By liz-kalloch on February 7, 2012
The week before last I began the annual slog through receipts and invoices and interest income statements, organising and spread-sheeting and preparing for our annual visit with the accountant. This week also happens to be the annual event where I berate myself for not having kept up with logging the receipts and the income, and [...]
Posted in Buy You, For You, creating action | Tagged accounting, business, guilt, lists, liz kalloch, process, solutions, success, taxes, tools |
About the Author
Liz Kalloch is an artist, designer, traveller, and writer who has worn many different creative and entrepreneurial hats – and some of these hats she has even designed and knitted herself. Her artwork – and life – is focused on searching the soul to stay connected to her life path, clarifying and re-clarifying a life purpose and always trying to listen more carefully to that inner voice that speaks the truth. These days you can find her in the San Francisco Bay area where she runs her own freelance design and art creating business and blogs about it here.
By laurasimms on January 31, 2012
Does it ever seem like your industry has a club of fun, successful, connected leaders? A club that you’re not part of? I’ve felt that way. The good news is, this ain’t high school! You can join the club. In this video, I’ll share 2 ways that you can build connections with whomever you please. [...]
Posted in Buy You, For You, creating action | Tagged business, club, collaboration, insiders, laura simms, leaders, networking, relationships, video |
About the Author

A career coach for creatives armed with the super power of hearing between the lines, Laura Simms helps passionate creatives discover and cultivate the work meant just for them. Once called a “momentum swashbuckler,” Laura puts the giddy-up in career transition and career strategy. Learn more at createasfolk.com.
By Carrie Keplinger on January 19, 2012
This is a guest post by Stephanie Peterson. Would you rather be the best, or be remembered? Of course these are not mutually exclusive, in fact they often come hand in hand, but just being great at what you do does not guarantee that you will be memorable as well. In fact, I see creative [...]
Posted in guest posts | Tagged business, customers, fairground media, love potion, marketing, memorability, selling, stephanie peterson |
By empapers on December 20, 2011
A couple of posts ago I talked about doing less, better. Indeed, I am going to follow my own advice and bring several of the projects that aren’t part of my core business scope to a close this year. The Steal This Process series has been a lot of fun. It helped me consolidate, define [...]
Posted in Steal This Process | Tagged business, creative business, eleanor mayrhofer, focus, goodbye, planning, project management |
About the Author
Eleanor Mayrhofer is a recent escapee of Cubicle Nation. She currently blends her love of design, the expertise she gained in her professional career and her enthusiasm for small enterprise through e.m.papers, her download-and-print stationery business.
By Brittni Mehlhoff on November 28, 2011
You’ve probably been overwhelmed with an endless supply of turkey, stuffing, and sales over the long weekend, so I am going to cut right to the chase for today’s art to inspire… If you’ve ever compared yourself to someone else, maybe compared your shop/small business/blog to someone else’s, I think you need to hear something: Good [...]
Posted in art to inspire, brittni {paper n stitch} | Tagged art to inspire, artwork, brittni wood, business, growth, inspiration, nurture, poster, print, slidesideways |