Ep 20 | How To Create A Unique Webflow Portfolio | With Hamish Duncan

12/06/22 • 32 min

For episode 20, my guest is Hamish Duncan. At 16, he became a professional snowboarder but at 22 he broke his back forcing him to rethink his life. After finding a love of storytelling and brand identity design, Hamish eventually set up Penny Black that transforms digital products that move businesses, people and planet forward.
What I love about this episode is the power of being a generalist. Hamish’ attributes some of his success is to do with knowing a little bit about a lot of things but a real depth of knowledge about business needs. Hamish has let all these different interests - photography, wildlife, snowboarding - inspire his design aesthetic and the clients he attracts.

Don’t be a clone is Hamish’ advice - make sure you don’t squash your general interests because it is what makes you truly distinct!

CONNECT WITH HAMISH
📬 See their website: https://www.pennyblack.co/
📬 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamishduncan/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hambourine
TRY OUT WEBFLOW
🚀https://webflow.grsm.io/webflail
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SAY THANKS
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💜 Leave a rating on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5834...
💜 Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infoHg
🖥 CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE!
https://www.webflail.com/

Don’t be a clone is Hamish’ advice - make sure you don’t squash your general interests because it is what makes you truly distinct!

Previous Episode

Ep 19 | How To Freelance For Agencies | With Maggy Monceaux

Welcome to Episode 19 of Webflail with Maggy Monceaux.
I’m your host, Jack Redley, a failure connoisseur and today, my guest is Maggy Monceaux. Maggy is the web designer and developer behind Easthood studio based in Toronto. She is also the co-founder at NoCode North, an inclusive community of Canadian Webflowers and NoCode enthusiasts on a mission to network, to support, and to learn with our peers.

However, Maggy wasn’t always a Webflower. Coming from a film background, she used to craft props in the film industry. Maggy says, ‘I transferred my love for building things to designing and developing websites.’
1) Failing to find the right niche or focus on the right type of work
2) Failing to say "no" more often and be more selective
3) Failing to figure out my process early on for my design + dev work

CONNECT WITH MAGGY
📬 See their website: https://www.easthoodstudio.ca/
📬 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggy-monceaux-92482a181/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EasthoodStudio
TRY OUT WEBFLOW
🚀https://webflow.grsm.io/webflail
CONNECT WITH WEBFLAIL
📬 Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.webflail.com/newsletter
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackRedley1
SAY THANKS
💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
💜 Leave a rating on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5834...
💜 Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infoHg
🖥 CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE!
https://www.webflail.com/

Next Episode

Ep 21 | How To Choose Your Niche As A Webflower | With Emily Giordano

For episode 21, my guest is Emily Giordano.
If you haven’t heard of Emily, why not? She is a Webflow legend. Emily is a huge inspiration to me personally - she is The Great Design Lead podcast host (with over 83 episodes) and aggressively researches guests (so I have gone in researching this episode by the way), she is the founder of Podwork.io for podcasters to find guests and for potential guests to find podcasts to be on, and she is an UX designer and Webflower.
The 3 failures we talk about are:
1) Wanting to be a graphic designer and realizing that wasn't what I was most passionate about

2) Having my first big project go poorly at the copywriting and project transfer stage

3) Leaving a job that wasn't right for me without having another job lined up and being scared shitless for about 3 monthsb

CONNECT WITH EMILY
📬 See their website: https://www.greatdesignlead.com/
📬 Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-giordano/
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/greatdesignlead
TRY OUT WEBFLOW
🚀https://webflow.grsm.io/webflail
CONNECT WITH WEBFLAIL
📬 Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.webflail.com/newsletter
🐦 Connect on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackRedley1
SAY THANKS
💜 Leave a review on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
💜 Leave a rating on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5834...
💜 Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/infoHg
🖥 CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE!
https://www.webflail.com/

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