Don’t make more New Year’s Resolutions you know you won’t keep. Try implementing one or more of these small changes and watch your creative business flourish in 2016 Take it into your own hands Specifically, take the process of developing an audience for...
As a professional artist/maker, one of the discussions I have most often with my fellow makers is the issue of pricing. I sell at a lot of art and craft events and that means I encounter artists at all levels of the professional and hobbyist spectrum and...
Although I graduated from Art School in June 2011, I consider that my business was born at the end of August that year, when I offered my work for sale to the general public for the very first time. The last twelve months have felt like a baptism by fire at...
You know how I love myths and legends and as today is St George’s Day, I’m going to talk about slaying dragons. The metaphorical kind, not that that makes them any less terrifying. There are many versions of the story of St George and the Dragon but here’s the story I...
The dream is usually the same. I’ve forgotten to do something. It’s something really important but I can’t remember what it is. I know it’s preparation but I don’t know for what. I know that someone, some time, is going to ask me a very basic question about why I do...
Last week I got an email from Naomi Dunford of Ittybiz. I always look forward to Naomi’s emails as they manage to make business fundamentals entertaining and they keep it short and to the point. This particular email was entitled “Why people hate your competitors” and...
