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How to Start Your Own Irresistible Graphic Design Studio with Amber Brannon Design

Work Online, Travel The World + Live Creatively
4 Essential Steps To Start An Online Business And Travel The World!
Do you secretly have a love for color, patterns and a passion for all things design? Have you daydreamed about starting your own graphic design studio so you could be your own boss and work from anywhere in the world?!
Well, you’re in just the right place girl! Today, we’re sitting down for a “Coffee Chat” with Nashville-based cutie, Amber Brannon of Amber Brannon Design. She’s worked on design projects for big-names like Lady Antebellu, the CMA’s & Live Nation!
We’re talking all the juicy details like…how she makes a full-time income freelancing, her top strategy for getting more clients, how she prices her services, her biggest pieces of advice for aspiring designers and so much more!
Without further adieu, click play to watch our interview with Amber below – we’re dishin’ some major girl boss inspiration today!
*The name of our Facebook Group has recently been changed from Globetrotting Girl Bosses to Bucketlist Bombshells Community.
In This Chat:
- How Amber got started and landed her first design job [0:00]
- What is overflow work and how to get clients with this method [0:04]
- Best practices for working with clients through the design process [0:07]
- Amber’s tips for working remotely [0:11]
- How to develop your own personal brand [0:15]
- Does a graphic designer need to have knowledge around coding or web development? [0:20]
- How Amber learned to price her services [0:24]
- Methods to approach potential clients for a re-brand [0:25]
- Creating a sustainable income and dealing with finances [0:30]
- Techniques to land referrals from your previous work [0:35]
- Amber’s game-changing biz apps [0:37]
- Getting through rough days + the importance of having cheerleaders [0:40]
- How do you explain your career path to others + dealing with judgement [0:48]
- Amber’s advice for aspiring graphic designers + quitting your 9-5 [0:55]
- What Amber had in savings before quitting + when she reached full time freelance income [1:03]
- How long it took Amber to start up her business [1:05]
Resources Mentioned:
- Calendly
- Freshbooks
- Invision
- Planoly
- Slack
- Google Drive
- Bucketlist Bombshells Design Skills Course
- Creative Live
- SkillShare
- Harvest
Name: Amber Brannon
Current Location: After growing up in Germany and later Ohio, Amber is now based in Nashville, Tennessee!
Business: Branding, Design + Strategy at Amber Brannon Design
3 Girl Boss Must-Haves:
1. My Cheerleaders. My Cheerleaders are not your rah-rah-pom-pom kinda cheerleaders, these are my rocks. My people that I call when I can’t solve a problem without talking it out, when I need someone to help encourage me because I’m beating myself up, or when I just need a swift kick in the booty on my hard days to get my groove rollin’ and to wake-up early, shower and be creative!
2. My Teammates. Just because you’re a solo-preneur doesn’t mean you’re alone. My team consists of my photographers, developers, content strategist and project managers that I am constantly partnering with for each project to be successful. We might feel like a one-woman-circus most days, but these are the people that come into your life and business that help you achieve and take on projects SO much bigger than just you. They are not your employees, and you’re not theirs… they’re your teammates.
3. Coffee + Chocolate + Gym. Y’all, we know you can’t run a business without any of these things. Let’s be honest, we need coffee to hustle and be production, chocolate to ‘treat yo’ self’ when you knock something out of the park or have a great success, and a gym membership to sweat it out and de-stress from the work day.
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Meet The Bucketlist Bombshells
Hey! We're Cassie & Shay - we're obsessed with helping millennial women build an online service-based business giving them the freedom to travel the world!
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