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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

The Artistic Paradox – Finding Space to Hold Both Faith and Pragmatism

February 15, 2014 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

Since my last post where we talked about Karl Marx and getting closer to the means of production, I have been looking for examples of this around me. This morning, while catching up on recorded TV, the above credits flashed up on my screen. I was watching a recent episode of Season Four of Suits and […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: Actor, Artist, Artist's Way, creative business, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, faith, Painter, Poet, Scanner, 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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