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The Spiritual Business – the art of making people feel good

April 30, 2012 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

(I found this post hiding on computer, so it was no longer last night, but point is still valid.) Last night I went to a London concert for Krishna Das, a spiritual musician of Indian chants with a significant following. The event was at the Camden Centre with approximately 800 people in attendance. I was […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: business, concerts, Creative Entrepreneurship, Krishna Das, music, Musician, ticketing

When to Walk

April 26, 2012 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

I posted a slightly smug message yesterday about how I was going to leverage an opportunity. However, after meeting with the potential client, I’ve got cold feet. He’s young. He’s ambitious. He’s got big plans. These are all fantastic traits. What he doesn’t seem to have is a solid business plan. Don’t tell me how […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: business, Creative Entrepreneurship, lead generation, prospecting

6. Follow the leaders in your field

February 6, 2012 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

In your quest to keep your ear to the ground, you should be following all of the leaders in your field on social media. Set up bookmarks for their blogs, follow them on Twitter, or follow their fan pages on Facebook. You may decide you want to try and connect with them directly on LinkedIn, […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: Actor, Artist, Creative Entrepreneurship, Facebook, Musician, Painter, social media, Twitter, Writer

4. Establish metrics

December 11, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Once you’ve set your goals for social media, you want to figure out how you are going to measure your progress. Think of ways that you can tally up your reach on social media. This will allow you to track from year to year your progress; afterall, you will need to invest time in social […]

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1. Why you can’t ignore social media

November 9, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

If you look at the history of showbusiness, each new technological advancement has brought about a colossal shift in how the performing arts are both created and consumed, not to mention who benefits economically from that transaction. When film came along it changed stage performing. When radio became widespread it caused a massive shift in […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: business, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, social media, strategy

This is great – couldn’t agree more.

July 31, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Actors, Content, Creative Entrepreneurship

Create or don’t create. There’s always a choice.

May 6, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Create or Don't Create. There's always a choice.

As creative people, we are always faced with a choice: create or don’t create. It’s always one or the other. The more we choose create, the further we advance in our careers. Today the sun is shining. I’d like to bunk it in and go get a Frappucino. Frappucino or work? After years, I’ve learned […]

Filed Under: Work Tagged With: arts, creative careers, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, jobs, sustainability, work

Entrepreneurship Often Starts With Crazy Ideas

April 26, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Entrepreneurship often starts with crazy ideas!

  I spent a recent weekend working on one of my essays for my MA in Creative Entrepreneurship. We had to write a proposal for a project, with a budget and identifying target sources of funding. I struggled for a long time about what to write about. Then I came up with the idea of doing […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Tagged With: Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, Ideas, planning

Balancing work and life (and how to cope with sunny days)

April 19, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Balancing work and life (and how to cope with sunny days)

Whenever I have to consider balancing work and life, it always takes me back to being a kid and being grounded. (Maybe you were never grounded and won’t relate to this story….) I remember staring out the window for hours wishing/hoping/praying that I could be outside playing with the neighbours. But I was stuck inside. Some days it […]

Filed Under: Work Tagged With: balancing work and life, creative, Creative Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, work life balance

Sustainability: How taking time off can HELP your creative practice

April 17, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Sustainability

One really hard lesson that I am trying to learn (rather unsuccessfully) is about sustainability and pacing. You see part of sustainable creativity is how do you pace yourself to avoid burnout. Sustainability and habits (especially bad ones) I have got into really bad habits of working seven days per week. This means that I don’t […]

Filed Under: Sustainable Creativity Tagged With: creative business, Creative Business Planning, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, planning, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable creativity, Time Off

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