Everyday, I receive emails from creative souls asking for my advice. They want to know how, in a span of just a couple of years, I built an online presence and successful online shop, wrote a best selling book, got published in several magazines, and launched successful gift collections (via licensing deals) that are sold in stores nationwide. They ask advice on how to sell original paintings, how to have an effective online presence, how to create and package prints/jewelry/originals, how to create a website and community. They ask about licensing, money, publishing, press, and social networking. They ask me how on earth I manage my time, how I face my fears, how I stay organized.

I know exactly where they’re coming from. It wasn’t that long ago that I was sending similar emails out to artists I admired, people who seemed to have booming creative businesses. Some would answer me, but most didn’t. Now that I’m crazy busy over here and on the other end of that email exchange, I get it. I’m sure some didn’t respond because they were simply too busy to give advice to a complete stranger and I’m sure some didn’t respond because they wanted to protect their hard earned information.

For me, it hasn’t been a matter of not wanting to share what I know, it’s been a matter of time and the value of that time.In the end, I deeply believe in finding a way to share our stories, our resources, and how we’ve made it to where we are now. After months of writing and thinking about how I could best share everything I know (and finally answer, in detail, the questions that come my way) I came up with something that I think is pretty darned special: a series of four e-books called Flying Lessons: Tips + Tricks To Help Your Creative Business Soar….

FLYING LESSONS: PART TWO

In part two, I share everything I’ve learned about effective marketing strategies (it’s not as hard as you think) to help your creative biz grow. I also share specific tips for selling on etsy and other online marketplaces, including tried and true strategies on how to increase traffic to your shop, and how to effectively price, style, and photograph your work.

I also answer all of your burning questions on how to make prints of your artwork, how to sell your work offline (wholesale, boutiques, craft shows!), copyright issues, and SO MUCH MORE! ALL THE DETAILS HERE!

FLYING LESSONS: PART THREE

In part three, I share all of my secrets on how to get press and how to get published (magazines, books, etc!), including in-depth interviews with Christen Olivarez (editor-in-chief of Somerset Magazines) and Tonia Davenport (acquisitions editor for North Light books – same publisher who published my book).

I also go into detail about licensing, copyright issues, and effective ways to diversify your creative biz income (crucial). I often get asked how I get so much done – in this e-book, I share my time management strategies and how to actualize goals, and SO MUCH MORE! ALL THE DETAILS HERE!

FLYING LESSONS: THE WHOLE SHABANG

In this e-book, you get it all! It’s parts 1, 2, + 3 combined into one big e-book packed and loaded with tips and tricks to help your creative biz soar!

It includes everything you ever wanted to know about creating an online presences (blogs, websites, social networking), marketing, licensing, getting press/published, selling online + offline, time management, actualizing goals, copyright, building community, facing fears, burnout, personal stories of what’s worked for me (and what hasn’t worked), interviews with successful artist, and SO MUCH MORE! ALL THE DETAILS HERE!