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All The Business Stuff They Didn’t Teach You In Art School

Struggling to separate who you are from what you do? Learn how to maintain your identity beyond your creative business with strategies from a business coach with 13+ years of experience.

Your Business Is Not Your Identity: Finding Balance as a Creative Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur's hand hovering over two checkboxes labeled "Balance" and "Burnout" with a pen, illustrating the choice creative business owners face

April 14, 2025

Learn how to determine your ‘enough point’ – the exact income you need for a sustainable creative business. Stop guessing, set realistic goals, and build financial stability.

Defining Your “Enough Point”: How to Set Realistic Creative Business Income Goals

Female entrepreneur calculating her enough point income goals at desk with laptop and financial documents

April 7, 2025

Tired of Instagram? Discover 5 effective Instagram alternatives that creative entrepreneurs are using to find high-quality clients without social media burnout. Practical strategies to grow your business beyond the algorithm.

Tired of Instagram? 5 Alternative Ways Creatives Are Finding Dream Clients

Creative entrepreneur planning marketing strategy alternatives to Instagram while having coffee

March 31, 2025

Top art schools taught you to create. But who taught you to earn? Discover the 10 essential business skills missing from your creative education that transform raw talent into actual income. No MBA required.

10 Crucial Things They Never Taught You in Art School About Running a Business

Art instructor teaching creative skills to student at art school

March 24, 2025

Develop your creative leadership skills and stop being an order-taker. Get practical steps to own your expertise, lead projects with confidence, and drive results.

Creative Leadership: Stop Taking Orders, Start Directing Projects with Main Character Energy

Creative leadership in action: professional discussing project with client by desk, laptop and sage green coffee mug in foreground

March 10, 2025

Learn how to create professional client email templates that maintain your authentic voice. Perfect for creative entrepreneurs looking to streamline their client communication while staying personal.

How to Create Client Email Templates That Don’t Sound Robotic: A Communication Guide for Creative Entrepreneurs

Female creative entrepreneur sitting on floor with laptop, using email templates for client communications

March 3, 2025

Escape the feast or famine cycle with proven systems for consistent creative business income. Learn how to balance marketing, delivery, and growth for sustainable success.

How to End the Feast or Famine Cycle: 5 Systems for Consistent Creative Business Income

Female entrepreneur reviewing financial documents and calculator while planning sustainable business systems to end feast or famine cycle.

February 24, 2025

Transform your creative passion from an expensive hobby to a profitable business. Learn how to calculate true costs, set sustainable pricing, and build real profit beyond surface revenue.

Do You Have a Business or an Expensive Hobby? Profit vs Revenue in Creative Entrepreneurship

Two women entrepreneurs reviewing profit vs revenue on computer to stop undercharging in their creative business

February 17, 2025

Discover the Bookend Method, a simple productivity system designed specifically for creative entrepreneurs. Learn how 10 minutes a day can double your creative output while reducing overwhelm.

The “Boring” 10-Minute Productivity Secret That Doubled My Creative Output (and Income)

Creative entrepreneur checking Apple Watch during 10-minute productivity routine, implementing the Bookend Method for better time management

February 10, 2025

Discover how to build a sustainable business that fuels your creativity instead of depleting it. Learn practical systems for long-term business success.

Building a Sustainable Business That Fuels Your Creativity

Woman using stylus on tablet while planning her sustainable creative business

February 3, 2025

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