The Uncool Designer

Everyone feels like an imposter at some stage during their career and today Anna talks about…

• How to focus on what’s important in your design business
• The moment I stopped feeling like an imposter
• The power of having someone who believes in you
• Slowly pushing yourself out of your comfort zone
• Feeding your confidence needs to become a daily ritual
• Confidence is the key ingredient to a successful business
• Mindset mantras to build confidence
• What you & Beyonce have in common

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In this episode Anna answers all of your burning questions!

• How to best manage your time each day
• Saying NO to a client
• Positioning your business in the marketplace
• Marketing your design business so it gets seen
• Working a full time job & starting a design biz

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In this episode Anna chats to Erika Cramer about taking a bold stand for women owning their throne & reclaiming their confidence.
After overcoming a life full of trauma, physical and sexual abuse, near-death experiences, breaking her back and being widowed, Erika Cramer found herself drowning in pain and sadness trying to numb everything she had been through. These life changing experiences finally lead her to life coaching where she went on a deep path to personal growth and healing. As a confidence coach she is here to guide women to living a life where they seek progress, not perfection.

We discuss:

• the power of storytelling in your business to create connection & authenticity
• how to figure out what story you can share with your audience
• letting go of what other people think
• overcoming the fear of failing and not feeling good enough your design business

Linkshttps://www.thequeenofconfidence.com/Annas personal story - http://www.theuncooldesigner.com/episode-11/

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In this episode Anna is joined by 4 other graphic designers who share their experience as designer boss-ladies and reveal their tipping point for success.

• The hard issues facing designers today: lack of confidence, difficult clients, working for no money.
• The deep inner work you need to do before you can succeed
• Taking the step to invest in yourself & your future and getting clear on your worth, boundaries & niche.
• How to get to a point where you are running a business you love, working with clients who have no changes & making more money!

Linkswww.designbizbootcamp.com

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In this episode Anna’s discusses….

• How I serve my audience
• When my life fell apart
• How I chose to succeed despite the heartache
• The 5 ways I worked smart in my design biz
• The power of women
• Deciding not to fail

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In this episode we discuss:

• Why you need to set clear boundaries in your design business
• How to remember you are the boss
• Why you need a price list for your services
• The 5 things you can do in your business today to create clear boundaries in your business

Links mentioned in this episode:Price list template – http://annadower.com/sales-kit-template-for-designers/Boundaries boss - http://annadower.com/2017/08/06/your-mini-guide-to-client-boundaries/

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In this episode we discuss:

• What is passive income
• Ideas for multiple income streams in your design biz
• How to come up with an idea for your offer
• The 3 x mistakes designers make when it comes to passive income

Links mentioned in this episode:Brand Audit blog post - http://annadower.com/2018/06/13/a-designer-that-does-more-than-just-design-tell-me-more-she-said/Passive income for designers - http://annadower.com/2018/09/06/how-to-create-a-recurring-revenue-fuelled-biz/

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Designer Jenna Hallett turns the tables and interviews Anna in this episode:

• The biggest design fails ever
• Juggling work/mum life
• How to not quit your biz
• Lessons from crappy clients
• How to intentionally create the biz of your dreams

Links mentioned in this episode:Jenna Rae Hallett –https://jennaraedesigns.com.au/Anna Dower –http://annadower.com/

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Creative entrepreneur & designer Sian Richardson joins me for a chat about:

• How she took the leap to start her own design biz
• Taking not shit from clients
• What makes design good
• Combining travel and designer entrepreneur life
• Deciding on her distinctive design style

Links mentioned in this episode:Good As Gold Studio - https://goodasgoldstudio.com/Sian Richardson - http://sianrichardson.co/Anna Dower Mentoring - http://annadower.com/graphicdesignmentor/

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Copywriter extraordinaire Cass Lane joins me to chat about how to effectively communicate your value on your website.
In this episode we discuss:

• Hooking your dream design clients with just one sentence
• The #1 big mistake graphic designers are making on their “services” page
• How to sell yourself as a design pro without coming across as sleazy or pushy
• Why you should make your prices available online

Links mentioned in this episode:Seven ways you are puzzling your web visitors blog: https://wildspirit.co/puzzling/Wild Spirit Co. https://wildspirit.co/Price list template: http://annadower.com/sales-kit-template-for-designers/Design Biz Bootcamp: http://designbizbootcamp.com/

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