This interview is a part of a series I’m doing where I show off my students and bring them on to talk about their genius, and their story of success. Today I’m excited to speak with Natalie Thomas, a Graphic Designer based in Jackson, Mississippi that specializes in serving small businesses, startups, and solopreneurs with custom brand identity and web/UI design.
Here’s what we cover:
- Why she started her business, how she figured out what she like doing and listened to how people reacted to her work to find her secret talent
- She quit her job and then found her new title as a web and brand strategist and started serving better clients
- How she got her first few clients through word of mouth and connected with a developer who constantly gives her websites to design
- How designers can find communities in their town with people that she likes, and how she found the local meetup groups she likes
- How she found out about me, why she applied to the Design Business Accelerator, and she loved that I sent her a personal email.
- Her experience participating in the first round and how she needed support and someone that could push her and give her advice that was tailored to her!
- How she treats her business like a business and has contracts, and different price points and expectations for both her and her clients
- How she hit rock bottom and saw faith in herself
- Her goal was to replace her full time income salary in December 2018 and had her highest month ever
- Her goals for this year are to hit her target clients more, and grow her revenue
- Why she’s starting a local women in tech meetup group
- Her advice to designers who want to go to the next level, inspired by her dad
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