I know if you've taken the Creator's Profit Plan free video training series you have likely listened to some podcast episodes that I have published. And you know that I am always either interviewing an expert in artistic businesses or another artist with an artistic business. Or I am sharing tips with you about what I know about how to grow your business with your art. But I know that you haven't yet heard an interview by a former Profit Canvas student and me. So I thought I would share with you my interview with Angela Herbert-Hodges, who interviews me about my artistic journey, how I started to develop the Profit Canvas course to begin with and her experience with all of it as well. So, here I give you my interview with the lovely and beautiful Angela Herbert-Hodges.
Jenny Dorsey is a professional chef and creative person based in New York City. She makes food to express the full arrange of human emotions even those not well suited for Instagram. She believes food has a special way of exposing the banal routine and social norms we find ourselves in. It can be a powerful medium for storytelling and creates a place for genuine interaction if we choose to see it as such. In our discussion, Jenny and I talk about how she built an incredible business after walking away from a career in finance that her parents were all for her pursuing. By pursuing her love for food and her passion for creating change in the world through creativity she has created a whole new space for food as art and helping to invoke social change in the process. Artists I can't wait for you to hear this episode.
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Carol Hartsell is the Managing Digital Producer of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and she books and produces a weekly stand-up show at Upright Citizens Brigade East Theater called Lasers In The Jungle in New York City. She works and lives with her husband Sean, with whom she has two dogs, two cats, and six fruit trees. In our discussion Carol shares how she went from pursuing a career as a fine artist to inadvertently following what turned out to be her true calling, producing comedy. And one that has brought an incredible amount of joy and fulfillment to her life in the most unexpected ways. Artists, if you ever feel afraid of changing course to follow your heart because it might throw your life into a tailspin this utterly inspiring episode is for you.
Angela Andrieux is a photographer, blogger, and photography coach living in Chesapeake, VA with her US Navy husband and their cat, Pumpkin. She will photograph just about anything, but her love to travel tops it all. She believes there is nothing better than exploring someplace new, camera in hand. She also enjoys helping other photographic artists find their creative voice. Whether through her blog, a group workshop, or one-on-one coaching, her students’ excitement to learn keeps her inspired. In our discussion, we talk further about her drive to teach others about how to find their artistic style through photography. Artists I cannot wait for you to hear this episode especially if photography is something that has been on your mind, in your hearts, and/or is already apart of your creative career path.
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Sarah Cogan is a designer for film and television, with work ranging from network television to indie films. Through her work as a costume designer, Sarah created a garment bag company called Set Ready Go! The Ultimate Garment Bag which is the first garment bag to organize an outfit from head to toe and give homage to the art of getting dressed. Her goal is to use Set Ready Go! as a tool to fund her creative endeavors further. In our discussion, we talk about her project and the process behind how she came up with her Set Ready Go! business. Have a listen because this is an episode you don't want to miss especially if you have a product based business as an artist.
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http://www.setreadygarmentbags.com
Irena Ellis is an artist, educator, and coach. Her coaching is about inspiring and encouraging you to become the artist you already are. With a background in art history, art psychotherapy and art education Irena helps to connect you to your most authentic self, others and the world through a process called arting. She creates her own work (from #seemetoseeyourself portraits to socially engaged installations in public places), runs online creative arting challenges, workshops in her local community and creativity/life coaching for be-coming artists. In our discussion, we talk about her process within her art and her coaching. Artists I cannot wait for you to listen to this episode.
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The 33-day challenge for be-coming artists: http://www.arting.me/becometheartistyouare
Lauren Maul is a creator, producer, writer, composer, artist and film-maker, teacher and good witch living in Brooklyn with her husband, dog, and gang of cats. In our discussion, we talk about the importance of focusing your creative efforts on the intentions that you are passionate about and following that path wherever it may take you. Artists I cannot wait for you to hear this incredibly fun and important episode.
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Stephanie Gularte is an experienced leader with extensive creative, operational and entrepreneurial experience. She has experience as a nonprofit CEO and over a decade of leadership experience with professional, nonprofit arts organizations. In 2015 she became the Producing Artistic Director for American Stage. At the theater company, she helped create The Young Americans Initiative, which is an initiative committed to developing the future artists, audiences, and advocates of professional live theatre in Tampa Bay, Florida. In our discussion, we talk about the initiative and the three major pillars of forward-looking opportunities it is comprised of. Artists you will not want to miss this episode.
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Malcolm Dewey is a contemporary impressionist artist who paints in oils, acrylics, and watercolors and is largely inspired by landscapes and seascapes and figure studies. The second part of his work is to teach the fundamentals of painting and to write about the artist process, lifestyle and business of art. In our discussion, we talk about the importance of getting back to the fundamentals to understand where your work is coming from and what direction you should take to take the best path for you, your art and those you serve. Artists you truly don't want to miss this episode.
