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I’m Cortney

Design Entrepreneur. Author. Mentor.

I help web designers create a profitable design business so they can have more time and love what they do.

Let's Make It
Better By Going
Up Together

I help UI/UX & web designers create profitable businesses and love what they do.

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Resources For

Designers

Are you struggling to start or grow your design business?

If you’re like most designers, you didn’t learn anything about business–only design–which leaves you:

Struggling to “figure out” the business side of things,
Confused about how to promote and market yourself,
Feeling unfulfilled with your career,
Nervous to increase prices due to imposter syndrome,
Don't know where your next client will come from,
Underpaid & stressed over money, and
Strapping for time to get things done each day.

I believe you can have a profitable design business without being chained to your computer, and instead, have freedom to do what you love, have more time, and never stress about money.

Introducing

4 Steps to 5 Figures

A masterclass outlining the only 4 strategies you need to generate $10,000 or more with your design skills in 90 days or less.

Brand identity Checklist

Learn the 12 things you need to make your brand stand out and look more professional when getting starting or hitting REFRESH on your digital business.

Master the 6 Pillars of a Paradise Brand

to Increase Your Income & Influence

self-awareness

Get to know yourself as it relates to your personal brand in order to identify and hone in on your strengths, skills, and gifts and how they will serve you in your business.

Messaging

Write your brand messaging framework that speaks the language of your audience and communicates your value-add with clarity.

brand identity

Lock in your brand identity system for your visual theme, font, logo, colors, and design elements–all to create a consistent look & feel.

Website

Optimize your website or sales page to convert more visitors into customers. Or, create a website from scratch that captivates and converts!

Video

Create professional videos that tell your story, level up your brand and increase your impact, influence and income (without the headache).

Graphic Design

Create on-brand graphics that convert faster, easier and with a strategy that brings back the fun to content creation.

Are You Ready to Create Your Paradise Brand?

Yo!

I'm Cortney

“The People’s Entrepreneur”

Hey, I’m Cortney–a serial entrepreneur, podcast host, CEO of an international design agency, and COO of Vicky Cakes—America’s 1st Black-owned pancake mix in national retail.

I love to help entrepreneurs and marketers build what I call “Paradise brands”. By improving their visuals and website, they can increase their income and influence.

My life’s motto is “let’s make it better by going up together”, because the best thing about the journey to the top is helping someone along the way.

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Cortney and his team are FANTASTIC. They take the time to really understand what you want and what you're looking for. They also take the time to understand your industry and your competition. Lastly, they make sure to not only give you what you want, but also what you NEED to be competitive in your market. Cortney will PUSH YOU to bring your A-Game to your new website. I am very proud of my new brand online at Delatorro.com.

I’ve been blessed to work with Cortney and his team for almost a decade. I can always expect consistency, great customer service and quality work. They’ve helped me exponentially establish, maintain and excel my brand as an expert! If you want to make your next move your best move, contact Cortney and his team.

Working with Cortney has been such a pleasure. He took my ideas and turned them into works of art. Everyone who has made comments about our website, has only said how awesome it looked. I will continue to use him for all of my design projects.

I was very pleased with the end result for Dallas Wine Chick. I liked the approach that Cortney took–he listened and did a great job in capturing my vision and bringing it to life. Three words I would use to describe Sargent Branding is easy, creative and problem-solvers.

I’m very proud of what’s been created. My new brand represents me in every way. Cortney took the time to listen and understand my passion. Before I worked with Sargent Branding it was challenging for me to sell, but now I have the credibility and confidence, and clients are booking me for more events.