One of the biggest challenges I hear from artists and makers when it comes to marketing their work is writing. It’s not surprising – many of us, especially in the visual arts, aren’t taught to write well. And when it comes to promoting our work online, there is a lot of writing to be done …
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One of my projects last year was to launch a book club with my friend Amber. Each month, we picked a book that we both loved and then developed resources to help other takes action on the themes of the book. It was a project we were both excited about, as it really hit our …
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Last year, I shared a round-up of the best business books I read (or listened to) in 2019, and I decided it’s something I want to make an annual tradition here on Designing an MBA. Truth be told, when the pandemic started, I really thought I was going to read ALL the books. But it …
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Back in March, as the pandemic started and the world went into lock-down, I had grand ambitions for all the reading I was going to do this year. Unfortunately, things didn’t quite go to plan. It turns out that months of social isolation and uncertainty made my brain pretty mushy, which made reading feel almost …
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The other day, a ceramic artist friend messaged me, asking if I had any finance book recommendations for a small business like hers. As it turns out, I have LOTS of finance book recs. (I once gave each of my siblings different personal finance books for Christmas tailored to their individual life situations.) And I …