
Resourceful Designer: Strategies for running a graphic design business
Hosted by Mark and Mark Des Cotes · Mark Des Cotes
4.9from 119 ratings
- 419
- Episodes
- 42
- Transcribed
- 119
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
- 19K
- YouTube views
About Resourceful Designer: Strategies for running a graphic design business
Wouldn't it be nice if you could spend more time designing and less time worrying about your design business? Resourceful Designer offers tips, tricks and resources for freelancers in order to help streamline your graphic design and web design business so you can get back to what you do best… Designing! Let me know what topics you would like me to cover by emailing feedback@resourcefuldesigner.com
- Publisher
- Mark Des Cotes
- Category
- arts · arts · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Sept 2015
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
42 of 419 episodes have a transcript.

20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Stop Selling the Blueprint. Start Selling the House - RD367

26 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Power of Email Signatures - RD366

24 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT
Finding Your Niche as a Freelance Designer - RD365
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Stop Selling the Blueprint. Start Selling the House - RD367
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Clients do need to know how you work. They need to know what's included, like, what the timeline will look like, or how many revisions that they get, and what they will walk away with. That information does build trust. It tells them there's a solid structure holding up the house. Because nobody wants to move into a home with no foundation. But the blueprint should be the supporting material, not the main event. A good rule of thumb is to spend most of your time, I'd say the vast majority of it, talking about the house, the change, the results, what life will look like after a project is done. […]
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- 4.9 / 5
- 102 ratings
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- 4.8 / 5
- 17 ratings
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