Episode #8 Alison Meeks
Live from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Alison from AM Graphix. Besides running her Joomla! business, Alison volunteers for Joomla! groups like the Social media team, the JET team and the Joomla World Conference team. She started her business in the late 90’s while working a full time job until 2014 when she went full time with her business. With a background as assistant to director of marketing and purchasing agent, she has built a full service business catering to small businesses offering help with branding, graphics and any print material needed as well as building web sites that are search term loaded and social media ready.
“ Don’t price race to the bottom, there is always someone who will do it cheaper... You can’t learn experience in an hour... ”
In this episode you will hear:
- What it’s like being involved in many teams
- How she finds new clients and markets her business
- Getting found on social media
- How she sets her prices, “used car price or Lamborghini”
- Working with a network
- What tools she uses to run her business
- What she has learned along the way
- The real value of open source web sites
- How can others volunteer for Joomla
Contact
Twitter.com/AMGraphix
Facebook.com/alison.meeks
Facebook.com/AMGraphix/
AM Graphix
LinkedIn.com/in/AlisonMeeksAMGraphix
