Brand It, Build It Podcast with Kelly Zugay of With Grace and Gold

We’re sharing how to multiply your website traffic for good — the tried and true approach we have used at With Grace and Gold to exponentially grow our website traffic and experienced continued growth over time. Helpful Links : Podcast Show Notes : https://withgraceandgold.com/category/podcast/ With Grace and Gold on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/withgraceandgold FREE Resources from With G...

We’re eager to share the real reasons why your website may not be converting — and actionable steps to ensure your website effectively works on your behalf. These reasons are based upon our 8 years of web design experience, and the roadblocks we’ve helped our clients at With Grace and Gold to overcome. Helpful Links : Podcast Show Notes : https://withgraceandgold.com/category/podcast/ With Grace a...

Maybe summer is a slower season for your business, and you’re ready to dedicate yourself to fine-tuning the foundation of your business. Or maybe you’re simply in a season of gathering steps for polishing your business. This 4-part series is a crash course in how we recommend using your summer or your slow season — so you can experience peace of mind and growth in the seasons ahead. As we gear up...

Today, I want to talk about 3 important relationships I believe small business owners should foster not only for personal and professional growth — but also for better work-life balance and well-being. Helpful Links : Podcast Show Notes : https://withgraceandgold.com/category/podcast/ With Grace and Gold on Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/withgraceandgold FREE Resources from With Grace and G...

I’ll be returning from vacation tomorrow, but today, I wanted to share another favorite post from our episode archives! As we approach our 8th year in business, we’ve been honored to see and review hundreds of web designs. That’s why, today, we’re sharing 10 of the most common website mistakes we see, and exactly how to fix them! That way, if you’d like, you can use today’s episode as a checklist...

Both this week and next week, I will be away on vacation, so I’ll be sharing two of your favorite podcast episodes from our episode archives. The action steps from this week’s replay are as relevant as ever, and I hope you enjoy! A vast majority of our clients share one goal: to create an elevated, yet welcoming, brand and web design to elevate their business, confidently raise their prices, and c...

What if your website had the power to form meaningful connections with your visitors, to lead and guide your visitors toward confidently choosing your products or services, and to serve as a launching pad for your future business growth? Having created engaging, connection-focused, and purpose-driven web designs for thousands of creatives since 2014, today, we’re excited to share our best advice f...

If you’re a small business owner and you have a website, chances are, you’d like to know the ways in which your website is — or isn’t — working on behalf of your business. You’d like to be able to answer questions like: How many visitors are exploring my website, and is the number of visitors growing over time? Where are my visitors coming from? Are most coming from my social media marketing, or f...

When you think of the word “boundary” chances are you may think of a barrier of some kind — like a wall. When I first heard the word boundary in the context of small business, I have to admit, I thought the word boundary had a bad connotation… that creating any sort of barrier would be limiting from a business perspective. The more I learned, though — and the more boundaries we created within our...

Expanding your reach and growing your website traffic matters for a variety of reasons — for connecting with your audience more consistently, for converting your visitors to paying clients or customers, for boosting your Search Engine Optimization overall, and more. At With Grace and Gold, think of website traffic as something that really grows your business from the inside out — so doing your par...

So, once your website is in place, what is your next step? For many small business owners and website-owners, bringing visitors to your website is a reasonable next step… but how do you go about doing so? Today, we’re sharing a fresh perspective on website traffic and how to expand your reach so your website helps to grow your business with purpose. Helpful Links : Podcast Show Notes : https://wit...

Is simply having a professional web design enough? Once you’ve launched your new web design, can you go back to focusing on your clients and customers — and let your website work for you? In this week’s episode — Beyond Your Web Design: Now What? — we’re sharing what to do after your new website has launched. Helpful Links : Podcast Show Notes : https://withgraceandgold.com/category/podcast/ With...

