331 12 Ways to Create Income in Your Creative Business
Creative Thursday with Marisa
You know the feeling you get when a dream that's been in the works for a while becomes a reality? That's the unbridled enthusiasm you're hearing in my voice for this episode. I'm thrilled to announce that the first official Shiny Squirrel Summit for Visual Artists looking to create multiple revenue streams is happening, and kicking off this Sunday, April 28 @ 1 pm PDT! And you're invited to this free event. Just head over to to get your free ticket. This vision inspired the first Shiny Squirrel podcast episode #271 is bigger than me. The event includes...
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330 Why Creatives are Crushing it in the Membership Space with Special Guest Membership Expert, Stu McLaren
Creative Thursday with Marisa
What qualities do Creatives have in common that make adding a membership model to their business a perfect fit? We'll tell you! In today's episode I'm joined by my friend and Mentor of 5 years and Membership Expert Stu McLaren to talk about the wild success Artists are seeing in the membership space. And by success we mean, growing 7 figure memberships in just a few years, while inspiring art and creativity, and creative business skills for thousands of people across the globe. It's inspiring, to say the least, to see this rapid growth of PROSPERITY and THRIVING in an...
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329 20 plus Lessons Learned from 20 Years in Business
Creative Thursday with Marisa
If I could go back and mentor my younger business self, the one who said yes to her dream of becoming a Professional Artist, the lessons learned that I share in this episode is what I would say. Today, March 7 marks a celebration of not only 17 years of making a consistent living with my Creative Business but this February 2024 I celebrated 20 years since the very first Creativethursday.com site went live, featuring my Art work. Back then I was so busy trying to make it all a go, that I didn't even know (or think I had the time) to intentionally hold a vision and actually plan...
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328 Artist Success Stories from Courage to Consistency with Heather Harrington, Joanna Smith and Marissa Parsons
Creative Thursday with Marisa
Get excited! welcome to another favorite edition of Artist Success Stories. In this episode I'm joined by three of our Alumni; Heather Harrington, Joanna Smith, and Marissa Parsons sharing how they first decided to follow their passion what's helped them find and keep the courage to pursue the professional Artist life how they show up with consistency the value of self-discovery + authenticity in the art-selling process the benefits of personalized mentorship the significance of community and support in building an art business why it's so important to celebrate accomplishments and...
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327 Favorite Organization Tools for Social Media Planning + Project Management
Creative Thursday with Marisa
Spontaneous creation or being prepared ahead of time with your content? which do you prefer? Continuing on with our series, part 3, of answering your Time Management questions; I'm opening this episode with a few more social media creation tips, specifically for video, while also sharing more tools to help you get and stay organized with your assets, marketing plan and project management. what and when I record behind the scenes to use in my social media marketing app recommendations for video editing my favorite project management tools and how I use them specifically for my...
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326 Best Practices + Tips for Organizing your Social Media Imagery
Creative Thursday with Marisa
Be honest: how's your 2024 Social Media plan looking? Are you feeling ready with a big picture strategy in place, or are you reading this thinking, Marisa what are you talking about "ready", I barely know what to post tomorrow let alone the rest of 2024 Would you like to feel more prepared when it comes to your marketing? What if this is the year you could change the hamster wheel approach of: overwhelm + procrastinate = now I feel behind so why bother with any sort of plan at all ~ to breathing easier because you feel clear and excited about what you're creating and...
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325 How to Plan Your Social Media Creation + Posting
Creative Thursday with Marisa
First ~ thank you for your kind messages about our recent loss. Holiday time, depending upon how you like to approach this season, can be filled with long to-do lists, countless visits, parties, and celebrations, or if you're like me, a perfect time for a peaceful reset. Very intentional about how we choose to spend Christmas, Sean and I often opt for a quiet celebration which leads to a perfect opening to dream, plan, and prepare for what's next. Over the past few years of a rapidly growing business, this has been the best time to get caught up and reset, from organizing...
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324 How I Structure my Day to Achieve My Goals
Creative Thursday with Marisa
What does your ideal work day look like? A question I'm often is what does my the structure of my day looks like and how do I schedule it to support my goals. Do you know your energy levels throughout the days of a week, at particular times of day? When it comes to planning your ideal schedule where does your productivity excel? All important questions to help you be efficient with your time and effective with your focus. But not more important than the one question I come back to asking every time you ask me about how I plan. In this episode I remind you of...
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323 Did You Hear the News?
Creative Thursday with Marisa
Did you hear the news? Not only am I now a happily married Mrs! During my time away from the podcast I had an epiphany, a realization about what's been missing, what can no longer take a back seat, and the dreams I'm fulfilling in 2024. I've got a lot to fill you in on and I'm starting by sharing the story of the Cranky Bunny, and the inspiration behind a brand new idea and Artist community I just opened that I've been thinking about since 2006. I'm also excited to invite you to come have some holiday fun, creative painting time with me starting Monday! Join me for...
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322 Artist Success Stories featuring Molly Ovenden and Leah Selk
Creative Thursday with Marisa
Welcome to another installment of Artist Success Stories. This episode highlights 2 of our Expansive Artist Members sharing stories about how they came to follow their passion and experience breakthroughs with their Art + Creative Businesses. Artists; Molly Ovenden, Leah Selk join me for this episode where we talk about: Molly, a full-time multi-disciplinary Artist, shares how she lets one art from influence another, and how adopting the practice of planning and embracing a business owner mindset, has transformed her creative practice and how she runs her business today with the...
info_outlineAre you someone who writes down your goals for the year or do you question if this ritual actually gets you the results you want?
How about writing down your "word for the year"?
Do these practices really make a difference or are they just busy work to remind us what we didn't accomplish since last year?
Do they only make sense at the beginning of a new year or can they still make a difference in any month you choose?
I'll be honest, I was skeptical for a long time about whether this kind of specificity around my goals and intentions was actually helpful, then I gave it a try and realized it's a game changer.
In today's episode, I share with you why I decided to not only choose a word for the year but to share it publicly.
I talk about
- how these simple practices can help you gain clarity year after year, no matter when you implement them
- how that clarity can help you know exactly what to focus on next
- the powerful intentions a single word can cultivate for you and what mine are for the word I choose this year
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