The back-end of your creative side hustle is the foundation of your business. We all love the front-facing art style, marketing, social media branding aspects of an art business but finances and legality are the foundations which all of that stand on. In this episode of The Artsy Friends Podcast we discuss the basic financial definitions and practices every artist needs to stay afloat. If you don't comprehend these, your art business will not grow any bigger than a hobby.

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Art, business, and travel meet as we discuss four big things learned this past year. 2023 was a huge learning curve for A Cup of Cloudy as I took on a new premium art product line and went from full time traveler to full on homeowner. I even discovered a little something about you :) Of all the things I discovered, four made the top cut and I know you'll gain insight from them.

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Today you're actively making choices throughout your day that will give you MORE TIME to spend making the art you're ~obsessing~ over in your mind. This episode details exactly what choices, swaps, audits, and mindsets you can adopt to give you your time back. Artsy friends, buckle up for 7 tough love tips that will have you running to your craft cabinet.

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There are the basics you always hear: good lighting and flatlays -- but what about listing art for sale? Displaying art online requires special attention to details when you want someone to BUY it, not simply look at it once and scroll on. This episode of The Artsy Friends Podcast covers 6 tips that will have your artwork looking good and finding a forever home.

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What does it mean to presell something, how are the different ways to do it, and what can you gain from a strategy like this? Listen in and learn from my real life artist examples in this episode of The Artsy Friends Podcast. At the end you'll get a prep list you can use as a journal prompt to get you going on your first presale experience.

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Popular subject matter sells. But what's popular now won't be popular forever. And what's popular within your audience may not be popular within a different group of people. So how can you stay true to your interests and build a personal brand, yet achieve those goals of awards and sales? In this episode of The Artsy Friends Podcast we discuss all of this and more.

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Formal art education comes with huge benefits and huge downfalls. Truthfully, no creative NEEDS to go to art school to be fulfilled, successful, or happy with their art practice. But there are many factors to consider when making this big life choice in your creative career. Listen in to my thoughts on being self-taught or formally educated in this episode of The Artsy Friends Podcast.

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I knew it was a good decision to invest in clear protective print sleeves after keeping track of my inventory for a short time. After a year, I knew what my best selling prints were. After two years, I learned which month was my busiest month. Inventory recording and tracking is one of those boring tasks that yields fascinating data -- like taking a personality quiz, but for your art business. In this episode, I'll help you learn to love crunching numbers too. Art is made, is sold, gets damaged, is reproduced as prints -- all these belong to the inventory files. Have you been keeping track?

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Forget the confusing formulas. Let's go over what factors actually matter in pricing art and which ones you can ignore (and when). I recount times I messed it up and what I think about when setting prices now. We discuss materials, time, undercharging, reputation, rarity, and signs it's time to raise your rates.

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What's the first thing to do after you decide to put your artwork on products? Decide on the item specifics, find a supplier and finalize the artwork. Surface design is a lovely avenue many artists take, including myself, and it's a large topic. In this episode of The Artsy Friends Podcast we discuss the beginning steps of creating a new product with your design on it.

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