20 episodes

Whaddya get when a cake-munchin’, success-slayin’ graphic designer (Anna Dower) joins forces with the designer’s sensei for mastering the wonderful world of web (Emma Kate)?Easy: Success*. Spoken, served, and dished up for you in a fun, live workshop-style podcast that’ll have you begging for more.MEET THE DESIGNER BOSS PODCASTWith a regular buffet of brilliance designed to solve your burning WTF biz worries, we’ll show you how to harness our tried-and-tested experiences and hard-earned lessons while you soak up everything we know about building a successful design biz.

Designer Boss Anna Dower / Emma Kate

    • Business
    • 5.0 • 19 Ratings

Whaddya get when a cake-munchin’, success-slayin’ graphic designer (Anna Dower) joins forces with the designer’s sensei for mastering the wonderful world of web (Emma Kate)?Easy: Success*. Spoken, served, and dished up for you in a fun, live workshop-style podcast that’ll have you begging for more.MEET THE DESIGNER BOSS PODCASTWith a regular buffet of brilliance designed to solve your burning WTF biz worries, we’ll show you how to harness our tried-and-tested experiences and hard-earned lessons while you soak up everything we know about building a successful design biz.

    5 Website Must-Haves for designers

    5 Website Must-Haves for designers

    A professional, beautiful and high-converting website can be the ultimate marketing tool for your design business. But not just any website will do. It’s important to be strategic and include a few super important things to convince your ideal clients you’re the designer for them. In this episode, we share 5 website must-haves every design biz website should include.


    HOSTS / GUESTS:


    Anna Dower
    https://annadower.com
    Insta: @annacreativementor
    FB: @annadowercreativementor


    Emma Kate
    https://emmakate.co
    FB & Insta: @hiemmakate


    RESOURCES:
    Designer Boss Website Templates: https://designerboss.co/shop/
    About WordPress Page Builders: https://emmakate.co/discover-why-wordpress-page-builders-are-a-designers-dream/


    WANT MORE?
    Check out these goodies!


    Designer Boss-Ladies FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/designerbossladies
    Designers Learning Web Dev FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DesignersLearningWebDev
    Designer Boss Summit: https://designerboss.co

    • 22 min
    Magical Sales Funnels for Designers

    Magical Sales Funnels for Designers

    We’re asked all the time: “how do I actually get people to my website?” So today we’re talking all things sales funnels. We totally get the terms ‘sales funnels’ and ‘build your list’ can sound daunting, dry and even a bit cringe but we’re determined to show you why having a funnel is super important for your design business, and how it’ll make your ideal clients fall in love with you.


    HOSTS / GUESTS:


    Anna Dower
    https://annadower.com
    Insta: @annacreativementor
    FB: @annadowercreativementor


    Emma Kate
    https://emmakate.co
    FB & Insta: @hiemmakate


    RESOURCES:
    Subscribe to Anna’s highest-converting funnel: https://annadower.com/sales-kit-template-for-designers/
    Subscribe to Emma’s highest-converting funnel: https://emmakate.co/roadmap/
    Buy Anna’s short course Sales funnel Starter Kit: https://annadower.com/product/sales-funnels-starter-kit/


    Tools we use:
    ActiveCampaign: https://www.activecampaign.com/
    Deadline Funnel: https://www.deadlinefunnel.com/
    SendTric: https://www.sendtric.com/
    Divi: https://www.elegantthemes.com/gallery/divi/


    WANT MORE?
    Check out these goodies!


    Designers Learning Web Dev FB Group: https://facebook.com/groups/DesignersLearningWebDev
    Designer Boss-Ladies FB Group: https://facebook.com/groups/designerbossladies
    Designer Boss Summit: https://designerboss.co

    • 32 min
    Kat made $10k this month!

    Kat made $10k this month!

    Kat took the leap to full-time in her design biz less than a year ago and she just hit her first $10K+ month. In this episode, we chat with the lovely Kat about how she did it, the ups and downs of her design career, and how she created a business that not only pays the bills but that she loves too.


