The Luxury Creative

Introducing Sandra K Stewart - Accomplished fashion illustrator talks about how she’s had an incredible business and brand pivot and still kept and grown a very engaged audience that have been so interested in seeing her personal journey through entrepreneurship and business. How she’s managed to achieve that with two polar opposite topics. How she authentically let her audience share her journey and how that built and even more loyal following. 

Her own personal journey on the hard lessons she learnt about being in control of your own finances regardless of your relationship status.

How letting go of the instagram image that we are so often scared to tarnish was the best thing she could have done to move forward in her life to talking about her passions and why she believes all women need to take a closer look at their investments and finances. 

She offers the most surprising secrets to the key to being financially free and savvy in your creative business and i love that she has a unique perspective on how she moved on from her illustration career to creating tools to help women with their money. 

Find Sandra’s instagram page HERE and her digital products HERE. 

Download our free E-BOOK 35 revenue streams for creative business HERE

Just when this podcast was picking up momentum, you might have noticed i suddenly fell off the planet. (For good reason, i promise, not because i was flaking out on our podcast)

I share our family journey and why i’m so grateful to have the business i had during unexpected crisis and most importantly what i’ve learnt about what happens to your business when you have a family emergency and need to take extended time away and the things you can do to keep the lights on in the meantime. 

I’m so excited to be back and keep bringing you the episodes about creative business you really need. Make you follow and leave a review if you enjoyed the podcast

Download my free E-book - 35 ways to create more money in your creative business. Become the standout, booked out, go-to creative in your space and hit your money revenue goals. DOWNLOAD HERE

Styled shoots/collaboration photo shoots are one of the essentials in a creative business, because the truth is we all need visual content for our business but doing a custom photo shoot, especially in the beginning of your business can be a really costly experience.

Styled shoots are especially key in the wedding and creative business space, not only does it allow you to create content with a professional photographer but it is dynamic content that tells a story. Other vendors involved will also usually be required to share your handles adding exposure to your business & amazing networking opportunities.

But they aren’t always the magic bullet they are touted to be. In this episode i discuss the do’s and don’ts of styled shoots, when they can do more harm than good and the warning signs to look out for to know this isn’t going to be the right fit for you.

As well as ideas to ensure you get maximum exposure from your shoot. This is set to be a juicy episode.

Are you stuck wondering how to turn your talent into profit or increase your revenue in a booked out business? I’ve created my e-book 35 ways to increase your income in your creative business. I promise there is something in it for every business to upscale! Download HERE

Want to see an example of a super viral styled shoot i've been a part of? Check it out HERE

I sit down with Samantha Rose of Studio Sojourn who is a photographer turned digital marketer who found her niche by offering social media management while also creating stunning photographic content for brands. She’s the rare unicorn of having successfully created an agency model business with other creatives help create content while maintaining a personal brand - her own namesake on instagram. 

Samantha shares tips on how to get the most out of your brand content and effectively market yourself online. 

During covid she also pivoted to include prints, skateboards and phone covers as product sales to her highly engaged audience and found a new way to create revenue streams and her incredible idea to work with a print company who only print and ship her designs for her on demand. 

This episode has something for all creatives looking to uplevel their content game and want to know the secret to adding successful products into their creative business.

You can find Samantha’s instagram HERE, her website HERE and the supplier she uses for her print business if you want to check them out here’s the  link. https://artandframingco.com.au/

If you haven’t already don’t forget to download our step by step free guide to creating your ultimate business niche HERE

I’ve been copied!! 3 words you never want to utter as a creative business but one of the biggest issues we face as creatives. Whether it’s legal or not, finding similar designs or creative concepts to your by a competing business can be utterly heartbreaking. The emotional energy that goes into being a creative can be enormous and sometimes it just simply feels like with the way of the world and social media, within 5 minutes anyone can do what you do without  thinking twice. 

