For solo professionals who want to make more and work less without hiring.
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Freelance Web Designers Podcasts
Freelancing? Being boss of your own life and business can be tough and isolating. But it can also be totally rewarding. Pick up tips, advice and thoughts on how to make it as a freelancer, an entrepreneur, as the owner of your own business, by hearing other freelancers share their experience. Hosted by Steve Folland. Come join us in the Being Freelance Community - You're not alone being freelance. Not anymore. www.beingfreelance.com/community
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Offering tips, strategies and resources to help you start, run and grow your home-based graphic design and web design business so you can spend more time doing what you do best… Designing!
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The Web Design Business Podcast with host Josh Hall is here to help you build a web design business that allows you to have freedom and a lifestyle you love. As a web designer and web agency owner of over a decade, Josh knows the challenges, struggles and often painful lessons of building a web design business without any guidance, proven strategies or a mentor to help you along the way, which is why this show exists. Think of this podcast as your weekly dose of coaching, mentorship and guid ...
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Boagworld: UX, Design Leadership, Marketing & Conversion Optimization
Paul Boag, Marcus Lillington
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Boagworld: The podcast where digital best practices meets a terrible sense of humor! Join us for a relaxed chat about all things digital design. We dish out practical advice and industry insights, all wrapped up in friendly conversation. Whether you're looking to improve your user experience, boost your conversion or be a better design lead, we've got something for you. With over 400 episodes, we're like the cool grandads of web design podcasts – experienced, slightly inappropriate, but alwa ...
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Profitable Web Designer is the top podcast for women web designers who started their web design business for freedom and fulfillment—but somehow ended up overworked, underpaid, and wondering what went wrong. If you're a web designer who's tired of saying yes to underpaid web design projects, doubting your prices, or bending over backward to keep clients happy, you're not alone. Host Shannon Mattern shares the mindset shifts, business strategies, and behind-the-scenes stories web designers li ...
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Better Clients. More Money. A Happier Life.
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The Angry Designer Graphic Design, Freelancing, Branding & Creative Business Podcast
A Graphic Design Podcast that cuts through the industry bull to help frustrated Designers charge what they're worth and build rewarding creative careers
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The Angry Designer is an entertaining No-Bull unapologetic design podcast for Graphic Designers, Freelancers, and In-house Creative Pros ready to take their careers to the next level. Hosted by a Creative Director who built and sold a 7-figure Creative agency, this design podcast breaks down the business of design, branding, freelancing, logos, UX, strategy, AI, and more—without the industry fluff and pointless jargon. The Angry Designer tackles the topics other Graphic Design podcasts avoid ...
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At Freelancing Unfiltered, we're going to be tossing out the polished pitches and we're starting REAL conversations — with freelancers, entrepreneurs, and founders who are building bold businesses. This is NOT your average industry interview. We ask the kind of questions you wish someone would really ask — the ones that cut through the noise, crack open new insights, and make you feel seen and think deeply about you, your business, and your industry.
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Learn how to get graphic design clients, price your services confidently, and build a profitable design business that gives you freedom. You’re not meant to chase cheap clients or work nights just to stay afloat. Hosted by Kady Sandel, brand strategist, agency owner, and design business coach helping freelance, brand, and web designers build scalable, profitable businesses. You’ll learn how to: • Get graphic design clients and sell high-value offers • Build systems that simplify your design ...
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Design Life is a podcast about design and side projects for motivated creators. It was born after your hosts, two serial side project addicts, saw a gap in the podcast market for a conversational show about design and the issues young creatives face, that was hosted by two females. This show aims to tackle the big issues designers face like getting paid, overcoming a creative block or managing time, to name a few. We want to open up discussion about things we wish we heard people talk about ...
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We talk to real people who took the not-so-traditional route to make it as web design freelancers or business owners. Plenty of helpful tips and tricks along the way. If you’re looking to start a side hustle or just up your game as a web or UX designer, this podcast is for you.
