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How to Get Your Design Pricing Right
For Designers Cassie Kelly 06/09/2021 For Designers Cassie Kelly 06/09/2021

How to Get Your Design Pricing Right

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Building a Design Portfolio That Attracts Dream Clients
For Designers Cassie Kelly 23/08/2021 For Designers Cassie Kelly 23/08/2021

Building a Design Portfolio That Attracts Dream Clients

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Dream Clients vs Your Business Niche
Cassie Kelly 10/08/2021 Cassie Kelly 10/08/2021

Dream Clients vs Your Business Niche

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Do You Know Who Your Dream Clients Are?
For Designers Cassie Kelly 09/08/2021 For Designers Cassie Kelly 09/08/2021

Do You Know Who Your Dream Clients Are?

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How to Use a Brand Mood Board
Branding Cassie Kelly 19/05/2021 Branding Cassie Kelly 19/05/2021

How to Use a Brand Mood Board

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How to Find Design Clients (The Practical Side)
Cassie Kelly 08/05/2021 Cassie Kelly 08/05/2021

How to Find Design Clients (The Practical Side)

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Planning For An Extended Business Break
Cassie Kelly 13/04/2021 Cassie Kelly 13/04/2021

Planning For An Extended Business Break

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Niching Your Design Business Into A Specific Industry
Cassie Kelly 30/03/2021 Cassie Kelly 30/03/2021

Niching Your Design Business Into A Specific Industry

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Additional Income Stream For Designers
Cassie Kelly 30/03/2021 Cassie Kelly 30/03/2021

Additional Income Stream For Designers

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Common Design Client Problems (And How To Avoid Them!)
Cassie Kelly 09/03/2021 Cassie Kelly 09/03/2021

Common Design Client Problems (And How To Avoid Them!)

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Five Things to Help You Raise Your Design Rates
For Designers Cassie Kelly 04/03/2021 For Designers Cassie Kelly 04/03/2021

Five Things to Help You Raise Your Design Rates

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How To Make Sales Calls Less Scary
Cassie Kelly 02/03/2021 Cassie Kelly 02/03/2021

How To Make Sales Calls Less Scary

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Booking Out Your Design Projects in Advance
Cassie Kelly 23/02/2021 Cassie Kelly 23/02/2021

Booking Out Your Design Projects in Advance

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How to Collaborate with a Web Developer w/Holly Price
Cassie Kelly 16/02/2021 Cassie Kelly 16/02/2021

How to Collaborate with a Web Developer w/Holly Price

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Setting Achievable Goals Which Don’t Overwhelm You
Cassie Kelly 09/02/2021 Cassie Kelly 09/02/2021

Setting Achievable Goals Which Don’t Overwhelm You

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My Five Favourite Business Organisation Tools
Cassie Kelly 08/12/2020 Cassie Kelly 08/12/2020

My Five Favourite Business Organisation Tools

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How to Find Design Clients (The Creative Side)
For Designers Cassie Kelly 24/04/2019 For Designers Cassie Kelly 24/04/2019

How to Find Design Clients (The Creative Side)

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How Good Design Can Get You Clients
For Designers, Business Cassie Kelly 17/04/2019 For Designers, Business Cassie Kelly 17/04/2019

How Good Design Can Get You Clients

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How I Made Five Figures In A Month (And Why You Should Ignore Me)
Cassie Kelly 17/10/2018 Cassie Kelly 17/10/2018

How I Made Five Figures In A Month (And Why You Should Ignore Me)

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5 Things I Did Which Changed My Business For The Better
Business Cassie Kelly 21/02/2018 Business Cassie Kelly 21/02/2018

5 Things I Did Which Changed My Business For The Better

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I have a little theory about the feast and famine cycle in creative businesses… πŸ‘€

We're not just falling into the quiet patches. We're accidentally making them necessary for our business to move.

Because when you're so booked and busy with
This mentor/designer has been cooking up ideas and what creative has ever been able to say no when a new idea pops into our head πŸ˜…πŸ‘€

I’ve been working away behind the scenes on something I’ve wanted to create for my BNB pals for SO long
2016 Cat walked (or collapsed 🀷‍♀️) so 2026 Cat could work 20-hour weeks πŸ₯²

Turns out being booked up wasn’t the problem… being booked up with no regard for my own capacity was πŸ˜‚

A few questionable choices were made. Many late ni
And it turns out the most annoying thing about realising it’s not you - it’s the business - is remembering that you are technically the person in charge of said business 😬

It's giving “And who set that system up?” πŸ‘€

BUT I

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