Have you ever felt like you’re caught in a whirlpool? You’re swimming as hard as you can, but you just keep going round and round and round. You’re getting tired, you’re still above water, but you start thinking, why am I even doing this? Am I going to go under? You need to start thinking […]
The AIB “Christmas in July” Holiday Planning Workshop is here! (Link to reserve your spot!) Alexis Fedor is going to be teaching the first AIB “Christmas in July” Holiday Planning Workshop this coming Thursday, July 28th, and here in Artists and Business can’t wait for you to reserve your spot! In short, here’s what Alexis […]
By Alexis Fedor
A lot of people grapple with the question: “Do non-fungible tokens (NFTs) harm the environment? And if you’re one of those people, well, that’s great! Let us explain, what we mean is we’re happy that you’re concerned about lowering your carbon footprint on the blockchain and protecting the natural world whether you build digital or […]
By Alexis Fedor
Did you know that 90% of small businesses fail every year in the U.S. in large part because they don’t have a financial plan in place for their businesses that is designed to create predictable, consistent revenue? You may have known that from being a member of the Artists In Business community because this is […]
By Alexis Fedor
So you want to figure out what an NFT is, and maybe create a single piece or even a collection to sell online, that’s great! Congratulations, because making that decision means you’ve already taken the first step toward sharing your art with an entirely new pool of potential customers online. Go you! In this piece, […]
By Alexis Fedor
Before we dive into Web 3.0, NFTs & Art, let’s check in… how are you feeling? We know that the mere mention of something so super-serious-sounding may have you checking your blood pressure right now. (What’s the reading, is it good?). You might say, look, all this stuff is WAY too left brain, I’m an […]
By Alexis Fedor
Many artists find themselves with no financial security because they are truly afraid to deal with the money side of their businesses, which tragically, often leaves them with no business at all. But to feel afraid is totally normal! Just know that you ARE NOT ALONE and so many of us experience that exact same […]
By Alexis Fedor
So you’re an artist, that’s incredible! The fact that you are able to pursue your passion is already a huge accomplishment. Go you! We at Artists In Business (AIB) with our Art Business Courses are here to make you soar even higher, and today’s topic is all about your Signature Story. Now your Signature Story […]
By Alexis Fedor
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By Alexis Fedor
I want to talk to you today about the importance of your Why Theme! Now is the time to really dig into how to establish your Why theme in your business plan. You can do this by joining my Profit Canvas Free Training that starts on April 15th. If you are interested in joining then […]
By Alexis Fedor
Today I want to talk about the importance of making an offer that sells by leading with your theme. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Last week we were talking about how to take the first step to fulfill your good, better, best scenario. If you want to know what the good, better, best scenario is just go to the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Last week we set up your good, better, best scenario for bringing in more revenue. In doing so you’ve created the space and the permission for yourself to begin to bring in more then you have in the past. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I’ve talked about in the past weeks is that when we as artists begin to […]
By Alexis Fedor
What is your internal temperature when receiving revenue? This is such an important question that we’ve been going over the last couple of weeks. The reason it is important for artists to begin to make 6-figures as a business is because when you make that amount in your business the business can then afford to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Did you know that there was something more important that you needed to conquer before you actually begin to make 6 figures as a business owner? That thing that you need to conquer or have an awareness of is what I want to share with you today. Last week I was talking about the significance […]
By Alexis Fedor
Why you need to be a 6-figure artist in order for your business to thrive for the long-term! (and what that even means..!) I wanted to share a story of a friend of mine and how he learned this lesson. When I was just out of undergrad, I was 22 years old and a good […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you know how to make an offer online without question or hyperbole? Over the last few weeks, we’ve been talking about how to craft an offer online. Every artist needs to know how to craft the right kind of offer to the right people in order to start to build a business that is […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you ready to start a meaningful relationship with your potential clients, or are you still looking for a one-night stand? When you meet someone you can foresee you have something in common with, and you want to pursue a relationship with them, whether it’s a friendship or other, you definitely take the time to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you ever wonder how much consideration you should take when figuring out revenue in your business? Kelly Richmond Pope is an accounting professor turned documentary filmmaker who studied how whistleblowing impacts fraud detection and prevention in organizations. She directed and produced the award-winning documentary All the Queen’s Horses which explores the $53 million Dixon, Illinois […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you wondering how to craft offers for your business that truly resonate with you? Jennifer Dasal is the curator of modern and contemporary art at the North Carolina Museum of Art, where she has been employed since 2008. She holds an MA in art history from the University of Notre Dame as well as […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you wondering how to gain the kind of clarity that leads to inevitable profits with your art? Ron Reich is a coach who helps successful online entrepreneurs scale their businesses to seven (and even eight) figures through his advanced marketing systems. He works with emerging A-Player experts and helping them get from 6 to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you wondering how to gain the kind of clarity that leads to inevitable profits with your art? Dr. Gladys Ato is a psychologist, leadership mentor, and author. She mentors expert coaches & service providers to share their business LOVE Story™️ and elevate their authority as true industry leaders. Dr. Ato has been featured in […]
By Alexis Fedor
I know if you’ve taken the Creator’s Profit Plan free video training series you have likely listened to some podcast episodes that I have published. And you know that I am always either interviewing an expert in artistic businesses or another artist with an artistic business. Or I am sharing tips with you about what […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jenny Dorsey is a professional chef and creative person based in New York City. She makes food to express the full arrange of human emotions even those not well suited for Instagram. She believes food has a special way of exposing the banal routine and social norms we find ourselves in. It can be a […]
By Alexis Fedor
Carol Hartsell is the Managing Digital Producer of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and she books and produces a weekly stand-up show at Upright Citizens Brigade East Theater called Lasers In The Jungle in New York City. She works and lives with her husband Sean, with whom she has two dogs, two cats, and six […]
By Alexis Fedor
Angela Andrieux is a photographer, blogger, and photography coach living in Chesapeake, VA with her US Navy husband and their cat, Pumpkin. She will photograph just about anything, but her love to travel tops it all. She believes there is nothing better than exploring someplace new, camera in hand. She also enjoys helping other photographic […]
By Alexis Fedor
Sarah Cogan is a designer for film and television, with work ranging from network television to indie films. Through her work as a costume designer, Sarah created a garment bag company called Set Ready Go! The Ultimate Garment Bag which is the first garment bag to organize an outfit from head to toe and give […]
By Alexis Fedor
Irena Ellis is an artist, educator, and coach. Her coaching is about inspiring and encouraging you to become the artist you already are. With a background in art history, art psychotherapy and art education Irena helps to connect you to your most authentic self, others and the world through a process called arting. She creates […]
By Alexis Fedor
Lauren Maul is a creator, producer, writer, composer, artist and film-maker, teacher and good witch living in Brooklyn with her husband, dog, and gang of cats. In our discussion, we talk about the importance of focusing your creative efforts on the intentions that you are passionate about and following that path wherever it may take […]
By Alexis Fedor
Stephanie Gularte is an experienced leader with extensive creative, operational and entrepreneurial experience. She has experience as a nonprofit CEO and over a decade of leadership experience with professional, nonprofit arts organizations. In 2015 she became the Producing Artistic Director for American Stage. At the theater company, she helped create The Young Americans Initiative, which […]
By Alexis Fedor
Malcolm Dewey is a contemporary impressionist artist who paints in oils, acrylics, and watercolors and is largely inspired by landscapes and seascapes and figure studies. The second part of his work is to teach the fundamentals of painting and to write about the artist process, lifestyle and business of art. In our discussion, we talk […]
By Alexis Fedor
Tessonja Odette is a published author of a young adult fantasy Shadows of Lela. She’s also a mindset coach for authors, a mom and a lover of unicorns. She’s on a mission to follow her joy of creative expression through writing and to inspire others to do the same. When she isn’t writing she offers […]
By Alexis Fedor
Adam James Butcher is a British artist, coach, educator, and writer who has become a world authority on iPad painting and an advocate of the mobile digital art movement. He’s also the creator of the Creative Barriers To Break Through coaching program, where he helps aspiring artists overcome their creative barriers so that they can […]
By Alexis Fedor
Paul Constable is the owner and director of ArtistsInCanada.com. Created in 2000 as a free to list website directory of artists, art galleries, and art resources, now over 300,000 views each month are directed to over 8,600 artists listed to market and sell their art. In 2015 ArtistsInCanada.com released the artist pension plan. In our […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jill Allison Bryan is the founder of Creative Oasis Coaching. She helps people quiet their inner critic and move past blocks such as procrastination, perfection and overwhelm so that they can consistently pursue their creative endeavors with confidence and joy. As a multi-passionate creative, singer/songwriter, recovering procrastinator, and proud imperfectionist Jill happily practice what she […]
By Alexis Fedor
Gina Edwards is the founder of Around The Writer’s Table, which provides authors with training and resources to support their writing life. As an author herself, she works with other writers as a book editor and creativity coach. She also hosts and teaches the annual Story Camp Women’s Writing Retreat. In our discussion, Gina and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Susan Miller is an artist, expressive arts therapist, creativity coach and life entrepreneur coach. Through Lighted Path Coaching, she offers creativity workshops, retreats, art e-courses, individual and group coaching for creative heart-centered entrepreneurs. Susan combines art with healing, opening us up to the creative process resulting in a deeper understanding of ourselves, greater trust and […]
By Alexis Fedor
This past week a post from the Artists in Business Facebook group immediately caught my attention. It was from Jamillah and it simply said: “I have no motivation, what’s the point?” Now the reason this stood out to me is that Jamillah was brave enough to share what most creative business owners are afraid to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Kevin T Johns is a popular thought leader in the space writing, productivity, personal motivation, time management and independent publishing. He is the father of three young daughters, an author, a podcaster, and independent entrepreneur. As a writing coach he has helped hundreds of writers, from around the world, get ideas out of their heads […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jacob Breeden is a working builder, sculptor, painter, and entrepreneur. He is the CEO of Process Art House, founder of Modern Creator, a founding member of the Collective Heritage Lab and founder of Applied Comprehensive Therapies. His awards include the top 20 under 40 award for business excellence, top small business award and a $100,000 […]
By Alexis Fedor
I’m super excited to be with you this week because Nicholas Wilton has opened the doors for his Creative Visionary Program enrollment this week. As you all know I’m a huge advocate for members of the Artists in Business community to join his Creative Visionary Program to further refine, enhance and deeply connect with your […]
By Alexis Fedor