    HOSTS / GUESTS:
    Katrina Potter
    https://littleblackkat.com.au
    FB & Insta: @LittleBlackKatCreative


    Anna Dower
    https://annadower.com
    Insta: @annacreativementor
    FB: @annadowercreativementor


    Emma Kate
    https://emmakate.co
    FB & Insta: @hiemmakate


    WANT MORE?
    Check out these goodies!
    Designers Learning Web Dev FB Group: https://facebook.com/groups/DesignersLearningWebDev
    Designer Boss-Ladies FB Group: https://facebook.com/groups/designerbossladies
    Designer Boss Summit: https://designerboss.co

    • 22 min
    creativity with a little "c"

    creativity with a little "c"

    Samantha Murdoch is not only a talented designer but also a qualified design teacher and one of the things she helps students with is overcoming creative blocks. In this episode, Sam shares her best tips & tricks for working through blocks and sparking creativity in our work & life in general.


    HOSTS / GUESTS:
    
    Samantha Murdoch
    https://pretty-bird-creative.com
    Insta: @prettybird.creative
    FB: @prettybirdcreative


    Anna Dower
    https://annadower.com
    Insta: @annacreativementor
    FB: @annadowercreativementor


    Emma Kate
    https://emmakate.co
    FB & Insta: @hiemmakate


    WANT MORE?
    Check out these goodies!


    Designers Learning Web Dev FB Group: https://facebook.com/groups/DesignersLearningWebDev
    Designer Boss-Ladies FB Group: https://facebook.com/groups/designerbossladies
    Designer Boss Summit: https://designerboss.co

    • 29 min
    Ditch the small biz mentality & think global, baby!

    Ditch the small biz mentality & think global, baby!

    Do you feel like you can only really work with clients in your local area? If so, this is the podcast for you. In this episode, we share our experiences and our best tips & tools for attracting and working with clients all around the globe. The digital world is your oyster!


    HOSTS / GUESTS:
    Anna Dower ≫ Creative Mentor
    Insta:@annacreativementor
    FB:@annadowercreativementor


    EMMAKATE.co
    FB & Insta:@hiemmakate


    RESOURCES:
    1. Emma’s In-person Meeting Request Email Reply Template - Option 1 CHARGE
    2. Emma’s In-person Meeting Request Email Reply Template - Option 2 FREE


    WANT MORE?
    Check out these goodies!


    Designers Learning Web Dev FB Group:

    Designers Learning Web Dev FB Group:Facebook Groups
    Designer Boss-Ladies FB Group: Facebook Groups
    Designer Boss Summit: Designer Boss Digital Summit

    • 22 min
    How to get motivated when you are feeling "stuck" in your design biz

    How to get motivated when you are feeling "stuck" in your design biz

    We’ve both been in a bit of a funk in 2021, making finding the motivation to work really hard at times. In this episode, we share our REAL stories (not the Insta highlights) along with the best advice and tips that helped us get back on track.


    HOSTS / GUESTS:


    Anna Dower
    https://annadower.com
    Insta: @annacreativementor
    FB: @annadowercreativementor


    Emma Kate
    https://emmakate.co
    FB & Insta: @hiemmakate


    WANT MORE?
    Check out these goodies!


    Designers Learning Web Dev FB Group: https://facebook.com/groups/DesignersLearningWebDev
    Designer Boss-Ladies FB Group: https://facebook.com/groups/designerbossladies
    Designer Boss Summit: https://designerboss.co

    • 19 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

amglori ,

Keep it up!

I just downloaded an episode of this podcast today, and then proceeded to binge more and more! Such great info, and I appreciate the easy-to-absorb length of each episode. Keep up the great work!

successful all the time ,

I want more!!!

These are all so incredibly helpful to my business and my motivation. Please make tons more!

zena@CHC ,

Inspiring and full of value

This podcast is a breath of fresh air for my design business. Anna & Kate are full of experience & wisdom, which is helping me to be myself while setting appropriate boundaries with my clients. I am really looking forward to hearing all of their episodes!

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