There’s a new episode of The Creative Leap and today I am talking to digital marketing coach, Alice Benham! Alice works with business owners to build a marketing strategy catered to work for each individual business and as well as her 1-1 work, she also offers group coaching programmes, writes amazing content and runs a business retreat for female business owners.

We have a super interesting chat about unusual paths into becoming self-employed, managing burnout when you start out and organising events in your business.

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Instagram
Twitter
Content Library

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There’s a new episode of The Creative Leap for you today with my lovely guest, content creator and manifestation coach, Victoria Jackson! You may know Victoria from her incredible online interiors website, Apartment Number 4 which comes with a great e-magazine, 4 Magazine. Then more recently, Victoria has created The Manifestation Collective where she shares incredible resources, coaching and courses about manifestation.

We talk about some amazing topics, including building a small but engaged audience, managing working on different income streams and of course, manifestation, even if you don’t do “woo”!

Find Victoria below:

Apartment Number 4
The Manifestation Collective
Instagram
Abundance Academy

A Few Things We Chat About:

Sophie Cliff

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We’re back with a new episode of The Creative Leap! Today’s guest is digital marketer and blogger, Charlotte Dougall, who knows so much about marketing, copywriting and running a business. Charlotte works with other online businesses through her business, Blether Digital, whilst also writing about her experiences and life on her blog, By Charlotte Ann.

We chat about creating a business from the skills you build blogging, extending your knowledge through education and why it's so important to take some time off when you run a business!

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Blether Digital
By Charlotte Ann
Instagram
Twitter

A Few Things We Chat About:

The Independent Girls Collective

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Today’s guest is social media manager and founder of The Co-Working Club, Jess Berry! Jess freelances in social media and digital marketing and helps service-based businesses in these areas. She also runs The Co-Working Club in Nottingham which is a membership for other freelancers to meet up and work together once a week and feel like they have a community! This was recorded a few months ago so thank you so much to Jess for her patience with this.

We chat about being open online with sharings the highs and lows, the importance of co-working and meeting up with other business owners and the changes in social media over the years and how to adapt.

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Instagram
The Co-Working Club

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I’m back with a new episode! And the first guest of this new season is Rachel Waring of Rachel Emma Studio. Rachel is a wedding stylist, paper artist, business mentor and podcast co-host on the amazing Business Proposal Podcast! And if that isn’t enough Rachel has also been spending her time helping lots of business owners with Pinterest and creating content through her free email courses and Facebook group.

We talk about standing out in the wedding industry by creating something unique, being organisation addicts who love a good system and adding outsourcing to your business and the struggles involved.

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Website
Instagram
Pinterest

And a few things we mentioned in this episode

The Business Proposal Podcast
Trello
Asana

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This week my guest on The Creative Leap is productivity mentor Josephine Brooks, who works with creative business owners and side-hustlers to organise their business and help them live a meaningful lifestyle with their business to support that. Along with all of these things, Josephine also creates amazing content which includes her podcast, On The Make, incredible blog posts, a newsletter and some fab freebies too.

We chat about finding your dream business through your own experience, knowing when to take your side hustle full time and how to create a 12-week action plan for your business.

Find Olivia below:

Website
Instagram
Podcast

And a few things we mentioned in this episode

Josephine’s 12 Week Wall Planner
Join DIY Design School!

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Welcome back to Season Three of The Creative Leap! This week my guest is Olivia, the founder of digital marketing agency, WKND:In. who work with independent businesses on all things digital marketing including events management and influencer marketing. Along with her fab team at WKND:In, Olivia also hosts some incredible events such as the How to Build Your Brand workshops for small businesses, the recent Pop:In pop up shop which was a showcase for lots of amazing indie brands and a super exciting How to Build Your Brand retreat which I am so excited to be part of later this year.

We chat about building a team to support & grow your business, how you can use influencer marketing to promote your brand and how to build a great brand even if you’ve been in business for a while.

Along with offering some amazing business advice, Olivia is also very generously offering £100 off ticket prices for the How to Build a Brand Retreat we chat about in the episode just for Creative Leap listeners! Use the code GATTO before the 1st of August to get this amazing discount and I’d love to see you there!

Find Olivia below:

Website
Instagram
Twitter

And a few things we mentioned in this episode

Weekend:In Events
Conversations of Inspiration Podcast

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My guest on The Creative Leap this week is Fashion Brand Consultant, Elizabeth Stiles. Elizabeth has worked in fashion for her whole career and, unlike most people who end up with their own business, loved the jobs she had and the places she worked. She took to self-employment when she realised the knowledge she had could help lots of people with their own fashion brands and could work in fashion in a different way.

We talk about why taking your own knowledge for granted is easy but could be holding you back, leaving a job you love to start a business and how to create sellable services in a niche you haven’t seen before.

Find Elizabeth below:

Website
Instagram
Facebook

And a few things we mentioned in this episode

The Secret
Life in Half a Second
Ctrl Alt Del the Podcast
The Multi-Hyphen Method
Is Sustainable Fashion Strictly for the Wealthy?

