Make and Design with Carina Gardner

Carina's guest today is Meg Goodman who owns a podcast production company and hosts the Sew and So Podcast for Bernina. She talks about going from broadcast at the age of 13 to not getting around to …

Carina talks very candidly about Marketing and Sales Vehicles. If you have never heard this language before, Carina breaks down why these are so important and how you can start thinking about using t…

Carina talks in depth about what it took to get her Ph.D. Her struggles led to satisfaction in a field of study she loves. She talks about the rewards that come to those who are willing to do hard th…

Are you doing the right simple things your business to be profitable? Learn the one question you need to ask yourself to make sure you are implementing the right things.

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Carina came directly back from a workout to tell her experience of weight lifting and how it relates to becoming a designer! She talks about getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. Learn more a…

Carriece Jefferson from Crafty Hands Club is on the podcast today talking about how storytelling has become a focus for her magazine and membership. Learn more about this creative business in today's…

Are you doing the right simple things your business to be profitable? Learn the one question you need to ask yourself to make sure you are implementing the right things.

Episode Simple = Profitable

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Sometimes we can get a little out of balance with our ideas of what it is like to be a designer. If we can balance our ideas and our implementation, we are building a great design business. Learn mor…

Today Carina talks about her early career as a designer and how she refused help. It took her longer to reach her goals because of it. She talks about ways she got help and what she let go of to have…

Carina goes over some of the ways you might be losing money in your design business. Learn more about how you can make some changes that will make you more profitable in today's episode.

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Do you know the difference between building or maintaining a design business? Carina goes through the different ways you might be building or maintaining your design products in this episode.

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Carina dives into how adding Live Retreats to Design Suite happened. She recaps January 2023 in Hamilton, Missouri at the Missouri Star Quilt Retreat Center. Learn about the activities, tours, and wo…

Carina dives into how digital designing gave her stability that her contracts did not. Learn why digital is such an amazing way to become a profitable designer in this episode.

Episode 282 Why Digital…

Carina talks about starting her design business and what it took to get to $100,000. Learn more about the differences between contracts, digital designs, and so much more.

Episode 281 0 to $100,000

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If you are stuck somewhere in the design process, learn more about why that confusion is happening and how to fix it!

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To be a good designer, we also have to be able to explain why we designed something the way we did. Learn why words matter for a designer.

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Hindsight is 20/20 and there are many things Carina would have changed early in her design career. Learn about some of these things so that you can evaluate your own design business practices.

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Are you super frustrated right now in your design business? Are you having trouble making money? Maybe you are missing this one thing. Learn more in today’s episode.

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Carina runs into aspiring designers whose main focus is the notoriety around being a designer. Learn more about what Carina has to say about fame.

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What are the two things that will make you a great designer? Learn about it in today’s episode!

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