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Ep. 112 Expanding Your Artful Offerings - Creating Products of your Artwork

If you are looking to expand your artful offerings into a viable and amazing product line, this episode give you a little insight of how this can be achieved,  I have developed an amazing colorful and useful artistic product line that had brought color and excitement to thousands of art loving collectors and fans trough my brand at SonyaPaz.com. You can do this too.  Listen up for todays episode to take the baby steps to get started!

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Ep. 111 When History meets technology meets innovation meets inspiration!
 Some old fashioned marketing and promotion is not a bad thing!
 
 For those of you that know me well, will know that I just love history, I love hearing about the age of innovation and anything that is architecture or Mid Century Modern related.  I recently heard a great story on 99% Invisible Podcast about Sears, you know, the mega department store that became the "everything store" back in the day.  For many of my listeners, perhaps you were one of the kids that got their new school clothes from Sears as a kid and the same place you can get your car serviced, or buy a refrigerator all in one trip.  Well, I heard a story of when Sears was creating the big shopping experiences for American families in the early 1900's (1924 specifically) 
On April 9, 1924, Sears own radio station signed on with 500 watts, with offices on the 11th floor of the Sears 14-story “skyscraper” at Homan and Artlington Street in downtown Chicago. The radio station was titled WLS, this stood for "Worlds Largest Store".

In my opinion, this is brilliant, their own station to entertain the modern American lifestyle.  And if you realize, this is actually an early version of HGTV for radio listeners. (remember radio is the early entertainment before TV and Podcasts). LOL

You may be asking, what does this have to do with my art or creative business, well, I will tell you - it has a lot do do with this.  By Sears creating their own radio station, they got to focus on their market, they got to sell to their customers direct, they had a voice right in your ear. Can you imaging the amount of amazing radio and commercial coverage they were able to to to get MORE business into Sears? Heck, did you know that you could even buy a home kit to build your own house from Sears back in the day?  Yes , it's true!

Today's episode is a reminder and a recap of a great episode that I love where I discuss "Building your own art group" which originally aired in June of 2016. in this is a smaller version of a radio station, but the scope and the mentality is the same.  Don't wait for others to take the lead, build your tribes and your networks, invite others to join you, be the leader in your tribe. Listen up to  the podcast today, it will be sure to inspire you!
Referencing this awesome episode:
Episode 006 - Creating Your Own Art Group

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Ep. 110 Storytelling, Spiels and Pitches for your business - a great recap of these topics and Ice Breaking Questions.

A great recap of these topics and more.

Today's episode is a recap of three episodes that I love where I discuss necessary components of what you need in your suitcase of knowledge to be ready for your interaction of being an entrepreneur. Plus an insight of a question you can ask others to break the ices of conversation, listen up!

Referencing these awesome episodes:

Episode 019 - Storytelling with Your Art 

Episode 045 - Polishing up your Sales Spiel!

Episode 062 - Elevator Pitch, 30 Seconds to Success

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• Easy and convenient - Print official USPS postage 24/7, domestic or international
• Also great for online sellers - Import and ship orders + tracking

 Includes:
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- 4 week trial
- $5 in postage (to use during trial) 
- $40 in postage coupons (if you stay past the trial)
- 5lb. digital scale ($50 value, just pay S&H)
- Label sample kit ($5 value) <

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Ep. 109 Art Murals and Teaching, Interview with Francisco Franco by Host Sonya Paz

When art is bigger than life itself!

Today's episode is an colorful and insightful interview with Francisco Franco of Francisco Franco Studios, we discuss his journey as an artist, his formal education, witnessing 911 firsthand and how art has helped shape him to the amazing artist he is today through murals, commissions, gallery exhibits and more!

To learn more about Francisco, visit him on 
Facebook 

https://francisco-franco-studios.myshopify.com/

Twitter

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• Easy and convenient - Print official USPS postage 24/7, domestic or international
• Also great for online sellers - Import and ship orders + tracking

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- 4 week trial
- $5 in postage (to use during trial) 
- $40 in postage coupons (if you stay past the trial)
- 5lb. digital scale ($50 value, just pay S&H)
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Ep. 108 The Superhero vs. The Imposter Syndrome Villain

The Superhero vs. The Imposter Syndrome.

“With great power, comes great responsibility.” – Spiderman
“Life doesn't give us purpose. We give life purpose.” – The Flash
“You’re much stronger than you think you are. Trust me.” – Spiderman

Do any of these quotes sound familiar? Well they should, and you will have your own quote for success too!

You are your best Superhero, you can achieve super powers with fending off the forces of doubt. Be prepared, get your cape, shield and best superhero stance to bring you to the best in what you so without falling victim to The Imposter Syndrome. 

Your success in your business is on adopting courage, get your metal arsenal in ch, raise the anty, get your game face on, keep reinventing and put on your Superhero cape. make it part of who you are. Stand the stance, raise your head, feel like you can totally take over the world. Be your own Superhero !

Believe that you can – We all get knocked down in life, with personal issues, business, professional life etc. You simply wipe your knees off, get up, stay tenacious, and conquer your best self... and the world! Get back up and move forward. Is failure an option??? sure....Failure is an option if you allow it to be. Believing in yourself is the key to being the best Superhero .

