Creatives Making Money with Jamie Jensen

This week’s episode is with the incredible Veronica Wirth of Design Bistro. Veronica is a visionary, entrepreneur, intuitive and award-winning designer and creative maverick. She's developed a soulful brand helping other visionaries be ahead of the curve and deeply aligned with their soul's purpose. She's brought her innovative and big picture approach to successful careers in entertainment, advertising and the food industry.

She had a truly vibrant life! She put herself through design school, decorating and delivering wedding cakes for the family business. She taught yoga for 10 years and co-authored the book, Yoga for Equestrians. She's up for really any conversation that involves France, wine, spirituality or bacon. And I love three out of four of those things, so this episode is a really good time.

Some of my favorite takeaways include…

• Veronica sharing her vulnerability around hiring
• How to create a brand that evolves as you do
• The power of having a conversation with the soul of your business
• Veronica’s yummy vision of what branding looks like

You can find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/designbistro/ or on her website at https://design-bistro.com/

Create like you mean it,
Jamie

This week’s episode is with the incredible Veronica Wirth of Design Bistro. Veronica is a visionary, entrepreneur, intuitive and award-winning designer and creative maverick. She's developed a soulful brand helping other visionaries be ahead of the curve and deeply aligned with their soul's purpose. She's brought her innovative and big picture approach to successful careers in entertainment, advertising and the food industry.

She had a truly vibrant life! She put herself through design school, decorating and delivering wedding cakes for the family business. She taught yoga for 10 years and co-authored the book, Yoga for Equestrians. She's up for really any conversation that involves France, wine, spirituality or bacon. And I love three out of four of those things, so this episode is a really good time.

Some of my favorite takeaways include…

• Veronica sharing her vulnerability around hiring
• How to create a brand that evolves as you do
• The power of having a conversation with the soul of your business
• Veronica’s yummy vision of what branding looks like

You can find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/designbistro/ or on her website at https://design-bistro.com/

Create like you mean it,
Jamie

This week, I’m spoke with the author of Personality Marketing, Brittany Bullen. Her courses, events and coaching programs help entrepreneurs from a variety of fields use their unique passions and personalities to create authentic, effective marketing videos and ads. She brings the fun and enthusiasm to a topic that most of us creatives dread - marketing.

So this episode is for those who want a marketing strategy that feels like the very best version of yo and also makes you a lot of money than Brittany is the nerd for you. You’ll learn that real quick listening to this episode.

Some of my favorite takeaways include…

• What the definition of nerd is
• If truth and what works in marketing can coexist
• Why Brittany’s really in entrepreneurship

Find Brittany’s amazing Facebook videos at https://www.facebook.com/brittanybullenofficial/

You can also find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/brittanybullen/or on her website at https://brittanybullen.com/

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Jamie

This week I spent time with a designer, Metal Smith Educator and entrepreneur, Megan Auman, who has built a multifaceted business around her passion for art, commerce and visual content creation. Really that’s just a fancy way of saying that she's obsessed with Instagram and Pinterest. In addition to running her eponymous jewelry line, you'll find you're helping artists and makers grow their profit through her online mentorship program, artists and profit makers.

This episode is for those who want to create an incredible art and beauty in the world. You’ll find that Megan is straight up with her advice, which I find incredibly helpful as I even talk about my own interest in having a physical product business.

Some of my favorite takeaways include…

• What Megan’s take on Etsy really is
• What the biggest challenge is with selling physical products online
• What common advice makers are listening to that is actually hurting their business
• What steps artists or makers could start doing in order to have more effective marketing

Find more of Megan’s teachings in her classes at https://www.meganauman.com/classes-workshops/

You can find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/meganauman/ or on her website at https://www.meganauman.com/

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Jamie

This week I spent time with an award-winning speaker, podcast host and CEO of Author Media, Thomas Umstattd, who teaches creative people all over the world how to grow famous and rich. I mean who doesn’t want to be famous and rich? There are 5,000 reasons why I’m excited to have Thomas on the show - one of which he is wildly entertaining and another is he’s a wealth of knowledge when it comes to crowdfunding.

This episode is going to give your hands cramps from all the knowledge bombs being dropped. I’m so incredibly grateful for Thomas sharing so much with us!

Some of my favorite takeaways include…

• How many ways you can use crowdfunding for your projects
• Understanding the difference between failure and intentionally failing
• How to find the type of customer that defends you
• The best products and services to crowdfund

Find Thomas’s podcast that dives deeper into crowdfunding for creatives at https://creativefunding.show/

You can find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/thomasumstattd or on his website at https://www.thomasumstattd.com/

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Jamie

This week I got to soak up some systems brilliance with Natasha Vorompiova, the founder of Systems Rock, where she helps her clients break through the capacity ceiling and breathe the oxygen back into their business so they feel comfortable and safe to continue to grow. Her specialty is streamlining and supercharging her client's information systems so that they can finally take full advantage of the data and information they have.

I was so in awe of Natasha as she walked me through the 3 critical steps to create sustainable growth. We even talk about the Kolbe assessment and how it pertains to creating systems. This episode takes a cool turn talking about how applying systems can actually be a very creative process!