As we approach our 8th year in business, we’ve been honored to see and review hundreds of web designs. That’s why, today, we’re sharing 10 of the most common website mistakes we see, and exactly how to fix them! That way, if you’d like, you can use today’s episode as a checklist — to ensure your website is polished and ready to serve your visitors well!  Helpful Links : Podcast Show Notes : h...

Would you believe me if I said just one piece of content can be shared in 10 different ways? One blog post or one social media caption can become so much more — and can help you to market your business efficiently and throughly? When serving our clients is our top priority as business owners, it can be hard to justify spending more than a few minutes on social media. That’s why, today, I’m going t...

Why does work-life balance matter? Not only can a lack of balance lead to burnout, stress, and unhappiness in your position as a small business owner — but a lack of balance can also mean a lack of creativity, passion, and purpose in your position, too. With more balance, you can bring your most joyful, creative self to your business, and in turn, serve your clients well. We’re going to discuss ho...

According to a recent Google study, visually complex web designs are actually considered to be less beautiful overall than clean and minimal web designs. The study goes on to explore how complexity can color visitors’ first impressions — impacting how easily visitors can understand a website’s content, or how willing visitors are to continue exploring a website further. Today, we’re going to share...

Discover 5 ways to elevate your visitors’ experience — 5 tools you can use and add to your website to ensure your visitors are receiving a great experience, forming a meaningful and lasting connection with your business, and ultimately, confidently choosing to purchase your products and book your services. Hosted by Kelly Zugay , co-founder of With Grace and Gold , every episode of Brand It, Build...

What does it mean to have a web design rooted in purpose, growth, and success, reflective of your unique vision and goals? Today, we're exploring one simple — but sometimes challenging — decision of yours that can make all the difference in exactly how successful your website can work be. Helpful Links : Podcast Show Notes : https://withgraceandgold.com/category/podcast/ With Grace and Gold on Ins...

This week’s episode is Part 5 of 5 of our New Business Roadmap Series. This 5-part series has been an exploration of how we would approach starting a brand new small business from scratch today . Whether you’re starting a new business or you’re simply adding a new offering to your existing business, these episodes are really a step-by-step journey toward successfully and confidently debuting somet...

We’re discussing systems, processes, and workflows — how to begin running your new business or offering your new offering — from a place of preparation and purpose. Systems not only equip you to serve your clients and customers through a smooth process, but they also equip you to run your business smoothly and successfully, too. Through systems, you can ensure you always know what to do — how to l...

This week, we’re sharing about your must-have minimum viable product — or MVP. An MVP can mean starting your business in a minimal, curated way — simply to ensure there are customers ready to purchase from you or book with you, and to learn from those prospective customers or clients before investing time, energy, and money into a fully-developed business with a full range of products or services...

This week, in part 2 of 5 of our New Business Roadmap series, we’re exploring the foundation-building to-dos needed to form a solid foundation for your small business. In other words, now that you’ve answered the foundational questions from part 1 of 5 — who you are, what you do, who you serve, what your minimum viable product will be, and what resources you need to get started — what should your...

Through this 5-episode series, I’ll be using my business education and our 7 years of small business experience to go back to the drawing board and share how we would approach starting a new business from scratch — the questions we would ask, the decisions we would form, and the steps we would take to create a successful, sustainable small business. Helpful Links : Podcast Show Notes : https://wit...

Being committed to releasing weekly episodes has meant creating consistency — a commitment to brainstorming topics, writing outlines, recording each episode, blogging about each episode, and marketing each episode — week by week. And this weekly routine actually inspired today’s podcast topic — consistency . We firmly believe in the power of consistency as small business owners… how seemingly smal...

A vast majority of our clients share one goal: to create an elevated, yet welcoming, brand and web design to elevate their business, confidently raise their prices, and consistently reach high-end clients. Today, we’re sharing a few ways to reach high-end clients through your web design… the questions we recommend asking and the approaches we use when creating an elevated, yet welcoming, conversio...