This is season 1’s last episode! While I was looking back on the podcast’s analytics it became apparent to me that you guys LOVED the Q1 recap back in Episode 07. So I thought I’d end season 1 with a bang and recap a bit of Q2 here at Quill & Co.By Marisa Messick

I am excited for you to hear this week’s episode with Krista Walsh. Krista is a website copywriter and strategist for client-based businesses, which means that she writes your website so that you not only attract more clients but also the right clients, the kind who are confident they want to work with you — and won’t settle for anyone else. In thi…

In this week’s episode, I sit down and chat with Lizzy Colombo. She is the owner and lead designer of White Point Creative, a boutique creative agency that specializes in brag-worthy brand identities and custom Showit websites for lifestyle brands and wellness entrepreneurs. We talk about why white labeling is a good fit for her, how it can save yo…

In this week's episode, I sit down with my partner in life and in business; my fiancé Danny! After a poll on Instagram, you all wanted to hear more from him. I forced him to sit down with me and chat for the podcast. We have a candid chat about what it's like to start and run a separate business together, how we handle both working from home, our r…

In this week’s episode, I interview Rachel Greiman, of Green Chair Stories. She founded her company, a copywriting collective for photographers, in 2014 and is now a team of 5 writing websites, selling products, and offering coaching for photographers as well. I love Rachel’s passion for not only working alongside designers but helping them find th…

In this week’s episode I wanted to chat through my own personal feelings on imposter syndrome in hope’s that it helps any fellow designers going through something similar. There’s a lot of talk in creative spaces around imposter syndrome but not enough around the root of it. I talk through how imposter syndrome shows up for me in my business, and p…

In this week’s episode, I chat with Kelsey Kerslake a multi-passionate CEO of two companies: Pinegate Road, and the Aligned Business. Kelsey has been helping entrepreneurs and businesses build their brands and market their online presence for over a decade while also helping them be in complete alignment with the lives they want to live and the val…

When you invest in yourself it’s like letting the universe see that you know that you’re worth it. But, taking that final step to invest in the future you can’t quite see yet is not easy nor should it be. Good investments should lead to a real change in your business, and change is uncomfortable, scary, and hard. After some trial and error with my …

As designers, we can get stuck in the day-to-day, task oriented, things in our business and never zoom out and see the big picture. We don’t have the space to dream about our business and what we want things to look or feel like. As entrepreneurs, it’s easy to find tasks to fill our work days up but then the end of the week comes and we believe we’…

Growing and running a business can feel like you’re always searching for the next great thing. We hit one of our goals and then immediately begin striving for that next goal, all while testing all of the tactics to see what sticks. When is it enough? What does it take to feel contentment in work and life? In this week’s episode I spoke with designe…

In this week's episode I go into detail on what we accomplished in my business in Q1 with real numbers, some personal struggles behind the scenes that ultimately effected my business goals, burnout, what I actually spent on my business and how I learned from all of those that scaling a business can look different then I used to believe.…

In this week's episode I chat with designer Arlina Roman. I had the privilege of doing a 1:1 mentorship with her and we chat about why she invested early on in mentoring and courses, how mentoring propelled her design business, and how she is always striving to never stop learning.By Marisa Messick

Last year I did something I never dreamed I would be able to do. And while it was exciting it was also the scariest thing I’ve ever done. In today’s episode, I talk about how hiring my first employee helped me not only with my workflow, but helped me create my ideal company culture, how I knew when it was time to switch from contracted work to a fu…

In today’s episode I chat with Chaitra who is the founder of Pinkpot Studio which is a Shopify design studio for product based businesses. After 3 years in business, she took an 18 month maternity leave. When she returned to her business in 2020, it forced her to take a hard look at her process, ideas around pricing, and how to be resilient when yo…

As business owners we have to be self-motivated. But what happens when we lose it? Being bored, getting too comfortable, burned out, or scared of the next level, can hold you back from finding that motivation. There are no rules for motivation, and everyone is motivated by different things. I think a key to staying motivated is knowing WHAT you are…

I dive into where my journey with money started at a young age, the good and seemingly harmful ideas around money are, and questioning the emotional ties we carry around money.By Marisa Messick

One of the hardest things I’ve ever done is run a business. It stretches me every single day. And I think that I’m not alone in that. I think that in the age of social media where we only see people behind the scenes it can get really discouraging. we think everyone has it figured out. Surprise! I have no idea what I’m doing so, step into clarity w…