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095: What’s Next for Us from 2019-12-31T06:00
This episode is incredibly bittersweet for us to share with you guys. We’ve been talking about our own goals a lot over the last six months, and we’ve both experienced so many changes personally...
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094: The Keys To Scaling A Design Business To 6-Figures with Morgan Rapp from 2019-12-17T06:00
I’m so excited for today’s guest, Morgan Rapp to join us on the podcast! I’m guessing a lot of you love her as much as I do and I can’t wait for you to listen to our conversation together. Morga...
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093: Using Instagram To Attract Dream Clients from 2019-12-03T06:00
We’ve talked about all kinds of ways to find more clients. In fact, we’ve covered coffee chats, content, and more. Today, we’re going to talk about Instagram specifically. Krista here! Instagram...
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092: Pivoting Your Design Business from 2019-11-19T06:00
Kory here! I’m so excited about this episode because I love pulling back the curtain and sharing more about my business with you guys. If you’re an avid listened, you may know that I stopped tak...
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091: Educating Clients to Use Their New Design Effectively from 2019-11-05T06:00:18
Kory here! This idea came to me several months ago when we were hosting our Get Back to Design Accelerator, and I was talking to one of our members about teaching clients how to use their design...
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090: Psychology-Driven Brand Strategy with Kaye Putnam from 2019-10-22T06:00:57
There are so many things that go into strong, strategic branding to help our clients grow their business and achieve their goals. One thing that many people might not be thinking about is the ac...
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089: 5 Steps to Get Paid On Time, Every Time from 2019-10-08T06:00:56
We’re not really sure how we’ve made it 2.5 years of this podcast without recording this episode. There’s not a whole lot that’s worse than expecting an invoice to be paid by a client only to he...
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088: Avoiding the Dreaded Scope Creep with One 6 Creative from 2019-09-24T06:00:53
How many times have you had a client need additional work and their projects and they try to sneak it in without paying extra? Kory here! I know that Krista and I have both certainly had this ha...
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087: A Pep Talk for Designers + Overcoming Self-Doubt from 2019-09-10T06:00:24
So, this is a bit of a different episode than we normally record for you guys! A few months ago someone posted in our Facebook group about feeling down about herself because her path as a design...
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086: Spot Bad Clients&Position Yourself To Be Respected with Jason Resnick from 2019-08-27T06:00:14
Krista here! Jason and I were originally introduced through a mutual friend, and the second I landed on his website I knew I had to get him on the podcast. Jason helps freelancers, especially we...
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085: Managing + Reducing Client Revisions from 2019-08-13T06:00:11
We are currently in the middle of working with 8 amazing women in the Get Back to Design Accelerator, and we have been enjoying helping them with their design businesses so much. Last month we w...
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084: Presenting Your Design Work to Clients with Wayfarer Design Studio from 2019-07-30T06:00:12
Have you ever presented your designs on a call or through a video recording for your clients? It can be a total game changer when it comes to getting less revisions, looking more like the expert...
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083: Creating A Dream Team for Your Business from 2019-07-16T06:00:39
A few weeks ago, Kory talked to Amber from Copperheart Creative about creating a team, and we wanted to do a follow up for you guys because I know it’s something that a lot of people are curious...
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082: Master Your Client Follow-Up + Get The Gig from 2019-07-02T06:00:26
Natalie and Krista first met at a mastermind group of people creating projects and services for designers. After connecting through the group, Krista invited Natalie to speak at one of her summi...
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081: Your Accelerator Questions Answered from 2019-06-18T06:00:22
Last week we launched our first ever group program together, the Get Back to Design Accelerator! There are still a handful of spots available, so this week we wanted to answer some of the questi...
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080: Introducing the Get Back To Design Accelerator from 2019-06-11T06:00:52
We’ve been hinting about this on Instagram for several weeks and we’re so excited to open the doors of the Get Back To Design Accelerator today! In this episode we cover where the idea came from...
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079: Creating A Team + Working With Local Clients with Amber Brannon from 2019-06-04T06:00:40
There are a couple of big decisions that designers eventually face in their business. When you’re first starting your business, you have to decide if you’re going to work with local or online cl...
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078: Offering Retainer Services To Your Design Clients from 2019-05-21T06:00:15
Retainers are a huge part of Krista’s business and she can’t imagine not having it included in her business operations. We can’t believe we haven’t talked about this topic before already! This s...
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077: Give Clients What They Want + What They Need from 2019-05-07T06:00:31
In Episode 73, we talked all about how to get clients to say “yes” to working with us. Within that episode, we mentioned that your packages need to provide your clients with what they want as we...
