Happy Monday, friends! We recently chatted with creative designer Natalie of Natalie Hands Studio, who is a Portland-based designer that plants trees with each project she books! We were so inspired by her story that we did a little interview with her over on our green living website, eco club, that you can read here. Now she’s back with her… Read More
Should You List Your Profile in a Freelance Directory?
When I first listed my profile in a freelance directory, it was because I knew a friend that worked for a company that had a classifieds website. They were trying to get more freelancers involved, so I sent them my portfolio. At the time, I didn’t really know these were commonplace in the freelance world (which is funny, because it… Read More
10 Ways to Refresh Your Business or Side Hustle
When things start to feel boring or stale, I tend to want to completely redo, rebrand, recreate. As you can imagine, this leads to me starting way too many projects I can’t or don’t want to finish. Lately I’m focusing more on small growth and reimagining what I already have to work with. It’s challenging! But it’s given me a… Read More
A Photographer’s Top Podcasts for Starting a Business
We have something different for you today. My good photographer friend (and co-working pal) Jessica is sharing her top podcasts for starting a business. Jess and I have both spent time in Southern California (she’s from there), yet coincidentally we ended up in Seattle at a time where we’re shifting and growing our businesses. I’m so lucky to be able to… Read More
How to design a website with your dream client in mind
Happy new year, everyone! Anyone else spend the end of the year gearing up for a new year of freelance? I dove back into freelance writing and finally got an official website up for my business! I had an old blog site up before, and Jenn built a portfolio page into it, but it didn’t have a services page or… Read More
How to hire creative help for your business
Hi friends! Hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving. I’m getting back into a few digital media projects, like putting the finishing touches on my copywriting portfolio and we’re also building another website (info soon!) so there’s been a ton of coordinating to do. I’ve played a lot of different roles in digital media in the past, from editor to… Read More