When you set out to earn a living from your creative talent, you will inevitably encounter obstacles. Over the past week, I've been hearing about plenty of these, from students in the process of …
The Creative Entrepreneur Roadmap Is Now Open
EDIT: Registration for the Creative Entrepreneur Roadmap has now closed for 2011 and I've started working with the group to take their creative businesses to the next level. If you'd like to be …
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Why Branding Your Creative Business Should Be a Revelation
Photo by raneko A few years ago I felt like a liability to my business. I was working as a consultant, running coaching and training programs for large corporations. I worked really hard to do a …
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How to Publish Direct to Kindle and Hit No.2 on the New York Times Bestseller List
The book industry is in turmoil and many publishers are tearing their hair out. But the changes have created some amazing new opportunities for writers - and CJ Lyons is living proof. CJ is a …
Can Business Be as Creative as the Arts?
Once upon a time, I saw business as The Enemy. As an aspiring young writer and poet, my worst nightmare was becoming a corporate zombie, sleep-walking to work in a faceless office block. I …
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Why There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be Creative
If you could choose any place and time in history in which to live and realise your creative ambitions, which would you pick? A few years ago, if you'd asked me that question, as a poet, I'd have …
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The $100 Million Productivity Tip
Photo by Andrew Magill When Charles Schwab became President of Bethlehem Steel in 1903, he made an unusual offer to his consultant, Ivy Lee: Show my staff and me a way to get more done in less …
The Accidental Creative: an Interview with Todd Henry
If you earn your living as a creative professional, you'll be familiar with what Todd Henry of Accidental Creative describes as "the pressure to be brilliant at a moment's notice". While we can …
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From Uncertainty to Creativity: an Interview with Jonathan Fields
Creativity is exciting, but it's also scary. Whenever you set out to do something new, you never know how it's going to turn out - you can't predict it, plan it, or control it. Creativity is …
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