7 Red Flags You Should Watch Out for As A Creative
In any service-based business, there's the potential to have what I call - and excuse my language - "client clusterf**ks". Let's call them CCF's for short.
These are those moments in working with a client that make you pull your hair out. You might even regret taking on their project altogether.
The thing is with most of these CCF's, they're pretty avoidable.
4 Causes of Creative Burnout + How to Avoid Them
We small business owners are hard workers. It comes from being truly passionate about what we do, as well as that nagging thought that we need to prove ourselves.
The problem comes when creatives hustle too hard. When you stop working out and eating properly to meet deadlines. When you canβt fathom booking social outings until you finish a major project. Okay, that isnβt always the result of hard hustle, but it can happen to the best of us!
Why I Stopped Booking In-Person Consults (+ How It Increased Sales)
If you told me 5 years ago that I'd be doing all of my client consultations over the phone, I'd say you're full of it. I used to hate - and I mean HATE - talking on the phone and had anxiety over having to make appointments over the phone. But once I switched to phone consultations, my booking rate increased dramatically.
6 Secrets of Managing Client Expectations as a Creative Entrepreneur
The #1 most frequent posts on creative entrepreneur Facebook groups are about dealing with tricky client situations. Almost every single day I see people unsure of how to deal with clients that just don't seem to 'get it'.