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Google fonts is one of the most user friendly and abundant databases out there for free fonts. But with so many font options out there and rules around finding web safe fonts and being in accordance with font licenses, it can be intimidating to search for fonts on your own. Rest assured! Any Google Font […]

Rachael Berthiaume  —  May 24, 2022

27 Unique Google Font Pairings to Use on Your Website

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If you’ve ever looked into working with a brand designer or branding agency, you may have come across the term brand guidelines aka a brand guide. A brand guide can be an invaluable tool for you as a business or owner (or for your marketing team) to help you create consistent marketing materials. If you’ve […]

Kristin Pruis  —  May 19, 2022

Brand Guidelines: What are they and who needs ’em? (+9 Famous Examples)

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Picture this: You’re building your dream business. You have all your paperwork in order and just want to get started on the actual fun part of doing your thing… BUT, you know before you can do that your business needs a brand identity, also known as branding. That’s where a brand kit comes into play. […]

Rachael Berthiaume  —  April 18, 2022

7 Brand Kit Examples to Inspire Your Brand Identity and Style

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After you’ve spent all that time picking out the perfect brand fonts for your business, you might be disappointed to learn that not all font are considered web-safe, AKA, can be used and displayed consistently online. What does that mean? Web safe fonts are a limited set of fonts that can be used universally across […]

Kristin Pruis  —  April 12, 2022

What Are Web Safe Fonts and Do They Still Matter?

Web Design

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In honor of women’s history month, this week I’m featuring nine very special women. This past November, I joined an exclusive group of Showit web designers that Showit calls design partners. As a Showit design partner, you are educated and quizzed on best practices of the platform and your website designs are personally audited by […]

Kristin Pruis  —  March 30, 2022

9 Showit Website Designers You Should Meet Before You Create Your Website

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One of the best things about the Showit platform is that it integrates with WordPress. That means you can create your website design inside the Showit builder but do all your blogging in WordPress. This is a great feature if you are familiar with WordPress but have been wanting a website theme that gives you […]

Kristin Pruis  —  March 19, 2022

How Showit Works with WordPress: Getting to Know Your Showit Blog

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Canva is a graphics tool that virtually any small business owner can benefit from using. On top of the hundreds of easy-to-edit templates they have, over the past year, Canva has added a ton of new stickers, graphics, and fonts. What’s especially great about using Canva is you don’t have to worry about dealing with […]

Rachael Berthiaume  —  March 8, 2022

20 Canva Font Pairings to Freshen Up Your Brand

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If you are considering using Showit for your website platform, but not sure which hosting plan is right for you, then you are in the right place. Showit is extremely unique compared to other website hosting services in that when you purchase a Showit subscription, you don’t just get boring storage space for you website […]

Kristin Pruis  —  February 13, 2022

Showit Pricing Tiers: Which Hosting Plan is Right For You?

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Font licensing is getting permission from a font creator or distributor to use a particular font in a certain way. Some fonts require you pay a fee to obtain certain usage rights, which involves purchasing the license, while others are free. Sometimes even fonts that are available for free have usage limitations or additional licensing […]

Kristin Pruis  —  February 7, 2022

What is Font Licensing and Why Does it Matter for Your Business?

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WordPress has been a tried and true website builder for what feels like forever, because it never lets us down. Besides its reliability and number of features, my favorite thing about WordPress is the amount of themes and templates to choose from to make sure your website is always fresh. Budapest For those with strong […]

Rachael Berthiaume  —  January 26, 2022

10 WordPress Website Templates for Business Owners

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