

What’s Creative South?
For those of you haven’t heard of Creative South, it’s a four day design conference that takes place in the beautiful town of Columbus, Georgia. It’s known for its super friendly atmoshpere, with one of the conference’s taglines being, “Come as friends, leave as family.”

Creative Market + Dustin Lee
Now that you know a little more about the atmosphere of the conference, let me tell you why I was there. Most of you are familiar with Dustin Lee and his Creative Market shop Retro Supply Co. Dustin has an amazing story about how he went from barely being able to make ends meet, to making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year selling design assets online.

Passive Income For Designers
In order to share his knowledge with others, Dustin started Passive Income For Designers. His goal with Passive Income is to help designers create passive income streams with their skills so they can escape the cycle of trading time for money. He wants to help designers escape the work that is burning them out, and help them make a living doing what they love. That mission is something we at Creative Market can get on board with! For the last few years Dustin has been teaching a Passive Income workshop at Creative South. The workshop has been so popular, that it has sold out multiple times! The mission of Passive Income is right up Creative Market’s alley, so when Dustin reached out to me to see if I would be interested in co-leading the workshop with him this year, I jumped at the chance! Dustin and I met up a few times via Skype to plan everything out.

Last flight to @CreativeSouthGA got cancelled so me @heydustinlee and @Vonster rented a car from Chalotte to Columbus! Rainy road trip time! pic.twitter.com/Ggu4vEru8u
— Dina Rodriguez (@lettershoppe) April 5, 2017
@lettershoppe @CreativeSouthGA @heydustinlee @Vonster Ah! @KelleyJ_ and I just got deboarded and we're stuck in Phoenix! #CS17 pic.twitter.com/HYDgmMGjK7
— Josh Johnson (@secondfret) April 5, 2017
Creative South Workshop: Part I


- Get to know Creative Market
- Learn why community-focused shops earn more
- Open a Creative Market shop
- Learn how shop owners fit into the community
- Discover ways to get featured
- Tackle Licenses and Taxes
Creative South Workshop: Part II
Dustin’s presentation was a beautiful combination of story telling and brass tacks product building and marketing facts. The number one goal coming out of Dustin’s half of the workshop was for everyone to upload their first Creative Market product.





Let’s Meet These Awesome New Shop Owners
Now that you know how the workshop went, I want to introduce you to some of these new wonderful shop owners and show you a few of their first products.Jessica Slevin
Amy Wilkins
Nick Brito
Ryan Caronongan
Maura McDonald
Roscoe Peacock
Brandon Hopkins
Eric Robinson
Harrison Mills
Ryan Montgomery
Meagan Apperson
Justin Fielder
Ari Woeste
Taylor Cashdan
American Eargle
Welcome the New Shop Owners
You know what would be an amazing way to end this journey? Having you check out some of these new shops, give them a follow, and leave an encouraging comment on some of their first product uploads. One of the things I told these new shop owners is that the Creative Market community is a supportive community. Fellow shop owners don’t treat each other like competitors here, they treat each other like a support system. Let’s show them what this supportive Creative Market community looks like!

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