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Tessonja Odette is a published author of a young adult fantasy Shadows of Lela. She's also a mindset coach for authors, a mom and a lover of unicorns. She's on a mission to follow her joy of creative expression through writing and to inspire others to do the same. When she isn't writing she offers coaching and distance Reiki to fellow creatives. In our discussion Tessonja shares some incredible mindset tips for writers and all creatives when you come up against those roadblocks that can seriously stop you from creating your own work and moving in the direction you know you're meant to move in. Artists you don't want to miss this episode.
Resources for writers:
http://tessonjaodette.com/for-writers/
Free ebook 102 Affirmations for Writers, Artists, and Other Creatives
http://tessonjaodette.com/book/102-affirmations/
1:1 Coaching
http://tessonjaodette.com/coaching/
Adam James Butcher is a British artist, coach, educator, and writer who has become a world authority on iPad painting and an advocate of the mobile digital art movement. He's also the creator of the Creative Barriers To Break Through coaching program, where he helps aspiring artists overcome their creative barriers so that they can discover their own authentic voice. In our discussion, Adam and I talk about the importance of following your own flow and thinking outside the box in order to create the kind of work that is true to you. Artists, you cannot afford to miss this episode.
To learn more about Adam James Butcher's 7-Steps then just CLICK HERE
Paul Constable is the owner and director of ArtistsInCanada.com. Created in 2000 as a free to list website directory of artists, art galleries, and art resources, now over 300,000 views each month are directed to over 8,600 artists listed to market and sell their art. In 2015 ArtistsInCanada.com released the artist pension plan. In our discussion, Paul and I talk about how the artist pension plan along with so many other financial components of running your business as an artist has come to the forefront recently and for good reason. These resources are available to us so this is an important episode for artist all over to listen to and take to heart.
Go to the links below to find out more about the ArtistsInCanada.com site:
Jill Allison Bryan is the founder of Creative Oasis Coaching. She helps people quiet their inner critic and move past blocks such as procrastination, perfection and overwhelm so that they can consistently pursue their creative endeavors with confidence and joy. As a multi-passionate creative, singer/songwriter, recovering procrastinator, and proud imperfectionist Jill happily practice what she preaches in her own life. In our discussion, we cover a range of topics that every artist listening to this show cannot afford to miss. I cannot wait to see you there.
Gina Edwards is the founder of Around The Writer's Table, which provides authors with training and resources to support their writing life. As an author herself, she works with other writers as a book editor and creativity coach. She also hosts and teaches the annual Story Camp Women's Writing Retreat. In our discussion, Gina and I talk about how fear can hold us back in massive ways from pursuing what we know we're meant to pursue as creators. And exactly what we need to do to bypass that fear and keep on moving.
To learn more about Gina go to aroundthewriterstable.com
Susan Miller is an artist, expressive arts therapist, creativity coach and life entrepreneur coach. Through Lighted Path Coaching, she offers creativity workshops, retreats, art e-courses, individual and group coaching for creative heart-centered entrepreneurs. Susan combines art with healing, opening us up to the creative process resulting in a deeper understanding of ourselves, greater trust and abundant joy. In our discussion we talk about Susan herself made an important transition when she realized she needed to bring her art into the work she does with her clients. Artists you don't to miss this really important and inspiring discussion.
This past week a post from the Artists in Business Facebook group immediately caught my attention. It was from Jamillah and it simply said: "I have no motivation, what's the point?" Now the reason this stood out to me is that Jamillah was brave enough to share what most creative business owners are afraid to admit their feeling this time of year because the feeling is not only common but it's universal. There's a specific reason we all begin to feel tired, less motivated, introspective and quite frankly less hopeful about the road ahead of us during the month of March. It's the same reason that most New Year's Resolutions fall by the wayside during this month. That reason is our brains are not capable of staying motivated about a goal that is set past 3 months. When we set goals or expectations for ourselves, if we don't reevaluate and reset them every 3 months our brains will begin to disregard them and we will feel at a loss about what to do next. This is one of the main reasons our financial system on a quarter system. It's necessary for a business to reevaluate progress every 3 months to be sure they're on track with what they've set out accomplish.
So how do you reevaluate and reset your goals in a way that gets you not only back on track but feeling more energized, driven and motivated then you had before. Now if this is something that you would be interested to learn more about please listen to this episode.
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Kevin T Johns is a popular thought leader in the space writing, productivity, personal motivation, time management and independent publishing. He is the father of three young daughters, an author, a podcaster, and independent entrepreneur. As a writing coach he has helped hundreds of writers, from around the world, get ideas out of their heads and onto the page and into the hands of readers. In our discussion, we talk about what it takes to make a shift or maybe not even so big of a shift from writing on the creative side to marketing your work. Have a listen because this is an episode you truly don't want to miss.
To find more out about Kevin T Johns head to http://www.kevintjohns.com
Jacob Breeden is a working builder, sculptor, painter, and entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Process Art House, founder of Modern Creator, a founding member of the Collective Heritage Lab and founder of Applied Comprehensive Therapies. His awards include the top 20 under 40 award for business excellence, top small business award and a $100,000 business grant. Artists, this is a discussion you don't want to miss.
