Spill the Tea is a design business podcast by Cass & Amanda, Co-Founders of Foxtrot Branding. Each episode, we spill the tea about navigating our lives as designers and business owners and the challenges and rewards that come along with creative entrepreneurship. Whether you’re an up-and-coming freelancer or a seasoned designer, these casual conversations offer relatable and encouraging insights for design entrepreneurs.
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Spill the Tea is a design business podcast by Cass & Amanda, Co-Founders of Foxtrot Branding. Each episode, we spill the tea about navigating our lives as designers and business owners and the challenges and rewards that come along with creative entrepreneurship. Whether you’re an up-and-coming freelancer or a seasoned designer, these casual conversations offer relatable and encouraging insights for design entrepreneurs.
How to Plan for More Profit and Less Stress in 2025
Spill the Tea
40 minutes
9 months ago
How to Plan for More Profit and Less Stress in 2025
Listen in as Cass & Amanda share our top tips and advice for how to plan a low-stress, high-profit year of business, including the common areas designers go wrong in when New Year's planning and a great free planning workbook. We also spill the tea on how we've planned out our service spots, blocked out our calendar weeks and vacations, how we plan to hit our financial goals, and get vulnerable about our plans for supporting our mental health and personal lives.
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Resource mentioned:
* Map Out Your Year free workbook [https://foxtrotbranding.com/map-out-your-year]
* Mental health subscription kit from our client (The Pearl Project) [https://thepearlproject.com/]
* Our templates & courses for designers [https://FoxtrotBranding.com/education]
Our website: FoxtrotBranding.com [https://foxtrotbranding.com/]
Timestamps:
(0:00) Intro
(01:17) The tea about our winter breaks
(08:13) Mistakes to avoid when New Year's planning
(11:56) Our recommended planning workbook (it's free!)
(14:29) Our 2025 design service plans & how we got there
(19:00) How we're time blocking our weeks
(24:50) The vacation time we blocked off
(28:03) Our financial goals & focuses
(33:34) Emotional & mental health goals
Spill the Tea
Spill the Tea is a design business podcast by Cass & Amanda, Co-Founders of Foxtrot Branding. Each episode, we spill the tea about navigating our lives as designers and business owners and the challenges and rewards that come along with creative entrepreneurship. Whether you’re an up-and-coming freelancer or a seasoned designer, these casual conversations offer relatable and encouraging insights for design entrepreneurs.
