How to hold yourself accountable as a creative business owner, or the importance of scheduling launches and releases

This week, I got a question from someone who had just read Try It & See, and it was so key I realized it warranted a blog post of its own. Here’s what she asked: “One thing I’d like to know more about is the ‘launches and releases’ being the most important things you could …

How to safeguard your business from the collapse of social media

On Friday night, Tyler Thrasher, an artist I follow on Instagram, posted some interesting thoughts in his Stories. Basically, he shared that he thought we weren’t far from a pretty significant collapse of social media. His reason is that now that Elon Musk has purchased Twitter and will begin implementing a monthly fee for blue …

Making product photography part of your creative process.

Over the past few years, I’ve gotten back to my design roots. And my design roots are decidedly maximalist. (Don’t believe me? Check out my MFA thesis or scroll down on this post to see some of the “jewelry” I made in my first year of grad school.) The reason I say “gotten back” is …

What’s working on Pinterest right now (in August 2022)

I’m not going to lie, despite being known for teaching Pinterest strategy, I’ve been neglecting my Pinterest account something fierce over the last year or so. The truth is, all the changes to the platform had me feeling super frustrated. I was sick of jumping on the app and having my feed filled with flashing …