by creativeconsultancies | May 14, 2015 | Arts Business, Arts Marketing, Creative Consultancies, Ideas, Planning
A while ago I went to talk in Sydney on crowdfunding by Pozible co-founder Rick Chen. Crowdfunding is such a great opportunity for creative businesses to explore, not only in terms of your financial strategy but also incorporated into your marketing. Here are my top...
by creativeconsultancies | May 6, 2015 | Arts Business, Arts Marketing, Creative Consultancies, Ideas, Planning, Workshops
A while ago I attended an arts business morning tea. I didn’t go in the particular hope of learning new business skills or having personal arts biz revelations. I went because it was an ideal piece of “competitor analysis” as a part of my ongoing “market...
by creativeconsultancies | Apr 28, 2015 | Arts Business, Creative Consultancies, Creative Process, Ideas, Planning
12 years ago I recorded my first full length album. The journey was tumultuous, my resources thin and the songs precious to me. I was surviving on stories of home recorded albums and “did I know Radiohead recorded that in a stairwell” type tales. I wanted...
by creativeconsultancies | Apr 6, 2015 | Arts Business, Creative Consultancies, Ideas, Planning, Workshops
It’s on the journey to the big vision that the learning happens, the creating and the growth. The destination is amazing but it’s the road there that makes up the heart of this creative life. Sometimes the milestones may not sound that impressive when...
by creativeconsultancies | Mar 4, 2015 | Arts Business, Arts Marketing, Creative Consultancies, Ideas, Planning
Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Snap Chat, Pinterest, LinkedIn – the social media vortex is one that threatens to engulf us all in a sea of information and a time consuming abyss of hashtags and updates. Given that us creatives need time to actually...
by creativeconsultancies | Feb 6, 2015 | Arts Business, Creative Consultancies, Ideas, Planning, Workshops
Setting your goals is one thing but sticking to them is a whole other kettle of fish! I’m giving a talk at a local business networking event in a couple of weeks on Goal setting and it’s got me really thinking about the main messages I want to leave the...
