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YOUR CREATIVE START

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Your Creative Start is a creative brand consultancy lead by Jaharn Giles. It's her purpose to help your creative brand get started and become known for its something. YCS specialises in social media, website design and branding. Whether you're a start up creative looking to launch your brand, or you're already established and in need of strategic direction and motivation, YCS can help shape and communicate your story. Whilst we're within walking distance to the beach on the Sunshine Coast in Australia, YCS is globally minded and armed with the experience and expertise to bring your creativity and brand to life.

 

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social media + website design + branding + workshops + podcast

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#YCSCLIENTS

They make our world spin

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SERVICES 

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No two days are ever the same at Your Creative Start and we love our clients for this. From helping creative brands plan for success, photographing beautiful product, creating killer social media content, coaching creatives to get started and become known for their something, and designing new websites, it's our purpose to make sure our clients stand out from the crowd - every single day. Below are a few clients and projects we're currently working on. Have a sticky beak, you know you want to.

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PODCAST

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Welcome to the Your Creative Start Podcast. A podcast helping creatives get started in their own businesses and become known for their something, Jaharn shares weekly episodes and tackles the topics creatives want to hear about the most, including getting started, dealing with self doubt, becoming your own boss, what to do in a creativity rut, learning from mistakes, and lots more. She also interviews creatives about how they got started, the lessons they’ve learned along the way, and asks them to share wisdom bombs, actionable advice and practical tips so you feel inspired and motivated in business and life. Subscribe, download and listen on iTunes here.

 

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creativity + organisation + productivity + entrepreneurship

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NEW SYDNEY WORKSHOP 💥 I’m so excited I can’t keep my eyes open! If an après work wine (or two, or three, or ten) on a Friday with your bestie is your jam, then so too is the “Organisation and Wine Workshop” I am hosting with my friend @beckwadworth from @anorganisedlife. This two hour workshop is perfect for anyone looking to wine down, I mean wind down, after a busy working week. Whilst you enjoy a drop of @penfolds, Beck and I will be showing you how to better prep, plan and prioritise your work week. We’ll take you through @anorganisedlife’s Six Step Goal Planner to help you (actually) achieve your goals. We’ll give you tips on how to manage Instagram better and grow your reach with the right strategy, presets and scheduling tools. And that’s not all! We’ll show you how you can manage your time better and how to delegate so you end up with more hours in your week to focus on doing what you love the most. And because we love talking about money, we’ll also share our tips and tricks for growing your revenue streams and of course, making more money. You’ll also receive a gift bag with a selection of tools and goodies that we personally use every day in our own lives from @saltbyhendrix, @thebeautychef and @anorganisedlife. Tickets are now on sale now! There are limited spots so get in quick. Link in bio. See you there x⠀
💥ORGANISATION + WINE WORKSHOP Guys I am so excited to share that my friend @beckwadworth from @anorganisedlife and I are hosting our first ever workshop in Sydney on Friday 4th May at the beautiful @omgfive space from 5.30pm and 8pm with our sponsors @penfolds, @saltbyhendrix and @thebeautychef! If you struggle staying organised, have an overflowing inbox and To Do list, are missing deadlines, wish you had more time in the day and love drinking your favourite glass of @penfolds with your besties, then this two hour workshop is for you. Click the link in my bio to grab your ticket! We'll show you how to prep, plan and prioritise your work week. We’ll take you through @anorganisedlife’s Six Step Goal Planner to help you not only realise your goals, but to achieve them. We’ll give you tips on how to manage Instagram better and grow your reach with the right strategy, presets and scheduling tools. We’ll also show you how you can manage your time better and how to delegate so you end up with more hours in your week to focus on doing what you love the most. And because we love talking about money, we’ll also share our tips and tricks for growing your revenue streams and of course, making more money. All whilst enjoying @pendolds wine. Now how good is that! You will walk away feeling inspired, motivated and ready to take your work and projects to the next level as we arm you with lots of practical advice and actionable tips for getting, and staying, organised. You’ll also receive a gift bag with a selection of tools and goodies that we personally use every day in our own lives from @saltbyhendrix, @thebeautychef and @anorganisedlife. Tickets are now on sale now! There are limited spots to get in quick. Link in bio. See you there x⠀
NEW PODCAST EPISODE! 🎧 AND A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 💥 Today on the #YCSPodcast, our resident nutritionist Rebecca Miller and I talk allllll about stress and how it affects your creativity. She also shares some amazing strategies and tips for managing stress and what small changes you can make this week to see big results. I also have some big news. The success of this podcast has completely exceeded my wildest dreams. With over 50,000 episode plays from listeners aroujd the world, I simply cannot thank each and every one of you enough for your constant support. However, it takes a lot of time to produce each episode especially when I have a business and I am a mum, and it's been causing me a bit of stress lately and that’s why I’ve decided to now produce this podcast into 10-episode Seasons. This means, each season you’ll be able to listen to 10 killer weekly episodes and then I’ll be taking a break for a few weeks to enjoy some much needed down time, to re-boost my creativity and to spend time researching, recording and producing the new episodes for the next season. It’s actually something I am very excited about! And today’s episode is also my 30th, which blows my mind but also means we are now at the final episode of Season Three. As always you can listen to this episode (and all the others) on your favourite podcast listening device or you can find the #YCSPodcast by searching "Your Creative Start Podcast" in the iTunes Podcast App 🎤🎧
This cutie, our little Dusty, making weekends super fun. Even though it’s been a wild couple of weeks for him - fevers, a frantic 2am hospital visit, coughing, climbing out of his cot (my poor friend @anorganisedlife was on the phone with me when it happened!) and teething - he won’t stop smiling, giggling or exploring 💙 #thoselashes
NEW PODCAST EPISODE 🎧 It's no secret that every Australian girl has a @thebeachpeople roundie towel in their beach bag all year round. And that's why I am thrilled to chat with founders and sisters @emmahenderson and @mrsvictoriabeattie about their journey and why trusting their gut has played such an important role in their success. On this episode, we talk about creating something when you can find it yourself, getting started, managing the early days of a creative business, recognising the need to dream bigger, pushing yourself to grow your business, brand direction and brand guidelines, making decisions, trusting your gut in business, gut health, working with family, sister contracts, blending mum life and work life, product growth and lots, lots more. You can listen to this episode on your favourite podcast listening device or you can find the #YCSPodcast by searching "Your Creative Start Podcast" in the iTunes Podcast App. And apologies for the buzzing noise in the background, frustratingly my mic picked up the fan noise from my iMac. It’s better listened to from a computer or car if headphones bother you 🎤🎧
The #YCSteam has been shooting and editing new content for our amazing client @ritmobcn. We're also very excited to be shooting with @abbey_ginns and @paddotopalmy for our next shoot later this month!