Create Something Awesome Today

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  • CSAT Podcast- 009 Why You Need a Personal Brand

    CSAT Podcast- 009 Why You Need a Personal Brand. Personal Branding is more important than it has ever been for your career, freelance business and your life. I don't care if you want work for someone for the rest of eternity... you need a personal brand. The job market is isn't exactly stable or reliable. A Personal Brand positions you for the next job, and can give you an income in between jobs, or let you quit a job you hate and do something you love.


    Visit Awesome Creator Academy and consider joining the Academy Pro Group if you want to become a full-time content creator and increase your Reach, Reputation and Revenue. We have a community of 100 Members just like you who want to learn more and earn more.

    We meet twice each week for Office Hours, we offer a library of over 100 Hours of Exclusive Training in all things content creation for our Pro Group Members, and have our Accountability Club where you can check in with your peers and stay on track with your projects.

    You can also post any and all questions and get feedback on your work daily through the private group where you peers can offer critique and constructive criticism.

    Check out https://www.awesomecreatoracademy.com/group for more details.

     

    If you're looking to just get started and don't want to make a huge investment, but you know you need direction and guidance, check out my book Create Something Awesome: How Creators are Profiting from their Passion in the Creator Economy. 

    18 min
  • CSAT Podcast 008- Living a Creative Lifestyle

    CSAT Podcast 008- Living a Creative Lifestyle


    Visit Awesome Creator Academy and consider joining the Academy Pro Group if you want to become a full-time content creator and increase your Reach, Reputation and Revenue. We have a community of 100 Members just like you who want to learn more and earn more.

    We meet twice each week for Office Hours, we offer a library of over 100 Hours of Exclusive Training in all things content creation for our Pro Group Members, and have our Accountability Club where you can check in with your peers and stay on track with your projects.

    You can also post any and all questions and get feedback on your work daily through the private group where you peers can offer critique and constructive criticism.

    Check out https://www.awesomecreatoracademy.com/group for more details.

     

    If you're looking to just get started and don't want to make a huge investment, but you know you need direction and guidance, check out my book Create Something Awesome: How Creators are Profiting from their Passion in the Creator Economy. 

    13 min
  • CSAT Podcast 007 Should You Ever Work For Free?

    CSAT Podcast 007: Should You Ever Work For Free? Creatives like photographers, designers, writer and artists are approached sometimes to do free work or work in exchange for exposure. This is a very important and controversial topic in the Creative Community. I feel that there are situations where it is appropriate, but I think that in most situations it should be the Creator who initiates it. I think that when companies ask for free work they are not valuing Creatives appropriately if they don't find a meaningful way to compensate them.


    Visit Awesome Creator Academy and consider joining the Academy Pro Group if you want to become a full-time content creator and increase your Reach, Reputation and Revenue. We have a community of 100 Members just like you who want to learn more and earn more.

    We meet twice each week for Office Hours, we offer a library of over 100 Hours of Exclusive Training in all things content creation for our Pro Group Members, and have our Accountability Club where you can check in with your peers and stay on track with your projects.

    You can also post any and all questions and get feedback on your work daily through the private group where you peers can offer critique and constructive criticism.

    Check out https://www.awesomecreatoracademy.com/group for more details.

     

    If you're looking to just get started and don't want to make a huge investment, but you know you need direction and guidance, check out my book Create Something Awesome: How Creators are Profiting from their Passion in the Creator Economy. 

    19 min
  • CSAT Podcast: 005- Is Creativity Undervalued
    CSAT Podcast: 005- Is Creativity Undervalued?
    Is Creativity Undervalued? In many cases it is by the general public as well as clients/employers. Most of this has to do with not being educated about what Creative professionals do. Its very hard to value something you don't understand. And in an age where people feel that tools and technology are more responsible for the results than the human beings behind the gadget, it is an uphill battle. But Creatives also have a responsibility to educated people appropriately.

    On the other side of this, sometimes as creators we prioritize creativity and the expense of consistency or context. Sometimes a designer or photographer will worry more about getting something cool for the book, than what the client actually really needs from them. This can be a problem. I feel there is a way to balance your needs as a Creative, with doing what is best for the relationship and the project. I explore these ideas in today's episode of the Create Something Awesome Today Podcast!
    27 min
  • CSAT - Podcast 005 Is Creativity Undervalued

    CSAT - 005 Is Creativity Undervalued Create Something Awesome Today Podcast.


    Visit Awesome Creator Academy and consider joining the Academy Pro Group if you want to become a full-time content creator and increase your Reach, Reputation and Revenue. We have a community of 100 Members just like you who want to learn more and earn more.

    We meet twice each week for Office Hours, we offer a library of over 100 Hours of Exclusive Training in all things content creation for our Pro Group Members, and have our Accountability Club where you can check in with your peers and stay on track with your projects.

    You can also post any and all questions and get feedback on your work daily through the private group where you peers can offer critique and constructive criticism.

    Check out https://www.awesomecreatoracademy.com/group for more details.

     

    If you're looking to just get started and don't want to make a huge investment, but you know you need direction and guidance, check out my book Create Something Awesome: How Creators are Profiting from their Passion in the Creator Economy. 

