46 episodes

The Brand Designer's Podcast Diary: self-taught brand designer Alyssa Nguyen (of @atnndesign studio) shares advice and tips for fellow creatives, freelancers, and business owners along with honest experiences to help you learn from her mistakes. No gatekeeping here—Alyssa creates episodes on all topics, ranging from design projects to client management to marketing and finance with the aim of helping other creatives reach their goals. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/support

The Design Diaries Alyssa Nguyen (@atnndesign)

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    • 5.0 • 4 Ratings

The Brand Designer's Podcast Diary: self-taught brand designer Alyssa Nguyen (of @atnndesign studio) shares advice and tips for fellow creatives, freelancers, and business owners along with honest experiences to help you learn from her mistakes. No gatekeeping here—Alyssa creates episodes on all topics, ranging from design projects to client management to marketing and finance with the aim of helping other creatives reach their goals. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/atnndesign/support

    Ep 37: 3 Ways I Started Booking Clients Again

    Ep 37: 3 Ways I Started Booking Clients Again

    Brand designer Alyssa Nguyen shares 3 strategies for booking clients after a slow period in your business that helped her go from slow quarters to booked out 2 months in advance.


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    • 16 min
    Ep 36: Business Insurance for Designers

    Ep 36: Business Insurance for Designers

    Brand design studio owner & designer Alyssa Nguyen shares why professional liability insurance is essential for creatives and some tips on how to get it and what to look for.


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    • 13 min
    Ep 35: How to Consistently Grow Your Business (Without Burnout)

    Ep 35: How to Consistently Grow Your Business (Without Burnout)

    Brand designer Alyssa Nguyen talks 3 key things to consider when approaching growth strategies for any part of your design or creative business. These tips will allow you to make actionable steps towards building a sustainable growth plan that won't overwhelm you.


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    • 17 min
    Ep 34: Avoiding Legal Issues & Hiring a Lawyer with Guest Attorney Ivy McNeill

    Ep 34: Avoiding Legal Issues & Hiring a Lawyer with Guest Attorney Ivy McNeill

    Guest speaker and Business & IP Lawyer Ivy McNeill joins us to discuss legal strategies for assessing legal risk and avoiding legal issues. We discuss questions to ask your clients to minimize your chances of trouble and questions to ask a lawyer when considering hiring representation as a brand designer. This episode will help you understand what a designer-attorney relationship can do for you and how to take the first steps with forming one.



    You can sign up for the FREE questionnaires that Ivy has provided us by opt-ing in to our mailing lists here!

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    The Legal Checklist for Brand Designers: 8 Key Questions to Ask Your Clients


    Lawyer Up: The Brand Designer's Guide to Hiring an Attorney

    These resources are only free and available to our listeners for a limited time, so sign up now before it's over!



    Make sure to follow @legallyivy on Instagram and our studio profile @atnndesign for updates on our upcoming workshop: The (Must-Have) Legal Workshop for Creatives



    Check out more of Ivy below:


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    Work with Her: Canary & Hedge Website
    Listen: Heistish Podcast




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    • 28 min
    Ep 33: Design Portfolio Tips (What to Include)

    Ep 33: Design Portfolio Tips (What to Include)

    What types of projects should I put in my portfolio? How many? What do I put on my about page? What do I put in the case studies? I'll answer all of these questions and more to help you build the best graphic design portfolio possible.


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    • 14 min
    Ep 32: Red Flags in Clients, Coaches & Contractors

    Ep 32: Red Flags in Clients, Coaches & Contractors

    Figuring out if a client will be hard to work wit, if a contractor will be reliable, and if a coach will be worth it is hard! Here are 3 red flags that I look out for in each to maximize my chances of a good match.


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    • 20 min

Customer Reviews

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4 Ratings

4 Ratings

Miss_NBC ,

A must for all designers

The topics Alyssa covers are great for any designer and is very informative. A great place to learn and hear another perspective. Thank you, Alyssa!

eriemiz✨ ,

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probably my fave podcast atm! always have it on rotation and tear through the new episodes so quickly! thank you for making this 🤍

sineadtdesign ,

So inspiring and hugely Helpful

There are very few young female designers who are relatively new to the industry and killing it, Alyssa is doing just that. Alyssa is highly helpful and is willing to share all of her knowledge and experience which sometimes isn’t spoken about within the industry. Listening to the podcast like having a work buddy who understands and provides actionable advice. I love the podcast and can’t wait for the other episodes.

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