Michael Wilson is a coach for creatives, a portrait photographer, and a theater educator. His company Man Question uses theater to re-imagine what it means to be a man. His coaching and photography challenge people to claim previously silenced parts of themselves for power and joy. Artists, I can promise you this discussion is one […]
By Alexis Fedor
The theme that I want to focus on for today in particular as we enter the month of February in the year 2018 is one of my favorite topics. It goes straight to the heart and comes directly from the heart. It allows for you to really share whats in your heart with those you’re […]
By Alexis Fedor
Today I have a couple of questions that popped up in the Artists in Business Facebook group. These questions coincided with each and are the perfect questions for me to be addressing on a day like today. The reason I say that is because these questions have to do with finding, discovering, connecting with and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Michelle Falzon has more than 25 years of experience in marketing and communication. She has worked in most media from film, television, and radio, to print, online, book publishing and events. For the past 11 years she has created strategic content for world renown speakers, authors coached and consultants. In our discussion, Michelle talks about […]
By Alexis Fedor
My friend and artist Nicholas Wilton has a very special training going on, that’s free, for artists to sign-up for right now. It is time sensitive and in this training, Nick uses the 6 core principals he calls the Art 2 Life principals. To help you as an artist make your art become stronger and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Today, I want to introduce you to an artist friend of mine Nicholas Wilton. Nick works with artists from all over the world. Helping make their art stronger and more authentic using 6 core principals he calls the Art 2 Life principals. Right now he has a very time sensitive free training where he is […]
By Alexis Fedor
Delene Miller has over 25 years of experience in sales, sales leadership, coaching, and training. Having spent her career helping world-class organizations execute their business and sales strategies. She now helps entrepreneurs sell without selling through her own company DM Sales Performance. She walks you through how to best prepare how to make sales that […]
By Alexis Fedor
My theme for this week is tech. Tech as a support for your business as an artist. As you bring your business online and the importance of using tech even if your business is 99% offline. Because you still, no matter what, are going to have to have an email service provider, whether you have […]
By Alexis Fedor
I have a really special topic to cover today and that is simply tech. I have a number of artists taking the Profit Canvas course right now and they’re in the phase of the course where they’ve gone through all the course material. They are well on their way to getting their businesses, not only […]
By Alexis Fedor
Sarah Naughton is an actress, singer, writer and voice-over artist living in New York City. She lives to devise exciting new theater pieces with diverse collaborators and has been lucky enough to get to do so a lot. From a musical adaptation of Romeo & Juliet at Lincoln Center to the world premiere of a […]
By Alexis Fedor
I discovered something really early in life about my personality that is undeniable. I am a bit of a loner. I absolutely love people, I love my relationships. The deeper my relationships get the more my life feels full and complete and rich with wisdom and knowledge and I don’t take any one of them […]
By Alexis Fedor
All artists are business owners by default. We just are all not always aware of that because there is zero to little emphasis placed on the fact that as artists in our society at this point in time we are business owners. We are looked at as freelancers by the IRS, we have write-offs just […]
By Alexis Fedor
Today, I have to address something that has been the biggest eureka moment in my life so far in this year 2018. Now we’re only 2 weeks into the year so there is time for aha moments to occur but this one, in particular, I’m so grateful for. I woke up and thought “Oh my […]
By Alexis Fedor
Today, I am really excited that we’re starting off the year on the right foot. I’ve had so many artists write to me and say ‘Thanks so much for the 12-month revenue plan’. If you did not get your 12-month revenue plan yet you can get it right now. Simply text artistrevenue to 44222. Now, […]
By Alexis Fedor
As a professional athlete and team captain 5 years for both the Arizona Cardinals and New Orleans Saints Levar Fisher came to know the importance of being a leader. Having to make critical decisions that affected the team with his professional experience he gained the skills of being a team player with great communication skills […]
By Alexis Fedor
I have had many people ask me recently what’s the hardest business hurdle to overcome in order to take your business to that six-figure level and beyond? I think this is such an important question. I think it really important to address the fact that when we start talking about a business moving into the […]
By Alexis Fedor
I’m working with the most brilliant artist in my Profit Canvas course right now. And the biggest question that came up at the beginning of Module 3, which is our last module, where we start to put together all your marketing and really start to bring in sales was, “can I actually sell via email? […]
By Alexis Fedor
I’m really excited to talk about this topic today called Email Service Providers. I’ve had a number of artists who are taking my course, called The Profit Canvas right now, along with other artists in the Artists in Business community writing to me asking me about really important questions about how to treat and approach […]
By Alexis Fedor
So it is the holiday season and in fact, Christmas is right around the corner, just a few weeks away. There are other holidays going on at this time of year, as well, and one of the biggest questions I have received recently is from artists thinking that they need to wait till the new […]
By Alexis Fedor
I have a question for every artist, of every discipline listening to this episode today. Do you feel like you are in tech hell? Do you feel like your entire business rests on the notion of you being able to overcome your tech learning curve? That honestly feels like it will likely never happen. I […]
By Alexis Fedor
So I wanted to talk with those of you today who really want to start your business but have these massive hurdles that you feel are holding you back from actually taking the first step. And by first step, I mean, the first in a new direction. A direction that the opposite or slightly to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Charl Coetzee is a guitar player who has traveled the world playing with some of the most renowned bands on the planet. After becoming one of the most successful guitar players in the world he knew he wanted to give back. He’s now the owner of guitarskills.com, which is an online learning platform, teaching guitarist […]
By Alexis Fedor
My coach and mentor is Ryan Levesque best selling author and founder of the ASK Method. A method that helps business owners from every industry discover and connect on a deeper level with their true ideal clients. So they can have businesses that serve people, the right people, on the highest level. I was honored […]
By Alexis Fedor
This week I’m talking a lot about stopping short because it’s truly the main reason most artists fail to have successful businesses. In fact, it’s arguably, the main reason most business owners fail before their businesses hit the one year mark. There are so many factors to consider when you try to build a business […]
By Alexis Fedor
When I first started my business Love + Water Designs I was terrified that the marketing plan I put in place for it wouldn’t work. That I wouldn’t sell anything and that whole business would fold, leaving me looking like a complete failure. And guess what? It did. All of those things. I felt, in […]
By Alexis Fedor
Róisín O’Farrell is a successful Irish Artist, passionate about two things: painting and teaching! She teaches anyone who loves to paint how to paint better and how to nurture their creativity. And, she also loves nothing more than to help artists and creative entrepreneurs to get their business mojo going. She grew up surrounded and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Ryan Levesque is the CEO of The ASK Method® Company and author of the #1 National Best-Selling book, ASK – as featured by Inc. Magazine as the #1 Marketing Book of the Year and by Entrepreneur Magazine as the #2 Must-Read Book for Budding Entrepreneurs. The ASK Method® Company was recently ranked #462 on the […]
By Alexis Fedor
A major force in 21st century concert music, Victoria Bond leads a dual career as composer and conductor. Her compositions have been praised by the New York Times as “powerful, stylistically varied and technically demanding,” and her conducting has been called “impassioned” by the Wall Street Journal and “full of energy and fervor” by the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Shane is an International Pole Dance and Acrobatics Coach & Performer, Speaker and Podcast Host from the UK, although he started as a fitness instructor. With a passion for helping his clients as much as possible, he stumbled upon Pole Dance as a fitness program and saw immediately how much it helped build strength and […]
By Alexis Fedor
André Aciman is the author of several novels, including Call Me by Your Name (winner, in the Gay Fiction category, of the 2007 Lambda Literary Award) and a 1995 memoir, Out of Egypt, which won a Whiting Award. Born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, he is currently distinguished professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he teaches […]
By Alexis Fedor
Lin Eleoff is the kind of lawyer who wants to help you avoid having to hire a lawyer. She wants to show you ways to do the legal stuff yourself so that when you’re ready to hire a lawyer, you’ll have done most of the work already. Ultimately, her mission is to empower you by […]
By Alexis Fedor
Matthew Kimberley is the creator of Professional Persuasion and author of the self-help classic, How To Get A Grip. He trains sales teams and helps very small personality-led businesses get more customers. In our discussion, he shares his top ways artists can begin to grease the wheels of selling more on a regular basis by doing something every […]
By Alexis Fedor
After years as a fashion photographer, Jonas Leriche felt a greater calling. It was time for him to take a journey inward toward a transformation as an artist and photography was the only way he felt he could make this journey. After quickly becoming one of the most sought-after artists in Europe and the U.S. […]
By Alexis Fedor
Christina Empedocles is an artist, illustrator and designer turned personal finance expert, focused on helping other artists and creatives build stable financial lives to support themselves and their families and their incredibly important work. In our discussion, we talk about how it is possible to work both sides of the brain as an artist to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Stephen Greco is an editor, cultural journalist, and author. His most recent novel is Now and Yesterday, published by Kensington. A former editor of Interview and Trace magazines, Stephen has consulted for advertising agencies, not-for-profit arts organizations, and individual artists and entrepreneurs. In our discussion, he so graciously shares stories and anecdotes that help contextualize […]
By Alexis Fedor
Beth Inglish is a contemporary abstract artist who creates expressive work by connecting to the energy that resonates from her spirit. Creating art became how she learned to communicate and it gave her the outlet to find her voice. In her paintings, Beth uses line and color to share her story of transformation and paints […]
By Alexis Fedor
I got an email from a really dear, sweet artist in my community the other day who is so kind and so nice at all times. And has the most lovely offers in her business that she is just getting up and running. She is in the Emergent stage, which means she just started to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Our brains are wired to feel a certain comfort level around a certain amount of money based on what we’ve been accustomed to in the past. So when we begin to make more than that in our businesses, our brains can view that as a threat to what it is used to. This causes more […]
By Alexis Fedor
When I work with artists who aren’t sure why they’re not connecting strongly with their most ideal clients, the first question I ask them is “have you been working on your ideal client pick up line?”. When they look at me as if they have no idea what I’m talking about I explain that if […]
By Alexis Fedor
Finding the cash you need to start your business with your art or take it to the next level of growth can be the most daunting, overwhelming feeling that can easily send every artist into a state of chaos and panic, and, in many cases, cause them to give up entirely. The fact of the […]
By Alexis Fedor
I’m so honored to have the most brilliant artists in my community- those who are smart, talented and ready to take their businesses to the next level of growth. There are many groups available for business growth, both in the creative arts and otherwise, but very few offer the kind of support necessary for actual […]
By Alexis Fedor
Does working on your website make you feel like you want to pull your hair out? Do you struggle to find a way to communicate what you want with a developer who may or may not understand your message or your aesthetic? Do you feel you don’t have the vocabulary to properly describe what you […]