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Freelancing and marketing nuggets for web designers, without the fluff. TheFreelancerPodcast.com
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Better: The Brand Designer Podcast, founded by Giselle Field of Wander Design Co. and Jen Davis, was founded on the belief that designers need community. We find that the branding world often feels secretive, competitive, and sometimes just plain old confusing. When we realized that our honest, soul-chat-level convos could potentially help other designers, we realized a podcast was only natural! Better: The Brand Designer Podcast was officially born. Giselle passed away during a climbing tri ...
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Web Pro Savvy is a podcast for freelance web designers and developers, hosted by Cathy Sirvatka. You'll hear interviews with experienced freelance web pros about their business operations, the services they offer, and the types of clients they work with. They openly share their stories and pull back the curtain on how they achieve success so that you can boost your own business. Cathy also shares her own experiences and insights that help other freelancers skip past the trials to achieve sat ...
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Post Status Draft, Excerpt, Comments, and Live provide the interviews, news digests, community discussions, and live shows that matter — for WordPress professionals.
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Design Domination helps freelance designers gain confidence, clarity and a competitive edge in a crowded marketplace. Adjust your mindset, become more business savvy and sharpen your creative skills, so you get more respect and command higher rates. If you're a logo designer, print designer or web designer looking to make a successful living freelancing, you will benefit from Colleen's real-world expertise in branding, publication design and layout, website design and design business. You'll ...
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For agencies and developers who want fewer WordPress headaches. Lee Matthew Jackson brings practical advice, real-world problem-solving conversations, and the occasional dad joke… all to help you build smarter, deliver faster, and enjoy the work again. PS: Troll-free zone. If you want a fight, go to X.
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Interviews with successful Webflow designers about their 3 biggest failures as creative entrepreneurs.
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Fragraphilia is the passion project of Jeff and Jane Dashley where they explore, express, and extrapolate as much as they can from the often mysterious and always magical world of perfume and fragrance. Focusing more on luxury and niche fragrances, Jeff and Jane discuss what they've been wearing each week, news and trending topics that has caught their attention, as well as any impending new release that has them excited to try. In the final segment, they will each pull three fragrances from ...
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Exploring the Business of Creative Independence.
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The Maverick Show: Remote Entrepreneurship and World Travel
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Meet diverse travelers and digital nomads from every continent who share their personal journey to location-independence as well as their reflections on identity, the power dynamics that shape our world, and how we can be more thoughtful, conscious travelers as we move through it. Hosted by Matt Bowles—your typical Irish-American hip hop DJ turned human rights activist turned location-independent entrepreneur turned minimalist world-traveler and podcaster—these in-depth conversations take pl ...
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Chris Barin, seasoned web & app designer, and certified Photoshop instructor talks about all things design related.
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Welcome to the "Successful Spiritualpreneur" Podcast, your ultimate guide for creating authentic success online as a spiritual entrepreneur. MISSION: To empower YOU to start, grow and scale their own online business, making money doing what you LOVE. Hosted by Christian Mauerer aka. Lovepixel, the "Successful Spiritualpreneur Podcast is the go-to show for spiritual entrepreneurs looking to launch, grow and scale their online business all while maintaining balance in their lives and falling i ...
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Fueled by Progress is about conversations that matter — with entrepreneurs, creators, and thinkers who are shaping the way we live and work. I’m Mark Szymanski, an entrepreneur and creator navigating the intersection of business, technology, and personal growth. Through candid discussions and thoughtful questions, I explore the strategies, mindsets, and philosophies that drive both success and fulfillment. While business and tech form the backbone of these conversations, we also dive into pe ...
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Help! My Websites Sucks is your bitesize guide to making web design easier. Hosted by freelance web designer and top cow at Two Cows Web (https://twocowsweb.co.uk) , Amy Gumbrell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-gumbrell/) . Each 15 minute episode will take one topic, break it down using easy to understand language and show you how it all fits together so that you can go away and make a website that works for you. I know that building a website can be tricky. There’s a lot of information out ...
