41 - The Legal Stuff You Don't Want To Miss With Kiersty Loughmiller from The Legal Formative

Abbey is hilarious, and a vintage clothing expert. She finds the most amazing pieces for her shop, The Peach Vintage and is designing original pieces that are beautiful for all body types. If you haven't seen her reels yet, run don't walk. She is one of my favorite content creators on Instagram and she even created a Reels Course! The Peach Vintage Website The Peach Vintage Instagram Graphic Design Contract Template Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! designbeatpodcast.com Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co  Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!

Kiersty Loughmiller from the legal formative shed some light on all the legal things creative business owners need to know. We talked about copyrights, trademarks, contracts, and what to expect when working with a lawyer.  Kiersty's Website  Kiersty's Instagram  Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!! Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! designbeatpodcast.com Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co  Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle

I had the loveliest chat this morning with Annabel Wrigley! Annabel is a fabric designer for Windham fabrics and a teacher with Creativebug. One of our listeners requested that we reach out to Annabel and she did not disappoint! She was hopeful and light and happy and I think you're really going to enjoy this episode. Annabel's Website Annabel's Instagram Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!! Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!! Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle

Michelle Gifford is an expert at helping women business owners message and market their business, inspiring women to take action, and delivering the tools to make it happen. As a business coach, podcaster, speaker, and founder and CEO of Michelle Gifford Creative, she guides women through creating and maintaining a business that lasts through creative content and online strategy. Her agency, Michelle Gifford Creative, cultivates brand strategies and content for influencers and creatives. A mom to five, she and her husband are raising their family in Southern California. This episode is packed with super helpful and specific marketing advice that I totally needed.  If you are interested in joining Money Makers you can sign up here and used code designbeat25 for $25 off! Michelle's Instagram Michelle's Website Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!! Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! designbeatpodcast.com Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co  Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle

Sonia is the CEO of Wildly Creating, a web and brand design agency passionate about creating, designing, and developing strategy-infused brands for high-performing entrepreneurs ready to change the world and who are not afraid to go big! I had a great time chatting with Sonia about having an abundance mindset, the van life in Australia and what it's like to be a traveling entrepreneur.  Sonia's Website Sonia's Instagram Wildly Creating Instagram Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!! Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! designbeatpodcast.com Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co  Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle 

This was a fun one! Shailey is an interior designer, video production company owner and co-host of one of the first podcasts I ever listened to: “Shailey and Katie’s Lemonade Stand”. In this episode we talk about running her interior design business, her video production company, raising her two children and renovating her amazing house! I was so excited when she agreed to come on the podcast and loved chatting with her hilarious self! Shailey’s Website  Shailey’s Instagram  Shailey and Katie’s Lemonade Stand Podcast Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!! Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! designbeatpodcast.com Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co  Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle

Today we're talking with Elizabeth Silver. Elizabeth is a professional surface pattern designer who's been working for the last 2 decades in the industry. She teaches beginner surface pattern designers the clear steps to find clients, pitch their designs, and create a profitable business with confidence and ease. You will definitely hear some of that in this interview. Elizabeth shares a ton of advice from her time in the industry which I was grateful for as you know I've been venturing in to the surface pattern licensing world. Something Elizabeth said in this interview is that action brings clarity. She also shared some great advice about finding clients and working with surface pattern design agents. If you're interested in licensing your artwork you're going to love this one! Elizabeth's website Elizabeth's Instagram Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!! Graphic Design Contract Template Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! designbeatpodcast.com Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle

Welcome back!! I've wanted to be friends with Tayler for a long time so I decided to use the podcast as an excuse to get her to hang out with me!! She actually lived nearby so she just came over and we chatted in my living room for a bit. I absolutely loved talking to Tayler and I think we could have kept going for hours if I didn't have to pick up kids from school! We talked about creating your own definition of success, believing in yourself, finding your style, and she even tells us her favorite method for learning to draw something new! You're going to love this one. Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!! Tayler's Instagram Graphic Design Contract Template  Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! designbeatpodcast.com Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle

Introducing Jaz, the 6 figure Design Superwoman turned Pricing Queen. Jaz is an Aussie creative teaching pricing through courses, resources and tomato sauces… ok maybe not the last one. Passionate about pricing, pie and puns, shes all about helping transform her students from Starving Artists to Hungry Creatives. In this episode we talk about all of that plus Survivor, Australian maternity leave (mind blown), and what her 14 years in the industry has looked like! Jasmine's Instagram Easy as Pie Pricing Calculator  Other Links: Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!! Graphic Design Contract Template Black Friday code: BLACKFRIDAY gets you 50% off this month! Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! designbeatpodcast.com Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co  Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle

This week we're talking with Katie Johnson and Ilana Griffo from Loomier! Loomier is the ultimate resource for artists who mean business. Katie and Ilana are artists who have been in the industry for a long time and decided to start Loomier to help people turn their artistic passion into a sustainable business. In this interview we talk about finding your passion, following your passion, romanticizing your life and we even have a really great conversation about mental health.  Tag us and share your thoughts on social media if you're listening and resonate with anything we or a guest have shared lately—we LOVE seeing and connecting with you guys! Loomier Instagram Ilana's Instagram  Katie's Instagram Loomier.co FREE WEBINAR Links: Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!! Graphic Design Contract Template Black Friday code: BLACKFRIDAY gets you 50% off this month! Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! designbeatpodcast.com Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co  Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle