Did you find your Why?

    Did you “find your WHY” yet? If not, maybe go through som old notes and get surprised! It happened to me. In a heap of old drawings, I…

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Two kinds of hearts – snippet from a Branding Café

Coach Josie Wood was in the hot seat of my last Branding Café. She is working with the idea of “surface heart” and “deep heart”. Because that’s an unusual concept,…

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The pricing dilemma

One of the things that I’m preaching is “clarity first”. I help my clients and students to clearly communicate their message. But sometimes, clarity isn’t that easy. Especially if you…

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Bad hair day?

Bad hair day?   You would think that hair is the least important thing for people who want to draw sketchnotes,  communicate their business message, or post drawings on social…

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Branding Café glimpses

In my free branding café I show you how to visualize your business ideas with simple sketches. Here are a few glimpses of “customer transformations”.  The thing is: Your potential…

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Change your thoughts, change your life (and your business!)

  I designed a visual change-your-thoughts playsheet on my 60th birthday, because it felt as if birthdays have stopped to be joyous events. Because… it is this just an unquestioned…

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No more “posting on social media”

Content marketing is a chore – or, is it? I have a love-hate relationship with social media. Often it feels like I am working for these big, evil companies for free.…

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Visual Linkedin Profile Template

  Linkedin used to feel scary. Somehow it felt like I was the only one who didn’t have it all figured out. Since then a few things have changed!  …

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Branding Café recording

Recording of the Branding Café that kicked off a live round of the “Find your message” course in the Visual Thinkers’ Business Club   I’m drawing a solopreneur with videophobia,…

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Lill style pomodoro sprints

  If you’re anything like me, you find it more difficult to work ON your business than to do IN your business. Getting motivated for client work is easy because…

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Stop overthinking – by moving fast!

If you give yourself an hour to complete a drawing, it will take an hour. And worse: sometimes it never gets finished, because your brain starts overthinking. What is helpful:…

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Who is living in your head?

Do you know who is living in your head? Maybe somebody is standing in the way of your success!   The other day I got to explore a Voice Dialogue…

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Why do people buy something?

Do you have to solve a burning need with your services? Louis Grenier talks about the “bleeding neck problem”. Here is a case study with one subject – me:  About…

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Big, ugly and expensive – but I love it.

I bought a new gadget! When I saw it on the website of my favourite app – Concepts by Tophatch – I knew that I needed it. It is even…

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Find Your Message Workshop

  If you find it difficult to explain what you do in your business, you are likely one of those creative people with many (maybe too many…) ideas. And, creative…

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Workshop: Drawing on the iPad

Drawing on paper is great – but when you take a photo to use it on social media, it often looks yellowish and dark. This can spoil the prettiest drawing!

In order to have professional-looking illustrations you have to master some kind of digital magic. I will show you how you can transform your doodle into a clear and crisp illustration!

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Creating vs. Curating

First and foremost I see myself as a creator. Always have been, and always will be. So, the logical thing is to just create and share what I am doing,…

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Business in times of war

I haven’t sent emails or posted on social media this week. I just didn’t know what to say. Felt kind of paralyzed by the war in Ukraine. I know it…

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From Storyboard to website

Here is the website structure that is derived from the storyboard:

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Don’t market yourself, market your message

  Don’t market yourself, market your message! Back then when I was a graphic designer, I was relying solely on word-of-mouth for getting jobs. I wouldn’t have known how to…

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