{"id":45157,"date":"2017-04-20T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=45157"},"modified":"2024-04-15T23:50:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T06:50:03","slug":"creative-south-passive-income-workshop-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/creative-south-passive-income-workshop-2017","title":{"rendered":"Creative South Passive Income Workshop 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two weeks ago, I had the pleasure to meet up with shop owner Dustin Lee of Retro Supply Co.<\/a> and co-lead a workshop to help 30+ designers. The designers came to learn more about how they can start earning an income by selling digital design assets online.\nIt was an absolutely amazing experience. I’d love to share a little of it with you, as well as introduce you to some of the designers who have joined our shop owner community as a result of the workshop!\n\"\"\n

<\/span>What’s Creative South?<\/span><\/h2>

\nFor those of you haven’t heard of Creative South<\/a>, 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.”\n\"\"\nAfter going once, designers continue attending the conference year after year. Now that I’ve been there, I know why. Not only is it a great chance to learn from top designers throughout the industry, it’s a place to make genuine connections with other designers as well.\n<\/p>

<\/span>Creative Market + Dustin Lee<\/span><\/h2>

\nNow 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<\/a>. 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.\n\"\"\nAlso, a little insider knowledge here, Dustin is one of the kindest guys you’ll ever meet. For this reason, when his career dreams came to fruition, he didn’t hide away his secret sauce and chill out with his gold à la Scrooge McDuck. Instead, he decided to share what he had learned.\n<\/p>

<\/span>Passive Income For Designers<\/span><\/h2>

\nIn order to share his knowledge with others, Dustin started Passive Income For Designers<\/a>. 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!\nFor 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!\nDustin and I met up a few times via Skype to plan everything out.\n\"\"\nBefore we knew it, it was time to head to Columbus for the workshop. We both ran into a few bumps along the way on our travel day, but we got there!\n<\/p>

Last flight to @CreativeSouthGA<\/a> got cancelled so me @heydustinlee<\/a> and @Vonster<\/a> rented a car from Chalotte to Columbus! Rainy road trip time! pic.twitter.com\/Ggu4vEru8u<\/a><\/p>— Dina Rodriguez (@lettershoppe) April 5, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>

@lettershoppe<\/a> @CreativeSouthGA<\/a> @heydustinlee<\/a> @Vonster<\/a> Ah! @KelleyJ_<\/a> and I just got deboarded and we’re stuck in Phoenix! #CS17<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/HYDgmMGjK7<\/a><\/p>— Josh Johnson (@secondfret) April 5, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>

<\/span>Creative South Workshop: Part I<\/span><\/h2>\"\"

\nThe workshop was three hours long. I took the first 90 minutes to introduce the 30+ attendees to Creative Market. I had six learning goals for the workshop attendees to hit in that first 90 minute session:\n<\/p>