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The Key Art Business Lesson I Learned From My Son And a Crane Machine

The Key Art Business Lesson I Learned From My Son And a Crane Machine

by Mike Roy | Aug 26, 2014 | Blog, Business

Sam loves the crane machine. For my son Sam, who has autism, the crane machine is the perfect storm of everything he loves. Mechanical appearance and noises: check. Bright colors: check. Fuzzy reward after x number of attempts: check. I cringe whenever we pass it....
How To Sell Your Art Without Feeling Bad About It

How To Sell Your Art Without Feeling Bad About It

by Mike Roy | Jun 4, 2014 | Blog, Business, Money

Why do we think of sales as a dirty process to be avoided? Are our negative experiences with invasive telemarketers and over-inquisitive department store staff causing us to see all sales in a negative way? I can certainly relate with that feeling. I value my privacy...
The Three Parts Of Having The Right Focus for your Creative Business

The Three Parts Of Having The Right Focus for your Creative Business

by Mike Roy | Jun 3, 2014 | Blog, Business, Marketing

Are you feeling that your market just isn’t responding to your art? Do you ever think you picked the wrong creative niche? Do you have the sense that your creative career is stale, moving in slow motion? It could be that your art business or career is in need of...
11 Steps to Better Finances for Artists and Creatives

11 Steps to Better Finances for Artists and Creatives

by Mike Roy | May 30, 2014 | Blog, Business, Money

It almost seems like they don’t belong in the same sentence: “finance” and “art“.   In fact, many who create for a living prefer to just make pretty stuff and let others do the “dirty work” of number crunching. But to...
How Artists Should Think About Money (The Parable of the Stream)

How Artists Should Think About Money (The Parable of the Stream)

by Mike Roy | May 22, 2014 | Blog, Money

How do you think about money? Do you see it as a finite, limited resource, always remaining just out of reach? Do you feel frustrated when you think about it, knowing in your heart that you will “never” attain the wealth you would like to have? Not to be...
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