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Mentorship for freelance Designers

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Alyssa Phillips Downey of Make Your Design Matter ® smiling with her arms crossed against a black background. There are pink icons of a sun, flower, and star around her.

Join the Design Business Hotline on Voxer to ask me anything — any time!

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Running a design business isn’t always easy.

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I’m here to listen and help.

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You need freelance business advice from someone who’s walked the walk (and still walks it).

I’ve been self employed full time for 8+ years, and I’ve made just about every mistake in the book so that you don’t have to.

I created the hotline to help you stop “faking it till you make it” and start:

  • Consulting with a design business expert who truly understands your challenges and how to navigate them

  • Feeling confident in your design process, client communications, and business operations

  • Leading your client projects as the design expert you know you are

When we consult through the Hotline, I listen and ask questions about your situation, recommend action steps, and share recommendations, ultimately guiding you towards the solutions that are the best fit for you.

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With the Design Business Hotline, you get a design mentor right in your pocket.

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Reach out any time you need help with:

  • Client communications

  • Navigating sticky situations and client wrangling

  • Design process

  • Pricing

  • Working with clients and your client experience

  • Marketing and selling

  • Setting up policies and boundaries (please note that while I may suggest contract tweaks, I am not a lawyer and you should always consult an attorney for official legal advice)

What I can’t help with:

  • Giving feedback on designs (But I am working on a separate option to support you with this!)

  • Legal and financial advice — while I may share suggestions of what has worked for me, ultimately I will always defer to an attorney or accountant for official legal and financial advice.

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How the Mentorship Hotline Works

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Download Voxer

Voxer is a free voice and text chatting app.

It allows us to have natural conversations, and gives you the option to reach out any time instead preparing for a set coaching call and wishing you had more time to talk.

Ask for help

Shoot me a voice or text message any time you’re feeling stuck, want feedback, or want to bounce ideas. We’ll talk through it!

You can expect to hear back from me within 1 business day (9-5 EST on weekdays, excluding U.S. holidays), and we can chat back and forth as much as you need.

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Start feeling confident in your design business

Join the Hotline:

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$97.00
per month

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The fine print:

Accessing the Hotline will require you to create a free Voxer account. Voxer is a voice chatting app, which makes it easy for us to chat back and forth in detail. If you’re not into talking, no worries! You can also chat through text messaging on Voxer.

Please note that while I’m “on-call” in a sense, I’m not able to be available immediately or help with anything urgent, because I also run my own design business and work with clients.

While I aim to get back to you as soon as possible, at this time you can expect to hear back from me within 1 business day (9-5 EST on weekdays, excluding U.S. holidays), and we can chat back and forth as much as you need.

You will resonate with my recommendations if you share my core values of passion, honesty, determination, quality, communication, treating clients with kindness, and working professionally according to best practices in the design industry.

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