them. Then build your visuals around their expectations.

4. Competitors Are Outshining You

Scroll through social media or local listings. If your competitors’ brands look more cohesive, your customers notice — even subconsciously.

A refined, up-to-date identity conveys reliability and momentum. Rebranding isn’t about chasing trends; it’s about ensuring your presentation communicates your expertise clearly.

5. You No Longer Feel Connected to Your Brand

This might be the biggest signal of all. If you’re not proud of your logo, embarrassed by your website, or hesitant to hand out your business card, your energy suffers — and customers pick up on it.

When your brand feels authentic again, marketing becomes natural. You want to show up, post content, and share your story.

What to Do About It

A professional brand audit helps you assess where your visuals, messaging, and strategy stand. From there, you can:

  • Refresh colors and typography for modern impact
  • Simplify or update your logo for versatility
  • Reevaluate your brand voice and photography style
  • Align your website design and print materials for consistency

How to Know When It’s Time for a Website Redesign

The ROI of a Brand Refresh

Branding isn’t a cost — it’s an investment in perception. A refined identity builds credibility, supports higher pricing, and attracts clients who value quality.

Whether you’re a solo entrepreneur or a growing company, every marketing dollar works harder when it’s built on a clear, consistent brand foundation.

The Hall or Nothing Approach

At Hall or Nothing Designs, we guide small businesses through strategic brand refreshes that respect their roots while bringing a modern edge. We don’t just make things look better — we help them perform better.

Our process includes:

  • Discovery and strategy sessions
  • Visual redesign and collateral updates
  • Messaging realignment
  • Implementation across web and print

The Bottom Line

If your brand no longer reflects the business you’ve built, it’s time to refresh it with intention.

Book your complimentary brand review today. Let’s uncover where your visuals or messaging are falling flat and design a brand identity that grows with you.

Oct 27
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Why Your Logo Isn’t Your Brand

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The Myth of the Logo

It’s one of the first things every business owner does — create a logo. A good logo feels like your flag in the ground, proof your business is real. But here’s the truth: your logo isn’t your brand.

A brand is the feeling people get when they see your work, walk into your store, or interact with your content. It’s the voice in your emails, the confidence in your color palette, and the consistency of your online presence.

Your logo might catch attention — but your brand identity keeps it.

The Real Work of Brand Identity Design

Think of your logo as your signature, and your brand identity as everything that surrounds it:

  • Color palette and typography
  • Imagery and textures
  • Messaging tone and customer experience

A strong brand identity doesn’t happen by accident. It’s an intentional blend of design psychology, storytelling, and consistency.

That’s why a business can have a stunning logo and still struggle to connect — because the logo lives in isolation, unsupported by a consistent brand system.

Consistency Builds Recognition

When every piece of your brand — from website to brochure — shares the same visual language, customers start recognizing you before they even see your name. That’s the holy grail of design.

Consistency breeds familiarity. Familiarity builds trust. And trust is what gets people to buy.

If your marketing feels disjointed or “off-brand,” your audience senses it. Even subtle inconsistencies (like mismatched colors or mixed fonts) can chip away at credibility.

Beyond Visuals: Your Brand Voice

Your brand voice matters just as much as your visuals. Are you warm and conversational or sleek and professional? Do your emails sound like your social posts?

Your tone should align with your visuals so customers experience one unified brand personality. When your design and messaging reinforce each other, you become instantly recognizable and deeply memorable.

The Customer Experience Connection

A great brand experience extends beyond screens and signs — it’s how people feel interacting with your business. Smooth website navigation, friendly communication, and professional packaging all shape that perception.

At Hall or Nothing Designs, we help small businesses turn every customer touchpoint into part of a cohesive, trustworthy brand experience — because true branding is about emotion, not decoration.

Learn how your website can strengthen your brand consistency.

The Bottom Line

Your logo may be the spark — but your brand identity design is the flame that keeps your business glowing.

If you’re ready to go beyond a logo and craft a brand that builds trust and recognition, let’s talk.

Schedule a free 15-minute brand audit with Hall or Nothing Designs. We’ll review your visuals, message, and customer journey to pinpoint where your brand can grow stronger.

Oct 08
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Consistency Above Perfection: Start, Adjust, and Grow

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You don’t need every detail perfected to make progress. In fact, waiting for perfection often kills momentum, creativity, and growth. What truly moves a business forward is consistent action, even when it’s messy—especially when it’s paired with authenticity.

