Creatives Ignite

Episode 249. Aired Monday, March 26, 2018

This week we will be continuing our talk with Lisa Glanz. Lisa is an entrepreneur and illustrator who sells digital products online.

Lisa has been a designer who started practicing watercolor and then decided to dabble in the online marketplace Creative Market while she ran her freelance design business. She now is one of the most successful sellers on Design Cuts and Creative Market and does design work only for herself. She is making a living selling her products. She is scaling her business and has a part-time employee to help her grow.

We will definitely dig into her daily challenge project this conversation, as well as how she sets her goals for the year, and marketing advice she would give for someone who is starting out in selling digital products online.

Find full show notes at: https://rechargingyou.com/2018/03/24/lisa-glanz-from-designer-to-illustrator-part-2/

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Episode 248. Aired March 20, 2018

This week we will be talking to my friend, Lisa Quine. Lisa recently went from full time designer with a very busy side hustle to full time freelancer. But that full time freelance life was short-lived because she got an opportunity she couldn’t pass up. Lisa now has a part time gig with American Greetings. We will talk about managing clients, staying creative, and how she has been able to get and keep so many clients, with so many of them are repeat customers.

Want to find out how she does it, and what her secret is to getting excited about the projects.

Find full show notes at: https://rechargingyou.com/2018/03/18/lisa-quine-being-nice-gets-you-places/

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Episode 247. Aired March 12, 2018

This week we will be talking to Lisa Glanz. Lisa is an illustrator who sells products online. She is a co-host of the popular Honest Designers Show, representing women as the only woman on the podcast, go LISA!!!

Lisa has been a designer who started practicing watercolor and then decided to dabble in the online marketplace Creative Market while she ran her freelance design business. She now is one of the most successful sellers on Design Cuts and Creative Market and does design work only for herself. She is making a living selling her products. She is scaling her business and has a part-time employee to help her grow.

She recently started a daily challenge and we will talk about that and why it is important to always refine your skills.

Are you looking to make that jump? Do you have a product you want to sell? Or are you like me and dream of being able to call yourself an illustrator? If you answered yes to any of these things then tune in live. It will be the best Monday morning you have had in a while!

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Episode 246. Airs on ****Friday, March 9,**** 2018 at 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT

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Jamal Collins grew up in Cleveland, by the time he was leaving high school Cocaine was the new thing. Many of his friends were dealing drugs and he knew he had a choice to make. He decided to go to college and studied graphic design. Jamal worked in the industry as a designer for years but was unfulfilled. He found his true passion and life’s work in what he is doing now.

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Jamal is changing lives in Cleveland. He is teaching at risk youth design and how to think using creative problem solving skills. Talk about creating social change with your actions. Jamal is a living, breathing example of what you can do when you apply your talents and skills to help others.

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I will be digging into Jamal’s story and sharing how we can help these Cleveland kids this week for $15–$20. Are you ready for that challenge? With $15 or $20 ticket you can pay for one kid to go to a 4-hour workshop on Saturday, March 10. http://bit.ly/DR-Jamal

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I hope you will join us for this episode of Design Recharge LIVE on Friday, March 9 at 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT.

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Episode 245. Aired on Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Jordan sells his own products, works for clients, and has taken his drawing exercises and created a way to innovate in his own design practice. He is able to take these exercises and now make things for clients. The life that has come out of his #automaticDrawings is going to inspire you to take your exercises and see what kind of legs you can give them.

Jordan is always pivoting, and creating ways to better help his clients and innovate his design and illustration practice.

http:///www.rechargingyou.com

Find full show notes at: https://rechargingyou.com/2018/02/19/jordan-wong-pivot/

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Episode 244. Aired on Wednesday, February 14, 2018.

Want to dive DEEP with David Brier on Wednesday and talk about Branding? David has been on the show many times and recently released his first book, Brand Intervention. I have always gotten a ton out of our conversations. I have been able to have takeaways from each of these conversations that I have been able to implement in my business strategy and design strategy. He has helped me in how I talk to clients.

This book features 33 steps to Transform a brand from the brand you Have to the brand you Need. It is written for entrepreneurs and designers.

Follow David:

Website: http://www.RisingAboveTheNoise.com

Link to buy the Brand Intervention hardcover on Amazon: http://a.co/fBHNqrv

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/headmusik

Instagram: risingabovethenoise

For full show notes go to: https://rechargingyou.com/2018/02/11/david-brier-brand-intervention/

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Episode 243. Aired on Wednesday, February 7, 2018.

Have you ever wanted to figure out what was “your” thing? Have you wondered how you can find that thing and after you found it what to do with this talent and passion?Well if you have said yes then this episode is for you.

This week we will be talking to the talented and humble Reina Takahashi. Reina was a UX/UI designer that uncovered her passion for paper arts then started doing a deep dive into it when she moved to San Francisco. From there her side project became her full-time gig and now she is full-time freelance. We will talk about this journey and what freelancing looks like for her.

