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 website should include. HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dowerhttps://annadower.comInsta: @annacreativementorFB: @annadowercreativementor Emma Katehttps://emmakate...
Sep 29, 2021
22 min
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 your ideal clients fall in love with you. HOSTS / GUESTS: Anna Dowerhttps://annadower.comInsta: @annacreativementorFB: @annadowercreativementor Emma K...
Sep 15, 2021
32 min
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 Potterhttps://littleblackkat.com.auFB & Insta: @LittleBlackKatCreative Anna Dowerhttps://annadower.comInsta: @annacreativementorFB: @annadowercreativementor Emma Kateht...
Sep 1, 2021
22 min
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 Murdochhttps://pretty-bird-creative.comInsta: @prettybird.creativeFB: @prettybirdcreative Anna Dowerhttps://annadower.comInsta: @annacreativementorFB: @annadowercreative...
Aug 18, 2021
29 min
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 MentorInsta:@annacreativementorFB:@annadowercreativementor EMMAKATE.coFB & Insta:@hiemmakate RESOURCES:1. Emma’s In-person Meeting Request Email Reply Template - Option 1 CHARGE...
Aug 4, 2021
22 min
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 Dowerhttps://annadower.comInsta: @annacreativementorFB: @annadowercreativementor Emma Katehttps://emmakate.coFB & Insta: @hiemmakate WANT MORE?Check out these goodies! Designers Learning Web Dev FB Group: https://facebook.com/gr...
Jul 21, 2021
19 min
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 Marketing Lab - an agency specialising in the franchise industry. When fellow creatives saw, loved (and borrowed!) the kit, Brand Discovery Kit was ...
Feb 1, 2021
22 min
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. Emma & Liz chat about how Liz scaled her businesses and how designers like us can too by documenting, delegating, and outsourcing to build a biz w...
Jan 28, 2021
35 min
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 the jargon and tech nerdery out the door, breaking down SEO concepts in plain English so us designers can feel confident talking the SEO talk too. HO...
Jan 27, 2021
23 min
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 home for over a decade, as well as their best tips for finding that ever-illusive work/life balance. Josh will be talking about “How to Run Your...
Jan 26, 2021
33 min
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