With nearly 7 years of entrepreneurship under my belt, I’ve learned a thing or two — and here’s what no one tells you about it.

Each week during our team meeting, I have my employees share their highs and lows from the week. So today I’m sharing with you my honest highs and lows from the year.

So, what is a strategic branding approach? It’s an in-depth approach that starts with us getting to know Y-O-U, doing research on your business and your audience, and compiling that information to first and foremost build a brand strategy. From there, we continue to make strategic choices based on our research and everything we outline in the brand strategy in order to make calculated design decisions as we build out your branding.

Margarita enthusiast, dog mom, enneagram three — get to know the lead designer and business owner behind Brighten Made.

Dog mom and BIG Green Bay Packers fan — come meet our senior designer, Erica Gloeckler.

If you’ve been thinking about working with us you might be wondering, “How many options will you give me when we start branding?” And you might be surprised to know that my answer is — ONE! Now before you’re like what the heck, that's not enough… let me explain.

Kombucha enthusiast, reality tv fanatic, and avid runner — come meet one of our senior designers, Rachel Walter.

Project manager, mama, writer, wife, organizing extraordinaire — these are just a few words to describe our Brighten Made project manager, Lauren Lowry.

Are you doing one of these three major things that cause audience confusion and create less engagement with your brand!? Here’s how I can help.

Put yourself out there and tell all your friends and family you’re hoping to start your own design business. You’d be surprised how many people will support you and want to see you succeed.

Creating a successful business on social media doesn’t happen overnight. A few weeks ago I shared five of my tips to build your Instagram and attract dream clients, and now I’m back to touch on one of those tips a little more — sharing more than just client work.

Building your Instagram following is no easy feat. With the bulk of my leads coming from Instagram I like to think I’m doing something right. Over the last 3.5 years, I’ve built my following to more than 55.7k and have scored some MAJOR dream clients (cough, cough — Jenna Kutcher). So I’m here to share the love! Below are five of my tips to help you build up that Instagram following and attract your dream clients!!