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Using Canva for Social Media – Part 2 of Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs

June 11, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Last week we brought you the first part of our three-part blog series, Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs [if you missed it, you can catch up here]. This week we give you Part 2: ‘Using Canva for Social Media’ which focuses on how Canva can help you promote yourself as a Creative Entrepreneur on a variety […]

Filed Under: Guides, Social Media Tagged With: Artist, business, Canva, creative, Creative Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, social media, Writer

Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs: Part 1 – Getting Started

June 3, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

For a free graphic design tool, Canva is certainly one to take note of. User friendly, yet brilliantly professional, this tool makes the design process a painless one – making it ideal for beginners and convenient for the more experienced. Over the coming weeks we’ll be bringing you Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs as a three-part […]

Filed Under: Guides Tagged With: Actor, Artist, Canva, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Entrepreneur, graphics, social media, Writer

How to Make the Most of Instagram for Creatives (Infographic)

May 13, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Instagram for Creative Entrepreneurs

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: creative, creative career, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Infographic, Instagram, social media, Social Networking

5 Top Tips on Using Instagram for Creative Entrepreneurs

May 6, 2015 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

5 Top Tips on Using Instagram for Creative Entrepreneurs

Accompanying our guide on using Instagram for business, this week we bring you the top 5 tips on how as a Creative Entrepreneur you can use Instagram to promote yourself and your work. 1. Use #hashtags Hashtags are a great way to attract the attention of those who are on the look-out for something in […]

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Set a goal for 2015 to cross-pollinate your creative practice

January 7, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Cross-pollinate your creative practice

First off, Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. As we enter a New Year, I want you to be keenly following your industry and the key players in it, but I caution you to not operate with blinders on. Tunnel vision prevents us from opportunities to cross-pollinate our creative practice by gaining […]

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Artist, creative, entrepreneurship, Inspiration, social media

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

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, […]

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5. Listen first, then talk

January 23, 2012 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Good face-to-face conversation involves listening more than you talk. Likewise in social media. You want to spend more time listening to what it already being said, and seeing where you can contribute to the dialogue, rather than shouting overtop of existing conversations or trying to monopolise the bandwidth. This is true at all times, but […]

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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 […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: Actor, business, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Job, Klout, Metrics, Money, Musician, Painter, Poet, social media, Writer

3. Define your goals

December 4, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

This is part Three of my series ’65 Social Media Strategies for Performing Artists’ What do you hope to achieve with social media? Who would you like to meet? Without goals, you will be floundering around not really making any impact. You will also have no idea if the time you are spending on it […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: Actor, Artist, creative, Dancer, Goal Setting, Goals, Singer, social media, Targets

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