By Alexis Fedor
Every time an artist enters the Artists In Business community, I ask them to take the Art Biz Quiz, which is a simple four-question quiz that asks them about their current art business situation. There are several reasons I do this: one, because I want to know how to best serve them upon entry based […]
By Alexis Fedor
One of the first questions I ask every artist when they enter the Artists In Business community is what their first money memory is. The reason I do this is because there is a significant connection between what you perceive as your first memory about what money is and the relationship you have with it […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever felt like the whole world was ahead of you in terms of your business with your art, as if you will never get ahead financially, no matter what you do to change your situation? So often this seems like the part that there is never enough time for in the day. It doesn’t feel […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever laid out a plan for your business with your art, in detail, knowing you had all the pieces you needed in place to ensure it would yield the most probable results possible, put the action steps you want to take into your calendar so you didn’t have to think about them but […]
By Alexis Fedor
Contrary to popular belief it’s more important for artists in business to learn to do ONE thing better than anyone else in order to have a business that thrives, and it’s not learning how to generate revenue- It’s learning to listen better than every other business owner in your space. When you can do this— […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you struggling with how to market your business with your art? Do you feel like you can’t decide which direction to go because you’re not sure what to market first? And in the midst of this, are you feeling like every time you turn around you see another artist- or bigger company- offering something […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever sat down to deal with your finances, to really look at where you are right now and where you’d like to see yourself in the next six to twelve months while you focus on growing your business with your art, and found yourself stuck, like a deer in headlights, unable to move […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you ever feel like your business is a minefield of too many projects, tasks, and commitments that you’ll never be able to conquer? Do you find yourself lost in the decision-making process because you have no idea what to do next? Are you taken in by enticing offers that promise to help you build […]
By Alexis Fedor
Online or offline, you need a list. It’s the backbone of your business. Unless you’re a convenience store. Don’t care who comes in and goes out. You want to build a class-act business with your art and serve the right people with it. In order to do so, you need to know who your ideal […]
By Alexis Fedor
When I first started my business there were a ton of things I did wrong, but there was one that caused me to close the doors to my company within 11 months: not knowing my true ideal client. I made the biggest mistake a business owner can make- and 90% of business owners in the […]
By Alexis Fedor
There are so many courses and resources you can tap into as an artist to help grow your business with your art, but none of these will move the needle for the short and long term if they don’t fit into your strategy. Strategy to your business is like technique to your art- it forms […]
By Alexis Fedor
Yesterday, in Episode 137, I talked about how connecting with your true ideal client allows you to effortlessly form a relationship with those you’re meant to serve in your business with your art and selling them exactly what they want and need. And how selling actually becomes an afterthought as they’re so completely in the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Almost every artist I know is afraid of sales. When I bring up the fact that selling is an essential part of growing any business, I get one of or a variation of the following replies: I’m not a salesperson- never was and never will be It’s not in my DNA to sell I don’t […]
By Alexis Fedor
Yesterday I published my interview with Callum Hardingham, founder of The Mindset Guy, about one of the biggest issues artists have when it comes to building businesses: a business owner mindset. And that mindset has less to do with a willingness to spend money on more things, like many artists tend to believe, but more […]
By Alexis Fedor
Callum Hardingham is a personal power facilitator who works with entrepreneurs, business owners, athletes and coaches who want to upskill their practice, break through their internal barriers and create a life they love. His Mission is to make personal development cool and bring it to the same pedestal as math, science, and English! In our discussion, we […]
By Alexis Fedor
99% of all artists see identifying their true ideal client as their single greatest challenge in growing their businesses with their art. Finding the right people who resonate with your work and knowing where to find them specifically both online and offline is the greatest challenge most businesses have and having a strategy in place […]
By Alexis Fedor
Having an employee mindest is the biggest hurdle that holds artists back from creating revenue in their business. This episode is about why that is true and how we can surpass it with no problem, moving into the mindset of revenue flow.
By Alexis Fedor
Starting with one offer is often looked upon unfavorably by artists in their businesses because it feels too restrictive, and it’s understandable considering all the amazing work artists have to share with the world. But in order to grow the kind of business you are meant to and create the kind of change in the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Knowing your Mission as an artist in business is the key to creating a framework from which your business can flourish and thrive. There is no better way to fulfill the vision you have for your work than to create the way in which your business will begin to fulfill it. And once you do, […]
By Alexis Fedor
Every artist has a vision for what she wants her art to accomplish in the world. This vision can often seem like a far-off dream or one that could never come to fruition because it is so large. Yet, it is the most important to bring forward and declare before putting your actual business plan […]
By Alexis Fedor
I remember when I was offered to play the role of The Princess in a dance-drama of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost on Martha’s Vineyard one summer when I had just finished grad school. As a dancer-turned actor who relished the creation of eclectic performance art, I was drawn to this piece for many reasons, mainly because I […]
By Alexis Fedor
As an artist, there is a hustle involved in selling work or getting hired for your work. This is implicit, and the main reason I believe artists are hardwired to run the best businesses in the world. There is no successful business that did not begin with an incredible amount of hustling, especially in the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Running a business as an artist is a bit different than running a traditional business, but the core principles to building a solid foundation are exactly the same. Learning these principles will not only change your business but can change your life in ways you have been dreaming about. It’s really not just about having all of […]
By Alexis Fedor
The sense of overwhelm that often comes with running a business based in your passions and skills can feel daunting to say the least, especially when your mind is focused on the creative side of your work. However, having some fundamental tools you can put into place to help alleviate overwhelm and help you make […]
By Alexis Fedor
A few months ago I had the most amazing question pop up in my inbox that I have a feeling everyone can relate to. It was truly profound in its simplicity yet deep in its complexity. I paused on it for a long moment as I took it in, knowing the answer needed to be […]
By Alexis Fedor
One of the biggest issues artists have in their businesses with their art has to do with time: there is not enough time to focus on all the things you need to get a business up and running, never enough time to get past the learning curves necessary to learn all the new tech skills […]
By Alexis Fedor
This week I’m so excited to offer you access to the most incredible free training in discovering your true ideal client for your art business: The ASK Method Masterclass. I’m quite passionate about this training because it was created by my mentor, Ryan Levesque, who has helped literally thousands of businesses connect to their true […]
By Alexis Fedor
There’s a specific method I use when building any new business that begins with the end in mind: understanding who your true ideal client is. The importance of understanding how to find your true ideal client can save you countless hours of preparation, hundreds of thousands of dollars in marketing costs and increase your revenue […]
By Alexis Fedor
We’ve been looking at how to create a thriving business with your art, your way and the steps necessary to take in order to ensure you have a solid financial plan in place that cannot fail you. We’ve discussed how to clarify your verticals, how to identify your ideal client and how to establish the […]
By Alexis Fedor
When you think about running your business as an artist, do you ever worry that it will overtake your time in the same way a survival job can? Do you hesitate to take action because you imagine it will take away your joy while trying to create your work? Do you wonder how you will […]
By Alexis Fedor
I had a specific mission on my mind when I first came to New York City to pursue my passion for writing and performance. I wanted to ultimately work with the best of the best, hone my craft, develop my own persona and technique and honor the gifts I was given that gave me the […]
By Alexis Fedor
I was recently talking with Kris, an artist in the Artists In Business Insider Group, my private membership group for artists who are actively working on taking their businesses with their art to the next level of revenue growth, who was telling me about some reservations she is having about creating her first online course. […]
By Alexis Fedor
Did you know that 90% of small businesses fail every year in the U.S. in large part because they don’t have a financial plan in place for their businesses that is designed to create predictable, consistent revenue? You may have known that from being a member of the Artists In Business community because this is […]
By Alexis Fedor
One thing I learned very fast when I started my first business was the importance of having a mentor. When I launched my first company, called Love and Water Designs, I had no idea why my marketing plan didn’t take off, or why my offers weren’t converting into sales. I had a t-shirt company that […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you wondering how to begin to determine who your ideal client is before you’ve had a chance to sell many (or any) of your offerings? Do you feel like you’re in a catch-22 because you don’t have your business up and running yet, so you’re not sure whom to focus on as you venture […]
By Alexis Fedor
Shauna is a self-taught artist, writer, and speaker with a special focus on self-care and living an unapologetically creative life. Because she knows how challenging the path of the creative can be, she has become dedicated to supporting other creatives with the tools and resources they need to constructively face resistance from their environment and […]
By Alexis Fedor
I recently posted a Daily Art Bite on my Facebook page with this quote from Georgia O’Keefe: “To create one’s own world, in any of the arts, takes courage.” So many of you responded to it so favorably that it reminded me how important the Blue Ocean Strategy can be for every artist and every business owner, […]
By Alexis Fedor
Rebecca Schweiger is the owner The Art Studio NY, New York City’s #1 art school for all ages and levels, offering nearly 100 art classes weekly that offer the joy of authentic self-expression, creativity and stress-relief. The studio inspires students to release their creativity while creating a more fulfilling life making art they love. In […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you overwhelmed when you think about how to market your work as an artist? Have you looked into marketing courses and found an endless abyss of information that seems to go on for days about how to include your website, every social media platform, Google ad words, lead magnets, content, video series and something […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you ever wonder how you will be able to create a sustainable income with your art without sacrificing an incredible amount of time doing something that does not seem to coincide with the work you know you’re meant to create as an artist? Or do you wonder how to save enough when you make […]
By Alexis Fedor
When I was running two businesses I learned very quickly that I needed a better system in order to get things accomplished. I originally thought I needed to better manage my time- but quickly learned you can’t actually manage time; it was managing my projects that I needed to tend to. Managing your projects is […]
By Alexis Fedor
Nicole Antoinette is the host of Real Talk Radio, the podcast that’s filled with refreshingly honest conversations about the wonderful mess of being human.