• What five areas Natasha looks at inside a creative's business to find the gaps and holes
• The biggest mistakes creatives are making when they are trying to grow their business rapidly or launch a new marketing system
• Why you must start with simplifying your current systems can triple your client capacity
• How Natasha figured out that systems were where her creative juices flew the best

Discover Natasha's breakdown of the 3 critical steps to sustainable growth on the way to your dream business at https://www.systemsrock.com

You can find her on Instagram at @natasha.vorompiova or on her website at https://www.systemsrock.com 

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Jamie

This week I had the honor of sitting down with Joana Galvao, the co-founder of Gif Design Studios, an award-winning design agency specialized in brand identities and conversion-obsessed design. Based in Porto, Portugal, with a team of 10 designers and developers, Gif Design Studios offers the full range of print and digital design services to industry leaders in seventeen countries on five continents.

I always allow these podcast interviews to flow naturally, and this conversation flowed straight to a topic that Joana knows very well -- creativity. This episode is packed with insights on harnessing your creativity and applying it to every aspect of your life and business.

• How several moments in high school helped to shape Joana's career path, including her discovery of graphic design and the true meaning of creativity. 

• Joana's secret to boosting creativity and not waiting for inspiration to strike before you do the work.

• Her tips for putting her teams into "idea generation mode", and the different techniques she uses for managing her team.

• How Joana uses humor and her love of acting to handle running a business with her partner.

Check out Joana's guide on how to create websites that position you in the top 1% of your business at https://www.gifdesignstudios.com/thedigital1/

You can find her on Instagram at @joanagalvaodesign or on her website at https://www.gifdesignstudios.com

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Jamie

YOU GUYS. This week’s episode with Jessica Manuszak is so full of juicy tidbits, I can’t even pick my favorite one.

Seriously. It’ll make you laugh. It’ll make you cry. And it’ll inspire your to show up as your weird, authentic self in every aspect of your life and business.

Jess is a conversion copywriter who has worked for big brands like Levi’s, Dove Chocolates, and Nike, and is one of the most creative people that I know. Our interview took a few unexpected twists and turns that made this one of the most raw and candid episodes to date.

We cover a wide range of topics, including…

• Why vulnerability and authenticity are so powerful in telling the story of your life and business
• The idea of “coming home to yourself” and what “home” really means, especially for creatives who travel often
• The importance of giving ourselves permission to be “messy” when no one is looking, and even maybe when they are
• How communication and boundaries can make a huge difference for creatives working on their own mental health.

Hang out with Jess on Instagram at @jessmanuszak, or on her website at http://www.verveandvigour.com

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Jamie

In this solo episode, I’m jamming about a subject that is near and dear to my heart:

BRAND IDENTITY

I really wanted to do an episode about this, because MANY people who work with me to get zero’d in on their messaging and story as a brand, or to increase their ability to create balance and truly THRIVE as a creative making money -- struggle with this.

Specifically, they struggle with understanding what about themselves is interesting, valuable, and unique enough to become a brand that garners the success that they are after.

It’s easy to look at brands that really nail it -- like Apple, or Nike… and think you have to be like them. But that’s not always the whole truth. When you’re a small business, online or off, what’s important is that your brand has two components.

1. It needs to be PERSONAL. (so, why does a human being CARE about this?)
   
   
2. And… it needs to be UNIVERSAL. (so, far reaching)

Don't worry -- in the episode I share some questions you can ask yourself to make sure you're on the right track.

After you listen to this week’s episode, head over to the Creatives Making Money Facebook Group to continue the conversation and share your insights!

Create like you mean it,
Jamie

HAPPY FREAKIN’ NEW YEAR Y’ALL!

This week, Erin Lindstrom and I teamed up AGAIN to bring you our best practices for mapping out (and getting) what you MOST want from your year.

Some of my favorite takeaways: 

• Getting clear on your expansive vision instead of focusing solely on the “how”
• BEST questions to ask yourself to “debrief” your year
• Why starting with a GRATITUDE list is the best way to begin this exercise
• How to get clear on your “new needs” for the new year
• The importance of SHARING in a group and a safe space
• Picking a WORD for the year
• Making a LIST of things you’re inviting in

My favorite question to ask in review is always “What surprised you?”

We talked all about the PLANNERS and what we use (and don’t).

Apparently we’re both in a BLANK JOURNAL phase right now.

Annnd… The Desire Map came up again! (You can check it out here: http://www.daniellelaporte.com/thedesiremap/)

As did this awesome book Life Letters that my beautiful friend Alyshia wrote.

Some GOOD questions to think about:

• How do you want to feel this year?
• What’s your word for the year?
• What are you creating in 2019?

Share in the Creatives Making Money group if you’re feeling BRAVE today!

Finally, we’d love to meet you IRL if you’re a female creative or entrepreneur near the Los Angeles area (or keen to travel) as Erin is hosting a Shiny Bitches event (details here: erinlindstrom.com/join) with ME.

It’s only $197 for the WHOLE day and will be a magical way to start creating your BEST 2019 yet.

Create like you mean it,
Jamie