Inkee Press Inkee Press was born before the birth of my second child Sophia, as I entered into maternity leave from my day job as a Graphic Design for a local printing company I wanted to continue my passion for design so started up my own facebook page. As my maternity leave drew closer to the end I realised how much work I had managed to obtain and how much fun it was working from home and minding my newborn that I decided to go it alone, targeting like minded WAHM and smaller business offering them affordable graphic design services without compromising on quality. What sort of projects have you been working on recently? Recently I had the opportunity to do something a little different, a screen print graphic for the Otago Central Rail Trail, which will be printed onto cushions, aprons and tea towels. The merchandise will be sold into the wee cafe’s, old post offices and stores along the Rail Trail. What do you find most challenging about doing projects like these? Visualising it on the media that it will eventually be printed on, its easier with designs that will be displayed on screen and in print as that is what I am most familiar with, but exciting at the same time as it’s something I don’t get to see all the time. And what do you love about these projects? Definitely seeing the finished product all printed and on the shelves, ready to be sold! How do you find your clients? I am quite lucky in that I find a lot of my clients just looking online for products for my two children and I love everything baby and child related so I introduce myself and my business when I stumble across them, word of mouth is a huge tool also. I do a wee bit of advertising on a few baby sites, as well as facebook advertising. My entire cliental has been generated purely through my facebook page, but I have plans for a website in the near future. What sort of role does the internet play with your business? It plays a HUGE part, it enables me to work from home without the expense of an office space and all the costs involved with that. It also gives me the opportunity to work with clients Nationwide and Internationally.
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