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By Alexis Fedor
Christy M. Johnson is an artist, encourager, and whimsical caretaker of dreams. She helps people explore their personal stories through imagery. Her background in art therapy informs her mission to change the world through creativity. She believes while anything is possible in life, EVERYTHING is possible in art.
Christy’s Book Recommendation:
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
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By Alexis Fedor
One of the main issues most artists have in growing their businesses with their art has to do with their confidence in creating a strong stream of revenue for a particular offer. Regardless of the reason, your confidence around what you need to do to create a consistent, predictable stream of revenue (and then multiply […]
By Alexis Fedor
Russell Lundstrom considers himself a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years and 21+ businesses behind under his belt. He is a dedicated father and husband, and is passionate about how direct marketing affects people on a one-to-one basis.
Russell’s Book Recommendations:
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
80/20 Sales And Marketing by Perry Marshall
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By Alexis Fedor
Katya Sarmiento is the co-founder of Bots For Business and an expert in technology, systems, and operations. She helps Entrepreneurs implement effective Lead Generation by systemizing their ability to automatically bring in new customers. Who wouldn’t want that?
LINKS:
http://botsfor.business
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/botsforbusiness
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/botsforbusinesscommunity
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/botsforbusiness
Periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/botsforbusiness
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/botsforbusiness
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH7099JYhGULFwEAv5X80bg
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/botsforbusiness
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bots-for-business
Special Gift (A collection of all current Bots for Business resources):
http://botsfor.business/gift
Katya’s Book Recommendation:
Loyalty To Your Soul by H. Ronald Hulnick, Ph.D. and Mary R. Hulnick, Ph.D.
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
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By Alexis Fedor
When I was little, I drew a picture of our house and the yard. My father looked at it and told me the only thing wrong with it was that tree trunks aren’t brown. And that began a life-long lesson in perspective for me as an artist that has guided me in going against the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jenny Blake is an author, career and business strategist and international speaker who helps people organize their brain, move beyond burnout, and build sustainable, dynamic careers they love.
LINKS:
Jenny’s Site: http://www.pivotmethod.com/
Pivot Podcast on iTunes
Jenny’s Book Recommendations:
PIVOT: The Only Move That Matters is Your Next One by Jenny Blake
Life After College by Jenny Blake
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By Alexis Fedor
When my father passed away, I was flooded with the most beautiful, touching condolence letters from artists in my community, many of which shared some deep issues they were having with their businesses based on the vision they have for the work they create in their hearts. This led me to revamp the premise of […]
By Alexis Fedor
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By Alexis Fedor
Patricia Lohan is a Feng Shui expert, a healer and passionate female entrepreneur who has shaped her dream life living in Bali with her husband, and she now helps female entrepreneurs accelerate success through creating powerful environments.
LINKS:
http://patricialohan.com/
https://fengshui.patricialohan.com/
Social Media:
@lohanpatricia
By Alexis Fedor
Redd Horrocks is a freelance voiceover artist, who specializes in American and British accents and is the owner of Instant Voicemails.com.
In our discussion Redd reveals how she stumbled into voiceovers several years ago and decided it was what she wanted to shape her career around. So she set out to shift her course and successfully built a six-figure company on her own in the process.
LINKS:
http://www.reddhorrocks.com/
http://www.instantvoicemails.com/
Redd’s Book Recommendation:
The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey
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By Alexis Fedor
Bailie Slevin is the founder of Entertaining Finance, a financial consulting and advising firm geared specifically towards creatives. She is the perfect combination of finance ninja and theater nerd. With over 10 years of experience as a financial adviser and a hefty resume in theater, she is redefining planning for artists and entrepreneurs. She’s worked […]
By Alexis Fedor
Shannon DeJong and Kerri Lowe are the creators of the new podcast ARTISTCEO. Shannon, the subject of the podcast, is both a performance artist/actress and CEO of a naming and branding agency called House of Who. Kerri is House of Who’s content strategist and the host of ARTISTCEO. Through their work together they’ve found some […]
By Alexis Fedor
Lucy Gillespie is a writer and producer, and the creator of the hit new web series, Unicornland, which explores unchartered territory in the New York dating scene: couples. In our discussion we talk about how her web series helped her get through her divorce, and how taking on such a project from a business perspective […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jason Stapleton is best described as a modern day renaissance man. A former special operations Marine turned soldier for hire, Jason is an expert in counter-terrorism, counterinsurgency, and hostage rescue. He spent years living in the middle east working alongside a variety of government agencies in both Iraq and Afghanistan providing close protection to some of the worlds most powerful people.
In 2009, Jason left his life as a hired gun to pursue a career as an active currency trader and later founded one of the premiere trading education firms in the world.
LINKS:
http://www.jasonstapleton.com
Jason’s Book Recommendation:
Breakthrough Advertising by Eugene M. Schwartz
By Alexis Fedor
Tim is the Founder of Great Assistant, which helps entrepreneurs get a great assistant. For five years he failed again and again with assistants; then, three years ago he finally cracked the code. His current assistant, Sarah, now handles 95% of his email inbox and has allowed Tim to focus on bigger opportunities. Tim has since appeared on Inc.com, is a regular contributor to Forbes, and has been a guest lecturer at NYU in New York City.
LINKS:
tim@greatassistant.com
http://www.ProfitFactory.com/360Delegation
Tim’s Book Recommendation:
The Ultimate Blueprint for an Insanely Successful Business, by Keith J. Cunningham
By Alexis Fedor
Dr. Karuna Sabnani is a Beauty and Natural Medicine Expert. For over 10 years, patients have come to Dr. Sabnani to learn how to get a lean body, restful sleep, restored energy, clear skin, strong digestion and stress reduction. They often feel a sense of ease, balance and health within their full lifestyles and demanding careers after following Dr. Sabnani’s suggestions.
LINKS:
http://www.karunanaturopathic.com/
Dr. Karuna’s Book Recommendation:
The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield
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By Alexis Fedor
Angie Johnson has been designing under the name Norwegian Wood since 2008. She started her first company at the tender age of 16 and has been working within the fields of fashion, graphic design, interiors, styling and photography ever since.
LINKS:
https://www.norwegianwoodonline.com/
Angie’s Book Recommendations:
M Train by Patti Smith
Just Kids by Patti Smith
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By Alexis Fedor
Laura Adams is a personal finance expert and award-winning author of multiple books, including Money Girl’s Smart Moves to Grow Rich. She’s been the host of Money Girl, the top-rated weekly podcast, since 2008.
LINKS:
LauraDAdams.com
Laura’s Podcast: quickanddirtytips.com
Laura’s Book Recommendations:
Money Girls- Smart Moves To Grow Rich
By Alexis Fedor
Owen Garratt has built a near seven-figure business with one offer: paintings of oil rigs.
Want to know how he did it? Stay tuned!
