We’re happy to welcome back A. L. Michael for another of her excellent and refreshingly honest guest posts – this time it’s a bang-on-theme post about money. Enjoy. ———————————————– After a good while of being a self-employed artist, and with having to fill out my first tax form looming (and having lost my accounts book!), […]
How Much Does It Cost To Be You?
Have you ever asked yourself this question? It seems a bit bizarre, but I want you to start to figure out how much money you need on a monthly basis to be ‘you.’ This starts by figuring out who ‘you‘ are. If you’re a potter, then ‘you’ will probably not be ‘you’ without your own […]
Is Making MORE Money the Answer?
I’ll be honest with you – I took it pretty easy this summer. (Other than producing the July 30 Day Challenge! 🙂 ) I was away in Canada for part of it and other periods I took time for some good old R&R enjoying the fantastic summer weather in England this year. It was glorious. […]
Money Makes the World Go Around?
Here’s a classic moment from the film Cabaret where LIza Minnelli and Joel Grey ask the crucial question….
Does Money Matter?
This may seem like a silly question – of course money matters! And yet, how often do our choices, as creative people, put money last? No one became a creative to get rich. For a very few, this is a side benefit, but for the vast majority of creatives our motivation to pursue this […]
Recap: How to manage a creative career – it’s possible to do this for a living!
Making art is not the same thing as making a living. Many creative people struggle with this. But there are ways of managing a creative career to keep yourself fed, happy, solvent and fulfilled without having to ‘sell out.’ It largely comes down to planning. A sustainable, long-term creative career is one that is planned. […]
Recap: Selling for Creative People (without feeling icky)
Most creative people love to create – to make things or to provide creative services. Most creative people hate to have to sell their products or their creative services. But if you want to create a sustainable livelihood for yourself from your creative endeavours, then you must learn how to sell. It’s the only way […]
Guest Post: The Post University Blogger (P.U.B) is…a Networking Newbie
“Take action every day. It doesn’t have to be dramatic action, but every day, stick with it. Spend time on things that make you proud, that stretch and strengthen you.” – Phillip Humbert I’m pretty new to this making-it-alone thing, when you put it into perspective. I’m two years out of university, and while it’s […]
Recap: Defining Your Customer – why you don’t want to sell to everyone
Here’s a summary post of week two of the 31 Days to Kick Start Your Creative Business Series focussing on defining your customer. The clearer you can be on who you are trying to sell to, the easier it will be to find them, talk to them, and ultimately convince them that your creative service […]
Recap: Defining Your Product – what exactly are you selling?
As August is a quiet month, we are going to recap some of our previous posts that maybe you missed or either didn’t get a chance to properly digest. The first recap is about a really important step for all Creative Entrepreneurs: Defining Your Product. The clearer you can get about WHAT your product is […]
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