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REVENUE READY CREATIVE | Grow Your Art Business Online, Art Business Coaching, Increase Productivity, Passive Income for Self-Employed Artists - Podcast

REVENUE READY CREATIVE | Grow Your Art Business Online, Art Business Coaching, Increase Productivity, Passive Income for Self-Employed Artists

Calling all artists, makers, crafters and designers!

Are you tired of navigating your art business all by yourself? Do you wish you had straightforward business support designed for creative professionals just like you? Have dreams of business growth without sacrificing your integrity?

You’re in luck! Class is now in session and you have a first-row seat to your next semester of creative business growth.

What’s more? You don’t have to do it all alone.

Join Heather Allen MGIM-MBA — author, business consultant, former college instructor and your personal ”Professor of Revenue Readiness” — each week for practical, action-based episodes designed to help you take your creative business to new heights.

The Revenue Ready Creative podcast is THAT business course you wish you had in college. It’s like going back to school, tuition-free, for weekly lessons in managing and growing your empire as a creative professional.

Let this be your weekly education as you sharpen your business tools and flex those visioning, planning, and profit-generating muscles as a creative business owner.

Hear from experts and creatives just like you.

Learn to grow your art business online.

Learn easy-to-implement systems for productivity.

Discover how to make selling natural and authentic.

Find simple systems and automations for business management.

Plan for the business, creative career, and life you want.

Target Audience: Self-employed visual artists, graphic designers, makers, crafters and creative professionals.

Find Heather online: www.HeatherAllenOnline.com

Buy Heather’s book: https://HeatherAllenOnline.com/book/

Visual Arts Entrepreneurship Management Business Arts
Update frequency
every 6 days
Average duration
18 minutes
Episodes
57
Years Active
2024 - 2025
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15. How Much Does a Custom Art Commission Cost? Managing Client Expectations (Part 1)

15. How Much Does a Custom Art Commission Cost? Managing Client Expectations (Part 1)

Okay, here’s a common scenario:

Someone out of the blue contacts you or stops by your booth at an art fair. They’re curious about how much it might cost if they hired you to make something for them. …

00:17:54  |   Mon 02 Dec 2024
14. Thinking of Starting a Paid-Membership Community? Interview with Jewelry Artist Christine Mighion

14. Thinking of Starting a Paid-Membership Community? Interview with Jewelry Artist Christine Mighion

If you're curious about what it takes to start and maintain a paid membership community as part of your business offerings, today I’m chatting with just the gal for you. 

Since 2004, Christine Mighio…

00:21:31  |   Mon 25 Nov 2024
13. All the Planning in the World Means Nothing Without THIS One Thing

13. All the Planning in the World Means Nothing Without THIS One Thing

Welcome back to class. Today, we’re talking about ONE KEY THING that’s absolutely essential to successful planning.

All of the best planning in the world can go straight out the window if this one t…

00:08:51  |   Mon 18 Nov 2024
12. What's in Your 2025 Creative Online Business Budget? (Here's my 2025 Budgeting Wishlist!)

12. What's in Your 2025 Creative Online Business Budget? (Here's my 2025 Budgeting Wishlist!)

Raise your hand if you have a clearly defined budget and a strategy for investing in yourself as a small business owner in the year ahead. 

I don’t see a lot of hands up. Let me rephrase...

Raise you…

00:22:56  |   Mon 11 Nov 2024
11. Clear the Clutter to Be Ready for Creative Abundance.mp3

11. Clear the Clutter to Be Ready for Creative Abundance.mp3

When you’re in business for yourself, wearing so many hats, doing everything yourself or delegating to a few reliable individuals, everything depends on your energy, your focus, your drive, and your …

00:20:06  |   Mon 04 Nov 2024
10. How to Manage Clients and Customers Through the Original Artwork Commission Process as a Professional Artist

10. How to Manage Clients and Customers Through the Original Artwork Commission Process as a Professional Artist

Let’s say it’s Monday morning and you open your inbox to find not one, not two, but three emails from customers who want to hire you for a commission of original artwork. What do you do? 

Do you know…

00:23:34  |   Mon 28 Oct 2024
09. Unsure of Which Passive Income and Creative Business Opportunities Are Worth Your Time?