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Welcome to Error Code: Coffee, a WEEKLY podcast, where we talk about web development, design, UX, life and much more! Error Code: Coffee is hosted by Gideon (gideonheilbron.nl) and Murtada (murtada.nl). Both experienced freelance web developers who like to talk about web dev, technology, media, life and more. Our goal is to inform and help people about various topics in an entertaining fashion. Do you have any questions or do you want to hire us? Contact us through Spotify or ...
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Online 🌐 With Amr The Internet Guy, Helping business owners become more successful online
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This is Online With Amr The Internet Guy! The show focuses on entrepreneurs and business owners to help them become more successful in conducting their business on the web without being stuck with Technology, getting a headache, pulling their hairs out, or buying expensive software. In this Show and Podcast, we will be sharing many tips and quick hacks to help you get ahead of your competition. Most of the episodes will be in an "interview" format with Industry leaders, Web experts and Entre ...
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Join Ashley Baxter and Paddy Donnelly on a journey to figure out how to create a business doing what you love. Is it possible to make a living from your hobby? On Working out, Ashley & Paddy discuss their own personal journeys in creating their passion-based business. This is about the expedition, the here and now, the daily challenges and achievements towards getting paid for your passion.
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Welcome to the Dare to Design podcast! I’m Karen, a designer at the start of her career. I began thinking, what's next? So, I started to network and reach out to graphic designers to learn more. This is where Dare to Design was born. Here I interview a variety of graphic designers currently in the industry, sharing how they navigated as newbies, where they are today, stories, and advice! Instagram – @daretodesign.podcast @alliswell.design Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/ ...
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Do you wish you were in control of your financial picture? Are you destined for more than the 9-to-5 grind? MMMW is here to help you see beyond your day job and build a successful web design business on your own terms. No matter what stage you’re at in your freelance journey, listen along for super valuable insights on launching, growing, and scaling a creative side hustle. Host Tom O’Malley shares proven strategies, tips & tricks that have earned him over $1 million building websites on nig ...
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Welcome to the Create to Convert Podcast, hosted by Yevgeniya Davarashvili (more commonly known as Gigi), designer, tech founder, mama, and business educator. This podcast is for creative entrepreneurs who want to up-level their business and turn it into a profitable + sustainable power machine. We'll cover topics like marketing strategies, money, pricing, growth mindset, project management, social media marketing, brand development and much more, so that you can take the overwhelm out of yo ...
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Live In The Feast is a seasonal podcast for developers and designers looking to discover their niche to build recurring revenue. So that they can live the life that they want and ultimately reach the goals of why they started their own business in the first place. Each season will be a theme specific to your business. And each episode features a guest who's been there before and achieved success. You'll get actionable takeaways for you to implement in your business immediately after each sho ...
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Application: The TYPO3 Community Podcast
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Jeffrey A. McGuire celebrates the TYPO3 community by sharing your stories, your projects, and the difference you make. Application is a narrative journey connecting developers, marketers, consultants, integrators, designers, and end-users with Jeffery’s signature conversational style. Meet the humans behind the technology.
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This podcast is by Inner Geek Designs a design studio in Charlotte NC. This podcast was made to help you with your career as a designer or creative. If you are looking for a source as a go to to answer all of your questions as a graphic designer, web designer, or creative. Well that is the goal of this podcast too give people the tools and answers that I did not have when I started off. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/innergeekdesigns/support
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Manchester based team of coders and strategists building awesome web products that unlock great digital power! On this channel we to talk to interesting people who work and operate in the same spaces as we do.
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Discussions about React, JavaScript, and web development by React experts with a focus on diving deep into learning React and discussing what it's like to work within the React industry.
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The Career Kickstart Show | Design Your Dream Career | Ready for Career Freedom?
Sami Gardner - Career Coach | Digital Nomad | Entrepreneur
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Your job doesn't have to be soul-sucking! Be inspired each and every week to dive into your new career with our stories, tips, and tricks. We'll help you go from just surviving to thriving on the job market. Your host, career coach & digital nomad, Sami Gardner, interviews unique guests, from career experts to people just like you who are designing a career and life on their own terms. Ready for career freedom? Kickstart YOUR authentic career at CareerKickstartAcademy.com.
