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Whaddya get when a cake-munchin’, success-slayin’ graphic designer (Anna Dower) joins forces with the designer’s sensei for mastering the wonderful world of web (Emma Kate)?Easy: Success*. Spoken, served, and dished up for you in a fun, live workshop-style podcast that’ll have you begging for more.MEET THE DESIGNER BOSS PODCASTWith a regular buffet of brilliance designed to solve your burning WTF biz worries, we’ll show you how to harness our tried-and-tested experiences and hard-earned less ...
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A professional, beautiful and high-converting website can be the ultimate marketing tool for your design business. But not just any website will do. It’s important to be strategic and include a few super important things to convince your ideal clients you’re the designer for them. In this episode, we share 5 website must-haves every design biz webs…
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We’re asked all the time: “how do I actually get people to my website?” So today we’re talking all things sales funnels. We totally get the terms ‘sales funnels’ and ‘build your list’ can sound daunting, dry and even a bit cringe but we’re determined to show you why having a funnel is super important for your design business, and how it’ll make you…
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Kat took the leap to full-time in her design biz less than a year ago and she just hit her first $10K+ month. In this episode, we chat with the lovely Kat about how she did it, the ups and downs of her design career, and how she created a business that not only pays the bills but that she loves too. HOSTS / GUESTS: Katrina Potter https://littleblac…
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Samantha Murdoch is not only a talented designer but also a qualified design teacher and one of the things she helps students with is overcoming creative blocks. In this episode, Sam shares her best tips & tricks for working through blocks and sparking creativity in our work & life in general. HOSTS / GUESTS: Samantha Murdoch https://pretty-bird-cr…
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Ditch the small biz mentality & think global, baby!
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Do you feel like you can only really work with clients in your local area? If so, this is the podcast for you. In this episode, we share our experiences and our best tips & tools for attracting and working with clients all around the globe. The digital world is your oyster! HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dower ≫ Creative Mentor Insta:@annacreativementor FB:@…
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How to get motivated when you are feeling "stuck" in your design biz
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We’ve both been in a bit of a funk in 2021, making finding the motivation to work really hard at times. In this episode, we share our REAL stories (not the Insta highlights) along with the best advice and tips that helped us get back on track. HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dower https://annadower.com Insta: @annacreativementor FB: @annadowercreativementor E…
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Kelli Ponting on How to charge more for branding!
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In this ep, Anna chats with the one and only Kelli Ponting. Kelli (and her fab team of creatives) developed the Brand Discovery Kit, a set of tools that lets any designer, brand specialist or marketer lead a client through a practical and interactive workshop to identify and define a brand. The kit was developed for use in her own business - The Ma…
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Liz Illg on Delegating, SOPs & How To Scale Your Business - Summit Speaker Series
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During the Summit Speaker Series, we chat with some of the design biz experts who’ll be speaking at our upcoming Designer Boss Summit. In this ep, Emma chats with Liz Illg, a multi-industry entrepreneur with both brick-and-mortar businesses as well as several online businesses including her own consulting business and boutique marketing agency. Emm…
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Despina Gav on Avoiding Major SEO Mistakes Designers Make - Summit Speaker Series
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During the Summit Speaker Series, we chat with some of the design biz experts who’ll be speaking at our upcoming Designer Boss Summit. In this ep, Emma chats with her go-to SEO gal pal Despina Gav. Despina is an SEO whiz, mentor, and eCourse boss. Through her biz SEO Meets Design and her flagship eCourse SEO For Designers, this lovely lady boots th…
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Josh Hall on Working From Home / Life Balance - Summit Speaker Series
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During the Summit Speaker Series, we chat with some of the design biz experts who’ll be speaking at our upcoming Designer Boss Summit. In this ep, Emma chats with the one and only Josh Hall. Josh is a web mentor, Divi expert, eCourse boss, and host of the Josh Hall Web Design Show podcast. Josh & Emma share their lessons learned from working from h…
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G'day Frank on building a design business from nothing - Summit Speaker Series
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During the Summit Speaker Series, we chat with some of the design biz experts who’ll be speaking at our upcoming Designer Boss Summit. In this episode, Anna chats with Reagan from G'day Frank about his design biz journey, the highs & lows and lessons learnt along the way. Frank is a brand identity designer from Sydney, Australia and runs his own bu…
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Meg Lewis on being yourself in your design biz - Summit Speaker Series
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During the Summit Speaker Series, we chat with some of the design biz experts who’ll be speaking at our upcoming Designer Boss Summit. In this ep, Anna chats with your buddy. Meg Lewis. Meg is a designer mixing comedy with performance to make the world a happier place through brand design, podcasts, workshops, pop-ups, and videos. Meg hosts the com…
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4 Quick Fixes To Increase Your Design Biz Income
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In this episode, Anna & Emma discuss 4 ways you can easily increase your design biz income today. HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dower https://annadower.com Insta: @annacreativementor FB: @annadowercreativementor Emma Kate https://emmakate.co FB & Insta: @hiemmakate RESOURCES: Anna’s Useful Tools page: https://annadower.com/tools/ Emma’s Useful Tools page: h…
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Our Processes for Warming Up & Onboarding Clients
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In this episode, Anna & Emma break down their warming up and onboarding processes from enquiry to discovery. The must-haves, painful mistakes, and why sticking to your process is so darn important. Shout out to Dannielle Green for sending us your question. HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dower https://annadower.com Insta: @annacreativementor FB: @annadowercre…
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In this episode Anna & Emma chat confidence! We give you the low-down on how to cultivate self-confidence in an intentional way in your design business. Shout out to René Veno from the DBL Squad for sending us your question. HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dower https://annadower.com Insta: @annacreativementor FB: @annadowercreativementor Emma Kate https://em…
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The ins & outs of changing your design biz niché
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In this episode, Anna and Emma discuss how to change your design biz niché without fear & stress! • Make sure you are 100% committed to your new niché before making the change • Figure out if you need new branding • Do the foundational stuff that you do for your clients - it is important • Make sure you do all these important tech things too HOSTS:…
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Dealing with client revisions & scope creep
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In this episode, Anna and Emma discuss dealing with excessive revisions and scope creep when it comes to designing for your clients. . HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dower https://annadower.com Insta: @annacreativementor FB: @annadowercreativementor . Emma Kate https://emmakate.co FB & Insta: @hiemmakate . RESOURCES: Anna's email script: https://bit.ly/annas…
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The biggest mistakes we've made in our design biz!
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Live & learn from the biggest mistakes we have made in our own design businesses. Anna & Emma spill the tea on their most difficult design clients and how you can learn from their mistakes. . HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dower https://annadower.com Insta: @annacreativementor FB: @annadowercreativementor . Emma Kate https://emmakate.co FB & Insta: @hiemmaka…
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In this episode Anna Dower & Emma Kate discuss their own personal journey's from uni student to studio designer to designer boss entrepreneur including the ups & downs and ins & outs. . HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dower https://annadower.com Insta: @annacreativementor FB: @annadowercreativementor . Emma Kate https://emmakate.co FB & Insta: @hiemmakate . W…
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With a regular buffet of brilliance designed to solve your burning WTF biz worries, we’ll show you how to harness our tried-and-tested experiences and hard-earned lessons while you soak up everything we know about building a successful design biz. . HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dower https://annadower.com Insta: @annacreativementor FB: @annadowercreativeme…
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