LINKS:
https://pencilneck.com/
Owen’s Book Recommendation:
The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield
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By Alexis Fedor
Charlie Wallace has played on stages all over the world, with some of the greatest musicians. But he has always had a passion for teaching and giving back, so he took his teaching skills online and built a six-figure business helping people all over the world learn to play guitar like the masters.
LINKS:
https://www.guitarmasterymethod.com/
Charlie’s book recommendation:
The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone
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By Alexis Fedor
Caroline White is a lifelong visual artist, and an LA-based, award-winning photographer. Starting as an actress in LA, she worked in national commercials, TV, theater and indie films. Then in 2005, after realizing that it was difficult to get a good headshot in LA or NYC, she picked up a camera to take some headshots of her fellow actors, and everything just CLICKED.
LINKS:
http://www.carolinewhitephotography.com/
Caroline’s Inspirational Site Recommendation:
Creativelive.com
Caroline’s and Alexis’ Book Recommendations:
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Worth It by Amanda Steinberg
Spin Selling by Neil Rackham
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By Alexis Fedor
Tracy Matthews is an award winning fine jewelry designer and mentor. Her designs have been sold in over 350 stores around the world and has a host of celeb fans including Halle Berry, Orlando Bloom, Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba. Her collections have been featured in InStyle, Glamour, Real Simple, Lucky, and Elle to name […]
By Alexis Fedor
Rob Dial started in sales at age 19, was promoted to run a franchise with the company at age 21 and grew it to a multi-million dollar business, breaking almost every record for a new office in the company’s 60 year history. He started his second seven-figure business at 23 years old. He has since […]
By Alexis Fedor
Peter Li started a CrossFit gym 7 years ago to great success, expanding to a space three times the size three years later. But he quickly realized his expenses tripled while the revenue didn’t, so he had to shut it down. He then joined an 8-figure marketing company focused on Astrology for two years and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Shawlini Manjunath Holbrook moved to New York City after graduating from the University of Georgia, and has since appeared in the popular dark comedy, FX’s Louie, USA’s Falling Water and in a new webseries, Underground Notes. Shawlini has also been in network TV commercials and plays the voice of a character in Grand Theft Auto. And […]
By Alexis Fedor
Alana McClure owns and operates a six-figure boutique portrait studio, specializing in women’s fine art portraits, along side a social e-commerce business that focuses on empowering women in developing their own businesses. In our discussion, she shares some incredible stories and insight into how her business grew incredibly fast after she made a serious commitment […]
By Alexis Fedor
Women’s Money®, a national 501c3 non-profit organization completely funded by community sponsorships and donations, has developed and worked to deliver a unique and proprietary financial education and accountability system to help women move from financial fragility to financial resiliency. Women’s Money® was founded in 2011 by Gina Robison-Billups, and she also currently serves as president […]
By Alexis Fedor
Amy Rapp is a creative producer and Head of Meredith Vieira Productions, where she oversees all development and production. She executive produced “Return,” starring Linda Cardellini, Michael Shannon, and John Slattery, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and also produced the Emmy-nominated, critically-acclaimed feature documentary “The Woman Who Wasn’t There,” which broke network ratings […]
By Alexis Fedor
Steven Fales is a classically trained playwright and actor who has gained broad recognition in both the theatre world gay community and the LDS community for his award-winning one-man play, Confessions of a Mormon Boy. In our discussion we talk about the power of believing in your own story and standing by that to fulfill the artistic vision you have for your work and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Shauna La is a fine artist who believes existence is about creation, exploration, and especially attuning herself to energies and frequencies that are not immediately obvious. Her process involves observing physical characteristics such as colors, sensations, tastes and smells as well as unconventional occurrences like lucid dreams or meditation. All of this blends together into […]
By Alexis Fedor
Vana Chupp is professionally trained as an architect with an artist’s heart. Her silhouette craft was first born as she began documenting the personality, emotion, and playfulness of her son Nikolas. Beginning her online business as one of Etsy’s first sellers, she grew her online sales in ways she couldn’t have anticipated. Over the years […]
By Alexis Fedor
Robert Funaro is an American film and television actor, best known for the role of Eugene Pontecorvo on The Sopranos. His last episode on The Sopranos, “Members Only,” in which he played a major role, won an Emmy award for Best Writing in a Drama Series in 2006 for producer/writer Terence Winter. He has also appeared in the film American Gangster, […]
By Alexis Fedor
Ryan McKenzie has had a 22 year career as an entrepreneur online. Having started his first online company at age 14, he is now a partner at My Passion Media, a successful multi-channel media company. Ryan is an expert at transitioning traditional print media into successful, scaleable, multi-channel businesses. He is in love with FB […]
By Alexis Fedor
Artist In Business Insider Lisa Ullrich is an artist and photographer specializing in nature and wildlife. She launched her part-time business in 2012 and left her day job in 2016 to pursue her business full-time. Lisa believes her art brings a richness to her audience, an essence of beauty or a walk down memory lane. […]
By Alexis Fedor
Sarah Michelle Brown is a multi-passionate artist who writes and directs for film, music videos, documentaries and for the stage. Since studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York City, Sarah has been writing, directing and producing primarily her own film and theatre projects. She shadowed Oscar winner Paul Haggis in New […]
By Alexis Fedor
Julie Mayfield is a freelance writer and blogger specializing in personal finance and lifestyle topics. She is the creator of two blogs: The Family CEO and Creating This Life. She has written for the U.S. News & World Report and Houston Chronicle websites and is a contributor to The U.S. News Guide to Paying for […]
By Alexis Fedor
Ellen McLaughlin is an actor and playwright. Her plays have been performed Off-Broadway, regionally and internationally. As a playwright, she has received particular acclaim for her adaptations of Greek plays. As an actor, she is best known for having originated the part of the Angel in Tony Kushner’s Angels in America. Join me as I […]
By Alexis Fedor
Craig Kilford is one of the most fascinating artists I’ve ever met, with a career that has unfolded in a way he could have never predicted. He has painted murals live on stage with all of his favorite bands- from Robert Plant to the Black Eyed Peas- and helped design new international standards in project […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jeannine Rosignol knew she wanted to go into marketing when she was in undergrad, and is now the VP of Marketing for Xerox HR Services. But more importantly, she has an insatiable curiosity with an instinctive decisiveness that allows her to not only uncover the latest industry trends, insights and innovations, but also quickly put […]
By Alexis Fedor
Brittany Tinline is the bookkeeping manager at Bench.co, leading a team of bookkeepers who specialize in preparing historical and monthly financial statements for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Bench exists for artists and entrepreneurs who know that investing time in their craft is more valuable than spending hours bookkeeping. I cannot stress enough how valuable Bench […]
By Alexis Fedor
Chriselle Tidrick is the Artistic Director of Above and Beyond Dance, a company she founded in 2007 to explore the limitless potential in the fusion of dance and circus arts work. She has choreographed and produced four seasons of circus-infused dance and has presented work at venues throughout NYC. In our discussion, we talk about […]
By Alexis Fedor
Catherine Orer is a Business and PR Strategist for artists and creative entrepreneurs. Her extensive experience as a marketing and communications professional in the corporate sector and on the contemporary art market led her to found TheArtistEntrepreneur.com, where she empowers artists to build businesses that fulfill them personally and financially, by developing marketing, PR and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Artists In Business Insider Rachel Justice started painting seasonal window paintings on store fronts when she was 16 years old. Painting store front windows led to painting logos and signs on those windows, then onto boards and walls. Painting Murals outside and inside led to painting logos on trucks. Costumers would bring her Barn siding, […]
By Alexis Fedor
Union Square Hospitality Group, founded by Danny Meyer, is responsible for some of the most highly sought after restaurants in New York City, including Gramercy Tavern, Union Square Café and the infamous Shake Shack. With numerous awards, including two Michelin Stars in 2015 alone, Reastuarant Leader Of The Year and the Family Values awards, USHG […]
By Alexis Fedor
Arielle O’Shea is an investing and retirement specialist at NerdWallet.com, a personal finance resource that helps consumers make the best financial decisions. She’s been reporting on and writing about personal finance for over a decade. Her work has appeared in Esquire, Money, The Billfold, Women’s Health, Forbes and XO Jane, and she contributed to the […]
By Alexis Fedor
You may know Austin Pendleton from his iconic courtroom scene as the defense attorney in My Cousin Vinny, which created a cult following for him from that day forward. But other artists, particularly in New York and LA, know him as one of the best kept secrets in the acting world and one of the […]
By Alexis Fedor
You may know Austin Pendleton from his iconic courtroom scene as the defense attorney in My Cousin Vinny, which created a cult following for him from that day forward. But other artists, particularly in New York and LA, know him as one of the best kept secrets in the acting world and one of the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Yuri Cataldo is a Yale-trained set/costume designer with over 100 design credits. He is also the founder of the award-winning bottled water IndigoH2O, and the architect of a College program focused on art and business, and the marketing director for a tech start up, and the host of the “Advance Your Art” podcast. He is […]
By Alexis Fedor
Sarah Grear has personally written copy for over 200 businesses from startups to 7 figures. She has produced copy for digital influencers including Amber McCue, Hilary Rushford, and Rick Mulready. As a copy conversion expert, speaker and published author her focus is on helping entrepreneurs turn online lookers into buyers with persuasive writing. In our […]
By Alexis Fedor
Natalie Elisha is an estate and asset protection attorney in NYC focused on preserving her clients wealth. She deals in asset protection on every level, even with those who feel they don’t yet have enough to protect. She chose this career path after experiencing a near fatal accident that showed her first hand how necessary […]
By Alexis Fedor
