Episode #14 – Kate Dewey from D and Co Studios

In this episode of the Network Connections podcast, Episode #14 - Kate Dewey from D and Co Studios allows us to have a glimpse into her creative world - and showed us why we should never give up on our dreams. Watch the Video Show Highlights Some of the highlights of this episode include:Kate studied Graphic Design and became an awesome Graphic Designer because she was absolutely passionate about design - she did that even though some of her teachers advised her against this career choice. She was initially employed at 2 local studios where she also learned a lot more about design and customer service and noticed opportunities to do things better.Her real passion for Graphic Design and Customer Service know-how made her confident in starting her own business.Kate's model is based on building very strong relationships with her customers, understanding their business, their goals and their ultimate dream.  From their she has a talent to turn all that into a visual representation of their brand.Kate is very driven towards having result, tangible result for her clients, not just pretty pictures. The pretty pictures are important but it’s more than that. It’s not just design for design’s sake. It has to deliver a message.The most valuable thing for Kate is for her client to be really happy that their needs are met and that the design work really represents who they are. Referral Round Answers Here are Kate's answers to the questions in our Referral round. Watch the interview to get the full scoop.Bread and Butter Referrals - Smaller but significant projects like business card design, new advertisement design, you might be presenting at the small business festival, you need promotional material, you might even need a banner to promote yourself or who you’re representing.Cream Referrals - Small to medium enterprises that have ongoing needs. So it would ongoing graphic designing month to month.Dream Referrals - The dream would be large business that has exactly the same need as the cream - we would be their enhanced team.  Reach Out You can reach out and thank Kate via email at [email protected] or meet her in person at our Thursday meetings at 10 am at the Wool Exchange Entertainment Complex in Geelong. Links D and Co Studio WebsiteEmail: [email protected]: 0411 261 815 Full Transcript Click to Read Jürgen:             Hi. I’m Jurgen Strauss from Innovabiz and welcome to this episode of the Network Connections Podcast. And today it’s my great privilege to have with me Kate Dewey from D and Co Studios. And I’m a bit nervous today because this is quite different where, it’s the first time I’m doing a podcast live with the guest in the studio.Kate:                Physically side by side.Jürgen:             So you’re the first Kate.Kate:                Yey! I like being first.Jürgen:             So, I’d just like to know and let everyone know that we’d love to have you come and visit our chapter and meet Kate and meet all the other wonderful business owners that we have in our network because there’s a lot of professionals in that network that are dedicated to help one another grow their business. And also to help elevate the reputation of each of their industries as well. So, professionals and really lovely people in their own right just like Kate here. So now, Kate, it’s great to see you on the screen.Kate:                And in person.Jürgen:             And they hear you of course and we’d like our audience to find out a little bit more about you.Kate:                Sure. Fantastic.Jürgen:             So, tell us a little bit then about D and Co Studios.Kate:                Okay. So D and Co Studio, we are a graphic design studio that is situated in Geelong. I’ve been technically in this business for eight months. However, I’ve had a previous business which was live for five years so I’m no stranger to business. And we are really invested in working locally as well as nationally and internationally with our cli...