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Hosted by Philippa Craddock · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 152 episodes
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Welcome to Creative Strengths, the business podcast for creative entrepreneurs who want to build a profitable, sustainable business, while honouring the way you naturally work.Hosted by designer and creative business mentor Philippa Craddock, the show is rooted in the belief that your greatest success comes from recognising and working with your natural strengths. Philippa grew her own design business from the kitchen table to a seven-figure global brand, and now supports creative business owners through her signature strength-led methodology.Each week, she shares practical, jargon-free guidance on pricing, marketing, mindset, and business growth, helping you charge with confidence, attract aligned clients, and build a business that supports your energy, creativity, and ambition.If you're ready to grow your business so it feels wholeheartedly yours, one built around your own unique creative strengths, this is where your next chapter begins.
Philippa Craddock hosts CREATIVE STRENGTHS, a business show with 152 episodes published.
Why work you're genuinely proud of can quietly wash past people and the small shift you can make that changes everything about how they see it. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL DISCOVER: ◼️ What people are really paying for when t
Someone looks at a service you provided or a product you've made and asks, "how on earth did you make/design that?" and you find yourself shrugging, because honestly, the solution came easily; it was just how you work. B
There's a moment I see again and again: a creative starts talking about their work, and they simply light up, the passion pours out, and the person listening is quietly won over without a single thing being pitched. And
There's a quiet two-minute test I'd love you to run on your business today: on your own, no tools, just said out loud. It shows you two things at once: how clear your business really is, and how much it actually sounds l
Part 1 of a new series. You've built something real, you're good at what you do, and yet somehow it all feels heavier than it should, and every new thing you add only seems to add to the weight. I used to believe that me
This is an episode I'd love you to save. For the morning after a 'No' you didn't see coming, For the week your inbox goes quiet and your mind rushes to fill the silence. After all these years, those weeks still find me t
There's a quiet pressure almost every creative business owner carries, The sense that everyone else has worked out the right way to do this, and that you're somehow behind. Post more. Show up more. Be more visible. I spe
A woman in my audience wrote to me this week, ready to take her website down and walk away from it all. Worn out, and quietly wondering whether any of it had ever really been a proper business at all. I've been turning h
There are three things I'm properly studying at the moment and being a beginner at all of them at once has given me a particular view on something I think is worth sharing. One of the course teachers opened with somethin
Most people think persistence is a personality trait. Fifteen years of running creative businesses has quietly convinced me otherwise and I'd like to share why. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL DISCOVER: Why the real reason some p
Most creative business owners already have more evidence about what makes their work exceptional than they realise. Many taking their strengths for granted and missing the signs, and more importantly, how to use them to
There's a pattern I've been watching for years. And the last few months have made it clearer than ever. Why do some creative business owners stay so calm when things shift and others don't? I think I finally know what th
There's a question I've been hearing from many creative business owners lately, and I don't think most of the voices out there are answering it well. Once you accept that AI has a place in your business, the real questio
I spent two days inside an AI bootcamp this week and the thing I most want to share isn't what AI can do. It's where you, as a creative business owner, already fit in all of this. Because the key skills that matter most
I was asked a question in a recent live session that I think applies to every creative business owner. Whether you're service-based or selling products through stockists, does focusing on a specific ideal client actually
I had a conversation this week with a florist who spent 20 years in banking before starting her flower business. And she mentioned this phrase they used to use at JP Morgan. "What's the so what?" And it's a really intere
If you've ever caught yourself apologising after quoting a price or felt that quiet discomfort when someone asks what you charge, this episode is for you. I talk about why that feeling of discomfort is so common amongst
The question I've been asked so many times recently. How do I get the right clients to find me? And it's funny, because the answer is almost never what people expect. It's not about marketing. It's not about Instagram. I
Let's talk about newsletters. Specifically, what makes a really good one for your creative business. And more importantly, why so many of them don't work. In this episode I share what i've been noticing from the newslett
Renowned chef Marco Pierre White once told me my flowers were terrible. Actually, he didn't say that, he said they were "shit"! This was one of the best pieces of business advice I've ever received, because as a creative
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CREATIVE STRENGTHS is hosted by Philippa Craddock. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 152 episodes.
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