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Taylor Ackerman // The Sketchbook as a Release

Episode 314. Aired September 18, 2019. Do you have a passion project that you spend time outside of work pursuing? Do you want to know how long you should give it to take off? What kinds of things should you be doing to make sure you are putting your best foot forward for this project

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Tom Ross // Building a Personal Brand

Or listen here: Episode 310. Aired Tuesday, August 20, 2019. Is it important to build a personal brand?Do you have to create a community while you are building that brand? Does a company need to have a face to their name/logo? Is it important that design firms, agencies, or freelancers create a face to their

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Rapid Recharge // Leaning Into Uncomfort Part 2

Steven’s video https://youtu.be/Cww-9LHXf1w I have watched this video over 50 times probably. I am seeing it from so many angles. I am excited to share this with you. Episode 299. Aired May 29, 2019. Been a hard week for me. I don’t like disappointing. And that is what I feel like I did. I didn’t

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Rapid Recharge // Leaning Into Uncomfort

Episode 298. Aired May 22, 2019. Or listen here: What a week, I got to spend the weekend with a lot of family. My cousin Katie got married and we had a blast with her friends. I made some new friends and got to hang out with some of my favorite people, my family. My

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Design Recharge 30-day Design Challenge to design Beverage packaging

Patreon 30-day Beverage Challenge

Design Recharge Patreon Challenge This month marks the first of three design challenges that come as a bonus for being a Design Recharge Patron. Each day create drink packaging for a beverage of your choosing. Choose one theme to use for the packaging throughout the entire 30-day period. The goal is to push yourself to

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Creative Podcasters Unite

Episode 297. Aired May 15, 2019. or listen here: This week we are doing something different. I have invited a few of my friends who are at different stages in their similar side project, they are all podcasters and all do it differently. They have similar but different audiences. Last week we talked to Kyle

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Lisa Quine // The Social Media Opportunity

Episode 295. Aired Wednesday, May 1, 2019 Or listen here. Do you know how to track your progress on social media? On Instagram? Do you know how to “work” the algorithm? When you pivot in your career how does that affect your social media following? Or your audience? What is the best tactic to use

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