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A podcast helping independent marketers how to build a leveraged and profitable practice. (This podcast was formerly named Mindshare Radio)
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Spilling on What Actually Matters in Web Design With Helen Olivia
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In this episode, Ada sits down with Squarespace designer + developer Helen Olivia to talk about: What happens when your website looks gorgeous… but your business is still suspiciously quiet. Helen breaks down the real reason beautiful sites don’t always work, how to build a website that actually supports your goals (not your Pinterest board), and w…
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408 - Running Your Design Business as a New Parent with Jay Clouse
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Jay Clouse is best known for two things: Being the founder of Creator Science, and being one of the most prominent thought-leaders in the content creator space Being the first 4x guest on the Web Design Business Podcast Jay and I connected early in his journey into the world of courses, coaching, podcasting, memberships and content creation and ove…
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366: Raising Global Citizens: Worldschooling, Ethical Travel & Family Life Across Continents with Courtney Orgias
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Learn about leaving the U.S. to become a digital nomad family—how to raise kids and build community all over the world. _____________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletterwhere I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you canconsume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest tra…
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Wendy Rose Williams: Near-Death Experiences, Past Life Healing & Soul Purpose | Ep69
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Wendy Rose Williams is a Past-Life Energy Healer. She helps people release the energy that no longer serves them, including chronic pain (both physical and emotional); anxiety; depression and stuck energy! Releasing this energy allows you to live a happier, healthier life - one that's filled with joy and purpose. Wendy had 2 Near-Death Experiences …
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Stephanie Hudson: Surviving a Coma, FocusWP & Why Every Freelancer Needs a Continuity Plan | Ep. 90
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⚡Want to build a business that actually works? My team at Motive11 can help—websites, systems, and strategy for modern entrepreneurs → https://motive11.com Stephanie Hudson shares her journey from freelance web developer to FocusWP founder, including how surviving a coma taught her the critical importance of business continuity planning that most s…
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Here We Are Talking About Death Bed Perfumes
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Hard charging towards the end of the year, we dive into our most worn perfumes of 2025 and then steer right into the macabre as we discuss our death bed fragrances. Like the memories that will pass before our eyes, we travel that journey through scents and perfumes. Also, as we still live and breathe, we talk about the scents we've been wearing lat…
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Why Authenticity Beats Virality Every Time With Vanessa Contreras
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In this episode, Ada sits down with Vanessa Contreras, founder of Avrios Media, to talk about: What happens when you chase algorithm tricks instead of understanding your actual audience. Vanessa breaks down why human behavior psychology beats every viral hack, how to turn engagement into actual revenue, and why the most successful creators focus on…
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From Corporate Burnout To Web Design Business Success with Amber Jones EP 171
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Increase your income without niching down, rebranding or adding more services or skills. Get our 90-Day Revenue Roadmap Training and find out how to go from undercharging and hustling to booking projects you love (at higher prices than you thought possible). Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/171 When you're ready, here are …
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My Design Agency Reflection: Lessons from 2025 and Changes for 2026 | 189
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This year changed everything. I had $40K profitable months, $20K plus design clients, and podcast sponsors that made 2025 my best year so far. But beyond the numbers, it gave me clarity. In this episode, I share what worked, what I am changing inside my design agency, and how I am expanding my personal brand in 2026. Whether you are a freelance des…
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Why Using "I" Instead of "We" Can Transform Your Design Business - RD355
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Welcome to Resourceful Designer! I'm Mark, and today I want to share something fascinating that can make a real difference in how you communicate with your design clients. Did you know that the pronoun you use, choosing "I" instead of "we", can actually impact whether or not a client hires you? Most of us, especially solopreneurs, try to sound bigg…
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How Fake Work Destroys Graphic Design Productivity and Time Management
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Graphic designers are not running out of time. They’re wasting it. Every day, creatives lose hours to micro distractions, fake busyness, and “death by a thousand pings.” And the worst part? Most designers don’t even realize it’s happening. This isn’t a productivity problem. It’s an industry delusion that is quietly destroying your work. Most design…
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S12 E17: Jen’s 2025 Business Recap: 22 Lessons Learned
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In this solo episode, I'm recapping my 2025 business year and answering some questions about what worked, lessons learned, and things I'm leaving behind in 2025 and what I am taking into 2026. Mentions in Episode: My Bookkeeper: Balanced Roots Bookkeeping / @balacnedrootsbookkeeping Brand Shoot: Lynette Ortiz Photography / @lynetteortiz.photo Shopi…
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407 - How This SEO Agency is Implementing AI SEO with Lindsay Halsey
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There are a lot of ongoing changes happening with SEO and how user behavior is changing with AI. It’s hard enough to keep up with as a web designer…I can’t imagine as a client! But someone who’s doing a great job keeping their SEO clients in-the-know and updated every step of the way is Lindsay Halsey, co-founder of SEO agency webshine.com She shar…
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365: Inside Black Rio, Brazilian Favelas & Quilombos — and How Nicole Phillip Built 350K Followers in 2 Years
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Hear award-winning travel creator Nicole Phillip share stories of immersing in Afro-Brazilian history, music and culture. _____________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletterwhere I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you canconsume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest t…
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Ora Nadrich: Mindfulness Mastery, The Says Who Method & Conscious Living | Ep68
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Ora Nadrich is a pioneering Mindfulness expert, international keynote speaker, coach, and the founder and president of the Institute for Transformational Thinking. New York Times bestselling author, Marianne Williamson, has said, “When she speaks, I listen; when she writes, I read it; when she gives advice, I heed it.” Ora is a sought-after expert …
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397 - Your passion can make it pay - Davinder Singh Kainth
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Finding it a slog to market your business, plugin or theme? You might be missing the secret ingredient... Passion. In today's episode I chat with my good pal Davinder where he unpacks his experience of creating content focused on WordPress and how it naturally grew into a profitable business model that pays well, allows him to do what he loves and …
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396 - Does AI help or hinder - Lee Matthew Jackson
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AI streamlines your processes and makes you more productive right? I learned the hard way that it can seriously affect the quality of my output, my happiness and my reach! In this episode I share how AI nearly led to me completely shutting this podcast down, and how my relationship with AI is evolving and changing for the better. No hate toward it …
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Increase your income without niching down, rebranding or adding more services or skills. Get our 90-Day Revenue Roadmap Training and find out how to go from undercharging and hustling to booking projects you love (at higher prices than you thought possible). Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/170 When you're ready, here are …
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395 - When your hobby becomes your job - Lee Matthew Jackson
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You know that thing you love doing that lights you up? What happens when it becomes your job and you feel completely overwhelmed by it? In this episode I share how Trailblazer FM once fulfilled me, then became a burden. How trying to monetise a hobby robbed me of the joy of creation, and led me to burnout, to the extent I felt I had no choice but t…
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Dr. J.J. Peterson - Finding the Balance Between Badass and Softie
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Professor-in-residence at StoryBrand and host of the new podcast Badass Softie, Dr. J.J. Peterson, joined me on Ditching Hourly to discuss how to strike a balance between authority and empathy. And be sure to stick around to the end to hear J.J.'s take on AI's impact on professional services and how to avoid creating ‘louder garbage’ :-) Chapters (…
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How to Audit Your Design Business Before the New Year | EP 188
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Most design business owners plan for the new year without actually reviewing the one they just had. And that’s a mistake. In this episode, I walk you through how to audit your design business before the new year so you can make smarter, more confident decisions that actually move you forward. Whether you’re a freelance designer, brand and web desig…
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10 Things to Consider Before Raising Your Prices - RD354
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Hey there, design friends! Welcome to Resourceful Designer, your go-to podcast for running a successful design business. Today, I'm diving into one of the most nerve-wracking yet crucial decisions every designer faces: when and how to raise your prices. I know just how tough it can be; I've been there myself, wrestling with doubts and worries about…
