Comments on: 4 Semi-Unrelated Business Lessons https://dy-online.com/4-biz-lessons/ Trusted Art Business Coaching and Consulting Sun, 01 May 2022 03:10:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 By: Alyson Stanfield https://dy-online.com/4-biz-lessons/#comment-23037 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:32:38 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=15872#comment-23037 Paula Christen. Ooo. Haven't heard that quote. Good one, Paula.]]> In reply to Paula Christen.

Ooo. Haven’t heard that quote. Good one, Paula.

]]> By: Alyson Stanfield https://dy-online.com/4-biz-lessons/#comment-23036 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:22:17 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=15872#comment-23036 Sara Drescher Braswell. Sara: I had the pleasure of hearing David Allen speak earlier this year. He's a hero of mine, for sure - even if I can't seem to grasp GTD in it's complete brilliance.]]> In reply to Sara Drescher Braswell.

Sara: I had the pleasure of hearing David Allen speak earlier this year. He’s a hero of mine, for sure – even if I can’t seem to grasp GTD in it’s complete brilliance.

]]> By: Sara Drescher Braswell https://dy-online.com/4-biz-lessons/#comment-23035 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:27:25 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=15872#comment-23035 Yes! These are great ideas! I discovered GTD and David Allen’s book after one of your tweets, Alyson. Apparently I live under a rock!
I have been using his system for about 3 weeks now. I am not using it perfectly yet, but I have noticed my stress level is lessened and I am not constantly going over the huge to do list in my head. I highly recommend it for art entrepreneurs. Thanks!

]]> By: Paula Christen https://dy-online.com/4-biz-lessons/#comment-23034 Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:19:44 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=15872#comment-23034 Thanks Alyson,
I am reminded of a quote that goes something like “There is no mind stronger than pen put to paper”.
Lists are essential. Once it’s on paper, you can quit using energy trying to remember a chore and get on to something really great – like creating new artwork!

]]> By: Roopa Dudley https://dy-online.com/4-biz-lessons/#comment-23033 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:56:08 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=15872#comment-23033 The good thing about making a list other than instant benefits of crossing things out as you complete each task is that it can be reused on monthly, quarterly or semi annual basis. It takes a bit of effort to do it at first but so is everything else in life to become a Successful Artist. Every minute detail helps in creating a huge picture and our “Brand” as an Artist. It is funny when people use the term “An Over-Night Success” for an Artist. They cannot fathom the amount of discipline and dedication it takes to be a Successful Artist/Musician/Sculptor/Writer. There is no such thing as clocking in and clocking out in our line of business. It is a 24/7 without any holidays and vacations.

