Brand designer Alyssa Nguyen shares 3 strategies for booking clients after a slow period in your business that helped her go from slow quarters to booked out 2 months in advance. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/support

Brand design studio owner & designer Alyssa Nguyen shares why professional liability insurance is essential for creatives and some tips on how to get it and what to look for. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/support

Brand designer Alyssa Nguyen talks 3 key things to consider when approaching growth strategies for any part of your design or creative business. These tips will allow you to make actionable steps towards building a sustainable growth plan that won't overwhelm you. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/support

Guest speaker and Business & IP Lawyer Ivy McNeill joins us to discuss legal strategies for assessing legal risk and avoiding legal issues. We discuss questions to ask your clients to minimize your chances of trouble and questions to ask a lawyer when considering hiring representation as a brand designer. This episode will help you understand what a designer-attorney relationship can do for you and how to take the first steps with forming one. You can sign up for the FREE...

What types of projects should I put in my portfolio? How many? What do I put on my about page? What do I put in the case studies? I'll answer all of these questions and more to help you build the best graphic design portfolio possible. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/support

Figuring out if a client will be hard to work wit, if a contractor will be reliable, and if a coach will be worth it is hard! Here are 3 red flags that I look out for in each to maximize my chances of a good match. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/support

Let's talk about finding a design style! In this episode, I break down the difference between a design style and a design aesthetic and then share my journey with finding my own. I'll tell you all about my strategies for figuring out your signature and give you 3 tips to start. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/support

Let's talk about how lonely it is to be a self-employed creative...and then let me give some tips for finding community when you work by yourself! It's so important to take the time to connect with people in our industry, but it can be hard to figure out when, where, and how to do it. My best tips are in this episode! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/support

"What am I missing???" I know it's stressful leaving for the holidays not knowing if you've done *everything* you were supposed to, so here's a checklist of things I recommend doing at the end of the year to help you prep for the new year! In this episode, I'm talking accounting, improvement, planning, marketing, and more, so give it a listen and let me know what you think! This is the last episode of season 2, so leave us a review and DM us on Instagram to let us know what you're thinking...

I spent HOW MUCH?? I spent almost 40k this year, and in this episode, I break down all the categories for my expenses and tell you exactly how much I spent and on what! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

It's a little early, but I'm sharing some of the goals that I have for the new year! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

In this episode, I'm giving you my top 5 tips for optimizing your content for TikTok because YES it's completely different from Instagram. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

In this episode, I'm sharing my best 3 tips for avoiding burnout to plan your year more intuitively and give yourself a break. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

I'm covering my tips for figuring out how to budget yourself as a self-employed freelancer or creative! I discuss tracking expenses and income and figuring out how to pay yourself! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

In this episode, I cover how to decide if a course is going to be worth your time and money and how to go about deciding if one is right for you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

In this episode, I asked you, my listeners, to submit some struggles that you need help with for this new advice column-style episode "Dear Diary." I'm giving advice to 3 different submitted situations: saying no to working with friends and family; holding yourself back from starting a business; and struggling to balance work and life as a freelancer without a formal schedule. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

I'm listing the top 5 sections that I always look for in a contract that I highly recommend you have in yours! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

I'm talking through 4 major legal mistakes I've made in my business and giving you the tips and honesty to help you avoid making the same ones! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

I'm talking about the progress I've made with self-perception, productivity, self-worth, and achievement as someone who struggles with feeling satisfied! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

I'm talking all about the steps I took to rebrand my studio and tips for making it *easier* for you! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

I'm sharing my biggest 3 tips for how to approach large business changes like restructuring, scaling, etc! We're talking figuring out what to change, how to find a solution, and how to approach executing it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

I'm talking all about what it's been like taking a mental health break from the business and how I'm approaching getting back into the swing of things! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

With all the content I've been putting out recently over Instagram, Close Friends, TikTok, this Podcast, and now my YouTube, I've been struggling with the question of whether or not I'm sharing too much and how to deal with that uncertainty. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support

I give a lot of advice on what to DO, but now I'm trying to show you what NOT to do through sharing my regrets and things I wish I knew when I was growing and starting out. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atnndesign/support