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Idols, Mentors, Colleagues and Fans – Build a Team in 2015

December 31, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Build your team, Find a Mentor

I have two professional colleagues who are always talking about ‘their team.’ How ‘their team’ advises they do this, or ‘their team’ has plans to do this, etc. Every time I hear it I experience a pang of jealousy. I don’t have a team. It’s me. My computer. My ‘cup of joe.’ And that’s it. […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Sustainable Creativity, Uncategorized Tagged With: Artist, Colleagues, creative, Entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Fans, Idols, Mentors, Team, Teamwork

Creative Entrepreneur -vs- Creative Intrapreneur

December 17, 2014 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

Creative Entrepreneur -vs- Creative Intrapreneur

This post has two inspirations: 1) a discussion I had with Sian Prime – one of the lecturers in the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths College, University of London where I am doing my PhD. I was saying to Sian how I sometimes felt I wasn’t really a creative entrepreneur, especially as an […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship Tagged With: Artist, creative, Creativity, Entrepreneur, intrapreneur

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

Marketing for Artists/Creatives = Telling Your Story as Often as You Can

May 18, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Who you are as an artist or creative person is one of your most potent marketing materials. You should be looking for opportunities to tell you story everywhere. Whether through traditional media (newspapers, radio, television) or new media (blogs, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram etc) your story should be available in as many places as […]

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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

How to Be Happy With Your Level of Success – Wherever You’re At

May 5, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

                                     

Filed Under: Wise Words Tagged With: Actor, Artist, Career, creative, Dancer, Entrepreneur, Musician, Painter, success, Writer

Wise Words from Edgar Degas

April 3, 2014 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

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Fruit Picking and Business Planning –

January 9, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Start with the low hanging fruit Photo by Effervescing Elephant It’s January and the Christmas bills are starting to come in. Mother Hubbard’s cupboards are feeling a bit bare so as a freelancer it’s always the time of year where I start to worry about drumming up some more work. Sound familiar? My advice is […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Planning Tagged With: creative, Entrepreneur, marketing, planning

Pathway Two: Gifts and Flow

May 9, 2012 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Yesterday we looked at identifying the elements of your art (or craft – or anything really) that have ‘heart & meaning’ for you. The next step on the pathway, as set out by Lisa Sonora Beam, is to look at Gifts and Flow. What’s the difference, you probably wonder? While heart and meaning is about […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: creative, Creative entrepreneur, Entrepreneur, Flow, Gifts

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