As Sheryl Sandberg said, “Done is better than perfect.” It’s not just a motivational slogan—it’s a principle practiced by some of the most successful people in business. The moment you accept that your first version won’t be flawless, you free yourself to actually launch, learn, and improve.

And here’s the truth: no one nails consistency every day. That’s why tools exist to help—automated systems like Elevayo’s social media scheduler and follow-up workflows make staying consistent almost effortless. You don’t have to be perfect; you just have to show up, and automation can make sure you do.

The Perfection Trap

Perfectionism is seductive. We delay—tweaking the messaging, postponing the campaign, reworking the design—until everything feels right. But in a fast-moving world, that kind of delay often means never launching at all.

Mark Cuban put it bluntly: “Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.” Every hour spent polishing a plan that never launches is an hour that could’ve generated feedback, data, and growth.

Even startup legend Reid Hoffman agreed when he said, “If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.”

You’ll make faster progress launching an imperfect plan with tools that keep you consistent—like scheduling your posts ahead of time, automating customer follow-ups, and letting systems like Elevayo handle the busywork while you stay focused on improvement.

Why Consistency + Authenticity Beat Flawless Execution

1. Algorithms Fade. Familiarity Lasts.

Yes, the social media algorithm rewards regular posting—but it’s your audience who rewards reliability. Showing up consistently, even imperfectly, keeps your brand top of mind. And when tools like Elevayo automate your content calendar, you stay visible without burning out.

2. Authenticity Builds Connection

Perfectly polished content can feel robotic. Real people connect with real stories. Share your process, your pivots, your lessons. Use automation to handle the logistics, but make sure your voice—the authentic, human one—comes through.

3. Iteration Yields Insight

You can’t improve what you don’t test. By launching sooner and adjusting later, you gain real feedback. Consistency creates the rhythm that allows for iteration—and automation keeps that rhythm steady.

What “Consistency Above Perfection” Looks Like

Here’s how to put it into action (and make it sustainable):

StrategyWhy It WorksHow to Start
Micro-content burstsSmall, frequent posts beat rare, perfect ones.Use a scheduler to pre-plan 3 short posts a week.
Launch “good enough” versionsLearn from real data, not assumptions.Release a minimal version, track engagement, then refine.
Share your journeyBuilds trust and relatability.Automate reminders to share client wins or project updates.
Automate follow-upsKeeps your name in inboxes and minds.Use Elevayo’s follow-up workflows to reach out automatically.

Overcoming the Resistance to Begin

  • Fear of judgment: Remember, most people aren’t analyzing your every move—they’re scrolling.
  • Imposter syndrome: Start with what you have; let the process evolve.
  • Analysis paralysis: Set a timer, make a plan, automate the next steps, and hit “publish.”

Automation doesn’t replace authenticity—it supports it. The best creators and business owners use tools to remove friction so they can focus on creativity and connection.

The Real ROI of Showing Up (Even If It’s Messy)

  • Trust & familiarity: Your audience begins to rely on your presence.
  • Momentum: Each post or email builds on the last, compounding visibility.
  • Data for decisions: You gain real insights instead of hypotheticals.
  • Mental freedom: Automation lets you focus on growth, not just upkeep.

Consistency doesn’t mean rigidity—it means reliability. When your marketing system runs smoothly in the background, you can pivot, create, and grow from a place of confidence.

Final Thought

Perfection is elusive, but consistency is achievable. Tools like Elevayo make it easier to stay visible, stay authentic, and keep your brand moving forward even on your busiest days.

Start small. Schedule one thing. Automate one follow-up. Then show up again tomorrow.

Because in business—and in life—progress belongs to those who start, stay consistent, and keep evolving.

Oct 06
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Surviving (and Thriving) in the Video Age — Without Ever Hitting “Record”

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Let’s be honest: not every business owner wants to dance on TikTok or talk to a camera for YouTube. Between running the actual business, managing clients, and maintaining some sanity, creating videos can feel like one more impossible item on an already endless to-do list.

But here’s the good news: you don’t have to post videos to gain traction online. You can still grow your visibility, build authority, and attract clients—without becoming a content creator.

1. Lean Into Written Authority

Blogs, newsletters, and long-form posts are still powerhouses for building credibility. Use your expertise to answer the real questions your customers are asking. Google rewards depth and clarity. A 700-word blog that solves a problem will work harder for you than a week’s worth of 15-second clips.

Try this:

  • Write one strong article per month that directly answers your clients’ top question.
  • Share it across platforms with short, punchy intros (“Here’s how to avoid the biggest mistake in…”).
  • Turn that blog into three LinkedIn or Facebook posts.