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076: Transitioning from Clients to Passive Income with Alysha DeMarsh from 2019-04-23T06:00:19
One of the most popular topics of conversation for online business owners, particularly designers, over the past year has definitely been how to create more passive income. In fact, it’s such a ...
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075: A Day in Our Lives + How We Avoid Burnout from 2019-04-09T06:00:48
In episode 50, we shared about how we structure our days to work best for our schedule and attempt to have a work/life balance through it all. Since that episode aired, there is so much that has...
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074: How to Niche Your Design Business and Avoid Burnout With Kelsey Baldwin from 2019-03-26T06:00:05
In episode 54 we talked about why it’s important and briefly touched on a few ways that you can niche your design business. The key takeaway from that episode is that with the ever growing list ...
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073: How We Help Clients Say“Yes”to Working With Us from 2019-03-12T06:00:14
In today’s episode, we are talking about actionable steps that you can implement right away to improve your inquiry process, update your workflow and gain clients with ease. You don’t have to lo...
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072: Designing for Conversions with Melissa Burkheimer from 2019-02-26T06:00:35
As the online business industry evolves, more business owners are realizing the importance of a website that does more than look pretty. They understand that a well-designed website will attract...
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071: Our 2018 Reviews + What to Expect in 2019 from 2019-02-12T06:00:35
After a break from recording we’re back with our first episode of 2019! We love getting a behind the scenes look into other businesses so today we’re chatting about how 2018 went for both of us ...
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070: Why You’re Not Booking Your Ideal Clients from 2018-12-11T06:00:48
All of the experts online talk about ideal clients and how you can do things to attract them. I know from experience that you can easily book clients, but that doesn’t mean you’re landing your i...
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069: Development Details You’re Missing In Your Design Projects from 2018-11-27T06:00:39
As small business owners, we end up doing it all. Client management, design, development, social media, marketing, content creation, and more. Sometimes, doing it that way comes at a cost. As a ...
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068: How to Create a Great Client Experience + Why It Matters from 2018-11-13T06:00:06
Earlier this year I talked in the Get Back to Design Facebook group about getting referrals for your business. This is by far one of the easiest ways to get more work and more clients. But here’...
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067: 5 Things To Simplify In Your Design Business from 2018-10-30T06:00
Running a design business can get overwhelming fast. If it were just the design work that would be one thing, but we all know there’s a lot more that goes into it. Simplifying your business can ...
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066: Introducing Passive Income to Your Design Business from 2018-10-16T06:00:53
One thing we hear a lot from other designers is that once you get to a certain point in your business it’s hard to keep growing without trading more time for dollars. Enter passive income. This ...
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065: Making Use Of Premade Themes As A Designer from 2018-10-02T06:00:12
We’ve talked about the option of working with a developer when you don’t know how to code (or don’t want to). But we haven’t talked much about another option that’s out there, which is making us...
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064: How to Create Project Timelines for Client Projects from 2018-09-18T06:00:16
We got a question last year that went like this: “Can you talk about creating a web design package with specific timelines (and how to follow them) so I know if I’m on schedule and I know exactl...
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063: How We Formed Our Dynamic Duo from 2018-09-04T06:00:40
We love hearing the origin stories of people who are working together, whether it’s a small collaboration or full-blown business. As most of you know, the two of us are in a mastermind group tog...
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062: Introducing Brand Strategy as Part of Your Client Process With Bonnie Bakhtiari from 2018-08-21T06:00:03
Something we’ve noticed this year is that brand strategy is starting to become more popular in the design industry. There are some really great designers, like today’s guest, talking and teachin...
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061: The Ins-And-Outs Of Working With A Developer On Retainer from 2018-08-07T06:00:58
Collaborating with a developer is a big topic on this podcast because it’s something that can free up huge amounts of your time. Up until now, we’ve focused on outsourcing full custom site build...
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060: A Services Page That Converts + Pricing Mindset with Jean Coelho from 2018-07-24T06:00:28
A solid services page is a huge part of landing clients and, more importantly, the types of clients you actually want to work with. But to work with dream clients and charge premium prices, a go...
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059: 3 Ways to Improve Client Communication from 2018-07-10T06:00:25
One of the most common questions we see from designers would be how to handle communicating in the best way when it comes to certain situations with clients. In episode 32, we talked about how t...
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058: Remaining In Control Of Client Projects from 2018-06-26T06:00:35
Staying in control of your client projects is extremely important, but doesn’t come naturally. It takes a little extra effort. When starting out, it’s common to let clients walk all over you or ...
