Our resource library

Our curated selection of resources put you in control of your website & branding

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Helpful resources for your business journey

Practical website and graphic design tips to empower and support you.

Marketing lessons from a garage sale

Marketing lessons from a garage sale

A garage sale can teach you many business lessons “That’s the hardest I’ve had to work for $26 in a long time”. That’s what I shared with my 13-year old as we were dividing up the money we made at our garage sale on Sunday. I had encouraged the kids to help sort the toys...

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Over the shoulder view of Kelley writing custom code on a laptop

But I can just build my website with AI, right?

It’s hard to go a day without hearing some sort of messaging about AI. The “you’re already falling behind” scare tactics are all over social media, in email newsletters, and in conversations inside entrepreneur groups. This isn’t one of those posts! Something that comes up a lot in conversation lately is AI websites. We have had...

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Easy ways to bring spring cleaning energy to your website

Before we get into today’s post we want to address a phishing scam that was sent to a lot of our current and past website clients earlier this week. We were able to notify everyone and while some people had responded to the email (they were convincing in their impersonation of us) no one was...

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Inkling Design's Website Planning Roadmap

Free guide – The Website Planning Roadmap

Getting ready for your new website and don’t know where to begin?

We are on a mission to take the overwhelm out of websites and bring beautiful, functional, easy-to-maintain websites to heart-centered businesses, so that you have a professional presence online.

We are so happy to share this Website Planning Roadmap with you and hope you’ll find it helpful as you begin your new web journey or set out to make your existing site do more for your business and brand.

Andrea working on her laptop

Why a pretty website is more than vanity

Do people actually care how your website looks? There has been a lot of research into how people judge websites, and if how they look actually matters. By now we all know that your SEO plays a large piece in how your website performs. And if you’ve heard us talk about websites you probably also know that...

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The Magnetic Marketing Virtual Summit: Hosted by Inkling Design, December 2-3, 2025

Introducing The Magnetic Marketing Virtual Summit

This is your invitation to step into 2026 with clarity, confidence, and a marketing plan that actually works. Join us December 2–3, 2025 for two days of inspiration, insight, and implementation. We are excited to announce that we are hosting our first ever virtual summit – The Magnetic Marketing Virtual Summit – to help you get your marketing ready for 2026. Why host our own summit?

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Inkling Design's speaking and workshops page

Our formula for a speaker page that stands out and connects

If one of your lead generation activities is speaking to new audiences, the speaker page on your website can make sharing and booking speaking engagements so much easier! This is our favourite formula for speaker pages, so that anyone arriving at the page can quickly figure out if: your message aligns with their audience​ you...

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What Ikea’s user experience showed me

I love a smooth and easy customer experience – most of us do, and honestly, most of us don’t even notice the customer journey. Until we have a negative experience where things just don’t flow. I recently had a bumpy customer journey with Ikea (they are known for a good in-store experience, but the experience...

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What story is your brand telling?

Ever wonder what stories other people may be telling themselves about you, if you are not telling them your story? Read on below for a recent interaction at the gym and how it reminded me of the power of sharing your story – and what happens when you don’t! Monday mornings I start my day with...

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Does your brand need a spring cleaning?

If your branding or website feels a bit off it can be tempting to burn it all down and start fresh, or bury your head in the sand and avoid the problem completely. Here are a few things you can do if you have the itch to spring clean your business – without overcommitting! When...

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Are you sharing your unique perspective with the world?

There is a lot of noise out there and sometimes it’s hard to know if you are truly connecting with the human behind a small business, or if they have copied and paste how they think you should be connecting using AI. And sometimes it’s very obvious! We write our newsletter and blog posts ourselves instead of...

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