Hi! I’m Kari and the founder of Studio Barn Creative. I was born and raised in southern New Jersey and have been creative in some way since I can remember, probably because my mother was a fantastic artist who could draw anything by hand and I always thought that was pretty cool. Magic like.
I started my own designing eons ago (in the 90’s), in a small walk-up apartment in New Jersey-- a 15 minute drive to Philadelphia. I had my first son and was kind of scrambling to get my bearings as an adult. The inspiration to design for others was born from the idea of trying to impress my boss at the time by being able to make a simple Microsoft Word document less Word-like. I don’t remember what that document ended up looking like, but it worked. And I got the bug to keep designing for other people. It is safe to say that things have changed quite a bit. In 2000, I started making my way down South. By 2005, I had a license to design for other people (a business license).
Our core mission has always been to help other small businesses succeed, even if we couldn’t articulate that in the beginning. And as we really started picking up steam, we became so very grateful for our own design backgrounds and technical know-how, which helped us to be able to accomplish many of those ‘building a business’ tasks ourselves.
With those experiences under our belts giving us some confidence, we shifted focus from working on any project that rolled across our path, to really focusing on working with only those motivated and dedicated small business owners looking to make a splash in their local market.
SMALL BUSINESS IS BIG WORK
We know that owning a small business is Big Work! And we know there’s an element of learning how to juggle. Having a website design that complements your vision and your brand is an important element to growing it. But, it’s just one piece. A well-performing website -and all that other ‘stuff’ working together- is so important for small businesses to get right and we’re really passionate about helping customers navigate through it -- properly.
When you become a new customer, you are welcomed aboard like a new friend and we truly care about the success of your business. When we launch your website and it starts climbing in the rankings, we share in your celebration-- because it means a job well done for both of us and that’s uber gratifying. Then, when you’re ready to grow or improve, we collaborate with you to find the best ways to do that through your website and other marketing efforts.
We don’t just love creating websites, we get really excited about helping clients to build and grow their small businesses.
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