Kellie McCants is an actress and budding writer who also enjoys reading books and researching various subjects; and is a big animal-lover. In a nutshell, Kellie is simply a student of life. For every artist who feels your multi-passionate personality pulls you in too many directions to possibly focus on any one business, this is […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jennifer Hazelwood has been a dance instructor for over 16 years. In 2011 she started a dance program in a private school, Cape Henry Collegiate, for ages Pre-K through high school. This program went from zero to over 100 students in under a year and is a growing part of the performing arts in the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Karen Garrett is an artist specializing in whimsical and spiritual inspired art. She enjoys exploring different materials and combining them in unique ways. Her vision is to create vibrant, unique art that expresses love and an individual personal vision. Karen has a passion to create for those who desire a personal representation and connection to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Carolyn M. Smith is a graduate of Fordham University at Lincoln Center and the Drama Division at Juilliard. She has worked with Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright on “House of Cards” in the recurring role of “Willa Penton”, Oscar Award-winning director Steve McQueen for HBO’s “Codes of Conduct” and has guest-starred opposite Viola Davis in […]
By Alexis Fedor
Maryanne Morrow is a 20-year veteran of the financial, marketing & advertising industries having worked with Standard & Poor’s, BNP Paribas Asset Management and The Wall Street Journal. She is the CEO and Founder of SurgeXLR, a company that focuses on monetization traction with enterprise customers and an active angel investor. Here, Maryanne talks with […]
By Alexis Fedor
Michael Potts is a successful working actor in New York City, with credits including playing opposite Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in HBO’s True Detective and the role of Brother Mouzone in The Wire. On Broadway, Michael originated the role of Mafala Hatimbi in The Book of Mormon and his New York stage appearances include […]
By Alexis Fedor
Carey Van Driest is a working actor in New York City, with TV credits that include Homeland, Bull, House of Cards, I Loved You But I Lied. Her theater credit include but are certainly not limited to Othello, Reckless, The Winter’s Tale and The Importance of Being Earnest. On the business side of acting, Carey […]
By Alexis Fedor
Mia Davis is a visual artist and animal lover who creates whimsical abstract pet portraits. Her paintings are intuitively created to capture to spirit and personality of each pet. A portion of proceeds goes towards local animal shelters in Atlanta, Georgia. As an Artists In Business Insider, Mia has begun to build a thriving business […]
By Alexis Fedor
Laura Phillips is a strategy coach with a decade of digital marketing experience working with brands all over the world. After growing her own successful agency, she now coaches business owners how to confidently implement a winning digital marketing strategy in their business and how to become more visible online. Laura’s expertise is combined with […]
By Alexis Fedor
Amanda Steinberg launched DailyWorth in 2009 to bring a fresh voice and an outsider’s perspective to personal finance. Oprah selected her to the exclusive SuperSoul 100, and Forbes named her one of twenty-one New American Money Masters. Amanda has also appeared on GMA, Today, CNN, and MSNBC. She founded the new digital investing service, WorthFM, […]
By Alexis Fedor
Matt Hoverman is an Emmy-winning writer who now writes for his second award-winning TV show on the Disney Channel. But his first business as a writer and actor was born from his desire to help other artists create solo shows that allowed them to tell their true life stories and share them with audiences far […]
By Alexis Fedor
Rachel David had an extraordinarily successful career as a television journalist for an entire decade when she one day found herself out of a job as her company needed to make serious cutbacks. That same week, her boyfriend broke up with her, and she found herself completely at odds with what to do next, so […]
By Alexis Fedor
Sophia Remolde is a multi-disciplinary artist who combines her work as a dancer, choreographer, writer and healer into the work she is called upon to create. She wasn’t always sure, however, how she was going to manage the business side of her work in a way that would not take away from her focus on […]
By Alexis Fedor
Tanner Lawley is an artist in Dallas, Texas with a hugely successful career and gallery that houses his paintings and other artists he wants to promote. But Tanner had a tough childhood that lead to some unfortunate incidents in his past and decided to pursue art when he decided to turn his life around for […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jay Morelock is an economist who focuses primarily on economic releases, Federal Reserve policy, fiscal policy, and geopolitical events with a primary focus on the US. He is often featured on CNBC and frequently quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and BBC. Viewing the economy from the standpoint of the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Griffin Matthews is the founder of Uganda Project, a grassroots organization that provides free education, housing, mentoring, and basic needs to Ugandan students in order to empower, ignite, and impact global change. He is also the co-creator of Witness Uganda, a musical about his experience with the organization that has had an incredible impact in […]
By Alexis Fedor
Feel like you’ll never find a way to organize yourself to make headway in growing your business with your art? Nathalie Davies is an organizational expert who works with big businesses to organize their call centers around the globe, and has built her business by insisting that organization is the key to doing more with […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jenny Parks is an illustrator who has taken her personal obstacles and turned them into a book series designed to help others who may be struggling in the same ways she has. Getting her book ready to publish along with starting her new logo company, Rooted, have kept her on track to building the business […]
By Alexis Fedor
Marcos Santana is a Broadway choreographer, actor and dancer who has performed in and choreographed some of the greatest shows on Broadway, including the original cast of the Tony Award winning In The Heights and currently the Gloria and Emilio Estefan musical On Your Feet. He has built a successful career in what is considered […]
By Alexis Fedor
Laurie Kahmi is the Chief Investment Officer of LCK Wealth Management at Hightower, leads their efforts in establishing investment strategies for their clients. Through her over three decades of experience between Merrill Lynch Private Banking and Investments Group, Kidder Peabody and Dean Witter, Laurie’s experiences encompass serving institutional and corporate entities by managing their pensions […]
By Alexis Fedor
Michael Raver is an actor and writer who decided from the very beginning of his career that he was going to do what he knew worked for him as an artist: create his own work. He was met with several challenges with producers and influential industry professionals telling him he wasn’t going to find success […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jon Stancato helps singers, actors, speakers, and others fall in love with the beauty, range, power, and expression of their own unique voices and create a space where working on the voice is working on the self. I also direct plays, read tarot, climb rocks, and make a mean cocktail! Jon has taught at the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Ana Micka is a Facebook ads expert who works with artistic businesses and healers to help them pinpoint their true ideal clients and connect with them by way of introduction and value to form a relationship that results in longstanding, happy and repeated clients. Many artists have a wide range of misconceptions about how Facebook […]
By Alexis Fedor
Willy Somma is a photographer who, like most photographers, has evolved into her craft organically and from a completely authentic lens. However, she has discovered that she has a layered mission aside from simply following her passion for photographing women to reveal their truly powerful natures. She wants to use her art to create a […]
By Alexis Fedor
Torange Yeghiazarian is the founding artistic director of Golden Thread Theater Company, the first American theater company devoted entirely to plays from or about the Middle East. Based in San Francisco, they are celebrating their 20th anniversary. Torange’s artistic life began with her career in acting, but she quickly realized she wasn’t going to be […]
By Alexis Fedor
Susannah Perlman is the founder of ARTHOUSE.NYC, a full-service event planning, art exhibition and theatrical producing agent devoted to all things artistic, larger than life and quintessential New York. Her company has opened doors for unconventional as well as mainstream artists to gain exposure in ways they could not have achieved on their own by […]
By Alexis Fedor
Eric Baker is a legendary graphic designer whose business in New York City has designed work for some of the most respected artists and business owners in the world, including but certainly not limited to Francis Ford Coppola, David Lynch, The Museum Of Modern Art, The New York Times, Saturday Night Live and the infamous […]
By Alexis Fedor
Leah Guzman is an artist and art therapist whose body of work is all about connecting the mind, body, and soul through art. She is a painter who also offers online courses that focus on the Chakras and energy combined with art for those who are interested in exploring their own energy centers through art. […]
By Alexis Fedor
Adrian Correia is a cinematographer who has shot films, trailers music videos and promotional work for some of the top brands and has worked with some of the top talents in the film industry including Julianne Moore, Kevin Spacey and Daniel Craig. He also shot the first two seasons of my original web series, Gray […]
By Alexis Fedor
Since I first aired my interview with Anthony Davenport, owner of Regal Financial, a company he built to become one of the top credit repair and protection agencies in the U.S., his episode has had more downloads than any other in the Artists In Business podcast. When I first talked with Anthony I asked if […]
By Alexis Fedor
Anne Dickinson is the founder of Stop The Profit LEAKS formula, a program that helps her work side by side with business owners to identify and eliminate money leaks, ignite profits and improve cash flow and liquidity to create a strong, healthy business. Anne has worked in the Defense and High Tech industries, packaged and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jim Culleton is a Dublin-based theatre director and artistic director of the Olivier Award-winning Fishamble: The New Play Company. For Fishamble, he has directed productions of new plays which have toured throughout Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia and the US. He has also directed for the Abbey Theatre, and for many theatre companies internationally. But Jim […]
By Alexis Fedor
Donna Triska is a mixed-media artist whose work spans a wide gamut of themes maintaining her unique and specific style that is recognizable anywhere. Donna is a member of Artists In Business and one of the first artists to take the 14-Day Art Biz Challenge and see outstanding results in her business growth in spite of some […]
By Alexis Fedor
Jon Stancato helps singers, actors, speakers and others fall in love with the beauty, range, power and expression of their own unique voices and create a space where working on the voice is working on the self. He also directs plays, reads tarot, climbs rocks, and makes a mean cocktail! Jon has taught at the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Paul Ryan helps photographers and cinematographers create predictable and consistent incomes with their businesses. What qualifies him to do so? He created a seven-figure business by the time he was 24, and he’s just 25 now, and just getting started. Stay tuned for this discussion as Paul reveals how his personal circumstances lead him to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Rachel Figueroa is a television producer who has worked with some of the most respected personalities in television, including P-Diddy, Oprah, and Bobby Flay, just to name a few. And she attributes her success to her willingness to work hard, stay humble and learn as much as she can in every job she is granted. […]
By Alexis Fedor
Molly Marie Keyser created a six-figure photography business and then decided she wanted to teach other photographers how to do the same. So she created an online course for photographers to take about how to build a six-figure business, and then decided she would create a course about how to create an online course! Molly […]