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057: Things to Focus on When You’re Just Starting Your Business from 2018-06-12T06:00:52
A lot of our episodes are geared more toward experienced designers who have been in business for several years. However, we know that there are a lot of people who are just starting their design...
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056: Designing Websites That Are Easy To Navigate from 2018-05-29T06:00:47
We’ve talked a lot about the strategy of websites when it comes to making sure clients’ goals are supported, but there’s more that goes into a well-designed website. Something we’ve seen several...
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055: Preparing Your Business for Time Off from 2018-05-15T13:45:46
Both of us had a minor moment of panic last year after finding out each of us were pregnant because that meant that we would need to take at least a month away from our businesses to take care o...
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054: Why + How to Niche Your Design Services from 2018-05-01T06:00:28
A big question among all designers is whether or not we should be doing one type of design or work with one type of client instead of doing a little bit of everything for everyone. In the past, ...
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053: Ensure The Website You Design Is What Your Developer Delivers from 2018-04-17T06:00:33
A big concern of a lot of designers who are considering working with a developer is that the final website won’t look like the mockups they’ve worked so hard on. This is a very valid concern. I’...
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052: Presenting Designs to Your Client from 2018-04-03T06:00:23
We’ve talked a lot in previous episodes about presenting your work to your clients, but we’ve never really gone that much into detail with it. We both think it’s important to have a process for ...
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051: Designing Strategic Sidebars and Footers from 2018-03-27T06:00:52
Website strategy tends to come easy for designers in some areas, but not in others. The ones that aren’t quite as easy tend to get overlooked and serve as more of a dumping ground for the client...
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050: How We Structure Our Days + Work Life Balance from 2018-03-20T06:00:15
How about a fun non-design related episode this week?! We’ve gotten a lot of questions from our listeners asking how we schedule our weeks and handle work/life balance. We’ll preface this episod...
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049: Our Client + Project Management Systems from 2018-03-13T06:00:12
We’ve seen a lot of questions about managing clients and keeping projects running smoothly both online in general, as well as in our Facebook group. Since you should be the one in control of the...
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048: Discovering Your Client’s Goals from 2018-03-06T06:00:43
We’ve talked a lot about using your client’s goals to design a website that gets them results, but haven’t actually talked about how to uncover those goals. With that being said, it doesn’t surp...
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047: Using Your Website to Get Clients from 2018-02-27T06:00:13
One of the most asked questions we see is how to get more clients. We totally get it, too. It can be difficult to consistently attract new clients and get yourself booked out. Your marketing cou...
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046: Managing Projects With A Developer from 2018-02-20T06:00:46
There are a lot of questions that come up when we talk about working with a developer on your design projects. One of the more common ones we hear is how the project management process works and...
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045: Figuring Out Your Process + Working With Squarespace With Meg Summerfield from 2018-02-13T06:00:24
We talk a lot about WordPress on this podcast, and it’s because we both love the platform so much. However, we know that a lot of our listeners also work with Squarespace, so we knew it was time...
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044: How to Get Testimonials + Referrals from Past Clients from 2018-02-06T06:00
One of the best feelings you can get during a project is seeing it all come together beautifully for your client. Of course, that feeling is magnified times one hundred when your client is thril...
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043: Creating Calls-To-Action That Convert For Your Design Clients from 2018-01-30T06:00:20
There’s a lot that goes into designing a strategic website – whether it’s for you or your clients. A big part of an effective design is placement and the strategy behind calls-to-action. You jus...
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042: How to Educate Your Design Clients from 2018-01-23T06:00:10
We recently got a really great survey question about finding the balance between explaining your rationale to your clients so you can educate them but avoiding overwhelming your client with too ...
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041: Questions to Ask Before Getting a Quote From Your Developer from 2018-01-16T06:00:40
We’ve talked a lot about working with a developer in past episodes, but there’s still so much to prepare for and know before your first collaboration to avoid disasters. A big challenge that com...
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040: Sales Funnels For Your Design Business with Cathy Olson from 2018-01-09T06:00:55
This week’s guest on the podcast is the talented Cathy from Love Inspired. Cathy has an impressive background with a minor in 3D animation, a major in Art + Design, and taught herself coding, cr...
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039: Pricing + Your Design Services from 2018-01-02T06:00:06
One question we see asked a lot on our Facebook group and in others has to do with pricing. People are often at a loss on what to charge, how to establish their pricing, when to raise their rate...