I'm super excited to be with you this week because Nicholas Wilton has opened the doors for his Creative Visionary Program enrollment this week. As you all know I'm a huge advocate for members of the Artists in Business community to join his Creative Visionary Program to further refine, enhance and deeply connect with your purpose behind your art.
Now the biggest misconception about Nick's program is that it is just for fine artists, this is not actually true. I'm a dancer, choreographer, and writer myself and this program has helped me immensely already take my work to a new level. I was also lucky enough to sit down with 3 artists who have been members of and have taken Nick's Creative Visionary Program, who have also taken my Profit Canvas course. As many of you know I am offering every artist in the Artists in Business community who enrolls in Creative Visionary this week a bonus gift of enrollment in the Profit Canvas course, which has a $2000 value entirely free of charge. The reason is because these 2 programs will, no question, help you take your business to the next level of growth. Artists, I cannot wait to hear your thoughts on this episode and to see you on the other side.
If you are interested to learn more about the Creative Visionary Program just go to bit.ly/creativevisionary
Michael Wilson is a coach for creatives, a portrait photographer, and a theater educator. His company Man Question uses theater to re-imagine what it means to be a man. His coaching and photography challenge people to claim previously silenced parts of themselves for power and joy. Artists, I can promise you this discussion is one that will inspire you in all the right ways if you're ever feeling stuck in your art. I cannot wait for you to give this a listen.
The theme that I want to focus on for today in particular as we enter the month of February in the year 2018 is one of my favorite topics. It goes straight to the heart and comes directly from the heart. It allows for you to really share whats in your heart with those you're meant to serve in your business with your art. So the biggest question that comes up right around this time of year is how do I deal with my own resistance around growing my business? It is one of the challenging times of the year where in January and leading into February everyone starts to feel defeated. No matter what kind of success you're having, no matter what kind of leaps you've made in your business. For whatever reason, this time of year makes it hard to see the progress your making and it makes it all the more tempting and seductive to step away. You say hold on a second I need to take some time out to figure out what's happening. You stop to take care of yourself which, of course, is important at all times but what ends up happening in that space at this time of year, in particular, is an inclination to put the most important parts of your business on hold because they're so challenging. For several years I went through this and every single year I would say to myself how in the world am I going to stop doing this? How am I going to stop stopping myself? Artists if this is something that you relate to you then this episode is for you.
Today I have a couple of questions that popped up in the Artists in Business Facebook group. These questions coincided with each and are the perfect questions for me to be addressing on a day like today. The reason I say that is because these questions have to do with finding, discovering, connecting with and then finding more of your ideal clients in your business with your art. The reason that this is the perfect day to be looking at this is that we are in the month of February. Since this is the second month of the year there are 2 very special elements about this month that every Artist in Business should be looking at and taking into consideration. The first is that it is the month after January and January is historically one of the toughest months of the year for business growth. We've just come out of the holidays where people were spending, receiving, giving, taking time out to spend time with their families and friends. It is a wildly exciting time of the year where people spend a lot and where people give and receive. Then January is the month where everybody works to get back on track.
I have a lot of artists you think February is just the worst month, sometimes even worst then January. If you are thinking that you are missing a serious note about February that could open the biggest opportunity for you to jump-start year and make up for any loss you had in January. Now artists if this is something you relate to then this episode is for you.
Go to bit.ly/findmyidealclient to download Your True Ideal Client Worksheet
Michelle Falzon has more than 25 years of experience in marketing and communication. She has worked in most media from film, television, and radio, to print, online, book publishing and events. For the past 11 years she has created strategic content for world renown speakers, authors coached and consultants. In our discussion, Michelle talks about the beauty of being able to contextualize your message for your most ideal clients by understanding what it is they need. Also by speaking to them in a language that makes sense and tells them you are on their side. That you are there to provide a safe place for them to take advantage of the offers they so need in their lives. Artists you cannot afford to miss this very important episode. I can't wait for you to dive in!
To get your Free Marketing Mountain Worksheet go to wearecontent.com.au/mountain
My friend and artist Nicholas Wilton has a very special training going on, that's free, for artists to sign-up for right now. It is time sensitive and in this training, Nick uses the 6 core principals he calls the Art 2 Life principals. To help you as an artist make your art become stronger and more authentic. I would sign-up for this now and today I want to share with you a recording of a Facebook Live interview that Nick and I did together in the Artists in Business community. So you can get a real taste of what this training is all about.
If you haven't signed up for it go sign-up now it's bit.ly/nickwilton. Artists I cannot wait to see you there!
Today, I want to introduce you to an artist friend of mine Nicholas Wilton. Nick works with artists from all over the world. Helping make their art stronger and more authentic using 6 core principals he calls the Art 2 Life principals. Right now he has a very time sensitive free training where he is teaching these 6 core principals in detail to artists you sign-up. You can get to that training right now going to the link bit.ly/nickwilton.
I want to share with you now a short excerpt from this series of teaching that Nick calls risk and soul. Artists listen to this episode to learn more.
For this free training go to bit.ly/nickwilton.