What is an Artist Entrepreneur?
To define what an artist entrepreneur is I think we first need to define what an artist is and what an entrepreneur is. But why even go there? I’ll tell you why. To sort...
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Artist Entrepreneur: Build From Your Strengths, A Case Study
Many artists, authors included, go into art because they love it. But to build a business, sorry guys, love is not enough… What am I saying? It’s passion that got me here in the...
What is Copyright?
Welcome to the monthly series on artist entrepreneurship. Today we focus on writers and literary law specifically and on an important issue to be aware of in today’s world — what does copyright mean and...
Artist Entrepreneur: C: Cover Letter— The Artist’s Alphabet Guide to Writing About Your Art
Welcome to Artist Entrepreneur Fridays, where we talk about the fun, wild and scary ride of succeeding as an artist entrepreneur of all stripes and types and mediums. Welcome back guest columnist, Aletta de Wal....
What is Trademark?
Welcome to the monthly series on artist entrepreneurship. Today we focus on writers and literary law specifically and on an important issue to be aware of in today’s world — what is trademark and...
Artist Entrepreneur: B: Bio and Blog — The Artist’s Alphabet Guide to Writing About Your Art
Welcome to Artist Entrepreneur Fridays, where we talk about the fun, wild and scary ride of succeeding as an artist entrepreneur of all stripes and types and mediums. Welcome back guest columnist, Aletta de Wal....
Artist Entrepreneur: “A” The Artist’s Alphabet Guide to Writing About Your Art
With homage to Big Bird on Sesame Street, the letter “A” brings this post to you, for Art, Artist Statement, and Audience. Think of marketing your art as the ultimate and actual reality show – your art is the start and you are the spokesperson.
Artist Entrepreneur: How Much Time Does This Take?
Are you in a hurry to succeed? And just what does that success look? And look — squirrel! My entrepreneurial life feels like this — lots of question, lots of busy doing, and lots of distractions that seem beyond my control (but intellectually I know they aren’t.) Other Artist Entrepreneur posts have been about tips and support tool. This post is personal and actually sharing something personal and asking for help.
Top 10 Things Authors Need to Know About Contracts
The day has finally dawned! After all your hard work and endless rounds of submissions, you have a publisher that wants to publish your book. But when the publisher hands you the contract, should you just sign on the dotted line, or should you look it over first? If you did look it over, what would you be looking for?
Author Entrepreneur: The #1 Tool You Need to Succeed
Talent? Mojo? The secret awesome kick ass plot? Money? Connections? Okay. All those things help. But what we really need to succeed in this business of being an author and making money at it,...
Artist-Entrepreneur Fridays: Artists’ Alphabet Guide to Writing
Guest Post by Aletta de Wal: As Artist Advisor for Artist Career Training, my mission is to help artists become “creative entrepreneurs” so that they can make a better living making art and still have a life. Kudos to the visual artists reading this Blog! You have figured out what many artists have to discover – that there’s a lot of talking and writing involved in making money from doing what you love.
Artist Entrepreneur: When Do You Ask For Help?
When do you ask for help? And I mean all kinds of help: financial, emotional, psychological, spiritual, etc. One of the traits often associated with artist and entrepreneurs is independence. Speaking just about myself, I am that gal who said from a very young age, “I can do it myself.”
Author-Entrepreneurs: Write Your Right Brain Book Proposal
One of the first things I learned was that the book proposal is basically a “business plan” for your book. Besides outlining the book itself, you need to define your market of readers, you need to set yourself apart from similar books out there, and, you need to describe how you’ll get the word out. All of these are similar to the building blocks that go into a business plan.
The Universal Key to Success: Focus
This post is #4 in a series on Artist Entrepreneur Success on what it takes to succeed in business as an artist-entrepreneur. That’s right, folks: Focus! Many people think that they need a proper plan, that they need to know all the steps to get where you’re going. But actually you just need to pay attention to that one thing that will make all the difference — today.
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