The Uncool Designer

Everyone feels like an imposter at some stage during their career and today Anna talks about… How to focus on what’s important in your design business The moment I stopped feeling like an imposter The power of having someone who believes in you Slowly pushing yourself out of your comfort zone Feeding your confidence needs to become a daily ritual Confidence is the key ingredient to a successful bu...

In this episode Anna answers all of your burning questions! How to best manage your time each day Saying NO to a client Positioning your business in the marketplace Marketing your design business so it gets seen Working a full time job & starting a design biz Links www.annadower.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Anna chats to Erika Cramer about taking a bold stand for women owning their throne & reclaiming their confidence. After overcoming a life full of trauma, physical and sexual abuse, near-death experiences, breaking her back and being widowed, Erika Cramer found herself drowning in pain and sadness trying to numb everything she had been through. These life changing experiences fi...

In this episode Anna is joined by 4 other graphic designers who share their experience as designer boss-ladies and reveal their tipping point for success. The hard issues facing designers today: lack of confidence, difficult clients, working for no money. The deep inner work you need to do before you can succeed Taking the step to invest in yourself & your future and getting clear on your wort...

In this episode Anna’s discusses…. How I serve my audience When my life fell apart How I chose to succeed despite the heartache The 5 ways I worked smart in my design biz The power of women Deciding not to fail See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode we discuss: Why you need to set clear boundaries in your design business How to remember you are the boss Why you need a price list for your services The 5 things you can do in your business today to create clear boundaries in your business Links mentioned in this episode: Price list template – http://annadower.com/sales-kit-template-for-designers/ Boundaries boss - http://annadowe...

In this episode we discuss: What is passive income Ideas for multiple income streams in your design biz How to come up with an idea for your offer The 3 x mistakes designers make when it comes to passive income Links mentioned in this episode: Brand Audit blog post - http://annadower.com/2018/06/13/a-designer-that-does-more-than-just-design-tell-me-more-she-said/ Passive income for designers - htt...

Designer Jenna Hallett turns the tables and interviews Anna in this episode: The biggest design fails ever Juggling work/mum life How to not quit your biz Lessons from crappy clients How to intentionally create the biz of your dreams Links mentioned in this episode: Jenna Rae Hallett – https://jennaraedesigns.com.au/ Anna Dower – http://annadower.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

Creative entrepreneur & designer Sian Richardson joins me for a chat about: How she took the leap to start her own design biz Taking not shit from clients What makes design good Combining travel and designer entrepreneur life Deciding on her distinctive design style Links mentioned in this episode: Good As Gold Studio - https://goodasgoldstudio.com/ Sian Richardson - http://sianrichardson.co/...

Copywriter extraordinaire Cass Lane joins me to chat about how to effectively communicate your value on your website. In this episode we discuss: Hooking your dream design clients with just one sentence The #1 big mistake graphic designers are making on their “services” page How to sell yourself as a design pro without coming across as sleazy or pushy Why you should make your prices available onli...

As s a creative mentor and someone that designers come to for help, there is one question that drives me BONKERS. Can you guess what it is? In this episode we discuss: Why asking me how to get clients drives me mad. The four essential ingredients to getting dream design clients. How to attract the right clients and repel the wrong clients. Links mentioned in this episode: Brand Rehab – http://anna...

Charlene Roberts is a Canadian Designer Boss-Lady that knows the burnout cycle all too well. In this episode we discuss: • Realising that you are in fact burnt out • How you got to the point of wanting to quit your design biz • Figuring out how to pull yourself out of the burn out cycle • Putting systems & processes in place to look after yourself & make sure you never get burnt out again...

Martina Martian is an Australian designer & artist who has done work for some huge brands like converse, asos, reebok, cotton on & snapchat. She has a mega instagram following of over 140k and did the gorgeous artwork for this very podcast! In this episode we discuss: Overcoming the fear of being an artist for a living The power of Instagram Working with big brands Committing to your own s...

A false belief is a story that fear tells your brain, over and over again, until finally your brain Believes it. The 5 false beliefs that are holding you back in your design business: #1: If my business doesn’t appeal to every man and his fam, it will fail. #2: To make big money, you have to work really hard, all the time! #3: I need to compete with cheaper designers. #4: I am boring and have no p...

Anna Dower is a graphic designer, mentor, ecourse boss & cake lover. She is and always has been uncool but she is SMART. A smart designer who… Has run her own successful design business for over ten years. Has worked with hundreds of clients and mentored fellow designers from across the globe Took her business to six-figures. Takes every Friday off work. Never works weekends. Takes long lunche...