Have you ever thought about how we as humans bring so much uniqueness to our businesses - our experiences, our successes, our failures, our skills and struggles, our goals and versions of success... Yet we're often given the same steps to follow to get to where we want to be. As a mentor (and as a designer!), I love to bring more human-ness into the businesses of the designers I work with and I'd love to share some of my favourite lessons that I have learnt as I've tried to build my business...

The Clubhouse is Open! My signature group mentoring program for designers is opening for this week only! If you'd like to learn more and work with me in 2024, you can sign up here ✨ Today I'm chatting with the lovely Sarah from Design Gals! Sarah launched her business just over 12 months ago and has spent the entire time building her business with strategy, intention and her personal version of success in mind. After joining me in The Clubhouse, she work on not just trial and error and any...

The Clubhouse waitlist is Open! My signature group mentoring program for designers is opening on the 15th January for waitlist members to sign up with an exclusive 1:1 bonus! If you'd like to learn more and work with me in 2024, you can sign up to the waitlist here ✨ I could have gone on for a really long time with this episode talking about the benefits of booking in advance! But I stopped at the twelve that I find are the most important and can have the biggest impact on your business, your...

The Clubhouse waitlist is Open! My signature group mentoring program for designers is opening on the 15th January for waitlist members to sign up with an exclusive 1:1 bonus! If you'd like to learn more and work with me in 2024, you can sign up to the waitlist here ✨ When you have your eyes on big goals and know you have what it takes to get there, it can be easy to focus on whatever feels like it’ll get you to where you want to be quicker. But sometimes the things that get us to reach those...

The Clubhouse waitlist is Open! My signature group mentoring program for designers is opening on the 15th January for waitlist members to sign up with an exclusive 1:1 bonus! If you'd like to learn more and work with me in 2024, you can sign up to the waitlist here ✨ Ok here's a biggy - I want your marketing in your design business to be SO much easier and I know it can be too!! We have such a set idea of what marketing has to be and what we have to achieve that we sometimes lose focus of the...

I'm back with an episode all about confidence! One of the areas I see as the biggest drain in a designers confidence is IN your projects - getting feedback, waiting on clients, missing deadlines, and desperately wanting your work to be approved. I know this was one of my biggest areas of the old confidence wobbles - until I started working through the tips I'm sharing in this episode! I really hope you enjoy the episode! To hear more from me, you can sign up for my weekly email series, The...

I'm jumping into money chat this week and pairing it with my other favourite topic - confidence! Confidence and money are so wrapped up in each other and it can be so hard to set your pricing, quote your pricing, and raise your pricing, confidently. It sometimes feels like you're just plucking numbers out of thin air, seeing what other people charge and following the lead or even just agreeing to whatever your clients say their budget is. But being more confident with your pricing allows you...

This week, I'm talking about a few things you don't have to do in your design business (if you don't want to!) There are so many strategies, tasks, platforms etc that we're told we need to use in our business and I'd love for you to just do the things that work perfectly for you as a creative and a business owner. Just because they work for one person doesn't mean they work for everyone! I really hope you enjoy the episode! To hear more from me, you can sign up for my weekly email series, The...

In this first episode back, I'm sharing a little story from my week and the analogy I built from it all about consistency and how we hold ourselves back from consistency by making huge plans, comparing ourselves to others or trying to be perfect. I really hope you enjoy the episode! As mentioned in the episode, you can sign up for my weekly email series, The Confident Creative Expert below: Sign up for The Confident Creative Expert I hope you enjoy today’s podcast and head to the links below...

I'm talking sustainability again this week, and why wouldn't I, it's my favourite topic! Today I'm talking through four unsustainable business practices that you may be experiencing in your business that we need to evolve away from to have a sustainable, consistent and joyful design business. After sharing my own experiences in the last episode, I really wanted to chat about areas you can focus on to build more sustainability in your own business and create long-lasting foundations for your...

As of this year, I have been running my design studio for ten years (!!), and in that time have managed to build my dream job which has been my most sustainable and secure job so far. We're so often told how working for yourself isn't sustainable and isn't secure that I just wanted to share a few lessons that I've learned in building my business with sustainability, consistency, and joy as my main priorities. This is more of a chatty episode where I talk through a few pivotal moments and...