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038: Designing An Effective Homepage from 2017-12-19T06:00:34
There’s a lot that goes into designing a website, especially if you’re trying to put some real thought and strategy into it. It can be really overwhelming if you find yourself trying to think of...
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037: Developing Your Design Process with Clients from 2017-12-12T06:00:19
We recently got a great survey question about how to come up with a good design process and the different steps that one should include. It’s really all about figuring out what works best for yo...
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036: Outsourcing In Your Design Business from 2017-12-05T06:00:27
At some point we all run into the situation where we don’t have the capacity to take on any more work. Sometimes this is temporary and we just happened to get a ton of clients at once, but somet...
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035: One Logo Solution + Working With a Team of Designers With Jamie Starcevich from 2017-11-28T06:00:51
One thing that can really make your design business stand out even more is when a part or all of your process is really unique in comparison to that of other designers out there. Presenting one ...
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034: How to Set and Keep Boundaries With Clients from 2017-11-21T06:00:16
One thing that causes a lot of frustration with design clients is the lack of boundaries. Either the designer hasn’t set or maintained them or the client just doesn’t respect them. As hard as it...
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033: How To Work A Developer’s Pricing Into Your Design Packages from 2017-11-14T06:00:48
We’ve chatted a lot about collaborating with a developer and know it’s something that more designers are beginning to explore. But a part of the process a lot of designers are intimidated by is ...
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032: 5 Awkward Client Situations + How to Handle Them from 2017-11-07T06:00:43
Regardless of what type of design work you offer and how much experience you have, you’re always subject to getting in sticky situations with clients. Most of the time you’re left feeling uncomf...
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031: Creating a“Before Picture”for Your Web Design Projects from 2017-10-31T06:00:39
We’ve chatted quite a bit about designing strategic websites for your clients, but something we haven’t touched on is a piece that’s vital for being able to show off the results you create. Know...
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030: Collaborating With A Copywriter In Your Design Projects with Amanda Creek from 2017-10-24T06:00:31
Focusing on parts of your job you’re good at, while giving your clients the best possible experience and results is an important part of standing out in the design field. Sometimes that means go...
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029: 4 Ways to Keep Your Clients Coming Back For More from 2017-10-17T06:00:24
A lot of designers focus heavily on getting new clients when things are getting quiet. The problem with that is that it takes a lot more work to book new clients than it does to generate more wo...
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028: Make Sure Your Developer Collaboration Goes Smoothly from 2017-10-10T06:00:10
As our businesses grow, it’s important to focus on tasks we really enjoy doing and less on the tasks that just seem to get in the way. As a designer, working with a developer is a great way to f...
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027: How to Stand Out + Get More Clients in Facebook Groups from 2017-10-03T06:00:48
A few weeks ago we talked to Nesha about marketing your design business, and one of the great tips she had for us was about utilizing Facebook groups to get clients. We both loved her ideas beca...
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026: Boost Conversions For Your Design Clients from 2017-09-26T06:00:42
We all want to help our clients get better results and improve their businesses. After all, once we turn our passions into businesses, it can’t be just about us anymore. In reality, happy client...
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025: How to Market Your Business + Manage Clients with Nesha Woolery from 2017-09-19T06:00:08
When you run your own business, you have to wear a lot of different hats. That means some days you’re doing design work for your clients, some days you’re focused on just managing your clients, ...
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024: 4 Must-Have Terms to Cover in Your Contract to Protect You + Your Client from 2017-09-12T06:00:57
If you’re a creative and you work directly with people, then you need a contract. Even if you’re just covering yourself and making sure that you get paid for those all of those hours that you pu...
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023: Choosing The Right Platform For Your Web Design Clients from 2017-09-05T06:00:55
It’s always been a big pet peeve of mine when designers and developers don’t pay attention to what platform is the best for their clients. It’s always easy to choose your favorite platform, but ...
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022: How to Curate Your Portfolio to Get More of the Projects You Want from 2017-08-29T06:00:17
We recently got a really great survey response that read, “I’ve fallen into a niche and can’t get out. Actually I love the niche I’m in, but I want to diversify. I believe I have potential clien...
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021: Making Your Designs Easy For Clients To Update from 2017-08-22T11:00:23
When you’re focusing on your design projects, you’re likely thinking about things like keeping your client happy, making something that looks great, and creating real results with the final prod...
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020: 6 Red Flags to Look for When Booking New Clients from 2017-08-15T06:00:18
We’ve all been there before: you get a project, and you’re trucking right along only to realize that your client… well, they’re kind of a nightmare to work with. Sometimes it’s too late because ...
