Episode 008 - Branding and Positioning for Creatives’ in the Marketplace
Release Date: 10/27/2017
Episode 018 - Client Attraction and content creation strategies
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Today’s Guest is an Online Business Coach and Speaker, the #1 bestselling author of “The Diamond in Your Closet” and a book publishing consultant for Entrepreneurs, Corporate Executives and Public Figures. He is a trained medical doctor and also the Founder/CEO of Income and Impact Academy – a personal income explosion organization designed to help individuals turn their gifts, passion and skills into a viable source of income while making an indelible impact in the world. He dives deep into content creation and client attraction strategies. This episode is filled so many actionable...
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Episode 017- Finding your uniqueness, writing and humour
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Today’s episode is filled with humour and valuable nuggets; our Guest Mr. Hassan Sani – iNidAName is Developer and an amazing writer with a unique writing style. He shares with us his journey and experiences. Always remember your uniqueness and what makes you stand out. “I started writing and I didn’t like it… because I talk to people and I usually observe their response if they like what I say, they laugh or smile” My Take Away’s From Today’s Episode: It’s important not to create things in isolation; you are building for real users; there is need to always get...
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Episode 016 - Imperfect Execution and the feedback loop
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Today’s Guest Mr. Mustapha M. Garba is the Community Manager for GDG Bayero University, a Python and Web Developer. He shares with us his journey and experiences. Imperfect execution and putting yourself out in the open makes it easy to get feedback and improve yourself; in the end it is your own journey, not anyone’s, you have to own it and take responsibility. If you wait till you are perfect; you might wait forever. “the vibe was so different, everyone around was onto different things, talking about this technology or that framework; the environment stirred something in me, It...
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Episode 015 - On Pricing Models and being Professional
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Episode 015- On Pricing Models and being professional Today’s Guest Mr. Emmanuel Enemaku is the Co-founder of Projaro, Product Designer – Civic Innovation Lab and a Co-Organizer for Usable UX Abuja (A Meetup for UI/UX Designers in Abuja). Mr. Emmanuel has been in the Creative Industry for well over 12 years. Coming from an era where placing a name on what He does was a challenge, he navigated those times to become the Creative Professional he is today. He shares with us his journey and tips for pricing models and being professional. Expose yourself to creative people, creative blogs and...
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Episode 014 - Self Evaluation and taking stock
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Episode 014 - Self Evaluation and taking stock Today’s Guest Mr. Israel Obiagba is a Frontend Developer, a Trainer with RelearnNG, an Educator with CodeSparkNG and a Co-Organizer for UXAbuja (A Meetup for UI/UX Designers in Abuja). He is a proponent of having Structures and Processes, he also speaks about ways of tracking activities for measuring productivity and progress. When we take stock and track the things we do; we are then able to evaluate our progress and measure our productivity. My Take Away’s From Today’s Episode: It is the amount of focused time you put into your...
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Episode 013 - Finances and book keeping tips for Creative Professionals
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Today on the Creative’s Chronicles we have Mr. Chuks, He is a Software Engineer, an Accounting Professional, He is well read, a knowledge seeker and lifelong learner. He shares with us today on tips for Cash Flow, Profitability, book keeping and Freelancing. An understanding of how systems work will enable you have mastery and help you properly put in place other tools and systems for effectively running a business or a Freelancing Career. Accounting is the language of business – Warren Buffet You can’t run a business effectively without been conversant with accounting principles....
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Episode 012 - There is always room for Improvement
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Today’s Guest is just Awemazing, coming from a background where reading was the norm, Mr. Victor A. Fatanmi is a Creative with a difference, He is a Writer, Designer and the CEO of Fourth Canvas, He shares his story with us and points out an important trait he embodies, the desire and drive for continuous growth and improvement. You are to work yourself on your path towards self-sustainability and growth… My Take Aways from today’s Episode: It doesn’t matter how your start is or looks; what counts is your consistency on a path of improvement and learning… Be unafraid to enter...
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Episode 11 - On being Strategic as a Creative
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On being Strategic as a Creative. As a Design and Logo Legend – Leslie Williams has strategically positioned himself as a Force to be reckoned with in the Creative Industry, trust me he really does the work; from his online interactions, Playbook Tv, Layrz blog, Mr. Leslie Williams is an Executor; and in today’s episode we look at his story and he shares tons of actionable content on strategies for staying relevant in the Creative Industry… In this industry trends move really fast; You can be obsolete in 2 months if you don’t stay informed and up to date…. I read articles on...
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Collaboration, Community; growth hacks for developers 2
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Collaboration, Community (Part 2) For this week’s episode we continue our conversation with Mr. Okechukwu Ifeora, an Entrepreneur and software developer at Omniswift. He shares tons of valuable information about his journey and experience as a Software Developer. At a point in time the top Software Engineers we revere and hold at high esteem knew nothing about Software Development… They were introduced and encouraged, this way they are now at this phase in their career… “Hand holding is important, but it should not be for too long…” It is a sacrifice that those of us...
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Episode 009 - Collaboration, Community; Growth Hacks for Developers (Part 1)
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Today’s episode features a Frontend Legend and an Amazing Software Developer, Mr. Okechukwu Ifeora, an Entrepreneur and software developer at Omniswift with loads and loads of experience in User centered design and as a self taught developer there are lots of lessons to draw from his journey. To go far in this creative field and any other field you need to love what you do… You have to be committed to your journey, deciding that I can’t afford to let myself down, that inner push helped me” My Take-Aways from today's Episode: Being part of a community is diamond for any software...
info_outlineMr. Bamise Babasola, Graduate of Psychology Obafemi Awolowo University, he is a Digital Savvy, Dynamic Speaker and The Digital Alchemist. Branding and Positioning for Creative Professionals in the Market place. The question is what do you want to do and how do you want to go about it… if you just want to be like everyone else, you will get lost in the crowd… What is that extra you add to your own service offering that pushes you a notch further than the others… Distinguishing yourself goes beyond satisfying that person, it also extends to how you make them feel…
Its best to sit down as a Creative and ask yourself what you can add to your service as a Creative, you need to have an extra to your service offering that is unique to you
“You get to shape the perception your clients’ have of you consciously”
The fact that you are reachable, and always available is a distinguishing factor…
You should be able to sustain your distinguishing factor, that is why you have to start small, the little things count..
My Take Aways from today’s Episode:
- Excellence is in the minute details, you don’t have to do something overly huge… focus on the things you can sustain and can be easily transferred,
- “There is no perfect” perfect is the best we see now, someone else will wake up tomorrow and say there is still a mile further and push it further, that is how the bar of excellence is continually raised.
- Poor ethics has been an issue with most Freelancers and Creatives, you have to be different, good work ethics is a gap that if you fill for yourself today will stand out from the crowd…
- You have to give Value to your client consistently before you request for sales
- “When you capture a client, you have access to his network”
- Give your heart to that client you have now, it is like the ripple effect, a satisfied client will refer you to his network
- “Money flows in the direction of value”
- Whatever you do for your client, do it well
The fact that you are reachable, and always available is a distinguishing factor…