38 episodes

Design and Shine will bring you conversations about the creative design process, being a successful creative entrepreneur, stepping into the mindset of a successful designer and all things pattern design.
Hosted by Rachelle Holowko who is a surface pattern designer, artist, educator and leader of a beautiful global community of designers and creatives.

Design and Shine Rachelle Holowko

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    • 5.0 • 7 Ratings

Design and Shine will bring you conversations about the creative design process, being a successful creative entrepreneur, stepping into the mindset of a successful designer and all things pattern design.
Hosted by Rachelle Holowko who is a surface pattern designer, artist, educator and leader of a beautiful global community of designers and creatives.

    Social Media Captions For Pattern Designers

    Social Media Captions For Pattern Designers

    In this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I welcome back Christine Rice, who is a social media manager for online businesses and she also runs a fantastic small Facebook group called marketing for creative and unconventional women.
    Christine and I talk all about a hot topic that I know a lot of surface pattern designers have trouble with and that is writing captions for your social media posts.
    We cover:
    branding and why it's much more than just the fonts and colours you use how to get write engaging captions  using content pillars with your copywriting  tips for structuring successful captions creating something relatable and interesting that also connects with the audience you're writing for using storytelling to engage with your audience Plus much more!
    Click here if you would like to join Christine’s free Facebook group community

    • 26 min
    The importance of an email list for surface pattern designers

    The importance of an email list for surface pattern designers

    In this episode of Design and Shine, we are going to be talking about something that is important to think about doing as you’re growing your surface pattern design business and that is creating an email list.


    Learn what one is, why you need one and whether it’s something you should consider creating.

    • 8 min
    Questions to ask yourself if your pattern designs aren't selling

    Questions to ask yourself if your pattern designs aren't selling

    On this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, we are going to be talking about some things to think about if you are not selling your designs.
    So if you’ve been working hard, you’ve been creating lots of designs and then you hear crickets then I want to give you a few things for you to ask yourself and consider.

    • 9 min
    How to use Instagram for surface pattern designers

    How to use Instagram for surface pattern designers

    In this episode of the Design and Shine podcast, I talk to Christine Rice, who is a social media manager for online businesses and she also runs a fantastic small Facebook group called marketing for creative and unconventional women. Christine and I talk all about Instagram for surface pattern designers and dive into: how to grow your audience how to get more engagement best ways to use Instagram to promote your designs and your pattern design business tips for creating video content how many times to post and which types of posts Plus much more! Click here if you would like to join Christine’s free Facebook group community

    • 18 min
    Creating work life balance for surface pattern designers

    Creating work life balance for surface pattern designers

    In this episode of Design and Shine, we are going to talk about something a little different and that is trying to create work-life balance.
    Something I get asked a lot is how I manage to juggle work with family life and everything else in between so I'm going to give you a few tips that help me stay balanced and on track.
     
     

    • 8 min
    Setting Goals for Surface Pattern Designers

    Setting Goals for Surface Pattern Designers

    In this episode of Design and Shine, we talk about setting goals because it’s a really great way of keeping you on track and moving forwards so you achieve the results you want. 
    We'll look at setting goals in 2 major areas so you can take the right steps towards your success.

    • 11 min

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