A Proven De-stressing Technique to Eliminate Overwhelm
Working on the business means evaluating your busy-ness—taking time to look critically at your next steps, if only briefly. There is a deep sense of satisfaction when working on your business.
You aren’t checking boxes and crossing items off of a list, but you are feeling more in control. You begin to see possibilities that weren’t previously evident.
When you are overwhelmed, I suggest starting the process by moving some energy around and then doing a brain dump.
My Famous Eggnog Recipe
This recipe has been keeping my family warm on Christmas morning for decades—even though it’s very cold.
Loaded with bourbon (and a tiny bit of rum) and everything not good for you, it’s a once-a-year treat. A lot of work goes into it, but I promise your efforts will be rewarded.
If you like the stuff in the carton, you need read no further. This is nothing like that.
Why Artists Should Embrace Galleries
The way we promote, sell, and buy art is rapidly changing, but there are still many good reasons to consider gallery representation.
Here’s a list to remind you of the upside of working with a gallery. . . .
A gallerist acts as your agent. A good gallery will be your advocate and business partner. They will work to manage your career and help you raise your status and prices.
The Art Biz ep. 107: Personalizing Your Marketing to Improve Results
We’re all about the quest for more followers, more likes, more shares, more views, and more comments these days. It feels good when more people respond to your art because, as I’ve said for too long to remember, art is a form of communication. It’s the means you use to share your ideas … your soul … with the world. You can say your art is a form of self-expression and you might be right.
The Art Biz ep. 102: Who Are The People On Your List and What Are They Doing There?
I want to make sure you understand just how important a mailing list is. Your mailing list is the #1 marketing asset in your art business, but only if you continue to develop it and keep it warm.
The Art Biz ep. 100: Qualities and Tools That Lead to Achievements Worth Celebrating
When I started thinking about the 100th episode of The Art Biz podcast, I had very little enthusiasm around marking the milestone. The podcast exists to talk about artists’ challenges and the strategies they use to improve their results.
Celebrating 100 episodes didn’t seem aligned with that mission.
Fortunately, my good friend Cynthia Morris helped me find the lesson in this occasion that would help you. Cynthia is a rock star coach and podcast host herself who was the guest on the first two episodes of the podcast. In this episode, she says:
And I think that what I’ve seen in the people that I’ve worked with is when we don’t acknowledge the milestones—when we don’t pause to savor and appreciate and see what we did that brought us here—we really lose out on a lot of the benefits that we’ve accrued in the course of making our way to that milestone. It’s almost like running past the finish line and not high-fiving the people.
I agreed:
I do know how important it is to see that you’re making progress. And every milestone shows you that you are making progress. I know how hard it is to look at to-do lists (without the DONE list) and see what you haven’t done.
More than just a self-congratulatory episode, together we discuss the value of acknowledging your progress, however imperfect it may be. We share what it takes to do the work, create the content, and develop the tenacity that results in milestones worth celebrating.
It’s not unlike the tenacity it takes you to make your art and run a business. Listen to see if you agree.
