Goodness. I suck at marketing myself. Workin' on it. :D
Marketing others is always easy if I like what they're doing. And sales are always super easy if I genuinely like the product. I wouldn't sell anything I didn't like anyway so...
Let us know how it goes.
But my first thought was (of course) - investors are always a bad thing for authentic creativity!
Of course... most of my all time favourite artists, poets and writers weren't "successful" until they were dead 😆
But...
"The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.” - Bob Iger
And all of the great ones did this and changed the stuff we maybe needed to have a look at?
I've spent almost my entire life creating (design, textiles, web) for money, you know.
I refuse to do this moving forward. Well... I need to now but I will never ever again make this the driving motivation behind my overspills of thoughts (which i don't really believe are mine to begin with anyway but that's another story!)
Sending love and best wishes for the plan, E!
May you continue to thrive. You deserve it 💥
Hi Nicky! Marketing is the most difficult aspect of this business for a lot of us and marketing anything creative is especially tough during bad economic times. I'm working on publishing a collection of short stories right now and that will probably be my last book. Anything I write going forward will likely just be here on the blockchain. It just takes so much effort to market a physical or eBook and, as you've eluded to, it takes your focus off of creating. I'll still carry on with my personalized poetry business because I enjoy working with clients so much but, after this next one, I'll be done with books. Thanks for your comment and good wishes and I echo those back to you!
Captain, my Captain
I hear you in full 🫡
Honestly... in a digital age and with our "evolution" (and reading, consequently) where it is.. I'm also more focused on writing for Hive.
It just makes more sense, really.
And yep. Most artists don't know how to market themselves well. And most are awkward about it too. This is good info and worth sharing when you've gone through the process 👍🏼 It could save people a ton of time and effort.
Madly on the go here and have so much content in my brain I'm getting a bit desperate to create! 😆
This is good! 👆🏼
En route to Cape Town again today.
I'll see you in a bit, for sure and always. Have a great day 💥