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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

“Creatives Are Adept At Burying Their Dead”

November 13, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

“Creatives Are Adept at Burying Their Dead” This was a quote from Patrick McKenna, Ingenious Media, at a recent talk at Goldsmiths University Institute of Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship on Risk. He was discussing risk, the need to take risk and the outcome of risk. Sometimes (or often) the outcome of risk is failure. What […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Financial Tagged With: Artist, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, finance, Money, planning, Risk, Risk Management

Discussing Risk Doesn’t Mean Avoiding Risk

November 6, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

We’ve been digging into financial management lately, which implies being careful, being thrifty, counting beans. Is this important? Yes, but let’s not allow it to distract us from a basic truth – being both a creative and being an entrepreneur involves taking risks. Don’t think that I am suggesting you shouldn’t take risks. To stop […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Financial Tagged With: Actor, Artist, creative, finances, Financial, Risk, Risk Assessment, risk taking

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