The Creative Business Podcast. Build a better, more successful creative business for yourself.

This week David and I talk about how to survive and thrive in Client Interviews. While often an overlooked area of any creative businesses workflow, they can make the difference between winning a project and going back to your day job. Plus, don't miss out on all the awesome resources that accompany today's show.

This week David and I talk about the odious task of generating leads for your creative business. When leads dry up, things can go sour very quickly. With so many ways to find new work, we look at some of the best ways you can stand out and be "heard" above the noise...

In this episode of The Creative Business Podcast I speak to Marcus Blankenship about building better client relationships. A 'bad' client can be incredibly depressing and really dampen your enthusiasm for future projects...but more often than not, it's through our own actions and systems that a client goes 'bad' in the first place. Listen to today's episode to see how you can avoid ever having a 'Client from Hell'.

In this episode of The Creative Business Podcast I talk to Marie Poulin. Marie has worn many hats over the years... She's been a designer, digital strategist, a mentor, branding specialist and founder. But like most of us, Marie began life as a Freelancer

Do you struggle with client relationships? In today's episode I talk to business development consultant, Rhonda Page who shares five strategies to shift your relationship with clients from supplier to strategic partner and trusted advisor.

Keeping your finances in order can be a pain at the best of times, but if you're a freelance consultant or running an agency, then the pain can become too much. In today's episode I talk to Ryan Battles of Harpoon, a financial goal‑setting, time‑tracking, and invoicing app. Ryan talks about some of the areas we all struggle with when it comes to finances, and how we can better resolve these problems.

Creative agency web sites or sales pages are some of the 'least loved' sites online. We get busy and forget that a solid sales page is essential for the ongoing success of our creative business. Jane Portman tells me about some of the most common mistakes that we make with our sales pages and of course how we can fix them, without doing a complete redesign!

Following on from the interview in Episode 5 with Philip Morgan on positioning, I chat to Caroline Somer, founder of a design agency in the U.K. Caroline has experienced first-hand the power that focusing on a niche can bring to your creative business. We talk about how she chose her niche, the changes she went through as a business owner and how her agency has benefited from positioning itself as a 'specialist agency'.

It's generally accepted that most creative businesses begin life as generalists. You open the doors for business and you take on pretty much any job that hits your inbox. Now this can work for a very long time. In fact some consultants and agencies stay like this forever, but there is another path...That of the specialist. You're probably a specialist in an aspect of your job right now, even if you don't realise it. So what might happen if you could tap into that speciality and position yourself as an expert...What might happen?

When launching a creative business it makes complete sense to start locally. Local businesses are easily accessible, and friends, colleagues and even family members can be invaluable when it comes to finding those first clients. But what happens when we start to gain more experience? What happens when the pond becomes to small? What happens when you want to work with clients on the other side of the world? Remote work is the dream of many... In this episode Laura tells us how we can successfully run a remote creative business.

Social Media is an essential part in today's world of business, maybe even more so for the creative industry. But more often than not we end up metaphorically swinging in the dark. We post on platforms that we think will benefit our businesses, but ultimately lose us time, money and possibly even clients. This week I talk to Mojca Mars of Super Spicy Media. Mojca helps businesses from all around the globe improve their businesses through social media. Mojca dispels many of my own preconceptions about using social media and gives out some awesome strategies that you can implement in your own business, today!

In this episode of The Creative Business Podcast I talk to Marcus Blankenship. Marcus is a former agency-owner who now works as a business coach to digital agencies who need help growing and managing their software teams. Marcus has a huge amount of experience in people management and drops some real knowledge bombs in this episode. Be sure to take notes!