Profitable Web Designer is the top podcast for women web designers who started their web design business for freedom and fulfillment—but somehow ended up overworked, underpaid, and wondering what went wrong. If you're a web designer who's tired of saying yes to underpaid web design projects, doubting your prices, or bending over backward to keep clients happy, you're not alone. Host Shannon Mattern shares the mindset shifts, business strategies, and behind-the-scenes stories web designers li ...
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Welcome to Pep Talks for Side Hustlers where your host Shannon Mattern shares her journey from side-hustling web designer to CEO of a multiple 6-figure web design education company - and all the successes and failures along the way. Shannon publishes monthly income reports breaking down how much her business makes, how much she spends and breaks down the business strategy behind the numbers each month. She also brings you interviews with entrepreneurs making from $50K to multiple millions of ...
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Better: The Brand Designer Podcast, founded by Giselle Field of Wander Design Co. and Jen Davis, was founded on the belief that designers need community. We find that the branding world often feels secretive, competitive, and sometimes just plain old confusing. When we realized that our honest, soul-chat-level convos could potentially help other designers, we realized a podcast was only natural! Better: The Brand Designer Podcast was officially born. Giselle passed away during a climbing tri ...
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Eclectic Spacewalk presents "Conversations" : a podcast about the uniqueness of the human condition & value systems construction - through conversation. The goal of this podcast is to have conversations with unique humans. Eclectic Spacewalk means: "a broad & diverse range of Earth philosophies viewed from outer space." You can subscribe to our newsletter here: https://eclecticspacewalk.substack.com/ Everyone has a subjective awe-inspiring viewpoint on this reality! We want to talk with anyo ...
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Talking About Cities with Carol Coletta of The Kresge Foundation
Talking About Cities podcast by Carol Coletta of The Kresge Foundation
Kresge's American Cities Practice leverages the breadth of our programs and depth of our experience in Detroit to support transformation in other cities.
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Welcome to Be Bold, Make Waves where your host Laura Kåmark, a website and tech integration specialist, shares inspiring stories and interviews with business owners. Laura is going to dive deep into how these women started their business, the struggles they've had, some of the mindset challenges they overcame to get to where they are today.Join me each week to hear inspiring stories about scaling and growing and the struggles along the way. Find out more at www.laurakamark.com Follow me on i ...
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The Vasari Research Centre for Art and Technology is based at Birkbeck, University of London. It supports research projects, hosts related events, and has a range of unique connections to other media research institutions, large and small museums and galleries, and the creative industries. For more information: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/vasari/about/
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Web Design Business Growth for Introverts: How Deep Relationships Create Big Results with Alyssa Downey EP 158
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56:50Increase your income without niching down, rebranding or adding more services or skills. Get our 90-Day Revenue Roadmap Training and find out how to go from undercharging and hustling to booking projects you love (at higher prices than you thought possible). Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/158 When you're ready, here are …
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S12 E04: Six Sneaky Places Design Businesses Leak Time & Money with Shannon Mattern
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41:11✨ Get access to my Creative Direction Figma Template for FREE ✨ Episode Description: In this episode, I chat with Shannon Mattern, a web design business coach and founder of the Web Designer Academy, to discuss her journey from corporate marketing to running a successful web design coaching business. Shannon shares the key turning points in her car…
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Increase your income without niching down, rebranding or adding more services or skills. Get our 90-Day Revenue Roadmap Training and find out how to go from undercharging and hustling to booking projects you love (at higher prices than you thought possible). Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/156 When you're ready, here are …
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S12 E03: How to Use AI in Your Branding Business & The Future of AI in Boutique Branding with Liz Martinez-Nelson
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50:09✨ **Grab my Creative Direction template for FREE** ✨ Curious what the first stage of my brand design projects looks like? Grab the Figma template (and four bonus audio trainings walking you through how to populate it!) below! 👉🏼 Grab the template here! — Coming Sept 1st! Episode Description: As the first guest of season 12, I talk with Liz from Fav…
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Web Design Business Growth Lessons with Squarespace SEO Expert Bekah Read EP 156
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S12 E02: How to Name Your Business (or Your Clients’ Business)
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18:49✨ **Grab my Creative Direction template for FREE** ✨ Curious what the first stage of my brand design projects looks like? Grab the Figma template (and four bonus audio trainings walking you through how to populate it!) below! I'll send it out September 1, 2025 (or automatically after that date) - are you ready? 👀 👉🏼 Grab the template here! Episode …
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How To Make Your Web Design Sales Process More Chill EP 155
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S12 E01: How to Thrive During Slow Seasons
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27:16✨ **Grab my Creative Direction template for FREE** ✨ Curious what the first stage of my brand design projects looks like? Grab the Figma template (and four bonus audio trainings walking you through how to populate it!) below! I'll send it out September 1, 2025 (or automatically after that date) - are you ready? 👀 👉🏼 Grab the template here! In this …
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Strategic Branding and Web Design That Pays Off For Your Clients EP 154
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Wrapping up season 11 with a fun one! I’m answering your questions straight from the inbox. Questions: 5:03: I’m a branding designer currently and I was wondering if you had an episode on pricing brand projects with and without websites? 6:55: How do you professionally incorporate Ai into your process? 12:05: If client "A" offers 10K for a project …
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Increase your income without niching down, rebranding or adding more services or skills. Get our 90-Day Revenue Roadmap Training and find out how to go from undercharging and hustling to booking projects you love (at higher prices than you thought possible). Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/153 When you're ready, here are …
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S11 E20: My Favorite Adobe Illustrator Hidden Gems
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19:34In this solo episode, I’m talking about the tools and shortcuts I use every day in Adobe Illustrator (my favorite Adobe software!) while designing for my clients. Plus, I’m sharing exactly where to find them in Illustrator and how I use them. Follow along in more detail over on the blog post while you listen! - hellojunecreative.co/blog. 00:00: Int…
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Let Your Future Self Lead the Way with Andrea Liebross EP 152
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S11 E19: 5-Year Update on Motherhood & Business (Q&A Style!)