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S12 E16: Agency vs. Courses vs. Live Programs: How to Choose the Best Path to Scale Your Online Design Business with Shay Brown
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In this week’s episode, Shay, the COO of Bucketlist Bombshells, joins me to discuss scalable business models for brand and web designers. We talk about the challenges designers face, such as revenue plateaus and burnout, and provide actionable insights on transitioning to more sustainable models, as well as the importance of defining a niche, raisi…
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Logo Design Trends Are Distracting Graphic Designers From Real Problems & Opportunities
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Every year designers obsess over the same recycled “Logo Design Trends” and every year companies panic, rebrand, and burn piles of money trying to look relevant. Here’s the truth no trend report will ever tell you. Trends aren’t the future of logo design. They’re a giant red flag that a brand is confused, inconsistent, or unwilling to fix the real …
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Spencer Forman: Identity, Money, and the State of WordPress Today | Ep. 89
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⚡Want to build a business that actually works? My team at Motive11 can help—websites, systems, and strategy for modern entrepreneurs → https://motive11.com A deep, raw conversation with Spencer Forman about the real state of WordPress, the entrepreneurial mindset, the cycles of reinvention, and how to build a life and business that actually makes s…
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406 - Client Retention Q&A + my Black Friday Deals
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I’m sharing the replay of my recent Live Q&A session where we dug into all things client retention, communication, and keeping your web design business running smoothly… even when outages hit or the unexpected happens. You’ll hear me break down some of the same strategies I taught at the recent Circle Summit — including how to set boundaries, creat…
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Graphic Designer & Illustrator Itzel Islas
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From an overworked designer posting “a visual diary” on Instagram to running a multi-stream creative business, Itzel Islas has built a freelance life entirely on her own terms. After almost a decade in apparel design, she started illustrating for fun - and quickly realised people loved her colourful, playful style. “Little by little I started creat…
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364: Cycling Around the World in 5 Years on 3 Euros a Day with Pablo Mandado
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Hear stories and life-lessons from circumnavigating the planet on a bicycle while living on 3 Euros a day for 5 years. _____________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletter where I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you can consume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest tr…
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On My New AI Agent Builds and Why I'm Delving into This Space!
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Today we’re talking identity crises, stagnancy, originality, and why the online business world feels… weird right now. But more importantly — how creators, freelancers, and service providers can actually thrive through it. We’re breaking down: • Why the creator economy isn’t dying — it’s evolving • How AI “slop,” generic offers, and passive-income …
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Kim Krause Schwalm: Copywriting Mastery, Authentic Marketing & Freelance Freedom | Ep67
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Kim Krause Schwalm is a distinguished direct response copywriter and marketing strategist with over two decades of experience. She began her career in the corporate world, holding various marketing positions, including Brand Manager and Publisher, before launching and growing the Healthy Directions supplement business to over $23 million in sales w…
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Future-Proof Your Web Design Business with Payton Clark Smith of PaitPro EP 169
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Increase your income without niching down, rebranding or adding more services or skills. Get our 90-Day Revenue Roadmap Training and find out how to go from undercharging and hustling to booking projects you love (at higher prices than you thought possible). Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/169 When you're ready, here are …
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E-commerce UX Secrets: What 200,000 Hours of Research Reveals About Conversion
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If you run an e-commerce site or work on digital products, this conversation is packed with research-backed insights that could transform your conversion rates. Apps of the Week Before we get into our main discussion, we want to highlight a couple of tools that caught our attention recently. UX-Ray 2.0 We talked about this last week, but it deserve…
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Shachar Meir - How To Go Solo After 20 Years In Corporate (And What To Expect)
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Solo data advisor Shachar Meir (ex-Meta, ex-PayPal) joined me on Ditching hourly to share the details of his transition from being a manager in massive corporate environments to becoming a successful solo consultant. Chapters (00:00) - Introduction and Guest Welcome (01:05) - Shachar's Professional Background (03:47) - Transition to Solo Entreprene…
