The Profitable Graphic Designer

Design #118

Welcome to The Profitable Graphic Designer Podcast. My name is Kady Sandel, and this podcast was brought to you by Aventive Academy – an online business education platform that helps brand, graphic, and web designers get more clients, increase their pricing, and build a profitable design business. You can find out more about starting and growing your freelance design business at aventiveacademy.com

156 The Secret to Attracting Clients Who Value Your Work
Apr 15, 2025 – 00:22:55
155 How I Went From $500 Clients to $10K+ Branding Projects
Apr 8, 2025 – 00:11:02
Why Most Designers Stay Stuck (And How to Finally Grow Your Business)
Apr 7, 2025 – 00:13:30
154 3 Mistakes Keeping Designers Stuck with Low-Paying Clients
Apr 1, 2025 – 00:25:37
153 How to Find Logo Clients Who Will Pay You Premium Rates
Mar 25, 2025 – 00:27:24
152 Why $10K Design Clients Aren’t Hiring You (And How to Fix It)
Mar 18, 2025 – 00:29:00
151 Why Some Designers Get Clients on Repeat (And Others Don’t)
Mar 11, 2025 – 00:25:24
150 How to Land High-Paying $10K+ Design Clients ASAP
Mar 4, 2025 – 00:23:47
149 How Smart Designers Are Using AI to Scale Their Business
Feb 25, 2025 – 00:24:24
148 Why Working Less Made My Design Business More Profitable
Feb 18, 2025 – 00:23:13
147 The Reason Many Designers Can't Grow Their Business
Feb 11, 2025 – 00:23:44
146 Why Your Portfolio Isn't Landing You Clients (And What Will)
Feb 4, 2025 – 00:23:46
145 Psychological Tricks to Sell Design Services
Jan 28, 2025 – 00:27:15
144 Client Feedback Is How You Grow
Jan 21, 2025 – 00:26:39
143 Is It a Scam or a Real Design Client?
Jan 14, 2025 – 00:31:37
142 How Graphic Designers Get More Clients - Mockup Magic
Jan 9, 2025 – 00:16:09
141 Client Onboarding Process for Brand Designers
Jan 7, 2025 – 00:24:25
140 3 Best Ways to Find Freelance Design Clients in 2025
Dec 31, 2024 – 00:26:20
139 How to Craft Proposals That Win You High-Paying Clients
Dec 24, 2024 – 00:25:15
138 How I Automated My Design Business and Took a Month Off
Dec 17, 2024 – 00:25:02
137 Your Roadmap to a Profitable 2025 as a Designer
Dec 10, 2024 – 00:24:27
136 Raise Your Design Rates (Without Losing Clients)
Dec 3, 2024 – 00:26:48
135 How to Create a Strong Brand for Your Own Design Business
Nov 26, 2024 – 00:27:00
134 Pricing Your Design Services Confidently - The Ultimate Guide
Nov 19, 2024 – 00:25:41
133 How I Turned My Side Hustle into a Thriving Design Agency
Nov 12, 2024 – 00:25:41
132 FREE Brand Guidelines for Brand Designers – Elevating Your Visual Identity Skills
Nov 5, 2024 – 00:20:30
131 From Zero Leads to Fully Booked: My Client Magnet Method
Oct 29, 2024 – 00:26:06
130 Why Most Designers Struggle with Consistent Income (and How to Fix It)
Oct 22, 2024 – 00:23:51
129 How I Doubled My Income by Saying No to Clients
Oct 15, 2024 – 00:27:10
128 How to Position Your Design Business for Premium Clients
Oct 8, 2024 – 00:32:17
127 Marketing Strategies for Freelance Designers with Kiri Mohan
Oct 1, 2024 – 00:54:15
126 How to Sell Your Design Services Without Feeling Pushy with Tyler Archer
Sep 24, 2024 – 00:57:49
125 How to Consistently Get Design Clients without Chasing Leads
Sep 17, 2024 – 00:28:46
124 Scale Your Design Business by Raising Your Rates
Sep 10, 2024 – 00:27:43
123 What Nobody Tells You About How Designers Can Work Less and Earn More
Sep 3, 2024 – 00:20:16
122 Why Freelance Designers Struggle to Grow (and How to Break Free)
Aug 27, 2024 – 00:20:55
121 The Designer to Agency Bootcamp, September 2024
Aug 20, 2024 – 00:20:03
120 How I Went From $500 Website Designs to $10K+ Web Projects (Pricing Part 2)
Aug 13, 2024 – 00:22:59
119 How I Went from $65 Logo Designs to $20K+ Branding Projects (Pricing Part 1)
Aug 6, 2024 – 00:25:37
118 The Benefits of Hiring and Outsourcing as a Freelance Designer
Jul 30, 2024 – 00:26:58
117 How I Run a 6-Figure Design Agency Working Only 15 Hours a Week
Jul 23, 2024 – 00:32:09
116 How to Land Design Clients Without Social Media
Jul 16, 2024 – 00:34:11
115 Crushing Competitors With a Niche Design Agency With Massimo Zefferino
Jul 9, 2024 – 00:55:21
114 Q&A: Landing Clients, Boosting Rates, Running a Design Agency
Jul 2, 2024 – 01:05:06
113 Winning High-Ticket Design Clients
Jun 25, 2024 – 00:33:09
112 From Followers to Design Clients with James Barnard
Jun 18, 2024 – 00:48:46
111 Stop the Endless Client Emails With This Free Client Portal
Jun 11, 2024 – 00:15:14
110 Who Pays the Fees： Designer or Client?
Jun 4, 2024 – 00:13:54
109 Hooking Potential Design Clients with Quizzes
May 28, 2024 – 00:37:45
108 Landing a $29,000 Branding Project - How Long It Takes
May 21, 2024 – 00:25:45

