The Well-Paid Creative

How do you position yourself as an expert and a business leader at a young age? Building a successful business at any age depends on your ability to provide quality work and present the newest and workable strategies to your clients.

Jeff Peroutka, at 23-years young, is the founder and CEO of Pror Marketing LLC, an SEO service provider that works with Digital Marketing Agencies on white-label projects. At the same time, the Pror team becomes the external “employee”. Because they have a company culture that values life-long learning and pursues SEO excellence by adopting leading trends early and implementing those newest strategies, they're swift at making significant improvements to their clients’ SEO rankings.

In today’s episode of The Well-Paid Creative, Jeff describes how he went from being a freelancer on Upwork to starting his own business by providing quality work to his clients. Listen in to learn why hiring consultants to help you build systems will allow you to save time and scale your business faster.

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How well are you positioning your business by niching down on a problem within your chosen niche? Do you have a well-executed strategy that allows you to stand out in the value you’re offering to your clients?

Trevor Longino is a marketer, writer, speaker, founder, and growth thinker. He's launched 50 startups, mentored about 200 more, taught thousands, and launched 12 startups from $0 to $2MM+ in ARR over the last decade, including Unito.io, Gog.com, Kontakt.io, and ThePrizeFactory.com.

In today’s episode of The Well-Paid Creative, Trevor explains how he came up with his grow-to-market experiment and how he uses it to help startups scale and grow. Listen in to learn how you can strategically niche down your business and the problem you want to solve within that niche.

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How is your business showing up locally? Do you have a set strategy that allows you to offer value locally even as you market nationally or internationally? It is important you convey your company’s clear message and establish new connections as a local business, especially in its early days.

Anthony Moses is the owner of Simply Intricate Designs, the #1 flooring/tile contractor in Baton Rouge, La. He’s also the host of the Floor Masters podcast, a nationally recognized podcast sponsored by The National Tile Contractors Association. Anthony is dedicated to transforming homes into works of art.

In today’s episode of The Well-Paid Creative, Anthony explains how he uses his creativity to inspire customers, which goes beyond the money. Listen in to learn the importance of having a very clear goal and message to guide your business for long-term success.

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Do you have a solid social media strategy that’s working for your business? Did you know that being everywhere at the same time on social media will only ruin your growth chances? To grow your business and customer base through social media, you need to utilize the tips and strategies that work.

Katie Brinkley is the owner, Social Media Strategist, and Coach at New Step Social Communications, a social media agency based out of Littleton Colorado. She has been helping small businesses, real estate agents, construction companies, and homebuilders with their social media for over 15 years. She specializes in coaching entrepreneurs on how social media can be an incredible tool to help find new leads, build community, grow sales, and bring the social back to their social media.

In today’s episode of The Well-Paid Creative, Katie explains why you should focus on what you’re good at and offer value to succeed on social media. Listen in to learn why showing up on social media through audio is going to be the biggest hit of 2021.

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Are you delegating tasks in your business or are you still procrastinating to have systems and processes all perfect first? If you are delegating, are you aware of the mistakes you’re making, or do you have everything figured out?

Tega Diegbe is a curious person who has a passion for solving problems. Having worked behind the scenes helping entrepreneurs build their businesses and put systems in place, he’s gained experience in a range of topics - from building funnels, running paid ads, setting up Email marketing, building virtual teams. He loves creating solutions that impact people’s businesses and doing so by using teams, systems & tech.

In today’s episode of The Well-Paid Creative, Tega shares his entrepreneurial journey and the lessons he’s learned along the way. Listen in to learn the importance of properly delegating tasks and responsibilities so you can focus on other things that grow your business.

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Are you challenging yourself and trying new things? To build resilience and have the courage to go after your passions (even when you might fail) requires you to challenge yourself and change your mindset.

Originally from Moldova, Volta celebrates food with art and animation. She the founder of Color Snack and her mission to watercolor the world can be seen in the various projects such as brand activations, custom illustrations, and animated GIFs that she creates for national and international brands (like Dallas Mavericks and Michaels Stores). She has taught thousands of students in her online and in-person watercolor workshops, where she encourages everyone to rediscover their inner artists.

In today’s episode of The Well-Paid Creative, Volta shares how she taught herself watercolor art over the years and eventually left her day job to pursue her passion. Listen in to learn how to change your mindset and start structuring both your mornings and days to perform at your best.

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Do you have a marketing plan and strategy for your creative business, or do you feel like you're flying blind and doing whatever comes across your plate each day?

In today’s episode of The Well-Paid Creative, Rhea tells us about the journey her and her husband took starting and expanding their marketing firm, and how they help others do the same with their businesses. Listen in to learn the importance of having a marketing audit to understand your target audience and what you need to do to resonate with them.

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In today’s episode of The Well-Paid Creative, Dr. Kelly Henry explains why you should keep the mindset that your business is there to serve the customer and not the other way around. Listen in to learn why the last impression is more vital to the customer than the first impression.

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Are you being patient with your dreams, and trusting the timing of your life? In this week's episode, Pauleanna Reid shares how she changed careers multiple times before finally falling in love with ghostwriting. Listen in to learn how to be committed to her craft to master it, the work Pauleanna does with business owners in her ghostwriting agency, plus the power of mentorship as a creative or business owner.

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In this episode of the Well-Paid Creative Podcast, Matthew Turner shares insights into how you can start questioning yourself about the hustle culture and find opportunities to escape it.

We talk about the journey of escaping the hustle culture and running a business, the three stages of the growth cycle in everything that you do, and learning how to question and find your own answers to your pursuits.

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