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32:36In this solo episode, I'm getting real about what five years of motherhood and business ownership looks like—and spoiler alert, it's nothing like I expected when my son was born back in 2020. With baby two now in the mix, I'm diving into how being a mom has completely shifted alongside my career. We're talking daily schedules (chaos included), mana…
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Redefining Success with Jenny Belanger EP 151
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Podcast Guesting for Web Designers with Jenn Zellers EP 150
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S11 E18: Tour the Hello June Offer Suite (Peep My Packages!)
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23:39I’m back with another solo episode where I’m breaking down the complete Hello June offer suite and sharing why having flexible packages has been a total game-changer for the studio. I discuss my four main package tiers, from full service brand and web combos down to essential branding offerings, plus all the add-ons that support them and how I cust…
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Creating More Capacity in your Web Design Business with Sarah Noked EP 149
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Increase your income without niching down, rebranding or adding more services or skills. Get our 90-Day Revenue Roadmap Training and find out how to go from undercharging and hustling to booking projects you love (at higher prices than you thought possible). Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/148 When you're ready, here are …
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A Simple YouTube Workflow for Web Designers with Stephanie Kase EP 147
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S11 E17: How to Leverage Semi-Custom Web Design with Alex McGinness
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42:19In this episode, Alex of Arcoiris Design Studio is back on the pod to talk all things semi-custom websites, and why it might just be the best thing for small boutique studios looking to scale without the stress. They talk through how starting with a solid template can still lead to a high-end, unique result for clients, why not every business needs…
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What’s Changing (and What Isn’t) for Women in Web Design with WP Mavens EP 146
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7 Timeless Lessons for Growing a Web Design Business in 2025 with Rich Brooks of Flyte New Media EP 145
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S11 E16: How to Streamline Your Brand & Web Design Process
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26:30In this solo episode, Jen’s chatting all about how she’s refined and streamlined her brand and web design process to better serve both her clients and her business. She emphasizes customizing workflows to fit different client needs, cutting unnecessary steps, and focusing on high-value tasks. Key changes include reducing client calls, minimizing le…
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NEW free training for women web designers: Book higher-paying web design projects without overworking! Get our Profitable Web Design Business Roadmap Training and find out how to go from undercharging and hustling to booking projects you love (at higher prices than you thought possible). Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/14…
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Building a Brand with Jacob Cass of Just Creative EP 143
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Overcoming the Fear of Selling with Dave Foy EP 142
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S11 E15: Making “the Leap” from Agency to Studio (and Balancing Mom Life) with Katie Higginbotham
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40:56In this episode, I’m chatting with Katie Higginbotham, previous minimind student of mine, designer, studio owner, creative director, and mom of three. We talk all about what it really looked like to make the leap from her established agency job to running her own studio. With Mother’s Day just behind us, this convo feels especially timely. Katie sh…
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Financial and Business Planning When You Don't Have Children with Childfree Wealth Specialist® Bri Conn EP 141
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S11 E14: Branding Bestie Chit Chat: Breaking Down Sticky Client Situations with Lauren Braier
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54:08Branding Bestie Chit Chat is back and in this episode Lauren and Jen share honest examples of when things didn’t go quite as planned in their client projects from unclear direction to challenging feedback and how they navigated those moments. It’s a candid supportive conversation full of lessons learned growth moments and a few laughs as well. Gues…
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Jha D Amazi is a principal at MASS Design Group, a nonprofit organization focusing on social justice and public space. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her work as head of MASS’s Public Memory and Memorials Lab.By Office for Urbanization
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NEW free training for women web designers: Book higher-paying web design projects without overworking! Get our Profitable Web Design Business Roadmap Training and find out how to go from undercharging and hustling to booking projects you love (at higher prices than you thought possible). Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/14…
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S11 E13: Evolving Your Design Offers with Joy Warren