09. Unsure of Which Passive Income and Creative Business Opportunities Are Worth Your Time?

You’re in a creative field so chances are, you have many skills and talents that you’ve turned into income at one point or another. Freelance work doesn’t scare you. You’re up for the challenge. You’…

00:17:02  |   Mon 21 Oct 2024
08. How to Earn Consistent Sales and be

08. How to Earn Consistent Sales and be "Revenue Ready" as an Artist, Maker, Crafter or Designer in Business

Whether you’re an artist, crafter, designer, or graphic designer, being "Revenue Ready" is essential for consistent sales and business growth. 

In this episode, we’re diving into the most critical ar…

00:26:06  |   Mon 14 Oct 2024
07. The Surprising Truth About Happiness and Purpose PLUS Hurricane Helene Relief for Artists

07. The Surprising Truth About Happiness and Purpose PLUS Hurricane Helene Relief for Artists

Today we’re talking about the surprising truth about happiness and purpose through lessons from the book, “Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier,” written by Arther C. Brook…

00:21:52  |   Mon 07 Oct 2024
06. Artists: Use this Repeatable Framework for Monthly and Quarterly Sales Reviews, Projects, Plans, and Pivots

06. Artists: Use this Repeatable Framework for Monthly and Quarterly Sales Reviews, Projects, Plans, and Pivots

Welcome to Episode 6!

If you haven’t had a chance to listen to Episode 5 which is called, “Get Organized in Your Business with this Sales Tracking Process for Creatives,” that’s a great episode to li…

00:16:22  |   Mon 30 Sep 2024
05. Get Organized in Your Business with this Sales Tracking Process for Creatives

05. Get Organized in Your Business with this Sales Tracking Process for Creatives

Welcome to Episode 5 and Happy Mon-yay to you!

Today we’re taking a gentle stab at a topic people typically dread – bookkeeping, sales tracking, looking at your numbers, and doing a little spreadshee…

00:23:05  |   Mon 23 Sep 2024
04. How to Use AI to Increase Productivity as a Self-Employed Artist, Designer, or Creative Business Owner

04. How to Use AI to Increase Productivity as a Self-Employed Artist, Designer, or Creative Business Owner

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a little extra support with some of those routine administrative tasks you do on a daily, weekly, monthly basis without having to pay someone to do them? I’ve got you cove…

00:19:47  |   Mon 16 Sep 2024
03. 8 Guiding Principles for BRAVE Creative Work

03. 8 Guiding Principles for BRAVE Creative Work

Welcome to Episode 3!

Today we’re talking about 8 guiding principles that you can call on to support your productivity and your courageous, brave work.

Brave work is often about doing the next thing…

00:16:12  |   Mon 09 Sep 2024
02. Creative Business Owners – Use THIS 3-Step Framework to Make Your Introduction Memorable

02. Creative Business Owners – Use THIS 3-Step Framework to Make Your Introduction Memorable

Today we’re digging into a simple structure that you can use to make your introduction and your “about me” more memorable. This will be especially helpful if you already have shows, festivals and hol…

00:22:23  |   Mon 02 Sep 2024
01. How I Became a Professor of Revenue Readiness

01. How I Became a Professor of Revenue Readiness

If you've ever taken time to reflect on all of the different steps you've taken to get to where you are now, then you know that there are many things in life that we simple can't plan for...

Sometim…

00:21:34  |   Sun 01 Sep 2024
00. Welcome to Class! Ready to Transform the Business Side of Your Art Business?

00. Welcome to Class! Ready to Transform the Business Side of Your Art Business?

Hi! Welcome to class today. I’m Heather, your host, coach, and Professor of Revenue Readiness. And I’m so glad you’re here.

Make yourself comfortable because we’re at the very beginning of something…

00:04:36  |   Sat 31 Aug 2024
Revenue Ready Creative Podcast Trailer

Revenue Ready Creative Podcast Trailer

You’re a creative business owner living in the best time to be discovered and have your work found in person and online. There are opportunities abound to connect with your audience and patrons. 

But…

00:04:07  |   Fri 30 Aug 2024
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