Brand & Brew Podcast

In today's episode, Chloe speaks with brand designer + strategist Bonnie Bakhtiari from B is for Bonnie Design. Bonnie talks through her main mistakes she hears (and has experienced) designers having with making consistent income. Some of the overview topics we will discover:

• Mistakes that keep you from making consistent income
• What is Bonnie's thoughts on hourly rates? What about retainer packages?
• Is niching down a contributing factor to inconsistency with income?

In today's episode, Chloe walks you through the CCS process of onboarding clients and the actual design process. This episode would be great for an aspiring brand/website designer to listen to OR a business owner who may want to refine their own processes to fit their certain niche. 

In today's episode, Chloe walks you through the CCS process of onboarding clients and the actual design process. This episode would be great for an aspiring brand/website designer to listen to OR a business owner who may want to refine their own processes to fit their certain niche. 

In today's episode, Chloe and marketing coordinator Izzy walk through what actually goes into the social strategy we are building and implementing at CCS. 

They walk through:

• Previous social strategy
• Signs you need to hire a social media manager/marketing person
• How we structure our content/weeks at CCS
• Izzy's thoughts on Instagram becoming a "video" platform

In this episode, Chloe walks you through some common questions she gets asked about running a successful business. Questions ranging from:

• How to Register Your Business
• How to Find Your Ideal Client on Instagram
• What Software to Invest in First
• How Do You Organize Finances?
• What's a Day in the Life Look like?

In this episode, she mentions episode 10, episode 06, episode 03 and episode 01. 

This week on B&B, Chloe is chatting about her personal faith-life and how she balances her schedule for Bible time. She will also walk through three devotionals she reads on the daily, influencers like CleerelyStated, Brighton Keller, She Works His Way and other platforms that have encouraged her along the way. 

This week on the B&B, we have a special guest that comes to with me about our Nashville trip thus far. You'll listen in on:

• The comparison between Hattie B's Famous Hot Chicken to Chick Fil A
• Recommended coffee shops
• Arrington Vineyards
• Relationship Questions

In today's episode, Chloe chats with Trista Taylor of Wildly Creative Co. You'll listen in on Trista's story of how she worked several jobs - including non profit ones - that eventually led her to full time entrepreneurship. Her story is SO unique, because she was self-taught and didn't even know if entrepreneurship was for her. We mention Episode 015 to briefly chat about how Trista similarly pivoted in her business from brand and website design to videography.

In today's episode, Chloe interviews Claudia Gebhardt, a passionate marketing entrepreneur that has experienced pivoting in business while also maintaining her full time job. Some highlights from this episode are:

- Does Claudia's full time job know that she has a business on the side?

- How can pivoting affect your online community?

- What were some cues that pivoting needed to happen?

- How does Claudia find and create balance within her full time job?

You can find Claudia at @claudiagebhardtllc on Instagram to learn more about her business!

I've had this podcast episode planned for a while, because I knew it was something I'd be needing for myself in the upcoming months. We all have slow seasons, and in them, we need grace for ourselves. I'll be talking through 6 ways I give grace in the slow seasons and I hope you can, too!