Recent Reviews

D-Rocker91

Great Show And Voice!

I love this show. Katie has such a good voice and accent. She gives a lot of good useful information and interviews interesting people, too. 😃👍🏻 ~ Derek Short
byjmonique

Gem Droppin’ Podcast

Kady provides great information and actionable tips. The knowledge she drops leaves you with pure inspiration and motivation to start. The podcast is definitely worth the follow—don’t miss out on all the gems! Thank you Kady 😁
jessicagoodin

Newbie approval

Kady is straight to the point, factual, inspiring and validating! I absolutely love listening to and learning the gold nuggets dropped in each episode. I’m new to web design and about to launch my business, and I’ll be attending the academy once I get my foundation. I can’t wait to help people build their businesses with my skills, and this podcast and Kady are to thank for helping me!
Asun1111

Question and Review:

I love Kady Sandel, she treads the balance of sales and information beautifully. She has been a huge help in developing my career as a graphic designer. My question is can you please cover SCAM Clients in LinkedIn?. It is the one topic I rarely he you speak of and I would be great to hear your advice on how to navigate and or avoid scams. You are remarkable , I am a huge fan!
Covet81

Tons of actionable advice

I’m a new binger of the show but have found it incredibly helpful as I am just starting out with graphic design in my 40’s.
HeyOri Design

Mandatory for any designer/ creative

The Profitable Designer Podcast is absolutely mandatory for any creative in business. We all relate with the subject of pricing your work regardless of our creative outlet. Cool tips and stories from todays top influencers !
P3RSP3CTIV3Design

Educational Design

This podcast is extremely educational and informative about the design world. This podcast is great tool, for anybody starting a career in the design world or anyone who has already been in this profession. I absolutely love tuning in every week and learning new things. I’m currently a graphic design student, and I view this podcast as an additional course to supplement my schooling.
Adrienne Brand, "PhotoGraphicGirl"

Veteran Creative Director Highly Recommends

More than 30 years in the business and this is the first podcast that I look forward to hearing. I don’t have to comb through the shows for relevant info - EVERYTHING is relevant. Highly recommended and I hope you continue this podcast for years. So much gratitude for this - thank you!
Corey Hiben

The Profitable Creative

Real world practical advice for any creative that wants to build and scale their design business. Kady is the champion of brand strategy!!!
AbundantlyA

Wow!

This podcast was so informative and helpful. I can’t wait to apply all of these things when I start my freelance career. I felt so lost with trying to start but now I’m very confident. Thank you so much for sharing! 😊
Designer Natalia

Great details

I’m not a freelancer yet but this podcast is giving me the perfect idea of how it could be. And it is helping me to decide how I want to move forward in my career. And more importantly, I think it is great that she’s sharing that she tried different things, ups, and downs to get where she feels happy. I completely recommend
Bit Rationale

Already Learning

I am barely into this series and I have already learned something new about my business. Listening to just these few episodes has already helped raise my own awareness about my business and given me a little more confidence and belief into what I do. I can’t wait for future episodes.