insightful interviews.
creative lessons.

The Creative's Journal Podcast is an audio platform for business owners, founders, and entrepreneurs. Featuring insightful interviews, TCJ arms us with the knowledge to become creatively equipped to do more of the things in business we love.

We upload every Tuesday at 8 am EST on every platform, including YouTube.

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Level Up Your Workflow

Toolkit: Free, Easy, Fun-to-Use Tools to Enjoy Marketing and Design

Toolkit: Free, Easy, Fun-to-Use Tools to Enjoy Marketing and Design

Michelle Bourbonneire: SEO, The Power of Words, and The Future of Search

Solving The "Outdated Website" Problem Once and For All

AI Marketing Workflows to be More Creative and Buy Back Your Time

Lacey Picazo: The Importance of Personal Positioning and Finding Your Tribe in Business

"Marketing" Doesn't Have to Suck- Here's How I'm Making it Fun Again. (Three Pillar Proven System)

The Opportunity in Branded Video for Business Owners/Entrepreneurs

What 'Doing The Hard Thing' in Business Actually Means

How I Found My First 5 Clients (No BS, Transparent Case Study)

Solopreneurship Masterclass: Untraditional Marketing Takes, & Avoiding Burnout with Carly Ries of Lifestarr Creative

One-Year Recap: Most Powerful Moments Compilation (TCJ Entry 052)

Student Q&A: Career Tips, The Most Important Parts of a Website, Pricing a Marketing Campaign, Marketing Biases (Franklin University Guest Lecture)

Building a New Kind of Marketing Agency | Kevin Kamis | The Creative's Journal Entry 050

3 Hard-Won Business Lessons I Just Can't Stop Thinking About | TCJ Entry 049

Finding A Niche That's (Actually) Profitable and Fullfilling | Ezekiel Rochat | TCJ Entry 048

A Bulletproof Guide to Pitching Your Business (if you hate public speaking) | TCJ Entry 047

How Posting on Twitter Everyday Got Her 3X More Clients | Christina Liubynska | TCJ Entry 046

A Framework for Finding Your Ideal Target Client in 2024 | The Creative's Journal, Entry 045

An Honest Conversation on Pricing Your Services w/ Steve Schramm of Subscription Web Design | TCJ Entry 044

Update from Andy (Business, Ideas for the Future, Things I'm Excited about) | Entry 043

From 0-$6K MRR From Adding This One Service | Sam Sarsten, Thencan Designs | TCJ Entry 042

Professionalism vs. Authenticity in Your Business: Can You Have Both? | Creative Briefs P3 | TCJ Entry 041

Liz Mosley: Dealing With Rejection, Running A Creative Business, Managing Social Media as a Business Owner, and More | TCJ Entry 040

How to Talk to Clients in Creative Business (Friends or Business Partners?) | TCJ Entry 039

How a 5-Minute "Marketing Habit" Gave Me Enough Runway to go Full-Time Freelance: Creative Briefs P2 | TCJ Entry 038

Lacey Picazo: Human-Centered Design, Career and Self-Confidence, Networking Mindsets, and Advice to Young Creatives | TCJ Entry 037

Creative Briefs P1: How to Consume Less and Create More of What Matters in Your Business | TCJ Entry 036

Resilience in Your Creative Business with Mark Bloemhard of Bolder & Co. | TCJ Entry 035

Creative Business Q and A: Favorite tools, Recent Lessons, Small Wins, and How to stay Creative when Struggling Financially | TCJ Entry 034

Marketing vs. Creativity: Hope is Not a Strategy | Drake Jimenez | TCJ Entry 033

The "Subscription Design" Model and How to Make it Work for Your Creative Business | TCJ Entry 032

How Small Businesses Can Use Design and Creativity to Thrive (Ohio SBDC Guest Appearance) | TCJ Entry 031

Position Yourself as A Creative Expert | Michael Mondragon | TCJ Entry 030

The "Fearsetting" Exercise and How it Can Help your Creative Business | TCJ Entry 029

Design Logos with Meaning- James Barnard | TCJ Entry 028

Websites vs. Social Media for Business: A Comprehensive Comparison | TCJ Entry 027

Faith in The Creative Journey - Joshua Berrios | TCJ Entry 026

The 5 Most Effective Ways to Niche Your Freelance Practice | TCJ Entry 025

LinkedIn for Creatives: A Masterclass for Landing More Opportunities | TCJ Entry 024

Radim Malinic: Selling Your Creativity, Starting and Scaling a Creative Career, Publishing Design Books, Mental Health as a Creative | TCJ Entry 023

2023 Year In Review: Finances, Lessons, Looking Ahead | TCJ Entry 020

Create an INCREDIBLE Case Study using this 4-Step Process | TCJ Entry 017

5 Lessons from an ENTRY-LEVEL Graphic Design Job | TCJ Entry 007

Mental Toolkit for Creatives P2 | Play, Power, and People | TCJ Entry 022

Make the Younger You Proud w/ Matt Vojacek | TCJ Entry 021

3 Books To Supercharge Your Entrepreneurial Creativity | TCJ Entry 019

Meet The Creative Leader behind Ohio State Athletics | TCJ Entry 018

Are Your Services Being Valued as a Creative? (Thought Exercise) | TCJ Entry 016

Relationship Development for Creatives: Kelly Sells | TCJ Entry 015

3 Strategies I'm Using to NETWORK as a Young Creative | TCJ Entry 014

Control Your Destiny as a Freelancer: The Story of JoshHall.co | TCJ Entry 013

Control What You Can | TCJ Entry 012

My First 4-FIGURE Design Project: Valuable Lessons and Mistakes | TCJ Entry 011

Becoming a Creative ENTREPRENEUR with Carla Treadway | TCJ Entry 010

What PROBLEMS is Your Creative Business Solving? | TCJ Entry 009

Telling Your Creative Story: Jazzy Okami | TCJ Entry 008

Discovering Your Creative Passion in College: Aidan Eubanks | TCJ Entry 005

A Mental Toolkit for Creatives | TCJ Entry 004

Showing Love Through Graphic Design: Jeremy Slagle | TCJ 003

Stoic Lessons for Creatives | TCJ Entry 002

Entry 001- The Creative's Journal Podcast

Jumbo Iced Tea

Overbooked Golf Pro

Union County Marysville

University of Findlay

Nutriwheels

Websites are Changing. Here's What Ohio Business Owners Should Know.

Network in Columbus: 20 Great Events and Groups to Attend in 2024

Website Importance By Industry: Essential vs Necessary

Ranking Beautiful Ohio Tech and AI Websites

Free Model AI Comparison: Chat GPT versus Claude

How to Podcast for Actual Business Results: 5 Key Strategies Most Skip

2024 Website Guide: Finding What's Right For You

Balancing Marketing and Creativity with Drake Jimenez

3 Non-Awkward Ways To Ask For Better Customer Testimonials

3 Real Takeaways on Rebrands from a Branding "Expert"

James Barnard: Designing Logos for an Audience of Millions

5 Reasons We Switched to Webflow over Wordpress (With Data)

The 5 Types of Creative Niching

Linkedin For Creatives

insightful interviews.
creative lessons.