    27 min
  • CSAT-Podcast 004 How Creatives Can Find Clients
    If you are looking to get new clients, then you need to really think about your search and discovery strategy. While a lot of this comes down to having a Website there are some other options available to you as well.

    How many of you have portfolio on Behance? Does anyone have a blog? You really should be using these things to your advantage. Every platform is an opportunity to network with potential clients.

    Also don't underestimate getting out from behind the computer and putting yourself out there.


    Something that has helped me personally as been my blog, and my YouTube channel and now the new Podcast. But I also go to events and network with people on a regular basis.

    I turn every interaction into an opportunity. This doesn't mean always pitching people, it means being interesting, not being afraid to generate a relationship out of thin air, and then giving them my business card.

    When they can't give me one back, have a micro conversation on how important they are and the fact they should really get one and use it to get people to their website after they meet them....

    "But I don't have a website..." You absolutely need one. Let's meet up for coffee in a week, but give me a call tomorrow they are so much more affordable than people imagine and I'll help you figure it out..

    Do you see what happened there? Potential print work, possible logo design on the table and branding.... website pitch... all by being able to talk to a stranger.

    Over the course of the year, helping someone build a visual brand from scratch can be a $2000-$5000 relationship.

    That means generating 20-50 strong relationships a year puts you at being a 6 Figure designer.... something most people can't imagine.

    It boils down to empathy, hustle, guts and MATH.

    You can't always find those 20-50 relationships locally. That is why networking well online, traveling a bit, setting up not only on online presence but an infrastructure and strategy are so important.

    I get 10+ projects a month. I don't think I'm supremely talented as a designer, so that is not the reason. It's that I'm very visible, and the funny thing about it is that is cost me next to $0.

    I want everyone who reads this to comment below and tell me and the group how you plan to execute on this information over the next 30-90 days. If you're struggling with clients and you actually do execute on this within that time frame, the struggle shouldn't be as real anymore.

    29 min
  • CSAT-Podcast-003 Staying Motivated as a Creative
    CSAT Podcast: 003- Staying Motivated as a Creative
     

    Finding and maintaining your motivation as a creative person can be challenging. It's one of the more difficult things that designers, and other creatives had to deal with in their life and work. It's important to take responsibility for this and position yourself to have the outcomes that you want. Start your day with things that will inspire and motivate you. Set goals that will allow you to create the great experiences you want to have that day. Intentions do matter. You have to set your intentions towards having an awesome day, and this could mean any number of things: It could be that you will consider the day a good day if you accomplish a specific thing, or you could promise yourself a rewarding experience later in the day if you meet certain conditions.

     

    You have give yourself an incentive for being positive. It doesn't matter whether you are the type of person that sees the glass half full or half empty, take the opportunity think of how you can fill up the glass. Fill that void, create that value for yourself and other people.

     

    While it is great if you have people that motivate and inspire you, it is not their responsibility to do so, it's yours. Granted they should want to do that, since it would be a way they could "Create Awesome" and there is the obvious upside of them getting more value from you as a result, but you can't rely on or expect this to be the norm. You have to schedule time to consume inspiration and motivation for yourself and make it a priority and part of your process and habits.
    16 min
  • CSAT PODCAST 04 HOW CREATORS CAN FIND CLIENTS

    CSAT - 004 How Creatives Can Find Clients Create Something Awesome Today Podcast.


    Visit Awesome Creator Academy and consider joining the Academy Pro Group if you want to become a full-time content creator and increase your Reach, Reputation and Revenue. We have a community of 100 Members just like you who want to learn more and earn more.

    We meet twice each week for Office Hours, we offer a library of over 100 Hours of Exclusive Training in all things content creation for our Pro Group Members, and have our Accountability Club where you can check in with your peers and stay on track with your projects.

    You can also post any and all questions and get feedback on your work daily through the private group where you peers can offer critique and constructive criticism.

    Check out https://www.awesomecreatoracademy.com/group for more details.

     

    If you're looking to just get started and don't want to make a huge investment, but you know you need direction and guidance, check out my book Create Something Awesome: How Creators are Profiting from their Passion in the Creator Economy. 

    29 min
  • CSAT PODCAST 03 STAYING MOTIVATED AS A CREATIVITY

    CSAT - 003 Staying Motivated as a Creative. Create Something Awesome Today Podcast.


    Visit Awesome Creator Academy and consider joining the Academy Pro Group if you want to become a full-time content creator and increase your Reach, Reputation and Revenue. We have a community of 100 Members just like you who want to learn more and earn more.

    We meet twice each week for Office Hours, we offer a library of over 100 Hours of Exclusive Training in all things content creation for our Pro Group Members, and have our Accountability Club where you can check in with your peers and stay on track with your projects.

    You can also post any and all questions and get feedback on your work daily through the private group where you peers can offer critique and constructive criticism.

    Check out https://www.awesomecreatoracademy.com/group for more details.

     

    If you're looking to just get started and don't want to make a huge investment, but you know you need direction and guidance, check out my book Create Something Awesome: How Creators are Profiting from their Passion in the Creator Economy. 

    16 min

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