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The Creative's Journal Podcast Andy Milligan
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Welcome to the Creative’s Journal podcast, where we discuss creativity and mindsets that lead to fulfilling and productive lives. This podcast features many meaningful discussions with others about creative lessons, how they apply to life, how they apply to business, and they all revolve around the underlying excitement and joy that we as creatives feel when we apply creativity to the world around us in our own unique way.
So get out your mental journal. Fire up your internal creative software. Thank you for tuning in, and please enjoy the show!
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Liz Mosley: Dealing With Rejection, Running A Creative Business, Managing Social Media as a Business Owner, and More | TCJ Entry 040
Please Welcome Liz Mosley to the Creative's Journal! 🎨
Liz is a Creative Business Owner, Designer, and Branding Specialist from the UK. Aside from having the ultimate "cool-mom" vibes, Liz is also a great mentor and educator to the design community, sharing her experiences through many events and speaking gigs worldwide. She has been featured on Adobe and The Futur with Chris Do, just to name a few.
I really look up to Liz, and a special thanks to her for coming on the show! 😊 You can check everything Liz here below:
🟢 Liz's Instagram
🟢 Liz's Podcast- Building Your Brand
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How to Talk to Clients in Creative Business (Friends or Business Partners?) | TCJ Entry 039
Welcome back to the show Creatives!!
This episode is about how to communicate with clients- how professional should be? Should you joke, be yourself, use certain language to communicate your point, etc?
This episode was inspired by the remarkable Katy Cowan and the team over at Creative Boom- be sure to check out their articles and podcast to learn even more about creative business.
I also mentioned Grace Walker's concept of giving all her clients a "vibe check"- you can check out her course FFF or her profile for more info!
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How a 5-Minute "Marketing Habit" Gave Me Enough Runway to go Full-Time Freelance: Creative Briefs P2 | TCJ Entry 038
Howdy Creatives! 🎨
In P2 of Creative Briefs, we talk about how a 5-Minute Daily Marketing Habit, just 5 minutes minimum per day, gave me enough of a runway to go in on MMG Design Full-Time.
Let me know if you guys like the series!! Thanks to everyone who tuned in to Lacey's episode last week- the response has been awesome!
Episode Resources:
⭐️ Austin Church & Freelance Cake
⭐️ Patt Flynn and SPI
⭐️ Last Week's Episode with Lacey
⭐️ This podcast is brought to you by the MMG Design Essential Reading Database for Business Owners: A curated database of the most impactful business books, succinct summaries, templates to add your own new readings, filtered by difficulty, and links to download at the cheapest place, anywhere online. A must-have for anyone looking to grow their creative and entrepreneurial mindset this year! 📚 -
Lacey Picazo: Human-Centered Design, Career and Self-Confidence, Networking Mindsets, and Advice to Young Creatives | TCJ Entry 037
Please welcome Lacey Picazo to The Creative's Journal Podcast by! 🎉
Lacey is the founder of ZoCo Design in Columbus Ohio, supermom, and team leader to a very talented group of UI/UX and Product Designers. Apart from being quite successful in her career, she is also incredibly kind and well-spoken. It was super cool to hear her tell her story and to see how even some of the people you most look up to can come from humble beginnings and also feel a lot of the same emotions as people far less qualified. Special Thanks to Lacey for coming on the show!!
⭐️ Resources:
- Lacey's Awesome LinkedIn Newsletter
- ZoCo Design
- Follow Lacey
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Creative Briefs P1: How to Consume Less and Create More of What Matters in Your Business | The Creative's Journal Podcast Entry 036
Howdy Creatives! Welcome to the first ever Creative "Briefs" Entry of TCJ 🎉
Creative Briefs are a 10-15 minute snippet of a very specific topic you can use to grow throughout the day.
I know we are all bombarded with information overload nowadays, so adding a few short segments intermixed with the longer interviews with Guests and Solo Shows will be a nice way to break up the pace a little bit. 🙏🏻
As always, thanks for supporting ❤️
⭐️ This podcast is brought to you by the MMG Design Essential Reading Database for Business Owners: A curated database of the most impactful business books, succinct summaries, templates to add your own new readings, filtered by difficulty, and links to download at the cheapest place, anywhere online. A must-have for anyone looking to grow their creative and entrepreneurial mindset this year! 📚 -
Resilience in Your Creative Business with Mark Bloemhard of Bolder & Co. | The Creative's Journal Entry 035
Please welcome Mark Bloemhard of Bolder & Co. to the Creative's Journal! 🎨
Mark is the founder and principal of Bolder & Co. Creative Studios in Urbana, Ohio. Having touched so many of the relevant brands in my hometown growing up and having an awesome portfolio and case studies of effective marketing, Mark and Bolder are prime examples of resiliency in the creative journey!
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⭐️ This podcast is brought to you by the MMG Design Essential Reading Database for Business Owners: A curated database of the most impactful business books, succinct summaries, templates to add your own new readings, filtered by difficulty, and links to download at the cheapest place anywhere online. A must-have for anyone looking to grow their creative and entrepreneurial mindset this year 📚