One good piece of writing can be repurposed into a month of content.

2. Use Micro-Content Without a Camera

You don’t have to appear on camera to post consistently. Visual storytelling still works without video:

  • Carousel posts on LinkedIn or Instagram
  • Quote graphics
  • Infographics summarizing your process or results
  • “Before and after” transformations (of spaces, brands, or outcomes)

These stop scrollers just as effectively as a talking head—often better if your visuals are sharp and your captions are strong.

3. Share Customer Stories

Social proof is gold, and it doesn’t have to be a testimonial video. Screenshots of text messages, snippets from reviews, or a mini “client spotlight” post can go a long way. Frame it as storytelling:

“When Sarah came to me, her brand was struggling to get noticed. Here’s what we changed…”

That’s emotionally engaging and builds credibility—no video required.

4. Own Your Email List

TikTok trends fade. Algorithms shift. But your email list is yours forever. If you build a rhythm of sending useful, human emails—stories, advice, lessons learned—your audience will actually look forward to hearing from you. Think of your email list as your community hub, not just a sales funnel.

5. Repurpose Existing Material

If you’ve ever:

  • Given a presentation
  • Written a proposal
  • Answered a client’s question by email

You already have content. Turn it into public insights. That “How we handled X” email could easily become a blog or carousel post. You don’t need to reinvent the wheel—just repurpose what’s already working in private.

6. Embrace Audio Alternatives

If you like to talk but hate the camera, consider podcasting or voice memos. Audio builds connection and can be transcribed into written posts. You can even use tools like Descript or Elevayo’s AI automation to turn one recorded thought into blogs, social posts, and emails—without video editing.

7. Focus on Consistency Over Trend-Chasing

The secret isn’t going viral—it’s showing up. Algorithms reward regularity, not random bursts. One blog post, one newsletter, one social share every week compounds over time into a credible, visible online presence.

Final Thought

Video might be dominating the feeds—but that doesn’t mean it’s the only route to success. The real key to traction is clarity, consistency, and authenticity. Whether you write, design, or speak, the internet will amplify your message if you show up with value.

You don’t need to point a camera at your face. You just need to point your content toward your customer’s pain point.

Jan 03
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Learning from the greatest examples of business success

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As I was making the 11 hour drive back from my holiday vacation, I had plenty of time to daydream about my new year’s goals for Hall or Nothing Designs. My head was in a lot of different places, because…well, anything is possible, right? As we ate our sandwiches at Jimmy John’s, one of the many signs caught my eye. It was labeled “Warren Buffet’s 10 Rules for Success”. It was like the sign was speaking to me.

With an estimated fortune of $73 billion, Warren Buffett is one of the richest men in the entire world. Here are some of Warren Buffett’s money-making secrets — and how they could work for you.

