It's hard to get into art when it's being shoved down your throat.

So, how do you get your work in front of new fans, customers or clients without directly smashing it into people's faces?

You engineer organic growth. You make work that people want to voluntarily share. In this episode I share everything I've learned about doing just that.

CREATIVE SIDE QUEST SERIES PART 3

This is part 3 of our Creative Side Quest series. This series is about how to take a side project and add business and marketing strategy to transform it into a Creative Side Quest AKA your secret weapon for developing your creative career!

The Creative Career Path Handbook KICKSTARTER UPDATE!

We are over 200% funded on our Kickstarter!! In this episode I announce a new stretch goal: if we get to $10k I will make the handbook full color and add 12 pages of bonus content! Back the kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/462109578/the-creative-career-path-handbook?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=creative%20career%20path

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NOTES

Ira Glass - The Gap

https://vimeo.com/85040589

The Personal MBA

https://www.amazon.com/Personal-MBA-Master-Art-Business/dp/1591845572/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533635384&sr=1-1&keywords=personal+mba

Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Our Choices

https://www.amazon.com/Driven-Human-Nature-Shapes-Choices/dp/0787963852/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1533635348&sr=8-1&keywords=Driven%3A+How+Human+Nature+Shapes+Our+Choices.

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CREDITS

Thanks to Yoni Wolf and the band WHY? for our theme music.

Thanks to Alex Sugg for editing and the podcast!

www.alexsugg.com

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SPONSORS

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