Helping visual artists become sustainable businesses
Our next featured artist hails from the UK, I found Lorrie while searching through art and art related forums and groups and was immediately struck by her diversity and depth. As I dug deeper I was reminded of my posts in early 2009 around right and left brain integration. Not only is Lorrie a … [Read more...]
One of the essential traits of professionals in any field and one of the critical factors that determine the life time and growth of any field of endeavor is the willingness of the masters to be stewards of the fields continuity. Art is no less important than other left brained skill sets, in fact I … [Read more...]
Learning from past actions is important for us all...it is how we grow and in the case of creatives, sharpen our creativity. As I mentioned yesterday the more we keep judgment out and let learning in the more creative we become and more willing we are to let go of fear. When we let go of fear we … [Read more...]
Recent research has found that many have problems with goals both setting and achieving. A key part in this issue is the relative inflexibility with which we view goals, they are seen as something set in solid footings for a future we have no control over. Another key issue with goals is the implied … [Read more...]
When evaluating goals, intentions or actions one of the most important things you can do to help maintain forward momentum is to bask in your successes. That doesn't mean boastfully proclaiming how great you are to anyone willing to listen, instead it means to take the success in, let them form … [Read more...]
Marketing has not had a good rep, particularly among us creative types, we like to see ourselves as above such mundane things as having to sell our work. However, the hard truth is unless we are independently wealth, win the lottery or have a rich aunt... we have to market our work. The honest truth … [Read more...]
One of the primary ways in which businesses and the people who operate them become successful is through self investment. Nothing could be more important than owners of of small businesses to invest in the tools and training they need to successfully operate and grow their business to the level that … [Read more...]
The Changes that have occurred over the past year have changed the business playing field in more ways than one, and one of the biggest changes has been in the way small businesses can market themselves. While networking was part of the "old way" of doing things its' effectiveness often left a lot … [Read more...]
One of the primary subjects of 2009 was building a sustainable business from your art, a business that could support you so you could do what you love. This group of articles focuses on key issues starting with building your home base and ending with learning the real costs of business. Building … [Read more...]