Happy New Year! It’s New Year’s Day and I decided it was a great time to … mash myself into a box. 🙂 Seriously!
WHY? you ask? To make a point. The beginning of a new year is a great time to reflect on your business. What have you been doing? What is working and what is falling a bit short of expectations? What you do now are things that are “in the box”. A new year doesn’t mean you chuck everything and start over – but it could mean you keep what is good and then look outside the box for ideas that can make your business even better.
Watch this quick video and see what I’m talking about:
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Now take a few minutes to check your business. What works? What will you keep in your art biz box?
Now think outside the box. What is changing and how can you make that work to your advantage? What new skills could you acquire, technologies could you adapt to make your business more efficient, more noticed, more fun and profitable?
Business is changing quickly these days and art licensing is no exception. If you do everything the way you did even last year, you might be left behind. So take some time to look at your business and make plans to have a fabulous 2011!
Here’s to your creative success –
– Tara Reed
Hi Tara,
I’m just now sitting down to get to work after a long break of house guests, holidays, and a trip to San Francisco. I woke up thinking, “OK….. WHAT direction am I going to take with my business this year?” After filling out my business license forms last week I felt completely discouraged! My mediocre freelance income hasn’t changed in the past umpteen years!!! That means, as you say in your video, I need to CHANGE up and think outside the box I’ve been sitting in for so long. Thank you for validating that. It was a good video that clearly made your point. Btw, I’d love to have been there when you tried getting yourself OUT of that box you were literally sitting in for that presentation! LOL!
Susan – glad it helped! Validation is a huge ingredient to taking the leap and changing things! Both getting in and getting out of that bin was pretty…. interesting. 😉 But I’m too vain to share THAT footage!