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Are your small business marketing messages landing?

January 28, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Are your small business marketing messages landing?

Getting your marketing messages heard is critical for any creative small business owner. Most creative entrepreneurs are on board with social media and are using many of the modern marketing tools to get their messages out there. But are you repeating your messages often enough? Here’s where I see a lot of small business owners […]

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: creative, creative business, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, small business

Marketing 101 for Creative Entrepreneurs

December 3, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Marketing 101 for Creative Entrepreneurs

What is marketing? Most creative entrepreneurs are frightened by the idea. But there are really just some very simple components to marketing. message target market the method/vehicle of communication All marketing involves clarifying the above points. It starts with your message What is the message you want to get across? Are you a new actor on […]

Filed Under: Marketing Tagged With: arts jobs, creative careers, Creative Entrepreneurs, Creative Entrepreneurship, marketing

Social media listening

November 21, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Social Media Listening

Your potential customer is chattering away. Are you taking the time to listen? It’s always so great when you have a wonderful social media experience. And I just had one I’d like to share with you because it shows what is possible. This one happened to me on Twitter. Backstory So I’m fortunate to live […]

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, customer outreach, propspecting, Risk, social media, social media listening, Twitter

Is an art degree (or drama or music or fashion etc) worth it?

October 22, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

This is just one study, and only of the United States, but it presents a fairly clear picture of those with an art degree. It shows that there is no direct correlation between an art degree and working as a practicing artist. I will look for similar studies in the UK and other countries to […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: art degree, Artists, Career, Creative Entrepreneurship, jobs

Is your ‘to-do’ list threatening to do you in?

October 7, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Is your to do list threatening to do you in?

  I grew up in the Canadian Prairies, in the 1970’s, so this might be ‘of an era’ but I distinctly remember a regular event at Beavers, Cub Scouts, Church picnics and School sports days was a race where we had to push peanuts across the gym floor with our nose. Does anyone else have […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Work Tagged With: Artist, business, Career, Creative Business Planning, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Persistence, Time management

How Many Books Could You Sell by Christmas?

September 21, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Whether you’re able to attend our London workshop or not, I want you think about what you could achieve by Christmas? How many books could you sell? How many chapters could you write? How many paintings could you complete? How many drafts of your play? How many grant applications could you complete? How many casting […]

Filed Under: Marketing, Writers Tagged With: Creative Business Planning, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, marketing, writers

Sustainable Marketing (The Secret for Artists & Creatives)

April 28, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Marketing Bite Tagged With: Actor, Artist, business, creative, creative business, creative career, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Creative Industries, Dancer, marketing, Musician, Painter, Singer, sustainable creativity, Writer

Wise Words from Charlie Parker

April 25, 2014 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

Filed Under: Wise Words Tagged With: Actor, Artist, creative business, creative career, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Creative Industries, marketing, Musician, Painter, Singer, sustainable creativity, Writer

Why Artists Need to Be Adaptable (Madonna as a Creative Entrepreneurship Role Model)

April 23, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Marketing Bite Tagged With: Actor, Artist, business, creative, creative business, creative career, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Creative Industries, Dancer, Madonna, marketing, sustainable creativity, Writer

Wise Words From Ernest Holmes

April 21, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Wise Words Tagged With: Actor, Artist, creative, creative career, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Musician, Painter, Writer

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