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Ellie Miller Lane

You don't have to DO ALL THE THINGS (in your small business)! I'm ellie, your new Virtual Assistant. Let's work together so you can get your time back.

01/04/2026

Deb built her Squarespace site herself when she was a lampshade maker. FUN. Then she pivoted to teaching workshops. Then a corporate client fell in her lap. The website didn't get the memo.

When I turned up she had three super rad offers, major credibility, companies literally booking her on repeat... and a site that still read like "come do crafts with me hehe." Which, cute, but not the vibe when you're pitching to corporates.

I suggested scrapping the whole multi-page thing and just doing one strong page instead and she replied "shut the front door - a one pager actually makes SO MUCH SENSE" which made me feel very clever and cool so is genuinely one of my favourite client reactions ever.

It's just that when your aim is really to grab attention so that people get in touch, you kind of don't need ten pages. You can get away with one really good one.

We also built out a new whole brand direction to go with it because her logo was cute but needed some friends. Fonts, colours, y'know. AND she had a custom font that she made from her own handwriting which we absolutely used because why would you not.

Anyway. The site now looks both professional but fun af. Just like Deb. Go have a look.

If you want a one page site, I got you. Enquiry form in the usual spot.

30/03/2026

Okay I need to show you Tessa's new website because I love it.

Tessa photographs families, newborns and pretty much everything out in Wandoan and a western Downs in Queensland and her work has always been stunning but her site was kind of just fine, y'know.

So we did a VIP Day and I disappeared into my cave and went all in on the whole thing. Every page got a layout overhaul, we refreshed her fonts and colour palette, I found these little illustrations that are super cute and we just added so much more of her actual personality throughout - more behind the scenes shots, little personal moments, the kind of stuff that makes someone feel like they know her before they've even sent an enquiry because who she is really informs how she works.

So here is it, such a fun project to work on!

Anyway. If your site has been on your to-do list for approximately one million years and you just want someone to handle it, VIP Days are open and I would love to do more of these. Enquiry form in the link place.

24/02/2026

One Page is all it takes (sometimes). Well thought out. Functional. Extremely good looking.

Not a stepping stone to the "real" thing. The right thing for right now.

And before you ask - yes you can fit everything on a one oage website. No it won't go on forever like a Chemist Warehouse receipt. Yes I've done this before.

Enquiry form in the usual spot if you're ready to stop waiting for the sign (this is the sign).

05/02/2026

Been watching photographers spiral about their websites for long enough to notice some patterns.

Sharing what I've learned from doing this for a while (and also from being a web designer who had no website for four years, so like. The audacity. But also the clarity.)

If your website's been sitting on your to-do list somewhere between 'book that dental appointment' and 'figure out what to do with all these USB cables'... this one's for you.

Showit Website Designer
Squarespace Design
Websites for Photographers

11/12/2025

Alana’s site was genuinely good. She bought the template, filled it all out, made it make sense, and kept it rolling while her business grew. She did everything she could with the tools she had. Honestly, admirable. You don't see me trying to film and edit anything.

But she’s a photographer and videographer with a million things to juggle, and at some point she realised she did not, in fact, want “website upkeep” to become her third unofficial side-hustle. Fair.

So in I trot for a wee VIP Day. Her work has shifted into this nostalgic, intimate, memory-heavy vibe. The kind that makes mums cry (in a good way ), and her site wasn't giving that energy.

We did a mini brand refresh, warmed things up, added some texture, changed up her colours, and made it feel more like you were stepping right into one of her sessions, instead of just reading about it.

Then we restructured the whole flow so people can move through it without getting feeling a little lost or tired. Same content. Totally different experience.

Swipe for the before-and-afters. This all happened in one VIP Day because sometimes you just need someone who likes doing this stuff to hyperfocus on it, and take it off your plate.

If your site feels a bit like “yeah it’s fine but also if I have to open Showit one more time I might simply walk into the lake,” that’s your cue. You don’t need to be doing every job yourself.

