Negotiating Your Price…

Right brains, as awesome as they are for creativity; sometimes don’t quite get the business part of putting your work out there for the approval of others. Capitalism is a tricky thing, those of us who are getting paid for our creations can get nervous, cranky or just plain defensive when it comes down to [...]

Karen Wall Garrison Paints Live Events

I had about a 100 mile drive this morning and planned to spend it listening to one of the comedy channels on my satellite radio. As a writer and speaker, I really admire guys that have risen to the top of their profession and, besides, I’m at a place where laughter goes a long way. [...]

How Dying Network News= Your Opportunity

Do you remember a time when you didn’t buy plane tickets without a Travel Agent, you couldn’t buy stock without a Stockbroker and the big three television networks had a monopoly on television programming? I’ll tell you what, that day wasn’t that long ago!
Sure there are still travel agents, stockbrokers and television networks, only their [...]

Meatball Sundaes and Our Revolution

Not along ago, I blogged about the rise of right brainers and the book “A Whole New Brain” by Daniel Pink. I told you there is something important going on and I’d keep talking about it in this space because the Creative Class is taking over the world and I want to be your revered [...]

Growing Older But Not Up

Ok, all work and no play makes the Affluent Artist a grumpy boy, so can I share my day with you? It was amazing!
Sometimes I see me as old manatee
Headin’ south as the waters grow colder
Tries to steer clear of the hum-drum so near
It cuts prop scars deep in his shoulder
But that’s how it goes [...]

How Artists Negotiate

Afraid to ask for your price? Do you feel like you go hat in hand when it comes time to negotiate with a prospective client? Show them this video first!
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Annie Strack's Passion

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“I have always been an artist; I cannot remember the first time I picked up a brush or created my first work of art. I used to take it for granted, until a harrowing incident led me to change my life and my career. I had been working as a jeweler, until a gang of [...]

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Success is a Team Sport: Mastermind Groups

As an intuitive, “lone wolf” kind of guy, I don’t like to ask for help normally and tend to only trust my instincts. Hell, I don’t even like to use “Margaret” my GPS system in my car. I am, after all, a MAN. We really don’t like to ask for directions… or help. Learning to [...]

Catch a Wave

Ok, I’ve seen the future and it is something we all need to know quite a bit about, because EMail is dead.
E mail, after all, is modeled after snail mail, but, the creative people at Google (the guys who created Google maps) have gotten together to create a communication tool that incorporates chat, wiki, social networking and [...]

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