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This episode of The Creative Leap features personal branding photographer Sophie Carefull, who works with creative, purpose driven women on the imagery for their businesses. Sophie and I had a similar start, working in various digital marketing jobs whilst continuing our hobbies which eventually became our job.

We have a chat about finding your niche and sticking to it, how branding photography can boost your business and visibility and making sure you use imagery which represents you and your brand.

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Instagram
Twitter

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This episode of The Creative Leap features Cat Rose, founder of The Creative Introvert and confidence coach. Cat started out as a designer before finding a niche in helping people with certain personality types (those starting with an I) run their own businesses.

We talk about how you can find your personality type and how it can affect the way you run a business, the strengths introverts bring to business and how to try different things without jumping in head first.

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Website
Instagram
Twitter
Podcast

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This week on The Creative Leap is financial coach Julia Day, who helps women in all walks of life take control of their finances so they can live fun and sustainable lives. Sounds pretty good, huh? Julia helps people with tax, money management and pricing through one to one coaching, workshops, courses and her fab podcast, Easy Numbers (episode 6 is a personal fave).

We talk about how money mindset might be holding you back, how to make sure your invoices are paid on time and creating appropriate pricings based on your value & target audience.

Find Julia below:

Website
Instagram
Twitter
Podcast

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This week on The Creative Leap is life coach & business mentor Sophie French. Sophie fills her days by coaching people, running workshops and attending speaking events all about ‘How To Crush The Can’t In Your Head’. If this doesn’t speak to you already (I know it speaks to me), this basically means that she takes the doubts in your head and turns them in to confidence to have the life and business you want.

We talk about how separating yourself from your business can increase your confidence, travelling the world whilst running your business and of course, how to crush the can’t in your head.

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Instagram
Facebook Group

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This week on The Creative Leap is video coach Tors Grantham who started her journey working in television and moulded that and her other life experiences into the business she runs today. In her day to day, she uses her television experience to help online business owners to grow their confidence, step in front of a camera and connect with their audience

We talk about how Tors took a number of experiences throughout her life and made them into a business, how she pivoted from a services based business into coaching and how connecting with your audience through video can build trust and attract the right people for you.

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Website
Twitter
Youtube
Instagram
Podcast

Shownotes:

Being Boss Podcast

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This week on The Creative Leap is travel blogger Jess Gibson whose award winning blog, The Travelista recently celebrated its fifth year running. Jess started travel writing whilst doing an unpaid internship and found a love of mixing writing with travel which she turned into a successful blog. Since starting the blog, she has travelled to over 30 countries and wrote amazing content for each one and build an engaged audience which has allowed her to take her business full time.

We have a chat about why travel blogging isn't all about going on holiday, why sometimes a creative crawl instead of a leap is the better option and choosing the correct opportunities based on your audience. 

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Website
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube

Shownotes:

How to Make Money as a Travel Blogger - The Travelista
My Design Project with Jess

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This week on The Creative Leap I am talking to Sapphire Bates who runs two incredible business, The Flower Arranger and The Coven Girl Gang. Sapphire started her own florist business after she had been travelling and got home to a blank slate and since then it has gone from strength to strength. She then created The Coven Girl Gang which is launching fully in May 2018, to educate and bring together creative business women all over the world.

We talk about her girl gang and why community over competition is so important, how to manage multiple businesses at the same time and why you can't take your business personally. 

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Website
Twitter
Instagram

Shownotes:

The Coven Girl Gang Facebook Group
The Coven Instagram

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This week on The Creative Leap is Holly Sutton from A Branch of Holly, an award winning blogger and content creator. Holly is fairly new to the world of freelance and recently celebrated her sixth month running A Branch of Holly full-time. Before that, she blogged under the same name for which she won multiple awards and she now helps bloggers and business owners with their content and strategy.

We talk about how working in a 9-5 can prepare you for freelancing more than you would think, why 'Content is King' still applies and why you should be increasing your prices as your experience grows.

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Website
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube

Shownotes:

Melyssa Griffin's Courses

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This week on The Creative Leap is Business Mentor for Female Freelancers, Nesha Woolery. Nesha started her journey as a blog designer (like myself!) and then transitioned to design studio and then finally educator and mentor for business owners. Her courses and groups are a huge help to hundreds of freelancers and I found out about Nesha a while ago through her incredible content and went on to do her course Organize & Automate.

We chat about why passive income isn't always as passive as you think, how you can use free and valuable content to keep an audience connected and more likely to work with you and why planning your income can ultimately help it grow.

Find Nesha below:

Website
Twitter
Instagram
Youtube
Facebook Group

Shownotes:

Nesha's Course Organize & Automate
Nesha's Income Plan

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This week on The Creative Leap is Creative Virtual Assistant and Designer, Luci Burgess-Farwell. Luci works with creative female business owners to offer design and technical support and also offers amazing branding, website and launch design services. She has really made her own niche when it comes to the services she provides and because of that is someone I have wanted to work with for a long time and finally got to a couple of months ago!