]]> By: Catherine Newhart https://dy-online.com/4-biz-lessons/#comment-23032 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:30:40 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=15872#comment-23032 - which won PRODUCT OF THE YEAR with Dick Blick Company, Galesburg, IL in l992 - which honored me by creating an embossed looking cover for their almost 500 page full color catalog) art publisher and wanna be author with a BFA degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. (67 applied and 3 were accepted for this degree.) I also use multiple mediums and sculpt, paint, draw, etc.) I have had a solo museum exhibit at the Joslyn Museum, and they have one of my award winning white on white cut and layered prints in their collection. The animal prints I created and published received "MUSEUM ACCREDITATION" and the Denver Art Museum sold them, as well as 56 other museums and places where art prints were sold. My work is in at least 8 other countries and I have lovely memories of many of my clients over the years. In all, I have approximately 30,000 prints and originals on planet earth that I created or help create and I say my legacy is "Littering the planet with beauty!" A MULTIPLE STREAM OF INCOME SUCCESS STORY I have one foot in the fine art world and the other in the commercial art world. I do a lot of commission work and make that known wherever I am, Starbucks, at the grocery check out line, Panera's, the golf course, car wash, etc. Somehow, that got around and Citi Corp contacted me to do a commemorative for a small city in which I was residing. To make it easy for them to hire me, I agreed for a reasonable fee TO GIVE THEM THE FIRST OF AN EDITION OF 25 + 3 Artists Proofs that would be elegant, but simple, and easy to do white on white hand embossed prints that would fit beautifully onto a 22" x 30" 100% rag paper. (I always reserve copyright ownership with rare exceptions.) When I finished my rendering, I attended the local Chamber of Commerce meetings to announce the project and share the news of this upcoming event. I also contacted the local paper that did an article using the black and white rendering I had made. (It would have been difficult to show the white on white image). I had an attorney draw up a simple, few paragraphs contract, got it signed, received the initial payment for the first print BEFORE it was produced and used that money to fund the project. Then I drove around town, enjoying photographing landmarks. I then selected those which I felt would make an artistically pleasing design and created a full sized black ink rendering. My design also included special events the town hosted, like the hot air balloon festival, etc. After completing the design, I had a metal plate created by a local company, then hired a strong young man to do the hand embossing. He earned a substantial amount of money in 2 days for hand embossing the 28 prints. I then destroyed the plate. THEN.... IN THREE DAYS I SOLD EVERY ONE of the prints (except the one I still have) and netted approximately $6,000!!! Not bad for 3 days work and a lot of fun! I am thinking about making this into a part of my normal business offering. P. S. Please "edit" at will. Warmest regards, Catherine Newhart]]> I really enjoyed and appreciated your story and your video about 4 semi-unrelated business things.
I read that you suggested we post a guest blog, but I cannot find WHERE on this site to do that.
A LITTLE ABOUT ME: I am an award winning artist, printmaker, inventor (EMBOSSITS™ – which won PRODUCT OF THE YEAR with Dick Blick Company, Galesburg, IL in l992 – which honored me by creating an embossed looking cover for their almost 500 page full color catalog) art publisher and wanna be author with a BFA degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. (67 applied and 3 were accepted for this degree.) I also use multiple mediums and sculpt, paint, draw, etc.) I have had a solo museum exhibit at the Joslyn Museum, and they have one of my award winning white on white cut and layered prints in their collection. The animal prints I created and published received “MUSEUM ACCREDITATION” and the Denver Art Museum sold them, as well as 56 other museums and places where art prints were sold. My work is in at least 8 other countries and I have lovely memories of many of my clients over the years. In all, I have approximately 30,000 prints and originals on planet earth that I created or help create and I say my legacy is “Littering the planet with beauty!”
A MULTIPLE STREAM OF INCOME SUCCESS STORY
I have one foot in the fine art world and the other in the commercial art world. I do a lot of commission work and make that known wherever I am, Starbucks, at the grocery check out line, Panera’s, the golf course, car wash, etc. Somehow, that got around and Citi Corp contacted me to do a commemorative for a small city in which I was residing. To make it easy for them to hire me, I agreed for a reasonable fee TO GIVE THEM THE FIRST OF AN EDITION OF 25 + 3 Artists Proofs that would be elegant, but simple, and easy to do white on white hand embossed prints that would fit beautifully onto a 22″ x 30″ 100% rag paper. (I always reserve copyright ownership with rare exceptions.)
When I finished my rendering, I attended the local Chamber of Commerce meetings to announce the project and share the news of this upcoming event. I also contacted the local paper that did an article using the black and white rendering I had made. (It would have been difficult to show the white on white image). I had an attorney draw up a simple, few paragraphs contract, got it signed, received the initial payment for the first print BEFORE it was produced and used that money to fund the project. Then I drove around town, enjoying photographing landmarks. I then selected those which I felt would make an artistically pleasing design and created a full sized black ink rendering. My design also included special events the town hosted, like the hot air balloon festival, etc. After completing the design, I had a metal plate created by a local company, then hired a strong young man to do the hand embossing. He earned a substantial amount of money in 2 days for hand embossing the 28 prints. I then destroyed the plate. THEN…. IN THREE DAYS I SOLD EVERY ONE of the prints (except the one I still have) and netted approximately $6,000!!! Not bad for 3 days work and a lot of fun!
I am thinking about making this into a part of my normal business offering.
P. S. Please “edit” at will. Warmest regards, Catherine Newhart

]]> By: Elizabeth https://dy-online.com/4-biz-lessons/#comment-23031 Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:09:45 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/?p=15872#comment-23031 These are great suggestions. Honestly, I am a list-maker, so I literally cannot function without tons of lists. It’s too hard to keep track of all of those little things I wanted to do/need to do without them. What took me to a better level of functionality–and made it easier to really focus on actually WORKING when I needed to work, was using the iCal on my Mac. I’m great at making lists, but actually setting a time to DO some of the things on my list (the items that perpetually became categorized in my head as “oh, I can do that later…”) was necessary to get things done. Once I committed a chunk of time to it, I was more likely to do it. Sometimes things get shuffled to another time or another day, but it’s easier to see that I need to do them, and how long they should take (so why keep putting them off?). By visually setting aside a time to work, I’m more likely to sit down and work, too. As much as I love to create, sometimes I need a kick in the pants, so to speak, to get started. Seeing that my time is scheduled out, that’s the kick I need.

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