  1. Reinvest Your Profits: When you first make money in the stock market, you may be tempted to spend it. Don’t. Instead, reinvest the profits. Warren Buffett learned this early on. In high school, he and a pal bought a pinball machine to put in a barbershop. With the money they earned, they bought more machines until they had eight in different shops. When the friends sold the venture, Warren Buffett used the proceeds to buy stocks and to start another small business. By age 26, he’d amassed $174,000 — or $1.4 million in today’s money. Even a small sum can turn into great wealth.
  2. Be Willing To Be Different: Don’t base your decisions upon what everyone is saying or doing. When Warren Buffett began managing money in 1956 with $100,000 cobbled together from a handful of investors, he was dubbed an oddball. He worked in Omaha, not Wall Street, and he refused to tell his parents where he was putting their money. People predicted that he’d fail, but when he closed his partnership 14 years later, it was worth more than $100 million. Instead of following the crowd, he looked for undervalued investments and ended up vastly beating the market average every single year. To Warren Buffett, the average is just that — what everybody else is doing. to be above average, you need to measure yourself by what he calls the Inner Scorecard, judging yourself by your own standards and not the world’s.
  3. Never Suck Your Thumb: Gather in advance any information you need to make a decision, and ask a friend or relative to make sure that you stick to a deadline. Warren Buffett prides himself on swiftly making up his mind and acting on it. He calls any unnecessary sitting and thinking “thumb sucking.” When people offer him a business or an investment, he says, “I won’t talk unless they bring me a price.” He gives them an answer on the spot.
  4. Spell Out The Deal Before You Start: Your bargaining leverage is always greatest before you begin a job — that’s when you have something to offer that the other party wants. Warren Buffett learned this lesson the hard way as a kid, when his grandfather Ernest hired him and a friend to dig out the family grocery store after a blizzard. The boys spent five hours shoveling until they could barely straighten their frozen hands. Afterward, his grandfather gave the pair less than 90 cents to split. Warren Buffett was horrified that he performed such backbreaking work only to earn pennies an hour. Always nail down the specifics of a deal in advance — even with your friends and relatives.
  5. Watch Small Expenses: Warren Buffett invests in businesses run by managers who obsess over the tiniest costs. He one acquired a company whose owner counted the sheets in rolls of 500-sheet toilet paper to see if he was being cheated (he was). He also admired a friend who painted only on the side of his office building that faced the road. Exercising vigilance over every expense can make your profits — and your paycheck — go much further.
  6. Limit What You Borrow: Living on credit cards and loans won’t make you rich. Warren Buffett has never borrowed a significant amount — not to invest, not for a mortgage. He has gotten many heart-rendering letters from people who thought their borrowing was manageable but became overwhelmed by debt. His advice: Negotiate with creditors to pay what you can. Then, when you’re debt-free, work on saving some money that you can use to invest.
  7. Be Persistent: With tenacity and ingenuity, you can win against a more established competitor. Warren Buffett acquired the Nebraska Furniture Mart in 1983 because he liked the way its founder, Rose Blumkin, did business. A Russian immigrant, she built the mart from a pawnshop into the largest furniture store in North America. Her strategy was to undersell the big shots, and she was a merciless negotiator. To Warren Buffett, Rose embodied the unwavering courage that makes a winner out of an underdog.
  8. Know When To Quit: Once, when Warren Buffett was a teen, he went to the racetrack. He bet on a race and lost. To recoup his funds, he bet on another race. He lost again, leaving him with close to nothing. He felt sick — he had squandered nearly a week’s earnings. Warren Buffett never repeated that mistake. Know when to walk away from a loss, and don’t let anxiety fool you into trying again.
  9. Assess The Risk: In 1995, the employer of Warren Buffett’s son, Howie, was accused by the FBI of price-fixing. Warren Buffett advised Howie to imagine the worst-and-bast-case scenarios if he stayed with the company. His son quickly realized that the risks of staying far outweighed any potential gains, and he quit the next day. Asking yourself “and then what?” can help you see all of the possible consequences when you’re struggling to make a decision — and can guide you to the smartest choice.
  10. Know What Success Really Means: Despite his wealth, Warren Buffett does not measure success by dollars. In 2006, he pledged to give away almost his entire fortune to charities, primarily the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He’s adamant about not funding monuments to himself — no Warren Buffett buildings or halls. “I know people who have a lot of money,” he says, “and they get testimonial dinners and hospital wings named after them. But the truth is that nobody in the world loves them. When you get to my age, you’ll measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you, actually do love you. That’s the ultimate test of how you’ve lived your life.”
Feb 15
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Stop Spam Comments in WordPress Blog

Antispam Bee: An Effective Alternative to Akismet

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For many years Akismet has been the built-in anti-spam solution for WordPress. The plugin is — besides Matt Mullenweg’s Hello Dolly — the only one bundled together with every WordPress install. But is it really the best solution to fight against spam? Let me introduce you to Antispam Bee, a powerful alternative to Akismet.

Ever since the invention of email there have been spam messages. It’s estimated that around 99% of all emails nowadays are spam. And ever since the invention of blog comments there has been comment spam. To prevent these types of comments, Matt Mullenweg and his team at Automattic launched Akismet (“Automattic Kismet”) in 2005.

The Most Successful Plugin Ever

The service filters link spam from blog comments by combining information about spam captured on all participating blogs, and then using those spam rules to block future spam.

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Akismet is the most successful WordPress plugin to date.

To date, Akismet has kept 200 billion pieces of spam off the web, that’s an average of about 7.5 million per hour.

Because Akismet comes pre-installed with WordPress and the service is free for personal blogs, there is a huge user base behind the service. No wonder the plugin has been downloaded over 25 million times. And with every new blog they get better at what they’re doing.

Akismet’s Disadvantages

I wouldn’t be writing this post if there weren’t some bad things about Akismet as well.

First and foremost, there’s almost an obligation to use Akismet. Being bundled with WordPress means that new users don’t even look for another anti-spam solution. Perhaps most don’t even know that there are alternatives out there. Also, the tight integration with Jetpack forces you into Automattic’s huge ecosystem.