In possibly my most controversial podcast to date i want to take the time to talk about what is the illegal definitions of copying ie Copyright, trademarks and patents?

When businesses can legally copy you and how to avoid it happening, the steps you can take to minimise your risk and most importantly how you can strive to be a creative business in your space that honours their own creativity and success pathway.

Want to create the ultimate niche business for yourself? Download my free step by step guide to creating a niche HERE 

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Today’s guest Amanda Campeanu is a beauty and lifestyle product photographer that has an impressive roster of income streams and discusses how she found her focus and passion and how she successfully implemented different income streams to literally double her service based billable hours. 

We discuss how to deal with hitting your income ceiling, burnout and how to create a super engaged audience. 

Amanda has also been incredibly successful at integrating her two core audiences of businesses via balancing her communication between behind the scenes, her product photography clients and budding photographers seeking Amanda’s incredible course.

We also discuss the importance of brand photography for your business and why it’s important to have a mixture of lifestyle and highly edited product photography in your creative biz whether you sell products or services - website images VS social media images and why i think it’s one of the best investments i made in my business. 

Coping with the difficulties of upleveling clients and raising prices without feeling guilty. 

Find out more about Amanda’s offerings HERE (www.amandacampeanu.com) and her incredible community and content on instagram HERE (www.instagram.com/amandacampeanu)  on instagram. 

Want to learn the one thing i know you need to do to become the standout, booked out, go-to creative in your space and hit your 6 figure revenue goals? Download my niche/offer calculator and find your perfect niche & offer DOWNLOAD HERE

What does Agency VS personal brand model of creative business even mean? I go through the definition of both and the pro’s and con’s for each in this week’s episode.

Before your eye’s glaze over and you think, 
"i don’t need to know this stuff", you actually do. How you set up, find your niche and communicate with your audience will really make a difference depending on how you want to grow and scale your luxury creative business. If you keep listening to this podcast i promise you, you’ll need to know this sooner than you think.

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Want to learn the one thing i know you need to do to become the standout, booked out, go-to creative in your space and hit your 6 figure revenue goals? Download my niche/offer calculator and find your perfect niche & offer DOWNLOAD HERE

Today i talk all things creative business and the common myths and stories people tell about why they can't be a profitable business model. I want to dispel the 10 most common that i've heard by telling you my truth about how i've done things differently in my business.
Unlike what popular culture will tell you - you don't need to be a starving artist to work in a passion based business and you can build to a profitable and fulfilling career. What it comes down to is good marketing, networking and  value based content creation.

Want to know the number one thing you need to do to become a standout, booked out, go-to creative in your space to reach your business revenue goals. Download my free niche/offer calculator to get your perfect niche DOWNLOAD HERE

Whether it’s Day 1 or day 641 of your creative business, niching is spoken about constantly, but have you really nailed yours? Often when i ask businesses what their niche is, it’s still really broad or includes a lot of different things. This could be one of the reasons why you’re having trouble connecting with an audience, gaining more followers and ultimately getting booked with your dream clients. This episode takes you through step by step how to find the perfect niche and whether it’s actually a viable and profitable choice. Find your template download HERE
As always you can find me on instagram HERE

Calligrapher Sylvia Wong of Via Calligraphy. Well known around the world for her “Just Married” Jacket. In this episode we talk about how to build profitable revenue streams, her challenges with covid leading  her to co-create a course launch with hundreds of students enrolled.

We also chat about the importance of going niche in your business and how to listen to your audience to create the ultimate product to sell.

The perfect episode for inspiring budding artists who aren’t ready to dive into their business full time just yet, Sylvia show’s us that a side hustle can still be a successful revenue stream without dedicating all your free time to it.
You can find Sylvia on Instragram HERE  and for all your free business resources you can download them HERE at our site

Want to know the number one thing you need to do to ensure you become a standout, booked out, go-to creative in your space and nit your revenue goals? Take my free 5 step niche/offer calculator and find your perfect niche - DOWNLOAD HERE