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Why Designers Struggle to Raise Their Rates | EP 187
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Most freelance designers know they should be charging more but struggle to actually raise their rates. In this episode, I am breaking down why that happens and what you can do to change it. It is not your portfolio, your market, or the economy. It is your mindset. I will show you how to shift your thinking around money, attract high-value clients, …
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Networking for Introverted Designers - RD353
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Welcome to Resourceful Designer! I'm Mark Des Cotes, and in today's episode, I'm diving into something that hits home for so many of us: networking as an introverted designer. Did you know that over 85% of designers are introverts? Yet, building a thriving design business still relies heavily on forging professional relationships, which can feel li…
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The REAL Reason Canva Made Affinity Free For Designers
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Affinity didn’t "just" go free. Canva, the same company that spent years devaluing graphic design and turning templates into “creativity,” just handed every designer on the planet a professional tool for zero dollars. And designers are cheering like this is a victory. But this move is bigger, deeper, and way more dangerous than anyone wants to admi…
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S12 E15: Branding Bestie Chit Chat: How to Trade Your Design Services with Lauren Braier
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This week, we are back with another branding bestie episode with my design bestie, Lauren. We chat about the benefits and strategies of trading design services, how Lauren recently did trades with vendors for her wedding, and some past and current trades we’ve both done. We also talk about the importance of choosing the right trade partners, times …
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405 - Making your Website a 24/7 Sales Engine with Conversion Expert Greg Merrilees
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What better time to learn about the latest (and time-tested) trends for website conversion than heading into Black Friday, Holiday’s and New Year – and that’s what we’re getting into with Greg Merrilees, who literally wrote the book on website conversion with Next Level Website Design. We’re getting into all the nerdy, nitty-gritty and specific con…
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363: How to Use Points & Miles to Visit Private Islands, Stay in Overwater Bungalows & Arrive by Seaplane in Bora Bora, the Maldives and the Seychelles with Chew from ChewsToExplore
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Learn how to get over-the-top luxury bucket list experiences for free that usually cost thousands of dollars per night. _____________________________ Subscribe to The Maverick Show’s Monday Minute Newsletterwhere I email you 3 short items of value to start each week that you canconsume in 60 seconds (all personal recommendations like the latest tra…
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Roger Burnley: Channeling Wilhelm, Overcoming Fear & Humanity’s Spiritual Awakening | Ep66
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Roger Burnley is a spiritual teacher, life coach, and channel for Wilhelm—a collective intelligence he has received messages from for over thirty-six years. Through this guidance, Roger developed Your Last Development Program, a verified system for personal transformation that helps individuals achieve alignment, purpose, and self-acceptance. His w…
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After almost a month break, government shutdowns, Halloween, and whole mess of other things, we're back and ready to talk perfumes (and apparently candles). We discuss the new release from Maison d'ETTO and they're wonderfully milky collaboration with Rodrigo Flores-Roux. We continue to Stan for Perfumer H, both perfumes and candles, and discuss a …
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Confident Pricing & Overcoming Mind Trash with Jen Davis of Better: The Brand Designer Podcast EP 168
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Increase your income without niching down, rebranding or adding more services or skills. Get our 90-Day Revenue Roadmap Training and find out how to go from undercharging and hustling to booking projects you love (at higher prices than you thought possible). Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/168 When you're ready, here are …
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How to Start Planning for 2026 as a Freelance Designer | EP 186
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Most freelance designers start every new year by setting goals. But without reflection, those goals mean nothing. In this episode, I share exactly how I plan for the new year as a design business owner and how you can create your 2026 plan with intention. We’ll talk about raising prices, refining offers, simplifying systems, and setting goals that …
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5 Mistakes That Can Damage Your Design Career - RD352
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Welcome back to Resourceful Designer! I'm Mark Des Cotes, and today I want to open up about five major mistakes that can seriously damage your design career; mistakes I've witnessed and, yes, even fallen into myself. Through my own experiences, from the pitfalls of handshake agreements to the lessons I've learned the hard way, I'll give you practic…
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