gangSTAR* Creative Podcast

Branding is THE most important part to creating a business. One could argue sales is more important, but branding is what ultimately creates sales! Branding isn't just the pretty stuff like your logo and colors, it's actually much deeper than that. Branding is what people think, say, and feel about you when you're not in the room. With the branding agency I run with my husband, we've helped tons of entrepreneurs from all over the world create premium badass brands. So take a listen to this episode if you're ready to take your brand to the next level!

• 10 Steps To Creating A gangStAR* Brand
• And so much more!

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Making money online is essential to all creative businesses, especially during times like these. So I wanted to share some tips that you can take action on within the next 24 hrs to help bring more money online into your business! This is a quick listen filled with lots of value bombs, so you're gonna wanna tune into this one!

• 5 Ways to boost your sales online
• 6th bonus tip
• And so much more!

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Erin Miller Wray is an artist and designer specializing in hand painted visual branding. Erin partners directly with clients to develop unique murals and artwork designs for branded content, commercial use, outdoor advertisement, social media installations and public art. ​ EMW founded her company after merging her love of producing and design as a one-stop-shop for production, design and installation for clientele looking to create alternative forms of artwork for public engagement and commercial use. Her work focuses mainly on large-scale mural projects in an effort to increase social benefits through public artwork in communities. Through her exploration of modern, energetic shapes and colors, she hopes to enhance the well-being of community members through access to public art. EMW's pieces are inspired by the community and the history of the area around the mural site and are designed to encourage audiences to explore creativity, possibility, healthy lifestyles and engagement with others.

• How Erin got into painting murals
• How Erin was able to transition into being an artist full-time
• Some of the biggest turning points her art career
• What it's like to work with big corporate and commercial clients
• What things you should have in place to attract commercial clients
• How she goes about pricing her services
• Some of the biggest mistakes she made and what she learned from them
• And so much more!

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Kristine Mirelle's life journey has been an interesting variety of adventures. From working in a tortilla factory in her childhood, to traveling 6 continents performing and sharing her music, her love for life and exploration has given her a multitude of stories and lyrics to share with the world.

We could go on about her talents and accomplishments, like how she performs 250+ shows a year or won 4 consecutive national piano competitions. She's hit not only the club circuit of Los Angeles, but also entertained high rollers in Vegas at spots like Palms, the Mirage, Wynn Las Vegas, and is in especially high demand at private events for the NFL, Porsche and many more!

To fully understand Kristine Mirelle, however, it's worth digging a little deeper. From her hometown of Roswell, NM, she has also displayed a knack for entrepreneurship and benevolence. Her "Lil Kristi's" line of Mexican food can be found in Whole Foods, Sprouts, and more than 100 stores in New Mexico, while appearing on various cooking shows!

Perhaps most importantly, Kristine actively volunteers in countries around the world performing and teaching music. From special education centers in Thailand to AIDS stricken communities in Africa, it's part of her mission statement to counteract suffering of the world with the joy of music.

Kristine is currently working on her new project "Spanglish" where she is revisiting the sounds of her Latin upbringing. She also creates resources and courses to help artists take charge of their own music careers independently. Find more info at http://www.gigmagicsystem.com

• How Kristine got into music
• Stepping outside your comfort zone and going after your goals
• Different ways to make a living with your music
• Record deals vs going Independent
• How Kristine created a tortilla chip company
• How she balances being a mom, musician, business owner, and educator
• How she got on X Factor and what her experience was like
• And so much more!

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Are you an artist or creative that finds themselves working a lot for free in exchange for "exposure"? Or just working free in general? If you said "Yes"... it's okay because we've all done it. A lot of prospects offer "exposure" as a means of payment for creative services.

Unfortunately, this is because the creativity community has set this standard by saying "yes" to these kinds of opportunities, and many people aren't used to paying for creative services. This is why we have to come together as a community to set the standard, and to either get paid for our services or get something of immense value in return.

It's important for you to know that "exposure" is NOT valuable because it's not guaranteed. The artist NEVER wins in these kinds of deals. This is why I wanted to share some ways to better navigate these conversations and help you come out the other end of the deal feeling like a winner!

• Why artists and creatives should stop doing work for free
• Ways to turn those "work for exposure" conversations into a win-win
• How to get clients to pay you if they want you to work for free
• What you should tell your friends and family if they want work for free
• Different ways to work with charities without having to do work for completely free
• And so much more!

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Sarah Stieber says she's a color-obsessed painter with healthy self esteem and terrible sense of direction. She's wanted to become an artist for as long as she can remember and has been striving and thriving in pursuit of her passion for the past decade.

She spent the summer after Junior year in High School studying figure drawing in Italy and her teacher encouraged her to pursue art in college. She majored in painting at Boston University and had the opportunity to return to Italy to study abroad. In her Venice art studio she shined colored lights on her model and created her first "Electric Realism" painting, a style that has informed her work ever since. In Boston and Italy her peers and teachers always said that her paintings screamed "California!", so upon graduation she returned home to San Diego to pursue art in the place that inspired her early work.

