Freedom Friendly Business

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In this episode I’m chatting with brand designer, Margie Jansen from Everyday Artefacts all about how to find your seasonal brand personality to help you create a visual identity that reflects your values and purpose.

Margie’s approach to branding uses a combination of practical design theory and intuitive thinking, which results in branding that you can find joy in and feel at home with. That’s exactly what we’re talking about in today’s episode, finding the right seasonal brand personality for your business and building your visual identity out from there.

Full show notes at: https://www.josephinebrooks.co.uk/podcast 

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This episode is a really honest chat with copywriter and photographer Anna Considine about intentional living and using your experience with mental health struggles as a catalyst for a positive change in your lifestyle.

In 2016, Anna started to experience symptoms of psychosis which was the start of quite a journey with her mental health. As a result of this experience, intentional living became even more important to Anna, as a way of creating the business and lifestyle that supports her mental health.

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Becky started her business as a side-hustle after making some candles with her daughter and falling in love with the whole process. She’s recently taken her side-hustle full-time (hooray)! Today we’re chatting about how to find a routine and manage your time once you take your side-hustle full time and are faced with this unusual expanse of time for working on your business.

We talk about managing your time effectively once you take your side-hustle full-time, how creating some artificial deadline can help to keep you motivated and how to hit the balance between working on your business and working in it. We also cover giving yourself permission to slow down and throw the 9-5 rulebook out of the window.

Sas Petherick knows pretty much all there is to know when it comes to self-doubt. It’s something that raises it’s head relentlessly when you’re building a business. In this episode Sas and I chat about self-doubt, what it is, how it shows up and how you can start to get it under control so that to stops holding you back from getting your magic out there into the world.

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And find the full show notes at: https://www.josephinebrooks.co.uk/podcast 

Full show notes over at: https://www.josephinebrooks.co.uk/podcast 

You can also follow Josephine over on Instagram @josephinepbrooks

Last week I hosted Folksy’s twitter chat to answer people’s questions about planning. It turns out there are a hell of a lot of questions people had around planning and we had no where near enough time to get through them all, so I put an ask out on my Instagram for any m ore questions people had and answered them here in a side-business planning Q&A.

Full show notes at www.josephinebrooks.co.uk/podcast

You can follow me on Instagram here: @josephinepbrooks

Today’s mentoring episode of the podcast is with artist, maker and tutor, Abby Monroe. Abby’s had to deal with a series of curve balls over the last few years which has altered her perspective on business and was she really wants to do. As a result she’s working through quite a transitional period in her business which has thrown up a few challenges.

We chat about how to prioritise projects and pick which ideas to focus on as well as how to divide up your time between the different areas of your business and make time for creativity.

On The Make - a podcast for creative side-hustlers. Hosted by Josephine Brooks

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Episode 33 - A first for On The Make, I’ve got two guests on the line this week to talk about where to start with figuring out who your target audience are and how to speak to them. This is something that can seem really daunting when you’re just starting out or launching a product to a new audience group but it really doesn't need to be a painful process, as Helen and Lauren explain in this episode.

Knowing and understanding you audience is one of the foundation building blocks in building a business, and once you’ve nailed it, it makes everything easier, from deciding what to talk about on social media, deciding what product to launch next or deciding which magazines or blogs you want you business to appear in.

Full show notes at:https://www.josephinebrooks.co.uk/podcast 

If, like me, you’re not a natural designer or you’re struggling to know where to start with creating visual branding for your side-hustle this episode of On The Make is a good place to start. Cat seriously knows her stuff when it comes to branding and also web design. In this episode we discuss how you can be your own designer and Cat shares a whole load of tips on where to start with creating your visual branding.

We also talk about web design and creating a user-friendly website as well as some common mistakes Cat often sees on people’s websites that can easily be fixed.

Full show notes at: https://www.josephinebrooks.co.uk/podcast

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On the Make Episode 31 - Creating a Multifaceted Career & staying productive as a side-hustler with Supal Desai

I really enjoyed this chat with Supal, largely because we geeked out over productivity tools, morning routines and making time for the stuff that’s most important. In this episode Supal shares how she’s created a multifaceted career focussed around her multiple interests and how she makes the time for all-of-the-things going on in her life.

Full show notes at: https://www.josephinebrooks.co.uk/podcast 

Come and chat with Supal @chevronseclairs and I @josephinepbrooks over on Instagram

Full show notes at: https://www.josephinebrooks.co.uk/podcast 

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Vanessa’s been hosting workshops and in-person events at the Beautiful Oak Tree Barn in Somerset for a few years now. From her experience Vanessa’s noticed a whole load of additional, unexpected benefits of spending time in the company of like minded people. She points out that we’re all so good at seeing the greatness in others if not ourselves. In person events offer an opportunity to get a fresh perspective on our businesses and strengths as well make new and lasting connections with like-minded people.

In this episode Vanessa and I chat about the unexpected benefits to going along to in-person events (including for introverts) and how to seek out new events and connections with like-minded people.