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.
Listen in as Cass & Amanda spill the tea on some of the biggest mistakes we made with our first design clients, from missing red flags to scope creep to taking feedback wayyy too personally. Let us know if you relate to any of these and if you have any topic suggestions or questions for a future episode.
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Timestamps:
1:08 What's the tea at Foxtrot?
4:00 Mistake #1: Super inconsistent project pricing
8:10 Mistake #2: Not having established services or packages
11:20 Mistake #3: Not being prepared for sales calls
16:33 Mistake #4: Allowing scope creep
24:04 Mistake #5: Missing client red flags
33:10 Mistake #6: Not sending solid contracts
36:10 Mistake #7: Not sending design direction
38:11 Mistake #8: Offering a service you're not prepared to
39:32 Mistake #9: Taking feedback personally
41:32 Mistake #10: Trying to please clients at all costs
43:10 Our best course recommendation for designers
44:48 Listener Question
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.
