Putting in the non-billable hours - Brand Strategist and Educator Melinda Livsey

What if you could find a mentor who’d teach you everything they know for free?
That’s exactly what happened for Melinda when she connected with Chris Do, founder of online education platform, The Futur.
After talking one on one and realising they could learn from each other, Chris invited Melinda to co-host a series on his YouTube channel, where they’d talk about the real-life issues she was having as she tried to build her freelance graphic design business.
Melinda realised that she needed a brand just like the clients she was designing for, and through her on-camera coaching sessions with Chris, she learned how to grow that brand and her business along with it.
She found community, got confident with social media, launched a newsletter, started a mastermind group, and began teaching what she knows through content, workshops and coaching sessions.
 
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