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019: Getting Feedback On Your Work With Elevate&Cultivate from 2017-08-08T06:00:11
A super important part of running a successful design business is getting feedback on your work. The type of feedback you get and how you receive it can make or break a project, both for you and...
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018: How To Handle Booking Clients In Advance from 2017-08-01T06:00
This week we’re going over a great survey question that went something like, “When you get booked out, how long is too long to make clients wait to work with you? How do you know when to start a...
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017: How to Keep Your Design Projects on Track from 2017-07-25T06:00:05
We recently got a survey question that went like this: “How can you best keep a project on track? Especially in terms of revisions and all the little things that seem to popup.” This is a really...
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016: Website Mistakes That Are Costing You Design Clients from 2017-07-18T06:00:09
As a designer, you’re always worrying about other people’s branding, graphics, website, or all of the above. When you’re focused on keeping your clients happy and on the right track, it’s easy t...
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015: 5 Questions to Ask Potential Clients Before Starting a Design Project from 2017-07-11T06:00:47
In last week’s episode we talked to Erin Flynn a lot about onboarding. As she mentioned, one of the most important things you can do before booking and onboarding a client is to make sure that y...
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014: Why Client Management Systems Are So Important With Erin Flynn from 2017-07-04T06:00:34
Client management before and after you work with your clients can either make or break the project not just for yourself but also for your clients. You can make sure you’re only booking the righ...
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013: How To Work With A Developer from 2017-06-27T06:00:32
Lately, we’ve seen a lot of designers who are interested in working with a developer, but are totally overwhelmed and not sure where to begin. They know it’s something they want to do, but getti...
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012: What to Do When Client Work Slows Down from 2017-06-20T06:00:38
There are a few times of year when the unthinkable happens to us: inquiries start drying up and client work slows down. Usually this happens at least once a year for most business owners, and th...
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011: Designing For Clients With Multiple Goals from 2017-06-13T02:00:07
As a web designer, the websites you create should do more than look nice. They should play a huge part in supporting your clients’ goals and moving their business forward. But what if a client h...
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010: How to Improve the Likelihood of Booking a Project from 2017-06-06T02:00:49
Few things are more exciting, especially when you’re just starting your design business than getting an inquiry. It’s even better when a potential client contacts you with a dream project. Regar...
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009: How to Discover What Services to Offer Your Clients with Kaitlyn of The Crown Fox from 2017-05-30T02:00:43
Offering unique design services is a challenge, whether you’ve been in business for years or are just starting out. It’s common to feel like you need to offer the same types of design services a...
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008: Benefits of collaborating with a developer from 2017-05-23T02:00:15
A common struggle with running your own small business is finding yourself spending way too much time on things you don’t want to do. Krista here! For me, things like writing blog posts, schedul...
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007: How to Get Clients to Provide Their Content and Feedback on Time from 2017-05-16T02:00:08
Have you ever had a project that got delayed by days or maybe even weeks because your client didn’t provide their website content to you in time? Or maybe your client went MIA right when they we...
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006: How to Target and Attract the Right Clients from 2017-05-09T02:00:25
One thing we know all business owners, especially designers, struggle with at one point or another in their business is how to make sure they’re attracting the right clients. It’s something we a...
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005: What You Need To Know About Designing Strategic Websites from 2017-05-02T02:00:21
In Episode 2, we chatted about how you can get your clients awesome results through designing strategic websites. In this episode, we’re following up on that topic and chatting all about what yo...
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004: How to Go Above and Beyond for Your Clients from 2017-04-25T02:00:28
In EP 002 we talked about going above and beyond for your clients by educating your clients on how they can take your amazing design and start really putting it to great use for themselves so th...
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003: 3 Ways To Offer Website Design When You Don’t Know How To Code from 2017-04-18T02:00:09
Not being able to offer website design as a part of your business can feel like it’s holding you back. You can take on clients for amazing branding projects, but once it comes time for their web...
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002: Get Your Clients Awesome Results + Show Them Off from 2017-04-11T02:00:45
It’s easy to focus so much on designing a website that your client loves the look of, that you forget to focus on whether that design will actually benefit your client’s business. The thing you’...
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001: How To Make Your Design Business Stand Out from 2017-04-11T02:00:09
We don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the market for designers is incredibly saturated right now. That means that for every one person that’s looking to have design work done, there’s usually at ...
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000: Welcome To The Get Back To Design Podcast from 2017-03-05T17:27:03
We’re so excited to introduce the Get Back To Design Podcast. We know that there’s a lot that goes into growing a successful design business on top of the actual design work that’s putting food ...
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