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10 Ways to Increase Productivity – Part 2

February 12, 2016 by CreativeIncome 1 Comment

10 Ways to Increase Productivity - Part 2

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 […]

Filed Under: General Advice Tagged With: goals, motivation, Organizing, Paddy Lusk, time management, Tips

10 Ways to Increase Productivity – Part 1

February 5, 2016 by CreativeIncome 2 Comments

10 Ways to Increase Productivity - Part 1

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 […]

Filed Under: General Advice Tagged With: goals, motivation, Organizing, Paddy Lusk, time management, Tips

3 Ways to Release Your Creative Genius

September 1, 2014 by CreativeIncome 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: General Advice Tagged With: creative process, goals, motivation, Vicki O'Dell

5 Tricks To Beating Procrastination

April 26, 2014 by CreativeIncome Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: General Advice Tagged With: Business Advice, Guest Post, motivation, time management, Vicki O'Dell

5 Ways to Jumpstart a Stalled Creative Buisness

October 21, 2013 by CreativeIncome 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: General Advice Tagged With: business tools, creative process, growing your business, Guest Post, motivation, Vicki O'Dell

Can you really make a living doing that?

August 5, 2013 by Maggie Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: General Advice Tagged With: getting started, Money, motivation

Starting a Creative Business – The Basics Part 2

July 17, 2013 by Maggie Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Getting Started Tagged With: beginner business, business tools, motivation, Tips

What’s Your Excuse for Not Starting Your Creative Business?

July 8, 2013 by Maggie 5 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Getting Started Tagged With: beginner business, motivation, Tips

Meeting Goals and Deadlines

July 5, 2013 by Maggie Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Organizing Tagged With: Creative Income Contributors, goals, motivation, time management

Creative Questions to Jump Start Your Business

July 3, 2013 by Maggie Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Getting Started Tagged With: Creative Income Contributors, creative process, inspirational, motivation

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