As we move through summer, get ourselves rested and start feeling inspired by our business, you may be thinking about your business and what works and what doesn't. And you may be feeling like something doesn't quite fit right at the moment - if this is the case, you're ready for change. I know change can be scary, but I like to look at it as moving to the next step and evolving your business to get it even closer to where you want to be. Change is good and necessary! Listen to this episode...

Time off is so important and I really want you to be taking restful and restorative breaks from your business so you can come back feeling rejuvenated and inspired! No checking your emails when you're away, no panicking about clients getting in touch, no worrying about switching off - just enjoying your rest and allowing yourself to come back as your best creative self! In my business, I take at least 12 weeks off a year (without any client dread!) and I'd love to help you create more space...

Do you find that you're being more consistent with your marketing but don't seem to be attracting dream clients? There are a few shifts you can make to make sure you're allowing yourself to shine to the right people and getting more enquiries from those dreamy clients - so I wanted to share three small tweaks you can make right now. These tips will allow you to stand out more and be magnetic to those perfect people who give you a steady flow of dreamy projects! Want to step into being a...

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Are you feeling overwhelmed? It's not unfamiliar territory for us designers & creatives when we have all of the projects to work on, all of the admin, all of the marketing tasks, and all of the... millions of other things we need to do! I am no stranger to feeling overwhelmed and overworked but it's so tricky to keep your business moving or make your business sustainable when you constantly feel hectic and stressed. Want to step into being a Confident Creative Expert? Join my weekly email...

Today I'm chatting all about social media and how to get out of the numbers and in control of your marketing! I hope you enjoy today’s podcast and head to the links below to connect with The Daring Designers Club more: Follow Me On Instagram Sign Up for My Fortnightly Postcard Join the Free Community Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I haven't chatted about money for a while so I wanted to share an episode about pricing! In the past, I've told myself so many things that I assumed were true about pricing - all of which stopped me from raising my rates and working towards my bigger income goals. As soon as I took control over my thoughts about pricing, I started to feel more confident and comfortable with pricing and could easily raise my prices (even tripling at times!) I hope you enjoy today’s podcast and head to the...

I'm sharing four tasks that you can add to your to-do list that can take anywhere between one and a couple of hours and will start saving you time straight away! We get so overwhelmed with creating our client process that often we don't even start, it gets left behind and we use more and more time on our processes. Let's get started and build your client process a bit at a time! I hope you enjoy today’s podcast and head to the links below to connect with The Daring Designers Club...

Today I’m chatting about a few reasons why you might not be getting enquiries in your design business! I am also sharing why although you might not need to worry about your lack of enquiries too much, there are a few things you can look over and analyse to connect with your dream clients and encourage more enquiries by showcasing your business and being authentic in your own way. I hope you enjoy today’s podcast and head to the links below to connect with The Daring Designers Club...

In this episode, I'm talking through the biggest questions I've been asked about my group mentoring program for designers, The Clubhouse. I share: What's included when you joinHow much time you need to commit to the programWhy it's 12 months accessWho is the program for?How much support you get from me as your mentorInvestment options and how to know when to make an investmentHow to start the program without overwhelm You can find out everything you need to know about The Clubhouse below,...

In this episode, I'm sharing everything you need to know about my twelve-month group mentoring program for designers - The Daring Designers Clubhouse! The Clubhouse launched yesterday evening and I'm so excited to share all the things you need to know about the program, including: How I redesigned the program based on my previous programsThe values I wanted to build into the ClubhouseWhat is included with The ClubhouseThe keen bean and launch pricing and my thoughts about accessible...

I realised a few days ago that in a couple of months, I'll be celebrating eight years full-time in my business! A business that I never thought I could make work and especially didn't think it would be in the amazing position it is today. Listen to me chat about the biggest lesson I learned in every year of running my business and I'd love to hear yours too! As you'll have heard, next week I'm running a free workshop - How I Book Design Clients 4-6 Months in Advance and I'd love to see you...