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Boundaries… such a buzzword, but an important one at that. Many of us have struggled at some point with setting and maintaining boundaries as creative service providers, myself included. It’s through those challenging moments that we learn the importance of boundaries in business and what that looks like for each of us. For our fifth […]

For many of us, using Instagram to market our creative small businesses is clearly a smart move. Where things get a bit hazy is how we want to best use the platform and develop our own Instagram strategy — how much do we want to be on it, how do we want to present ourselves […]

For our third episode in the Guest Expert Series, Morgan Moore gives us the scoop on working as a Virtual Assistant and how we should approach out-sourcing. In the designer space especially, outsourcing is oftentimes tossed around as a clear-cut solution to growing your business, but we often don’t talk about the details that go […]

Like any small business, running a design business comes with its own ebbs and flows in inquiries. Some months you may get a ton of people ready to invest in your services, and other months may be quieter. It’s highly likely that these slumps in outreach have little to do with you and your work […]

January flew by in a flurry and with that we celebrated the first official month of Quill Collective, a new online community space for designers and creatives to create meaningful connections and learn from each other. It’s easily been my favorite part of the year so far. Part of the Collective includes bringing on guest […]