Second, there are many privacy concerns about Akismet. Each comment that is written on your blog gets sent to some third-party servers to check against spam. You have no control about what data is being sent and you can’t disable that because the service obviously wouldn’t work without it.

In Germany it is even forbidden by law to send the commenter’s data (including his IP address) over sea without letting them know.

Here Comes The Bee

Over the years there have been many alternatives to Akismet. Whether you’re looking for similar services, CAPTCHAs or some JavaScript hacks — there’s probably a plugin for that.

Antispam Bee WordPress Plugin
The Antispam Bee fights against spam comments without any concerns.

Antispam Bee is one of the biggest Akismet competitors in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory, with almost 1 million downloads so far. In my opinion it’s also the most powerful alternative as the freely available plugin uses many different techniques to identify spam messages. For example:

  • Marking BB Code as spam
  • Usage of local and external spam databases
  • Block comments written in other languages
  • Ignore trackbacks/pingbacks
  • Block visitors from specific countries
  • Logging spammers for usage with Fail2Ban
  • Mixing some comment form input fields to trick out bots

The plugin author, Sergej Müller, is German, and because of the strict privacy laws he knows how important this topic is. That’s why the plugin doesn’t store anything on other servers and calling external spam databases can be disabled in the options.

One drawback of Antispam Bee — and the reason why it hasn’t even more downloads — is that its documentation is available in German only and support is limited. This may sound crazy, but if Müller would translate it he wouldn’t have time to handle all support requests. After all it’s a free plugin maintained by a single person. Don’t worry though, the plugin option descriptions are properly written in English. And if you like the plugin, you should consider donating a cup of coffee to the author.

Summary

While Akismet is a really powerful plugin that detects around 99.9% of spam comments, there are multiple reasons against using it at all.

If you want to use a solution that doesn’t save your visitor’s data on some foreign servers, Antispam Bee is your plugin of choice. It is free, robust and very reliable.

Feb 12
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Wordpress Plugin Recommendations

My Top 10 WordPress Plugins

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I get a lot of questions about plugins. What are they? How do they work? Why doesn’t this one work? Which one will do [insert very specific action]? Since you are all quite interested in plugins, I thought I’d make a LIST of all my favourite plugins—because who doesn’t like lists! Here they are:

  1. Updraft Plus: in my humble opinion, the most important plugin you’ll ever install. Run scheduled full and database-only backups of your website, send it to your remote storage, migrate to a new server, and/or restore seamlessly. It’s awesome. And imperative.
  2. AntiSpam Bee: A little known FREE alternative to Akismet. You can read my reasons for going against the popular choice on this point, if you want to know the details.
  3. Sucuri: Best WordPress security software that I have found yet. One-click hardening, remote malware scanning, and email alerts, to name a few of the many spectacular features of this plugin. Worth every penny.
  4. WordPress SEO by Yoast: FREE! and awesome SEO plugin by Yoast. I super love this plugin and use it (and the previous three) on all my sites.
  5. Open external links in a new window: because you want to give folks valuable links to resources outside of your website, right? Sharing is caring but not at the expense of loosing fans.
  6. Google Analytics Dashboard: See a quick overview of your website statistics from your dashboard. How cool is that?
  7. Regenerate Thumbnails: for those times when you change your theme and/or media sizes. Totally takes care of your image size for you. Awesome!
  8. SeedProd Coming Soon Pro: Simply and beautifully put your site into maintenance mode while applying updates, etc, without loosing site conversions! Create custom branded and designed splash pages that connect to AWebber, MailChimp, etc while you work. Also plays nice with search engines (read: Google). Love it.
  9. nrelate Related Content: Keep your blog readers happily reading down the bunny trails of your site with this related content plugin. Oh, and it’s really pretty & clean, too.
  10. Opt-in skin: When you want your opt-in forms to work harder, split test designs with this plugin!

Whew! That’s my list and I’m sticking to it (well, at least for now until I find something else new and shiny…)!

Oct 27
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Boost Holiday Sales with Email Marketing

FREE Webinar: Boost Holiday Sales with Email Marketing

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The webinar will address these key questions:

  • When should I begin email marketing for the holidays? Am I too late to plan a great campaign?
  • What tools should I use? Can I send my emails from Outlook?
  • I’m not sure I can come up with multiple messages that will interest my customers?
  • What should my subject line say to ensure my email gets opened?

