A Fresh Coat of Paint
When I moved into my current house, four years ago, I was still riding the remodeling high I had been on for 6 months. My cousin and I had torn up my old home – refinishing the hard wood floors, previously covered by wall-to-wall carpet, remodeling the kitchen, etc. The living room, dining room and…
How Playing Angry Birds and Marketing are a lot Alike
Last week my friend was showing me his new iPad 2 and the video game Angry Birds. Of course, I know that this game is very popular, but I had no idea why it was so addictive until I started playing. For those who have not seen Angry Birds, or who have no idea what…
Self-Imposed Deadlines
I know that a lot of you believe I have super-human powers that allow me to do more in the 24/7 than the average human. Really, I don’t. I am just good at creating self-imposed deadlines. I wish I could say that I do this for everything in my life that needs to get done,…
Starting Where You Are
Does this sound familiar? “When I get a little extra money, I’m going to . . .” The irony of this, especially with marketing your art, is that to get the little extra money, you have to do whatever you are putting off. We all do this, including me. I have quite a few marketing…
[Guest Post]Get More Clients by Letting Prospects Become Voyeurs
Whether we admit to it or not, we as humans love things like gossip, soap operas, eavesdropping, sharing secrets, peeping, and Entertainment Tonight (basically, everything on the E! cable network). And let’s not forget People Magazine—yes, I read it religiously every week. Why are we obsessed with this as a culture? It’s the human interest.…
The Show Must Go On
Working in theatre, you learn quickly that the show must go on. Really . . . no matter what. You plan for the worst case scenario and hope for the best. However, no matter how much you plan or prepare – something will go wrong and you learn to adapt; making lemonade out of lemons. …
Selling the Experience
I do feel like I’ve gone to the dark side, performed some sort of mortal sin and put Borders out of business (three stores are closing in the Los Angeles area). Why all these feelings? Well, two weeks ago, I got a Kindle. Although I am often times on the cutting edge of new technology,…
Taking a Step Back
We get so busy in our lives, performing our daily juggling acts of home, work, exercise, down-time, that we rarely take a step back to see if the circus has left town without us. In my last article, I shared with you all that I am taking the Brave Girls Club online Soul Restoration course…
She Did It Anyway
As many of you know, I love to learn. So, I am taking a 6-week online Soul Restoration course put on by the Brave Girls Club (www.bravegirlsclub.com). I took the course for a number of reasons, but mainly because it sounded like fun – 6 weeks of crafting projects exploring your own inner child (what…
[Guest Post]Finding the Elusive Work-Life Balance
Post written by Leo Babauta. How do you find a balanced life when you’re overloaded with work? How do you switch off work when you’re away from the office? The answers to these very common questions are elusive. It’s never an easy thing. But once you do find this balance you’ll find enormous benefits: more enjoyment…