Now she create celebratory paintings out of her San Diego art studio exploring themes of social justice, resilience, and joy. Every painting has a story, and she likes to produce films and curate exhibitions and installations (mostly covered in rainbows) to spark dialogue and offer more insight into her work.

Her paintings have been showcased at the Oceanside Museum of art, the Wausau Museum of Art, and in art galleries from London to Australia. She was a featured artist At Spectrum Miami and was named by CBS On Mogul as one of "15 Female Artists You Need to Know from Miami Art Week". And over the past few summers she has hosted "Stieber Summer Gallery", an interactive pop up art gallery in San Diego.

• How Sarah became an artist
• What it's like to study art abroad
• How to create opportunities for yourself and ask for what you want
• The crazy pitch that got Sarah into Art Basel
• How to go about pricing your artwork
• How she pre-sold a series of uncreated artwork
• Who makes up her team and what roles they play in her business
• And so much more!

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Imposter syndrome is something detrimental that creatives face and struggle with frequently - myself included. It is also one of the biggest reasons creatives don't value themselves and turn into "starving artists". This is why I wanted to dive deep into this topic and share a few points to help you overcome it.

• Some of my experiences with imposter syndrome
• 3 mindset tips
• Why you should never think you and your work are not valuable
• The best way to gain confidence and knock imposter syndrome to the curb
• And so much more!

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I wanted to share my journey of how I became a full-time entrepreneur so you can get to know me better :) I always love hearing other people's backstory because everyone's journey is so different and inspiring. So I hope this episode inspires you in some way and pushes you to keep going after your goals and dreams. I shared a condensed version of my story on my Instagram. So if you want to check that out or see photos and visuals that go along with my story, just click "My Story" in my highlights!

• How I got into graphic design
• How a bump in the road became blessing in disguise that helped me discover my love for painting
• Why we started Strive & Grind and how we pivoted from a blog to a branding agency
• How I fell into a depression during the success of Strive & Grind and how I got through it
• How an art show made me angry and gave me the idea to create gangSTAR* Creative
• And so much more!

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At 25, Neal Malek found his calling and purpose in life as a hair stylist. Neal has now been doing hair for 6 years and often credits finding this gratifying art form with saving his life.

Starting out as an assistant for just 3 months, he quickly found himself leveling up at one of the larger retail corporate salons in Orlando, Florida. In that first two years of doing hair, Neal had managed to enter and win 5 different contests that were on national and global levels!

Some of the contests that he won first prize in were the Kenra's simply blonde contest for Best Ombré' Of The Year, and the Ulta Beauty and Living Proof blowout contest in 2016!

He is a 4 time nominee for Behind The Chair's One Shot Hair awards for Best Pastel Hair, Festival Hair and Best Wig, but perhaps he is best known for his winning with Pravana's "Show Us Your Vivids" contest in 2016 with his "Colors of the wind" inspired work! This win catapulted Neal's career into national and global publicity. He found himself in major magazines and has even traveled to the opposite side of the world to Thailand.

Neal paired his love for doing bold and bright vivid hair colors with the creation of his Instagram @Nealmhair where he has reached over 100,000 organic followers and has recently become a verified Instagram account!

Hair has brought new meaning to his life and he couldn't feel more blessed and grateful. "Finally, I have a purpose in this life and I have found where I can fit in and actually make a difference!" He says. He feels like there's no other industry and career that would allow him to live up to his full potential as he is now!

• How Neal's troublesome childhood led him to spending time in jail
• What got Neal into doing hair in the first place
• What it takes to be sought after award winning hair stylist
• Different ways you can make money as a hair stylist
• Some of his biggest mistakes in the hair business
• How he rose to Instagram fame
• And so much more!

IG: @nealmhair

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Sam Bennett is a critically acclaimed author, speaker, and leading authority on Highly Creative People.

Sam's work has earned praise from experts and leaders around the globe like Seth Godin, David Neagle, and Keegan-Michael Key of The Key & Peele Show, using her decades of experience as a professional actor and branding consultant to unlock the creativity within others and teach them how to use it successfully within their business or career.

Her genius has also been featured in publications such as NPR, Self Magazine, Daily Word, PsychologyToday.com, and ReadersDigest.com.

Sam has trained over 10,000 people and sold 40,000 copies of her two bestselling books, while leading a global creativity movement, helping even the most creatively challenged people unlock their inner genius.

As a professional actor, she has performed in countless shows (including roles on network television), hob-nobbed with Hollywood Elite, wrote a musical, and built a successful business helping people tap into their creativity and productivity.

• How Sam got into acting
• How to break the "starving artist" stereotype
• How to beat procrastination
• How you can make money as a creative
• Some of the mistakes a lot of creatives make
• And so much more!

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