Register Now

Date: November 10, 2015

Time: 1:00 pm ET

Chelsie PricePresented by Chelsie Hall

Chelsie Hall is the owner of Hall or Nothing Designs. She has been creating and managing print and digital marketing for clients since 1999, when she started her career as an art director for the nations largest travel and hospitality advertising agency.

If you sign up and cannot attend, we’ll send you a link to view the slides and the full recording the day after the live broadcast.

Feb 06
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Is Your Internal Marketing Costing You Money?

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Why doing it all in-house might be holding your business back.

The Illusion of Savings

For many small businesses, money feels like the most precious resource. You’re careful with every dollar, trying to stretch it across payroll, operations, and growth initiatives. So when it comes to marketing, the idea of handling it “internally” feels smart and efficient. After all, why pay an agency when your team can post to social media or whip up an email blast?

But here’s the truth: what looks like saving money often costs you far more than you realize.

The Hidden Cost of “Making It Work”

When a business asks an admin, salesperson, or general manager to handle marketing tasks, it’s like asking your electrician to handle your plumbing “because he’s handy.” He might get it done, but at what cost?

Internal marketing often pulls talented team members away from their actual roles, dividing focus and diluting performance.

  • Your sales manager should be closing deals, not learning Canva.

  • Your office assistant should be keeping operations smooth, not writing SEO blogs.

  • Your single marketing hire shouldn’t be expected to be a strategist, designer, writer, photographer, and data analyst all in one.

Even if they can do it all, can they do it all well and consistently?

Why Hiring Out Marketing Is More Cost-Effective

Partnering with a professional marketing team like Hall or Nothing Designs doesn’t just buy you creativity. It buys you efficiency. Our team already has the tools, expertise, and systems in place to execute in days what might take your internal team weeks.

When you hire out:

  • You’re paying for specialization in graphic design, web, strategy, and automation.

  • You’re eliminating the cost of trial and error.

  • You’re freeing your internal staff to do what they do best and focus on growing your business.

Most importantly, you’re accelerating momentum. Marketing that gets done quickly, strategically, and consistently starts compounding results. That’s the kind of ROI no “DIY” approach can match.

For the Stubborn DIYer

Now, if you’re the business owner who says, “But my person is really good,” then set them up for success. Even the most talented in-house marketer needs the right tools to compete with agency efficiency.

That’s where ELEVAYO comes in. This all-in-one marketing automation platform gives your team the power to:

  • Schedule social media posts across platforms

  • Automate email and text follow-ups

  • Manage leads, reviews, and reputation in one dashboard

  • Save hours each week without missing opportunities

Equip your in-house team with ELEVAYO, and you’ll make consistency automatic.

Bottom Line

Your internal marketing might be costing you more than you think through wasted time, lost opportunities, and burnout. Let Hall or Nothing Designs elevate your brand with professional design, automation, and strategy that pays for itself many times over.

When every resource counts, doing it right the first time isn’t an expense. It’s an investment.

Sep 01
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Corporate Brand Identity

Beauty may only be skin deep, but branding must run deeper

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Company branding is the first thing potential customers see. Branding isn’t just the logo and company design elements. It is also the verbiage used in marketing materials. Branding is also reflected in the social media outlets you occupy and how you interact with your customers. Branding is a promise of the experience your customers will receive.

Honesty

Be truthful in the representation of your company. If you are a hole-in-the-wall restaurant, you don’t want your customers expecting candle lit tables. The truth will always come out and disappointment is always the result of a dishonest front. Brands need to know that, when presented with honesty, consumers become loyal enthusiasts.

Social Media

We increasingly allocate our money and ‘likes’ in ways that promote the type of world we want to live in. We live in a consumer democracy where every dollar is a vote. If you want to win some votes, you have to be in the race. Being an active part of the online community is paramount to brand awareness.

Your Brand Voice

It is not just what a company does, but who it is that makes it a brand. The tone of voice should express the brand’s personality and set of values. It’s about the people that make up the brand – the things that drive them, their loves and hates, and what they want to share with the world. Your customers want to do business with people–people they can relate to.

Platform

You should align your brand with your target market. Choose media platforms that make sense for your target demographic. Does a technology blog make sense for you or should you be partnering with your local farmers market. Choose your partners and plan your media platforms wisely. Sometimes where you say it is as important as what you say.

Consistency

Focus on your long-term branding efforts to keep your business consistent. This consistency will solidify your brand message and trustworthiness with your customers. These loyal customers will be your brand advocates for years to come.