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51:50In this episode of Better: The Brand Designer Podcast, we sit down with Joy Warren, the creative force behind Joy Warren Creative — a full-service brand and web design studio known for its playful simplicity, vibrant use of color, and custom illustrations. Based just outside Raleigh, NC, Joy shares how she launched her business after relocating fro…
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13 Money Myths Keeping Web Designers Under-Earning with Financial Coach Gina Knox EP 139
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Book Yourself Solid for Creatives with Joana Galvão EP 138
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S11 E12: From Bedridden to Building Brands: Overcoming Illness and Running a Design Studio with Alouette Marsh
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47:49In this powerful and inspiring episode, we're joined by brand designer Alouette Marsh, whose journey is anything but ordinary. From facing the debilitating effects of endometriosis to rising above it and building a thriving design studio, Alouette shares her deeply personal story of resilience, creativity, and purpose. We talk about the darkest mom…
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Trust Over Traffic: The Role of SEO in 2025 with Meg Casebolt of Love at First Search EP 137
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Mark Lamster on Architecture and the City
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54:40Mark Lamster is an award-winning architecture critic and author. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss Dallas architecture and his role as architecture critic at the Dallas Morning News, his writing on Philip Johnson, and the state of contemporary architectural criticism.By Office for Urbanization
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S11 E11: Branding Bestie Chit Chat: Designing a Life You Love with Lauren Braier
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48:17In this episode of Better the Brand Designer Podcast, we’re diving into the ways design influences every part of our lives—far beyond our work as brand designers. Lauren shares how her love for interior design, wedding planning, and beautifully packaged products fuels her creativity, along with how house hunting has sharpened her ability to see pot…
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The Real Reason Clients Say No (Hint: It’s Not Your Prices) with Stephanie Hayes of Fully Booked EP 136
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👩💻 Get Shannon's free pricing strategy course for women web designers who want to make more money without working 24/7. Get the full show notes at https://webdesigneracademy.com/135 When you're ready, here are some ways we can help you with your web design business: 🎧 Subscribe to Profitable Web Designer Premium: Get behind-the-scenes, insider ac…
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S11 E10: Protecting Your Brand: Trademark Essentials for Designers with Alli Elmunzer (aka Attorney Alli)
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31:28In this episode of Better: The Brand Designer Podcast, we’re diving into the legal side of branding with special guest Alli Elmunzer from Influencer Legal! As brand designers, we create visual identities that help businesses stand out—but how do we ensure those identities are legally protected? Alli breaks down the key differences between a registe…
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How to Sell with Integrity with Tom Jakobs of Selling with H.E.A.R.T. EP 134
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S11 E9: Combining Faith & Business with Morgan Morris
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44:27In this week’s episode, I sit down with my good friend Morgan Morris, the talented designer and founder behind Thuro Design. Morgan opens up about her powerful testimony — from life before Christ to how her faith journey has transformed not only her personal life but also her business. Morgan shares why she made the bold decision to integrate her f…
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Timeless Strategies for Growing Your Web Design Business with Christy Price + Will Myers of Somewhat Useful EP 133
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S11 E8: Branding Bestie Chit Chat: Reading Our Old Goals with Lauren Braier
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1:04:41In this episode of Better: The Brand Designer Podcast, we’re back with another Branding Bestie Chit Chat featuring Lauren Braier from Elby Creative! We’re diving into the past as we dust off our old goals, reflect on what we’ve accomplished (and what we haven’t), and chat about how we’ve grown both personally and professionally over the years. Join…
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Elisa Iturbe is an architectural designer, writer, and educator. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her research on “carbon form,” an urban and architectural paradigm unique to the carbon age.By Office for Urbanization
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Making Your Own Rules in Parenthood and Business with Meryn Hayes of Dash Studio EP 132
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S11 E7: What Happens *After* You Design a Website? (Steal Our Exact Pre-Launch Process)
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24:57In this week’s episode, I share about our refinement, QA, pre-launch, and launch phases of our web design projects! Steal my process or adjust for your own needs—it’s all laid out in this episode! Connect With Us: Our Free Facebook Community Our Website Podcast Instagram Tags: designer, design, brand design, brand identity design, design studio, de…
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