Shield your passions, superheros know how to deflect the Negative Nancy's, the nay-sayers, and the Debbie Downers. Protect what you are passionate about and use that shield to protect you from that discouragement. Comments from these negative people can and will hinder your ability to move forward.

The imposter syndrome. This is one of the all time villains of the entrepreneurial business world. The villain is really good at capturing its prey, it causes you to doubt your expertise, your knowledge, it kicks you when you are down and will bite your head off if you are not careful. Do not let the imposter syndrome villain get the best of you. Get your weapons, your shield, sword, spidey senses, rays guns and your positive mindset to chase away this nasty and persistent villain. You know you look amazing in your Superhero crown, you cape and stance, so why do we let this villain get the best of us. Because it's human nature to cast doubt upon yourself.

Listen up for a super motivating episode today! Let's do this!!!

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Ep. 107: Preparing for art shows and festivals on one of the largest 3 day sales weekend ever!

Three days to rock it your art business and be on your best game!

The labor day weekend is the largest artistic festival sales weekend for artists and many artists prepare the entire year to this weekend of sales and awesomeness! This episode focuses on many areas to keep you organized and on top of your game. 

There are a few past episodes to reference:  
Episode 005, 024, 066 and 090.

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• Save time - No more trips to Post office
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• Easy and convenient - Print official USPS postage 24/7, domestic or international
• Also great for online sellers - Import and ship orders + tracking

 Includes:
- License to print postage
- 4 week trial
- $5 in postage (to use during trial) 
- $40 in postage coupons (if you stay past the trial)
- 5lb. digital scale ($50 value, just pay S&H)
- Label sample kit ($5 value) 

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Ep. 106: Communication in your business is critical, listen to the way you speak.

Face to face or voice to voice communication is key....The way you engage with customers and how they hear you may be two different things, listen to today's podcast to get a reality check on how you may be attracting or detouring your customers. Ban the LIKE!!!!

Public speaking opportunities are a great way to tell others about your business, be the expert in your area of expertise. Fine tune your spiel and be a pro.  Unsure on where to start?  Join a Toastmasters club to be a better speaker, practice and record yourself, talk from a script and train yourself. 
The more you talk about your business in a professional concise way, you will develop better communication skills.

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Ep. 105: The procrastination bug.... it's a killer and time is wasting away and... it's not your friend.

What are you waiting for...? Procrastination can completely inhibit your goals and objectives! Listen up to this weeks episode, #105 to get the kick you need to overcome the bug and get your goals on the right path! Let's do this!

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Ep. 104: Competition, Collaboration and Character, no trophies please

Let me ask you, if you drank a weak cup of coffee that appeared less than stellar how would you feel? Would you give it a participation trophy and call it a day? Would you return it and know that there was potential there... somewhere? I know there is no loss for this cup of coffee and it can be better. Stronger, Bolder, Great,
This weeks show I am focusing on "Competition, Collaboration and Character, with no trophies please!"

I learned to "suck it up" when I was growing up to strive to be my best, to learn lessons based on my own failures, to know what it feels like to lose at things, to not getting that perfect job, to have the ability to build character without losing integrity. working hard for that promotion, being rewarded for my hard work, and achieving success....not because I just showed up.

I know this may be a hot topic for some and a "heck ya" moment for many others. I have two sons whom I taught to take pride in the work that they do and follow through with their projects and passions. There were no participation trophies in our house, you earned your way to achieve the reward and feeling accomplishment in that feat. (plus these PT's were relatively new on the scene and it wasn't bad that they thought participation trophies were dumb in the first place).  My theory is that these started with a lonely trophy guy who had way too much inventory and wanted a clever way to re-market trophies and came up with this money making idea.

You might consider this the no trophy zone.....There is such an amazing feeling to have worked hard to accomplish something, whether its a sport, job, project, or business, maybe it's because I have been around and have worked in such strict work places and environments, when you didn't carry the load in your job, you knew it! When you had to shake the hands of the winners at a softball game when your team was the one that lost, you learned and dealt with the consequences.  As far as I recall, we felt disappointed in the loss, but the takeaway was to work together as a team and practice to be better. To be great.
These skills and personal challenges are an important factor to build character and boost self respect so that you can sustain and be tough for all of the challenges that life will be throwing at you. Today's episode will be an honest and truth be told summary of how to toughen up and become resilient to these competitive and sometime ruthless encounters that we have to deal with in today's business and personal environments. Are you ready to knock it out of the park....?  I am.  Let's do this!

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Ep 103: Interview with Anne Leuck and Sonya Paz

Capture the magic moments in your art and how personal experiences shape your creativity

This creatively fun interview with Anne Leuck of Chicago, Illinois is on the show today!  Anne's journey as an artist and how her personal experiences have shaped the new body of work she is creating. 
I have known Anne Since 2000 and we connected because our love for colors and a passion for pets and fundraising are much alike!  Listen up as we discuss her journey as a creative professional and how personal experiences have helped shape her newest artistic works!

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