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If the cold winter months are making you want to do nothing more than hide under a blanket all day, we completely understand. How can you motivate yourself to be productive when it’s so cold and dreary outside? Well, here at CreativeIncome, we are dedicated to banishing those winter blues and helping you get back […]
Running your own successful crafting business is not an easy task. It takes great skill, discipline, and dedication to manage your own business. But we don’t need to tell you that – you already know how many hours of sweat, blood, and tears that you’ve poured into your dream. We’re here to say that we […]
We often think that huge creative successes are made up of luck. Maybe it’s easier to explain success that way—as a chance happening or good fortune. Some of us even tend to think that people are creative geniuses because of good genes, financially supportive families, or some other random benefit bestowed upon them. But it […]
In The Bright Side of Procrastination, I wrote that sometimes procrastination can be helpful. However, as I’m sure you know, procrastination has a dark side. People who procrastinate can miss out on going to a convention because they put off buying tickets, or pay a late fee because they didn’t write the check. They can […]
Every small business owner feels stuck sometimes. Sales aren’t what they should be, traffic could be better, and no amount of marketing seems to be helping. It happens to us ALL. Here are a few ways to help you get unstuck and jumpstart your creative business. 1. Develop Self Confidence That does not mean […]
Returning to my car outside a coffee shop this morning, I saw a man waiting for me who I’d originally met when he was a realtor and I was trying to find out info about a vacant commercial building to open my gallery. His greeting was not a “Hi, how’ve you been”. No small talk […]
The last post, Starting a Creative Business – The Basics, covered some of the very basic steps you need to take or consider when starting your creative business. It was a short list meant to not overwhelm but rather, be a launch pad, a place to start. Let’s look at some more beginner steps you can […]
I’ve been getting emails and messages lately from people who say, “I really want to start my business but ______ (fill in the blank)” The hesitation to start is something we all have to overcome. After all, if starting a new business wasn’t a little nerve wracking, intimidating or overwhelming we would ALL be working […]
One of the reasons many of us started working for ourselves is that we didn’t like having someone tell us what to do all day but that doesn’t mean we still don’t have deadlines. Whether you are preparing for a craft show, working for a manufacturer or have a book due to a publisher we […]
Are you feeling bored or uninspired? Do you feel like your creative business needs something but you aren’t quite sure what it is? It’s a bit easier if you have a group of people (staff, friends, business connections, a network etc) to brainstorm with but many creative business owners work solo and that makes brainstorming […]
