We all have struggles and obstacles that hold us back in our creative careers. But what if we looked at those struggles as weeds, and the solutions as seeds? In this episode, we discuss eight common weeds that creatives face, and the seeds we can plant in their place.

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When you’re first starting out as a creative entrepreneur, you might feel frustrated that you’re behind. In this episode, I’m sharing 10 lessons learned during the year I spent doing nothing but creating patterns, and the lasting impact on making the most of the beginning stages of your business.

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Investing in yourself as a creative entrepreneur and business owner can have a significant impact on your ability to learn and grow consistently. In this episode, I’m sharing three different areas you can invest in for more productivity, higher levels of success, and, an increased quality of life.

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Watch 60x60: Where 60 successful artists, illustrators and surface designers share how they create income from their artwork in just 60 seconds: https://www.bonniechristine.com/income

In this episode, I’m sharing 15 different ways that I've used my creativity to create income over the last decade—and I hope that it inspires you and brings you clarity around creating a career with your art or creativity.

Get the shownotes and learn more about 60x60: https://www.professionalcreative.com/blog/22

In a world where meetings are mundane and never anything anyone looks forward to, I set out about a year ago to create a format for a weekly meeting that would be fun and exciting for our creative team, but also really help us get the momentum that we needed to enter the week and know exactly what we were doing and what we were working on. In this episode, I’m sharing a peek behind the scenes of how we structure our weekly team Momentum Meeting.

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When we’re creative entrepreneurs, we often need to show up live in a variety of ways, and it can be uncomfortable—but when you run a business online, going live is the fastest way to connect with your audience. In this episode, I’m sharing 20 tips for going live and LOVING it, and how I plan for a successful live event that engages my audience.

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5 Ways Taking 10 Seconds of Courage Has Impacted My Career | Courage is the ability to do something that frightens you—and following a creative dream takes a lot of it! When we go after our dreams, it’s SCARY. As professional creatives and entrepreneurs, we have so many unanswered questions, but what we really need is the courage in order to get started. In this episode, I’m sharing five ways taking ten seconds of courage has helped me gain momentum in my career as a creative entrepreneur.

View shownotes & transcript: https://www.professionalcreative.com/blog/19

Are you ready to start the year off right? For this episode, we’re joined again by Lisa Jacobs, author of Your Best Year, to walk you through annual planning for your creative business. Lisa and Bonnie both share their favorite way to dream big when planning out the year ahead, along with the most important elements to consider and include. We often hear that to build your business you have to understand yourself—but you need an annual plan to weather the high and low seasons of your business.

Read the shownotes and download your free Year at a Glance PDF: https://www.professionalcreative.com/blog/18

As we start a new year, it’s the perfect time to focus on strategic planning in your business—which will go hand-in-hand with our next episode 18 on annual planning. In this episode, I’ll take you through how we do strategic planning in our company, along with 5 things that worked for us and 5 things that didn’t in 2022. Shownotes: https://www.professionalcreative.com/blog/17

In this episode we’ll be discussing signature style: what it is, why it’s important, and five ways you can further develop it. Be sure to download the freebie included with this episode in the show notes: One Year of Daily Art Prompts. 

Download the prompts and view shownotes: https://www.professionalcreative.com/blog/16