Follow Reina:

Her website: http://www.reinasaur.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reinasaur/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/reinasaur

Find full show notes at: https://rechargingyou.com/2018/02/04/reina-takahashi-going-for-it/

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Episode 242. Aired on Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Kim Panella and I have been scheming about a way to appreciate, encourage, and build stronger connections within the design community. We are going to do five giveaways at the end of the month but will choose a winner each week. I explain this in the video. So love on some designers this month and take one week out for you to show some love to yourself.

Here are the prompts for each week, try and do one of these prompts per week. Snap a photo and use the hashtag #loveondesigners when you post it.

Week 1: ENERGIZE

Bring coffee or other energizing snack or beverage to a friend or colleague at their office.

Meet someone for an energizing lunch or beverage break.

Pay for a stranger's coffee.

Get a Coffee Pod sticker set and surprise someone with a coffee and a message of love.

Post an energizing quote and tag a friend who could use some energizing (remember to use the #loveondesigners tag)

Week 2: ENCOURAGE

Create a post and share an encouraging word on social media specifically to someone who needs a lift. Tag them and use the hashtag #loveondesigners

Send an old fashioned letter to someone who you know who has been killing it in our industry.

Direct message someone and let them know you have seen their work and know how much time and energy they have been putting into it and it isn't going unnoticed.

Week 3: RECHARGE

This is a week for you, so focus on you and giving you what you need this week. Shoot a picture and use the hashtag #loveondesigners this week and let us know how you are taking care of yourself this week.

Take a walk or a hike.

Do yoga.

Get a massage (manicure, pedicure).

Go to a movie.

Take a nap.

Do something that refuels you, take a picture and use the #loveondesigners.

Week 4: CONNECT

This week we want you to reach out to someone you don't know and tell them how their work / life has inspired you.

Create a Social Media post and tag them (and us) telling them how they have inspired or helped you.

Reach out to a mentor and let them know how much they have meant to you.

Send a card to someone you have looked up to, to their office. Do a little digging and find the address. And craft an incredible envelope to go with the card.

I hope you will join us as we lift up the design community this month and spread the love.

Here is how to enter to win one of the five giveaways this month:

GIVEAWAY TIME! Tag 2 friends in the comments to enter a drawing for some of Kim's and my favorite drawing and painting tools, plus a few cards to send to friends and people who inspire you, postcards which you can hang in your office to inspire you, flavored pecan coffee from a local (to me) pecan orchard, Coffee Pod Stickers, two essential oil serums, and a few other bonus items!

Five winners will be randomly selected. The first three weeks Kim and I will post twice a week on instagram @kimpanella and @designrecharge.

To win all you have to do is:

1. Following both Kim and I.

2. Comment and tag two friends to enter.

3. We will draw the winners live on Design Recharge

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The last two weeks we will choose a person during the Feb 21st live show and during the Feb 28 live show. All you have to do is:

1. Come to the live show

2. Comment during the show

For full show notes go to: https://rechargingyou.com/2018/01/30/rapid-recharge-love-on-designers/

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Episode 241. Aired on Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Have you ever wanted to focus on a certain area of design, but don’t know how to get started? Or have you enjoyed an area but not really known how to start incorporating it into your offerings? Well if you have said yes then this episode is for you.

This week we will be talking to my friend Corrina Reff. Corrina started blowing me away with her daily hand-lettering project. But after talking to her, I realized this was just part of her wonder. She was killing it in the branding realm and her hand lettering was an area she wanted to create more specialized branding in. She is REALLY smart and so nice and creative. She has a partner and they have an interesting business structure as well which we will dig into. She is also a new mom and still finds time to learn a new skill and improve on her craft.

I can’t wait for this conversation. Literally overtime we talk, she blows me away. I am excited to have my friend Corrina (long time listener) on the show this week.

Follow Corrina at:

web: http://www.riddlesticks.com/

insta: @riddlestickscreative

behance: riddlesticks

dribbble: rdlstx

Find full show notes at: https://rechargingyou.com/2018/01/21/corrina-reff-focusing-on-branding/

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Episode 240. Aired on Wednesday, January 10, 2018

These days growing my business and starting my illustration journey are constantly on my mind. As I search for this clarity of purpose I am lucky to talk to someone who is ahead of me on this journey. This week I am talking to someone I really look up to, my friend, Dylan Menges. He is a true inspiration to me, both business-wise and spiritually.

We will dig into how he went out on his own in Sept 2015 and how he uncovered what he was meant to be doing with his life, talent, and time. Dylan is an amazingly talented letterer and illustrator. He deals with the same things we all deal with, like fear of the blank page, the punishing self-talk that holds us all back. We will talk about breaking through all this and building Menges Design with his wife, Janet.

Follow Dylan at:

www.menges.design

www.instagram.com/mengesdesign

www.twitter.com/mengesdesign

For full show notes go to: https://rechargingyou.com/2018/01/07/dylan-menges-understanding-your-calling/

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