Discover how to elevate your creative career and attract high-value clients. In this episode, Kady Sandel, a successful creative entrepreneur, shares her proven strategies for personal branding, networking, and transitioning from low-value to high-value projects. Learn how to break free from the feast-and-famine cycle, leverage social media effectively, and build lasting relationships with potential clients. What does it take to level up your creative career and land high-value clients while maintaining balance in your personal life? In this episode, Mike Janda sits down with creative entrepreneur and educator Kady Sandel to uncover exactly that. They dive deep into personal branding, transitioning from low to high-value projects, breaking free from the feast-and-famine cycle, and the game-changing power of networking. Plus, Kady opens up about her inspiring journey from Serbia to the U.S., sharing her strategies for finding clients and successfully balancing business with family life. You won’t want to miss this episode packed with actionable insights! #highticketsales #pricingstrategy #freelancing #whatthehelvetica ----------------- What the Helvetica? Episode 15: High-Value Clients with These Proven Branding & Networking Strategies with Kady Sandel ----------------- 00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction 01:10 The Art of Personal Branding 05:17 From Serbia to the States: A Designer's Journey 08:08 Building a Freelance Career in the U.S. 12:34 Networking: The Key to Success 17:26 Overcoming the Feast and Famine Cycle 21:54 Leveraging Social Media for Business Growth 27:42 Building Relationships with Google 28:50 Strategic Networking on LinkedIn 29:41 The Right Way to Connect 32:45 Nurturing Genuine Relationships 36:59 Leveraging Referral Partners 45:14 Handling Online Negativity 49:53 Empowering Designers to Succeed ---------------------- 🤝 Connect with Michael Janda ---------------------- Michael Janda is an award-winning creative director, designer, and agency veteran. In 2002, he founded the creative agency Riser, which provided design and development services for clients that included Disney, Google, Warner Bros., Fox, NBC, ABC, National Geographic and many other high-profile brands. Michael sold his agency in 2015 and now spends his time speaking, developing books, courses, and social media content to help creatives level-up. He is the author of “Burn Your Portfolio” and “The Psychology of Graphic Design Pricing.” Instagram: https://instagram.com/morejanda YouTube: https://youtube.com/morejanda LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/morejanda Website: https://michaeljanda.com Courses: https://morejanda.teachable.com Community: https://morecreativeacademy.com ---------------------- 🤝 Connect with Kady Sandel ---------------------- Kady Sandel is a business coach for designers and the CEO of her own design agency in Austin, Texas. She is the host of The Profitable Graphic Designer podcast, which has helped over 20,000 designers grow their businesses. She is also the creator of the popular 12-week program The Profitable Designer, and The Creative CEO Accelerator. Kady went from $65 logos to charging $10k+ per project, all by applying the business-building strategies she teaches at Aventive Academy. Kady is also an author with a bestselling book in the Logo & Branding category, titled BrandFix - Brand Strategy for Busy Entrepreneurs. Website: https://aventiveacademy.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aventiveacademy/ The Wealthy Client Blueprint: https://aventiveacademy.com/wealthy-client/ - use WTH copupon code to get it for free Podcast: https://aventiveacademy.com/podcast/ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 🔍 Video Tags: agency life high value clients high ticket clients how to find clients how to get clients personal branding strategies for high ticket clients how to get high value clients with networking strategies networking tips for for high ticket client how to get high value clients with personal branding how to land high-value clients building relationships with potential clients how to get high value clients how to find high ticket clients Kady Sandel branding strategies how to get freelance clients how to close clients how to get more clients how to get new clients how to get clients fast ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

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