We chat about how to stay organised managing a large number of clients, how to approach marketing and putting yourself out there in a less 'icky' way and how to completely pivot your business from one set of services to another.

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Website
Twitter
Instagram
Pinterest

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This week on The Creative Leap, I am doing something a bit different and I am my own guest! I have asked around for questions from listeners of the podcast and I got some amazing questions so had to answer them for you. Thank you to everyone who sent me a question and I hope I can help you out!

I talk about my struggles with burnout when I got started, how confidence in yourself can help you price your work appropriately and why you can only help yourself with your productivity.

SHOW NOTES

Jen Carrington
Nesha Woolery 2018 Income Plan
Adobe Creative Cloud
Skillshare
One Girl Band

I have also written quite a lot about my personal experiences on the Gatto Blog if you want to go and have a read!

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This week on The Creative Leap is Creative Coach, Jen Carrington. Jen works with creative business owners to find clarity, purpose and sustainability in their business and lives and really helps find balance with those things. As well as her coaching, Jen is great at creating heartfelt content through her podcast, weekly letters and blog posts which I would highly recommend looking at!

We talk all about choosing marketing methods which feel like a good fit for you, giving yourself permission to lead a fulfilling life alongside your business and gaining confidence from being a business owner. 

Shownotes

ByRegina
Braid Creative - Be A Farmer (Not A Hunter)
Me & Orla - Webtroverts Unite!
Jen's Podcast - Make It Happen
Gretchen Rubin - The Four Tendencies

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Website
Twitter
Instagram

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This week on The Creative Leap, Polly Vadasz, the illustrator and product designer behind Sighh. If you don't know already, Sighh sells amazing hand crafted products including phone cases, laptop skins, enamel pins, stickers and so much more, all covered in Polly's amazing designs. As well as this, Polly is also a full time student studying Illustration at Leeds and it amazes me that she managed to run a business alongside completing a degree.

We chat about sourcing good suppliers, balancing running a business with university and her creative process when it comes to creating unique products.

Find Polly and Sighh below:

Polly's Twitter
Polly's Instagram
Polly's Website

Sighh's Twitter
Sighh's Instagram
Sighh's Website

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The week on The Creative Leap, my guest is fashion photographer Lauren Shipley! She is based in Brighton and works mainly with bloggers but also with brands and I have loved her work every since I found her on Instagram. She also blogs at Britton Loves and writes about vegan and cruelty free beauty and lifestyle.

Lauren and I met when I was down in Brighton for an event and I was so pleased that we could meet up and chat in person. We talked about using your location as a business niche, making time for yourself to get away from work and how community over competition can deal with imposter syndrome.

Find Lauren below:

Twitter
Instagram
Website

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This week, my guest is Ella Masters, a commercial artist and illustrator who’s work I first found on Instagram. She specialises in quirky quotes and colourful paintings which she sells as prints, bags and ceramics and also does commission work which has seen her collaborating with amazing brands such as Anthropologie, Lancome, Caffe Nero and Shake Shack to name a few.

I met Ella in a little cafe in London and picked her brain about taking the leap and becoming a full-time commercial artist. We talk about the comparison trap in the creative industry, why starting a blog can lead to a business and how to deal with the tricky subject of pricing.

Find Ella and her work below:

Twitter
Instagram
Blog
Shop

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I recently met up with Lola Hoad in her amazing space in Brighton and had to pick her brain on all things business and being a 'slashy'. Lola started her journey as a designer, went on to create female business collective, One Girl Band and now is a creative coach, writer and podcaster. Having so many job titles is such a new concept but Lola does it perfectly and manages to keep a balance with everything she does. 

We talk about how self-care comes into a work/life balance, why talking about money is crucial for entrepreneurs and how your idea of success has to keep evolving if you want to be 'successful'.

Shownotes: 

You Are A Badass At Making Money - Jen Sincero
The Thirty Three Method

Find Lola and One Girl Band below:

Lola's Instagram
Lola's Twitter
Lola's Website

One Girl Band's Instagram
One Girl Band's Twitter
One Girl Band Podcast
One Girls Band's Website

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The very first guest on my little old podcast is Megan Ellaby. Megan is a leading style blogger and regular face in fashion magazines and everywhere online. Her blog has grown from a university course diary to a personal style blog with DIY photos onto what is now her own online magazine which regularly features huge brands and collaborations.

Learn more about how she got started with her hobby, what made her take the leap into full time freelancing and how she has managed the world of finance, sponsored content, social media and putting herself 'out there' in this episode of The Creative Leap.

Find Megan on meganellaby.com as well as on Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.

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Welcome to the trailer for my brand new podcast, The Creative Leap, all about taking the hobbies you love and turning them into your job. I took my hobby and made it my job in 2015 and now I run my design studio and live a fulfilling life, working with amazing creative entrepreneurs every day!

Each week, I will be chatting to a different guest in all different industries, so you can get industry specific advice for the business you want to build, as well as some general advice for creative entrepreneurs.

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Speak soon!

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