By Alexis Fedor
Artist Sue Van Dame is a jewelry maker who stumbled into her craft accidentally, thanks to her husband’s desire to take a jewelry class. She has since created the company Lonesome Dovey and has taken huge steps to build her jewelry business. When I met Sue she was struggling to find ways to expand her business […]
By Alexis Fedor
If you’re an artist looking for a gallery to represent you but are having trouble finding the right artistic representation, this discussion is for you. MK Semos, co-owner of Decorazon Gallery, talks about what she and her partner look for in finding the right artists to represent. More importantly, she talks about some very important […]
By Alexis Fedor
Knowing what legal documents to have in place in your business with your art can feel extremely daunting, especially when you don’t have the right lawyer to help guide you in the beginning of your business life. Luckily I sat down with Chris Mitchell, one of the top Arts and Entertainment attorneys in New York City, to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Chris Klongpayabal is an artist and website developer who takes pride in creating websites for businesses and artists that don’t require a large investment and are focused on helping your potential clients know, like, trust and buy from you. Marketing your work as an artist is a skill that requires knowledge and practice, as well as a significant […]
By Alexis Fedor
If the word “Sales” sends you running for the hills as an artist with a business, stay tuned because my discussion with Mark Ford and Carmine Gentile is about to change the way you think about sales- especially as an artistic business owner- once and for all. The Art Of Selling is something every artist can […]
By Alexis Fedor
Ellen McDermott is an artist living in Ireland whose photography and fine art is some of the most beautiful I’ve seen. But what makes her exceptionally inspiring is how she built her entire business as an artist after her husband suddenly passed away and left her with four children to raise single-handedly. She was determined […]
By Alexis Fedor
My guest today, Joel Caparella, is one of the leading brand specialists for big companies as well as small businesses and solopreneurs. But the one thing that sets Joel apart, and one reason he is in such high demand with clients large and small is because he focuses on what matters most to people who […]
By Alexis Fedor
I talk with many artists who are struggling with paying off debt, and I have to say it was not too long ago that I was deep in debt myself, and not sure how I was going to get out of it. It was right around that time that I met Anthony Davenport, owner of […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever felt that YOU are the person who is most in your way in building your business with your art- or in building anything that is meaningful to you? If so, you don’t want to miss this discussion I had with Michelle Colt, co-founder of Inside Game, one of the most powerful and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Houston-based fine artist Marie Casamayor-Harvey was selling her work here and there but didn’t realize how much she could actually sell until she was able to put a financial plan in place and create a marketing plan to support it. Once she did, she was blown away by what happened. Listen to my interview with Marie […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever wanted to turn the word “networking” on its head to get right to the heart of the matter, which is creating new, dynamic, healthy relationships that serve to enhance your life and build your business with your art with integrity? Then you don’t want to miss this episode, where Broadway Producer and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Alexis Fedor, owner of alexisfedor.com: Artists In Business, and creator of the Artists In Business Podcast, is a performance artist, writer and business developer in New York City who helps artists of all disciplines build businesses that thrive. Listen to this brief intro to learn more about Alexis’ vision and mission for Artists In Business. iTunes […]
By Alexis Fedor
Hi everyone, Alexis here- I decided to re-post this article today in lieu of a conversation I had with a business owner who challenged me to show him a group of artists who were able to run a successful business. When I told him he was looking at one, and that I had a group […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you feel behind the curve because you aren’t as tech savvy as you need to be to start selling your art online? Are you worried the tech glitches and your own learning curve will stop you from growing your business in a significant way? I recently spoke with an artist who said she was […]
By Alexis Fedor
Photo Credit: Willy Somma So it’s 6:30pm, time for dinner, or for some of you listening it’s time to start a night job or perhaps some freelance work you have waiting for you after a full day at work. Or perhaps you’re working on making dinner for yourself and your family, thinking about how […]
By Alexis Fedor
Photo Credit: Willy Somma The 14-Day Art Biz Challenge Artists In Business Facebook Group (join now if you’ve already taken the 14-Day Art Biz Challenge) ONE LOVE Tee Today is a very special day for all of us, as artists and as business owners, and I want to take a moment to share with you […]
By Alexis Fedor
Last night I was talking with members of the Profit Canvas Vision group, an ongoing support group for those who have taken The Profit Canvas course with bi-monthly live support calls. We were just getting ready to wrap up our call for the night on marketing- I had just spent the previous 45 minutes breaking […]
By Alexis Fedor
I’m here today to share my thoughts about your business with your art in relation to the election, what this election could mean for our economy and what opportunities we as artists have right here and now to create change on a level we have never been able to before. So I invite you […]
By Alexis Fedor
The time is nearing for the launch of my new podcast, Artists In Business, and I’m very excited to share some of the incredible interviews I’ve recorded so far with artists in this community and experts in various areas of business growth, including Credit Expert Anthony Davenport, owner and founder of Regal Financial, Laurie Navarre, […]
By Alexis Fedor
INTERVIEW LINK: https://alexisfedor.typeform.com/to/UVUXbC My podcast will be starting in just a few weeks, and as I’ve been interviewing artists, financial experts and influential business owners I’m getting really excited to launch and share this incredibly inspiring and practical information with you to help you grow your business and stay motivated in the process. Since the […]
By Alexis Fedor
I was talking last night with Jennifer, one of the members of The Profit Canvas Vision Group- a private group for those who have taken The Profit Canvas course and are committed to fulfilling their 12-month profit goal for their business growth- and I told her there were three major patterns that had emerged […]
By Alexis Fedor
When I started my first company as an artist, I was so excited- I had all my ducks in line, people excited about it and my offer ready to sell. There was only one piece of the puzzle I didn’t have in place- and it cost me my entire business. Watch this video and see […]
By Alexis Fedor
Does the thought of pricing your work as an artist give you anxiety? Do you struggle with how to do it to the point that you find yourself avoiding it altogether? I used to avoid pricing my offers entirely out of fear that I might charge too much, too little or not have a clue as […]
By Alexis Fedor
I have been known to say over and over that artists are hardwired to run the best businesses in the world in this day and age. The reason I believe this to be true is because we, as artists, all have a strong “marketing funnel” naturally in place- which is an essential part of growing […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever felt like you’re such a beginner at running your business that you may never make it to the next level of profit growth? And does this scare you into thinking you may never have the chance to realize the greater vision you have for your work as an artist? I used to […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you feel behind the curve because you aren’t as tech savvy as you need to be to start selling your art online? Are you worried the tech glitches and your own learning curve will stop you from growing your business in a significant way? I recently spoke with an artist who said she was […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you feel like you work in several different genres as an artist? Do you often wonder whether you should combine your offers in your marketing, or keep them separate- and if so, how to do so? First, it is important to begin any marketing effort with a plan that allows you to track exactly […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you ever worry about how much to price your offers in your business with your art? Are you concerned that people will judge you based on the price you place on your work, or that you need to carefully adjust your prices to match your “competitors”? I used to play that game when I […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever wondered what business owners are doing that you could be doing to grow your business with your art? Do you believe deep down that if you had the answer to that you could catapult yourself and your business to a new level of profit and growth? I remember working a banquet as […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you overwhelmed when you think about how to market your work as an artist? Have you looked into marketing courses and found an endless abyss of information that seems to go on for days about how to include your website, every social media platform, Google ad words, lead magnets, content, video series and something […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you struggling with creating a consistent stream of revenue in your business with your art? Do you feel your particular discipline of art lends itself to leaving you in the dust when it comes to finding a revenue stream that is constant? I used to feel this way, and had the most insatiable poverty […]
By Alexis Fedor
Starting a business that works is a combination of offering what you want to create with those who most need and want it. You can have a successful business, regardless of the product, as long as you put your heart and soul into this formula. However, it can begin to feel overwhelming as an artist when you […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I have everything I need to get my business with my art up and running, but I still need to figure out the best way to put it into action?” Do you have that gut feeling that once you are able to clear a path for yourself to actually […]
By Alexis Fedor
If you’re reading this you are most likely an extremely talented artist with an incredible capacity to create the kind of work that benefits anyone who comes into contact with it. You also most likely have a desire to take your business with your art to the next level of development so you can create […]
By Alexis Fedor
You may have heard that defining your Why is important to any business plan. It is usually the first question you are asked to answer when following a business plan template, regardless of your industry. When a bank official is interviewing a candidate for a business loan, they usually ask the applicant to answer this […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever made money with your art and found yourself right back at square one after paying off bills and then investing in your day-to-day life? Have you felt like you may never get ahead in your own game, making sporadic amounts here and there? Or that you may never be able to give […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever felt like a deer in headlights when it comes to marketing your art? Do you wonder what it will take to get the next client or to get hired for the next job you need to make ends meet? I remember feeling this way as I was trying to find work […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you passionate about growing a profitable future for your business with your art but are not sure how you might “invest” in that future for yourself or your business? Does the word “investing” make you feel like walking into a minefield of unknown territory that might eat you- or your money- alive? As artists, […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you struggling with how to market your business with your art? Do you feel like you can’t decide which direction to go because you’re not sure what to market first? And in the midst of this, are you feeling like every time you turn around you see another artist- or bigger company- offering something […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever sat down to deal with your finances, to really look at where you are right now and where you’d like to see yourself in the next six to twelve months while you focus on growing your business with your art, and found yourself stuck, like a deer in headlights, unable to move […]
