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Design Strategy School Bonuses
A clear, creative path to start or scale your brand and web design studio—with proven systems that grow as you do. I'm taking a $100k design degree + 15 years of running a design studio and breaking it down into the exact steps you need to know to find success.
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Get paid to be creative… while enjoying these bonuses:
Hard to Forget Bonuses
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Edisto Website Template
We're giving you one license to a *free* DK Showit Website Template when you join the course. This template includes everything you need to start customizing sites for your clients – from the Home to Contact pages. It's set up to be the perfect online home for your design business.
Value $699
included!
Canned Workflow Emails
From inquiry replies and onboarding to revision requests, final handoff, and everything in between — you’ll know exactly what to say, when to say it, and how to say it professionally.
Value $129
included!
Pricing & Offer Calculator
The Design Offer & Pricing Architect is an AI-powered assistant trained specifically to help brand and website designers like you structure your services, refine your packages, and price with confidence.
Value $79
included!
Bonus Hotseat Call with Krista
One live group call, for everyone who enrolls. DSS students only. Bring your pricing page, your portfolio, a client situation you're stuck on, or the question you've been too unsure to ask.
Value $199
EXPIRED
Loom Portfolio Review
Send me your homepage or your portfolio before 12/31/2026 and I'll record a video walking through it. What's working, what's costing you inquiries, and the two or three changes I'd make first if it were mine.
Value $197
EXPIRED!
Passion Project Generator Prompt
A done-for-you AI prompt that helps you generate realistic, dream-client-inspired brand concepts—perfect for building a polished portfolio.
Value $49
included
Canva Starter Logo Pack
Five complete semi-custom Canva brand suites, yours to keep. Logos, submarks, color palettes, typography, and the supporting elements, all fully editable in Canva with no Illustrator required.
Value $1,145
EXPIRED
AI Prompt Pack for Designers
Client research before a discovery call. Creative briefs from a messy questionnaire. Moodboard and art direction language. First-draft website copy so your client has something to react to instead of a blank page.
Value $149
included!
Designer's GEO Guide + Checklist
This guide walks you through what's actually happening inside AI search, then gives you the checklist to fix it, on your own site and on the sites you build for clients.
Value $79
included!
Grid & Layout System
Whether you’re designing a brand guide, website concept, or Instagram carousel, this tool helps you create layouts that feel polished and purposeful (not chaotic and cramped). It’s the exact framework we use to build everything from full client presentations to portfolio pieces.
Value $229
included!
Brand Presentation Canva Template
Deliver a polished, professional brand reveal experience your clients will rave about. This fully customizable Canva template helps you present logos, color palettes, typography, brand imagery, and mockups in a way that’s easy for clients to understand—and impossible not to love.
Value $229
included!
Illustrator Logo Presentation File
Make your logo reveals feel like a moment. This minimalist, designer-approved Illustrator template gives you a polished framework for walking clients through your logo concepts—step by step—with intention and clarity.
Value $49
included!
Full Brand Presentation File
Present the final brand with confidence and clarity. Created in Illustrator for easy customization, this sleek and minimal layout allows you to showcase your logo concepts, color palette, typography selections, and visual direction with strategy and style.
Value $49
included!
Brand Strategy Worksheets
Clarify your brand strategy from the inside out with guided worksheets designed for designers. You’ll define your niche, audience, and core messaging using a proven framework—so every design decision (for you or your clients) is rooted in clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Value $49
included!
Clickup Workflow Template
This plug-and-play ClickUp template maps out your entire content creation and client workflow from inquiry to offboarding. Whether you're juggling custom design projects or marketing content, this system helps you stay organized, deliver on time, and actually breathe between deadlines.
Value $129
included!
Sticky Situations Email Templates
A collection of 10+ templates our team uses when sticky situations arise throughout the design process. Scope creep? No problem – let’s get it back on track. Too many “can we hop on a call” requests? We’ve got an answer for that. These templates will save you hours (and preserve your sanity).
Value $79
included
Proposal Canva Template
Present your services with confidence and clarity. Designed to elevate your client experience from the very first interaction, this template helps you outline your packages, process, pricing, and next steps in a way that feels polished and professional — without starting from scratch.
Value $129
included
Designer Facebook Community
You also get access to our private Designer Facebook Community to ask our team (and me!) real questions as you work through the course.
Value $199
included!
Showit Designer SEO 101
We take complicated subjects like content creation, keyword research, and SEO, and break them down in easy, bite-sized pieces you can understand. And best of all, we give you a strategy you can implement in your business as well as your client sites.
Value $299
included!
Lead Magnet PDF Template
This Canva template includes customizable layouts that blend compelling visuals and strategic content placeholders. Make your brand stand out and your marketing message resonate.
Value $129
included!
Image Strategy with Élevae
Knowing how to curate images, use stock videos, and boost your sales with styled imagery will give you a leg up in the design competition. So, we’ve invited our friends at Èlevae Visuals to share their insight on visual storytelling.
