In this post, we will explore some specific ideas on how to sell a handmade product for extra income. If you make handcrafted items professionally or just as a hobby, you …
How Photographers Can Earn Extra Income without Side Projects
If you are a commercial photographer, whether full-time or part-time, your goal is to perfect your art and get paid at the same time. Many successful photographers also work on developing additional streams …
The Income Triangle for Creatives
In this article, I look at a concept I call the “Income Triangle”. While I originally developed this for creatives such as creative entrepreneurs and entertainers, this concept really applies to …
Earn Extra Income Without Any Side Hustles for Creatives
Would you like to earn extra income without any side hustles or part-time projects? In this post, I explore an extra income idea for creative professionals without the need to create …
Niche Marketing for Creatives
Marketing is the backbone of any creative entrepreneur. This article focuses on one specific type of marketing – niche marketing for creatives. As a creative, your product (regardless whether it …
How to Promote Your Website for Creatives
Building your website and simply waiting for visitors to stumble upon your website is not an effective marketing strategy. I don’t even think it is a strategy. In a previous …
Killer Low Cost Direct Marketing For Creatives
As a creative, you might consider marketing to be a chore (or a pain) and would rather spend your timing improving and producing your creative product. But if you want …
Earn Extra Income With SEO
In this post, learn how to earn extra income with SEO (Search Engine Optimization). If you are serious about generating income from your creative product or service, a website is essential. …
Chart Your Creative Career from a Money Perspective
As a creative, we all have personal goals. We have dreams of using our art or craft to make an impact on the world. Or, we wish to do nothing …
Part 3: Introduction to Investing for Creatives
This is part 3 of a 3-part series on introducing investing for creatives. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Important Investing Concepts & Strategies This article may seem …
Part 2: Introduction to Investing for Creatives
What Can You Invest in? If you read Part 1: Introduction to Investing for Creatives, you are likely convinced that you should start investing your hard-earned show money instead of …
Part 1: Introduction to Investing for Creatives
This article is an introduction to investing for creatives. Investing for Creatives – Why? This is the first thought entertainers may have with regards to investing. The second thought is …
Big Picture Thinking for Creatives
If you are a creative who pursues your craft at a commercial level; whether full-time, part-time or free-lance, you are a creative professional or entrepreneur. To borrow a phrase from …
Who Creative Professionals Have to Satisfy
As a creative professional, you will no doubt have your devoted customers, die-hard audience and fan base… even if it is just your mom :-). Whether you are a stage performer, visual …
How is the Value of a Creative Professional Measured?
Every year, Forbes publishes a list of the world’s most powerful celebrities. To generate the list, Forbes estimates celebrity earnings (earned solely from entertainment-related income), then factors in media metrics …
Art is Subjective, Publicity & Gigs are Not!
This in some ways is related to the article I wrote: “How is the Value of a Creative Professional Measured?” I bet there is someone in your field who you do not think …
Marketing Warfare for Creatives
Marketing warfare for creatives? Are we talking about creatives enlisting in the army? Not at all… but read on! The flank is taken from military warfare and applied to marketing as …
Market Positioning for Creatives
Winning a chess game is all about positioning. Winning a mixed martial arts fight is about positioning. Winning a pool match is all about positioning. Gaining marketshare in business is …
Fighting from the Bottom – A Marketing Tactic for Creatives
A couple of years ago, I remember watching the Royce Gracie & Akebono Taro fight from K-1 Premium 2004 Dynamite!! show on YouTube. On paper and first glance, it would seem like an unfair fight as …
Exerting Professionalism for Creatives
“Good” can be the enemy of “great”. A lot of creatives fall prey to being complacent and remaining just ”good” when they could be “great”. However, their satisfaction of being good makes them …
Earn Passive Income through Online Affiliate Marketing
You are probably reading this and have two questions on your mind. What is affiliate marketing? And what has it got to do with being an entertainer? I’ll answer the …