By Alexis Fedor
I remember the first time I was hired to choreograph a full length show. I had just graduated from undergrad and had, up until that point, choreographed a full body of work for my thesis show and several performances in Chicago, but had never been paid. A theater company in Chicago saw one of my […]
By Alexis Fedor
When I was studying dance and creative writing in undergrad, I remember feeling like I was in utopia: able to work on creating my art uninterrupted and surrounded by incredibly talented teachers and genius artists. I was creating innovative performance art with phenomenal artistic leaders supporting me every step of the way, and was grateful […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever felt like organizing your finances within your business will never be your cup of tea? Do you feel that as an artist you don’t have the big piece of the financial organizational puzzle in place, and that perhaps that is how it has to be since you have never been […]
By Alexis Fedor
When I was eight years old, my mother signed me up for my first ballet class. I remember feeling excited to wear my new pink ballet slippers and tights, but terrified to walk into the room. I didn’t know what to expect- were the other girls going to be wearing the same thing as me? […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever laid out a plan for your business with your art, in detail, knowing you had all the pieces you needed in place to ensure it would yield the most probable results possible, put the action steps you want to take into your calendar so you didn’t have to think about them but […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever felt completely overwhelmed when putting together a plan for your business with your art? And does this feeling keep you from moving your work forward to fulfill the vision you have for your art because you fear it will compromise the integrity of your work? When I first moved to New York […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever felt like the whole world was ahead of you in terms of your business with your art, as if you will never get ahead financially, no matter what you do to change your situation? So often this seems like the part that there is never enough time for in the day. It […]
By Alexis Fedor
When I was working on growing my business with my art for the first time after college as a writer and choreographer, I kept running into the problem of what I now refer to as “the big gap”: that space between the beginning of my artistic career and when I could actually see results, which […]
By Alexis Fedor
I recently ordered a beautiful mirror I found online to hang above my bed that has a gorgeous flower engraved onto it. I thought it would look stunning against the dark blue wall I just had painted behind my bed. Little did I know what I was getting myself into, and who I would meet […]
By Alexis Fedor
One thing I know for a fact is that when you understand the right principles to apply to your business on both the creative side and the financial end, you can ensure that business will grow exponentially because you are steering it in the direction you know it needs to move. The problem is […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you ever feel overwhelmed when you look at your bank statement? Either you don’t want to see how much you have coming in, or you have too many bills you needed to pay that month and you can’t bear to see what it has done to your balance, so you feel like you’re in […]
By Alexis Fedor
My uncle has been talking to me my whole life about the importance of understanding how “money works.” When I was young I didn’t really listen well to what he was telling me as it was not a topic that was riveting to a six year old who was checking out the toys in Kmart. […]
By Alexis Fedor
When I first graduated from NYU I began working with a small performance art theatre company as an actor and choreographer. It was the best practice for me to get to know more like-minded artists while honing my craft. I wasn’t getting paid to work with the company and we rehearsed at wild hours- sometimes […]
By Alexis Fedor
Have you ever made a mistake with your money that you knew the moment it was happening was completely wrong but you went through with it anyway? Have you had that moment where for some reason you couldn’t stop yourself, so you gave in and dealt with the consequences after? It can feel extremely daunting […]
By Alexis Fedor
When I graduated from college, I had a degree in film and dance with a minor in English. My friend who was a business major said, “it doesn’t get more artsy-fartsy than that!” I had moved to Chicago, apprenticed with one of the best yoga teachers in the world, Gabriel Halpern, and became a yoga […]
By Alexis Fedor
I remember when I was offered to play the role of The Princess in a dance-drama of Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost on Martha’s Vineyard one summer when I had just finished grad school. As a dancer-turned actor who relished the creation of eclectic performance art, I was drawn to this piece for many reasons, mainly […]
By Alexis Fedor
The most common fear most artists face when looking at the business side of their art is immediate overwhelm over not knowing where to begin. The one thing we are never taught as artists is that every successful business- from Facebook to Apple- became successful by staying in touch and not losing site of their “Why”. […]
By Alexis Fedor
As an artist, there is a hustle involved in selling work or getting hired for your work. This is implicit, and the main reason I believe artists are hardwired to run the best businesses in the world. There is no successful business that did not begin with an incredible amount of hustling, especially in the […]
By Alexis Fedor
Does working on your website make you feel like you want to pull your hair out? Do you struggle to find a way to communicate what you want with a developer who may or may not understand your message or your aesthetic? Do you feel you don’t have the vocabulary to properly describe what you […]
By Alexis Fedor
Running a business as an artist is a bit different than running a traditional business, but the core principles to building a solid foundation are exactly the same. Learning these principles will not only change your business but can change your life in ways you have been dreaming about. It’s really not just about having […]
By Alexis Fedor
I had a specific mission on my mind when I first came to New York City to pursue my passion for writing and performance. I wanted to ultimately work with the best of the best, hone my craft, develop my own persona and technique and honor the gifts I was given that gave me the […]
By Alexis Fedor
It doesn’t take much to ensure you are staying on track with building your business, as long as you are committed to staying consistent with taking action steps you know will ensure your growth in the right directions. The key is to take action on the most important projects that are bound to take you […]
By Alexis Fedor
So many of you are starting your businesses in a fresh, new light of empowerment and with a new set of standards that you may have never used before, but are bound to keep you on par with your chosen work. It’s such a beautiful, yet vulnerable position to be in a place of learning […]
By Alexis Fedor
There is one concept that is repeatedly promised as the secret to running the most successful, fulfilling business through countless courses, coaches and entrepreneurs: “Time Management”. Every time I see this included in a course or coaching program, my heart sinks because I know that those signing up are not going to receive the kinds […]
By Alexis Fedor
Building a business might be the best personal growth program you could ever put yourself into. There are self-help programs that offer incredible tools to work with, but there is no other program outside of your own business that can give you space to learn firsthand what works best for you and what you have […]
By Alexis Fedor
I recently posted a Daily Art Bite on my Facebook page with this quote from Georgia O’Keefe: “To create one’s own world, in any of the arts, takes courage.” So many of you responded to it so favorably that it reminded me how important the Blue Ocean Strategy can be for every artist and every […]
By Alexis Fedor
The sense of overwhelm that often comes with running a business based in your passions and skills can feel daunting to say the least, especially when your mind is focused on the creative side of your work. However, having some fundamental tools you can put into place to help alleviate overwhelm and help you make […]
By Alexis Fedor
Yesterday I had the most amazing question pop up in my inbox that I have a feeling everyone can relate to. It was truly profound in its simplicity yet deep in its complexity. I paused on it for a long moment as I took it in, knowing the answer needed to be explored, communicated and […]
By Alexis Fedor
Are you wondering how to begin to determine who your ideal client is before you’ve had a chance to sell many (or any) of your offerings? Do you feel like you’re in a catch-22 because you don’t have your business up and running yet, so you’re not sure whom to focus on as you venture […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you wonder how to make your website effective and attractive to your ideal clients? Are you frustrated with not knowing how to tweak it so that it looks wonderful to you and to those who visit it? Are you unsure of how much of your personal story to share? The fact is the more […]
By Alexis Fedor
When you think about running your business as an artist, do you ever worry that it will overtake your time in the same way a survival job can? Do you hesitate to take action because you imagine it will take away your joy while trying to create your work? Do you wonder how you will […]
By Alexis Fedor
We’ve been looking at how to create a thriving business with your art, your way and the steps necessary to take in order to ensure you have a solid financial plan in place that cannot fail you. We’ve discussed how to clarify your verticals, how to identify your ideal client and how to establish the financial […]
By Alexis Fedor
I know the word marketing can have a downright negative connotation for most of us who have been burned before. And I know the thought of marketing your art can seem like an oxymoron when you think of how this definition of marketing contradicts the true nature of the work you create from your soul. […]
By Alexis Fedor
Do you ever wonder how you will be able to create a sustainable income with your art without sacrificing an incredible amount of time doing something that does not seem to coincide with your soul’s work? Or do you wonder how to save enough when you make a large amount of income at one time […]
By Alexis Fedor
Does the thought of marketing your art to try to increase your income seem like a horrific scenario of exploiting yourself and prostituting your art in the process? Or do you feel like you have no idea where to begin, feeling surrounded by so many great artists who are making an incredible living? Do you […]
By Alexis Fedor
Hello, and welcome! I’m looking forward to sharing strategies and techniques with you on how to create a business with your art, your way, and in the process build your financial wealth larger than you necessarily thought possible! When I say “art,” I’m referring to all art, literally: acting, writing, dancing, music, film, painting, sculpting, […]