Value $99
included!
Canva Client
Launch Graphics
Customizable Canva templates to make sharing about your client projects a breeze on social platforms. We create these for ourselves as well as for clients.
Value $79
included!
Content Collection Google Doc Template
The Google doc template we use to organize, guide and collect content for each client project.
Value $249
included!
Midjourney Image Creation
Learn how to create stunning, on-brand stock imagery using AI tools like MidJourney. I’ll show you how to craft image prompts, build a cohesive visual library, and access my personal prompt archive to elevate your designs with custom, high-end visuals.
Value $99
included!
Designer Collection Guide
We've taken our best-selling pricing guides and created a version just for designers. Say goodbye to being ghosted by clients and hello to more work booked at higher rates.
Value $249
included!
NEW! DK Design Bot Access*
- Help you create content for clients
- Generate on-brand specific color palettes for clients
- Write demo copy & create MidJourney image prompts
- Help you locate exactly where a topic is in the course videos
- And so much more…
Value $799
included!
One of the biggest questions I get from new designers is:
“Where do I find a high-quality template I can use with my first few clients?”
Closely followed by:
“How do I even convince a client to buy one?”
So I decided to take the stress out of that entire process. 🙌 As part of your course bonuses, I’m gifting you a BRAND NEW template (valued at $1500) that you can use up to 3 times with paying clients. Yep—THREE client projects are basically ready to go.
This means no more scrolling for hours trying to find the “perfect” template to start with or trying to sell your client on something that doesn’t feel like you. This template is built with conversion, confidence, and creative ease baked in. Use it to skip the overwhelm, show off your skills, and actually get paid to do what you love.
Value $1500
included!
3 Santorini Website Template Licenses*
Here’s how that works:
- We regularly receive overflow inquiries that we can’t take on
- Those inquiries are shared with designers in our directory
- Being listed gives you additional visibility and potential client leads
Your first year in the directory is included.
After that year, you’ll have the option to remain listed for $50 per year.
There’s no obligation—just an opportunity for continued connection and referrals once you’ve completed the course.
Value $249
included!
Designer Directory Listing
NEW! Monthly Zoom Calls
In order to help you get the most out of your lessons + add some course accountability, we're adding monthly Zoom Q&A calls + feedback sessions with Krista to the mix of bonuses. These calls will run through January.
Value $799
included!
*Due to the value of these bonuses, they will not be available until after the refund period has passed. If you choose to waive your refund period, email us and we can send them early.
Limited Time Bonuses
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Taylor Bell
“the bonuses in this course are LEGIT. I felt like this course was worth it's weight in gold already, and the bonuses really set it apart. All of the resources I needed were at my fingertips upon purchasing this course.”
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Your investment for
Design Strategy School
You could spend months (or years) hacking together a piecemeal brand & website design strategy. Or? You could swipe our proven system and start growing your list today.
Yes, that's a $10,911. value.
9 Value-Packed Course Modules ($2499 value)
Edisto Website Template – $699 value
Canned Workflow Emails – $129 value
Brand Presentation Canva Template – $229 value
Illustrator Logo Presentation File – $49 value
Grid & Layout System – $229 value
Full Brand Presentation File (Illustrator) – $49 value
ClickUp Workflow Template – $129 value
Brand Strategy Worksheets – $49 value
Pricing & Offer Calculator (AI Tool) – $79 value
Showit Designer SEO 101 – $299 value
Lead Magnet PDF Canva Template – $129 value
Proposal Canva Template – $129 value
Sticky Situations Email Templates – $79 value
Passion Project Generator Prompt – $49 value
Canva Client Launch Graphics – $79 value
Designer Collection Guide – $249 value
Content Collection Google Doc Template – $249 value
Image Strategy with Èlevae – $99 value
Midjourney Image Creation Bonus – $99 value
Designer Facebook Community – $199 value
DK Design Bot Access (AI Tool) – $799 value
3x Santorini Website Template Licenses – $1500 value
Designer Directory Listing $249 value
AI Prompt Pack for Designers - $149 value
Canva Starter Logo Pack - $1145 value - EXPIRED
Loom Portfolio Review - $197 value - EXPIRED
Bonus Hotseat Call with Krista - $199 value - EXPIRED
The GEO checklist — $79 Value
Monthly Zoom Q&A calls with Krista — $799 Value
Enroll today and get:
Because we believe great design starts with strategy—and should actually support a profitable business—we’re giving you the full Design Strategy School experience, including every bonus, for just:
We want you to feel confident in your decision to enroll in the course so if you enroll, start the lessons and find that this wasn't the right fit for you, we're happy to issue a refund within 14 days of purchase. Email [email protected] for details.
Money back guarantee
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Refund policy details
If you enroll and you decide within 14 days that the course isn't a good fit for you, email [email protected] and let us know you would like a refund by the 30th day at 11:59 EST.
Any refund requests received after that time will not be honored. Payment plans will also legally need to be honored - in spite of any refund requests.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
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