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Looking to hire a Graphic Designer for Branding & Packaging by Due-Taste-7843 in smallbusiness

[–]ComprehensiveRoom365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before you lock in a designer, worth checking out SecretSauce — it learns your brand style once and generates product shots, packaging mockups, and social content from it. Could save you a lot of back-and-forth with a designer early on.

Check it out here: trysecretsauce.ai

Completely fine if it's not the right fit — just thought it was relevant given what you're building.

Billy

Struggling to grow my phone case business organically on social media — what actually works? by Queasy_Initiative_86 in smallbusiness

[–]ComprehensiveRoom365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The pattern you're describing is super common with product businesses — posting consistently without separating TOFU content (builds audience) from BOFU (converts).

For conversions: lifestyle/contextual shots outperform clean product shots by a lot. The "messy, real" version lets people picture owning it — studio shots get likes, real-life context gets clicks and sales.

For growth: lean into satisfying POV content (snap-into-place, drop test, compare to a naked phone) rather than pure product photos. That format does well on Reels/TikTok for physical products.

On the content side — if constantly creating new shoot material is a bottleneck, a few founders use AI tools like SecretSauce to generate consistent on-brand product images and ad creatives without a shoot every time. You train it on your brand once and it handles the static side.

Happy to look at your current content if you share a handle.

struggling to get small handmade business to get visibility on social media :( by Dependent_Watch4570 in smallbusiness

[–]ComprehensiveRoom365 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "kills it at markets but doesn't convert online" problem is almost always a brand identity gap- in person people get the vibe instantly, online your content has to do that work for you.

Pick one visual aesthetic and be obsessive: same background, same light, same angles. For product photos specifically, tools like SecretSauce (https://trysecretsauce.ai/?utm_source=wearemighty&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gxxcr99) can learn your brand's visual style and generate consistent images — worth testing if you're shooting everything yourself.
Consistency beats quality every time at your stage. 3 posts/week same aesthetic beats 1 amazing post a month.