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Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs: Part 1 – Getting Started

June 3, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

For a free graphic design tool, Canva is certainly one to take note of. User friendly, yet brilliantly professional, this tool makes the design process a painless one – making it ideal for beginners and convenient for the more experienced. Over the coming weeks we’ll be bringing you Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs as a three-part […]

Filed Under: Guides Tagged With: Actor, Artist, Canva, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Entrepreneur, graphics, social media, Writer

Are you allowing enough space for your art to breathe?

May 20, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

What is best in music is not to be found in the notes - Gustav Mahler

Filed Under: Wise Words Tagged With: Actor, Artist, business, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Dancer, Musician, quotes, Writer

Painful truths about acting talent, a real-world marketing case study & strategies to get sh*t done – Internet Truffles week 7

April 9, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Internet Truffles Week 7

  1. Talent may have less to do with it than you hope   It pains me to share this, but I fear in my bones it’s probably true. It’s doubtable how much acting talent actually has with acting success. Some will read this and think ‘that’s just in America’ but I suspect the world […]

Filed Under: Best of the Web Tagged With: Actor, Artist, creative business, creative career, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, marketing, sustainable creativity

My Top 5 Apps for Artists and Creatives

February 4, 2015 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

My Top 5 Apps for Artists and Creatives

I’ve just got a new iPhone 6 plus and I am wondering how I ever accomplished anything before I got it. It is literally becoming my portable brain. With 64 gb of memory, I’m sure it has more retention ability than I do, so I find myself leaning more and more on it to help […]

Filed Under: List, Marketing, Social Media Tagged With: Actor, Apps, Artist, creative, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, List, planning

Interview with Theatre Artist Michelle Nicole Matlock

January 21, 2015 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

Theatre Artist Michelle Nicole Matlock

It’s a real pleasure for me to introduce you to Michelle Nicole Matlock. Michelle is an actor and theatre artist that I’ve had the pleasure of connecting with through the internet. Michelle is currently touring with Cirque du Soleil in a role that she created in one of their ground breaking shows; but she also […]

Filed Under: Interview, Sustainable Creativity Tagged With: Actor, actress, Artist, Cirque du Soleil, creative, Creator, Entrepreneur, Michelle Nicole Matlock, Producer

Ethan Hawke, Creative Sustainability, and Taking the Long View

December 10, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Ethan Hawke, Creative Sustainability and Taking the Long View

You know that old yarn about how ‘life is a marathon not a sprint?’ The same holds true for sustainable creative careers. Days, weeks, months and even a year are tiny markers. You might have good weeks and bad weeks. You might have a year where you do nothing creative. This doesn’t really matter. It’s […]

Filed Under: Sustainable Creativity Tagged With: Actor, actress, Artist, creative, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, sustainability

Julian Clary, Buggery, and Finding Your Purpose

August 28, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Hello, I’m back from a fantastic holiday in South Africa (where I enjoyed both the beauty and food/wine of Cape Town and the amazing animals on Safari in Sabi Sands) and I’m raring to go into this Autumn. Some of you might know that I’m doing my PhD in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: Actor, creative, Enthusiasm, Julian Clary

Not sure what your business strategy should be? Ask Albert Einstein!

May 16, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Wise Words Tagged With: Actor, Artist, business, Dancer, entrepreneurship, Painter, planning, Poet, Writer

Networking for Artists. It’s not enough to just collect Facebook Friends.

May 12, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

  If you’ve got contacts, it’s a shame not to use them. Who can help you get your project off the ground or your work to see the light? Ask them.

Filed Under: Wise Words Tagged With: Actor, Artist, arts, business, contacts, Dancer, Entrepreneur, Musician, Networking, Painter, Writer

How big is your network? What are you doing to increase it? Sometimes size does matter.

May 9, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Wise Words Tagged With: Actor, Artist, business, creative, Dancer, Entrepreneur, Networking, Painter, Writer

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