05/12/2025

You haven’t sorted your website yet because every time you open the editor, something unholy happens. A button moves. A font changes. A whole section disappears like it witnessed a crime. Suddenly you’re whispering “not today” and closing the tab like it’s cursed.

Or you’re clinging to the fantasy that you’ll fix it “when life settles down,” which is wild because life has never settled down. Not once. Not even for ten minutes. You’re basically running a business on vibes and caffeine and I respect that.

Meanwhile your poor website is quietly doing f all while you’re out here delivering the goods. And honestly? Enough. Put the DIY attempts down gently. They’ve tried their best. You’ve tried your best. Everyone’s tired.

This is the part where I swoop in, grab the chaotic pile of ideas in your brain, translate it into something that makes sense, make it look hot, and hand it back to you like “there you go babe, it’s handled.” I live for this sh it.

I’ve got space for maybe one One Page Site or a couple VIP Days before I vanish home to Aotearoa for the hols. Next proper availability is Feb 2026, and those spots go fast because apparently everyone wakes up at the same time and decides they’re done living in a website timewarp.

If you want this off your list, like OFF off, not haunting you at 11pm, I got you.

Link in bio / hold your phone to the sky like Simba / trust the internet to do the rest.

I’ll tell you exactly what you need and what you don’t. And absolutely no calls. I’m not built for that.

Showit Website Design
Squarespace Designer
Website VIP Day
One Page Website

30/10/2025

Happy Halloween to everyone who chose self-employment and is now living with the consequences 🙃

28/10/2025

You can be booked out AND have a useless website.
Ask me how I know 🙃

Mine was a Google Sheet with a dream (so quirky!) and I was pretty well booked, but then I upgraded it to a Notion page with loads more info, and my enquiries increased and improved basically overnight.

Turns out your website can be useful if you let it. Who knew?

Showit Website Design
One Page Website
Website VIP Day

10/10/2025

ok but genuinely, the amount of admin people create for themselves by “just chatting in the DMs” is wild. it feels easier until you realise you’ve spent three days going back and forth about something your website already explains. if someone wants to enquire, let them. just make it easy. put the info where it’s meant to live. let your website actually do something besides exist (and cost you money like bih what?!).

your DMs don’t need to be your booking system. use them for what they’re good at: connection. the extra layer. send a voice note once someone’s filled out your form. reply to your booked clients. chat, build vibes, whatever. but admin is not connection. they are not the same thing. stop pretending they are.

and yes, someone might still message asking for prices and that’s fine. it’s always going to happen. just give your website a fighting chance before you volunteer yourself as tribute to the world’s most chaotic inbox.

Showit Website Design
Squarespace Designer
Website VIP Days

04/10/2025

Imagine getting a call from Ghostface and it’s just him telling you I only have five VIP Days left for 2025.

Shout out to everyone's favourite AI Auntie for the Promptober inspo - making these images was fun af. Cackling at the posters on the wall and how good's the iconic yellow and blue dolphin duvet. Also apparently I now need to master a winged liner because why does this look so good??

(And if you’re like wtf is a VIP Day, it’s me tearing through your site like Ghostface with a to-do list. If you're looking to get your site tidied up for 2026, this is for you.)

Anyway, enquiry form in bio / send me a fax from your haunted landline / answer the call that’s coming from inside the house ☎️👻

Showit Website Design
Website Refresh

01/10/2025

We’ve all had the ‘my socials are vibing but enquiries are flat’ moment. Cue the spiral: is my content boring? Do my packages suck? Should I lower my prices? Should I raise my prices? Do I need bangs? Is saturn messing with the wifi?

Meanwhile it’s just your website. Not bad, not ugly, just kinda sitting there feeling mad disconnected and tripping everyone up.

The call is coming from inside the house (or website, as it were). I’ll answer it with audits + VIP Days.

Enquiry form's in bio / yell it out the car window / leave a message on my fridge in magnetic letters

Showit Website Design
Squarespace Designer

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http://bio.site/theproductivitystudio

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