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Creative Business Real Talk — 174 episodes
Get Your First Calligraphy Engraving Job (Even If You're A Beginner!)
171: How to Become a Pro Calligrapher in 6 Months
170: A Hard Season In My Business
169: Who To Pitch (to get more clients)
168: The Perfect Pitch Formula (to get more clients)
167: Burnt-out Teacher to Luxury Calligrapher... after just one course!
166: $10K In 2 Years - An Update With Crooked Calligraphy Alum Danielle Williams
165: From “Beginner” to Confident Creator
164: The Secret to Landing Corporate Calligraphy Clients
163: From quitting…to booking Louis Vuitton (with Mian Barrios)
162: A Smarter Approach to Calligraphy Envelopes
161 - How To Build a Creative Portfolio That Actually Gets You Clients
160: Your First Website Essentials
159: Calligraphy Biz Quick Start. Will this really work for me?
158: From Uncertain to Booked. $1500 from calligraphy in just 2 months
157: Be More Creative in 2026 (practical strategies for women)
156: She quit accounting for calligraphy (with Student Laura Hess)
155: From Beginner to Business - stop waiting for perfection and start now
154: My huge FAIL of 2025 (and how it'll help YOU get over your fear of failure)
153: Reddit called me trash... and I’m still here (how I got over my fear of criticism)
152: Your First Client Is Closer Than You Think
151: Will AI Replace Calligraphers?
150: From corporate to “artist”? How shifting identities unlocks growth.
149: Profitable Calligraphy Pathways
148: $1 Million with One Thing - What Most Creatives Get Wrong About Growth
147: Building A $900K Calligraphy Business
146: Burnt-Out Lawyer to Full-Time Calligraphy Business
145: End of Season 3 and What's Next
144: Ask for Trash to Get Hired (with Biz Student Lisa Doty)
143: Your Counterintuitive Next Step Towards Pro Calligrapher
142: How Calligraphy Creates Confidence
141: Stop Moving the Goal Posts in your Creative Business
140: Profitable Brand Partnerships
139: Boost Sales without Finding New Clients (with Strategic Upsells)
138: Deciding When To Take The Leap (When To Leave Your Job)
137: Get More Clients Now (How to Pitch Yourself)
136: Selling at Craft Fairs - Essential Advice (With Updates!)
135: The Trap of Constant Self-Improvement
134: Lucrative Calligraphy Events (With LaTache Tindale)
133: A "Right Now" Personal Update
132: Calligraphy Biz In Korea (With Lisa MacIntyre)
131: Digital Calligraphy Essentials (Vectorizing, Revenue Streams & Pricing)
130: "No Ones Buying My Calligraphy!" (What To Do Instead Of Giving Up)
129: How To Get Over Criticism (And Sell Your Calligraphy Anyways)
128: How to Manage Time in Your Art Biz
127: How to feel in control of your art biz
126: BONUS: Student Updates You'll Love
125: What it Really Takes to go Full-Time with Calligraphy
124: From Hobbyist to Paid Professional
123: You ONE YEAR From Now
122: How to GO FOR IT in 2025
121: Year in Review 2024 (damn you Dunning-Kruger)
120: Some Instagram drama (the cost of authenticity)
119: My Town Can't Afford Calligraphy
118: High Paying Calligraphy Skills
*REPLAY* How To Teach Profitable Calligraphy Workshops
How To Get Live Calligraphy Jobs (And Be Great At Them)
11 Years Ago I blew Up My Life
Normalizing Business "Failure" For Female Small Business Owners
3 Beginner Biz Mistakes I Made (so you don’t have to!)
The practice that changed my life (& request for help)
How To Stop Fearing Business "Mistakes"
Redefining what business "success" means to you
"We're Disappointed In Your Calligraphy"
$900 Extra Per Month With Calligraphy
REPLAY: Six Months to Pro Calligrapher Training
Competition In The Calligraphy World
Growing A Biz With No Social Media
A Message I NEED You To Hear
Do I Regret Entrepreneurship?
Surprising Calligraphy Jobs
Lawyer to Calligrapher: My Story
My "B-" Body (Part 3 of 3)
My "B-" Husband (Part 2 of 3)
My "B-" Business (Part 1 of 3)
Middle School Teacher to Calligrapher
Marketing Director to Artist & Calligrapher
Starting My Biz All Over Again
Is There Room For More Pro Calligraphers??
Busting The "No Time" Myth
Reality of a 10K Calligraphy Job
Making Your First $100 With Calligraphy
Perfectionism Failed Me
Season 3: "Anti-Perfectionism"
Making way for something new
How to Start a Calligraphy Business (Getting Customers)
How to Start a Calligraphy Business (Legal & Financial Setup)
13 Things You Didn't Know About Me
How to Make Failure Less Scary
She Made More Money Than Her Husband (From Calligraphy!!)
Your Fear is Not Special
$1000 from her first Product Launch!
How to be More Creative in 2024
Year in Review (The Lessons)
Year in Review (The Numbers!)
Opening a Calligraphy Boutique in a Small English Town
Etsy Pros & Cons
How to Create a $79K Calligraphy Biz
How Pain leads to Growth (8 Month Update)
The Fear of Putting Yourself Out There
Calligraphy & Copyright
The MYTH Holding you Back from Business
The "CUD" Product Formula
Hobby v. Business Mindset - How to Sell More
How to Set Prices
Launch Strategy & A Vulnerable Share
BONUS: "The Dom Perignon Effect"
Hyper-local calligraphy business
Business 101: Phase 3
Business 101: Phase 2
Business 101: Phase 1
Instagram for Artists in 2023
Rebuilding After Burnout (Six-Month Update)
Becoming a Full-Time Calligrapher
An "accidental" Workshop Empire (with Sip & Script)
How to Practice Consistently
Making legal biz stuff less scary
They Refused to Pay Me (how to protect yourself)
Business Model Breakdown
Sales Results, Pricing Lessons & 5-Month Check-in
From Beginner to Pro Calligrapher (four student stories)
The Easiest Way to Start a Business
Calligraphy Hobby v. Business
Riding the Entrepreneurship Rollercoaster (2 Month Update)
What to do when Sales don't come in
How to Teach Calligraphy Workshops
What Calligraphy Biz Owners struggle with
One Month into the Radical Biz Experiment
My Major F*Up (Part 2)
My Major F* Up (Part 1)
How I make million-dollar decisions
My 9-Month Sabbatical (Burnout, Laziness, Creative Projects & Finances)
Season 2! I'm baaack (in a different way)
My Decision to Pause
REMIX 4: Finding Your First Clients
REMIX 3: Making The Leap To Start A Creative Biz
REMIX 2: Getting Over Your Doubts
REMIX 1: Identifying What's Holding You Back
5 Months Left to Live
Is The Calligraphy Market Saturated?
Sending One "Thank You" Changed My Biz
Turn HATERS Into Connection Gold
Results From A $30K Mastermind
The Curse Of Being "Smart"
Selling at Craft Fairs - Essential Advice
Perfect Little Girl (a very personal story)
Fighting MS with Calligraphy with Melissa of Chronic Letters
Calligraphy Myths That Aren’t True
I Took a 6-Week Break (here’s what I learned)
More Practice Is Not The Answer
Fear Conversation
Anti-Entrepreneur
Turning 40 and Caring Less
Creative Biz Q&A
What My Anger Told Me
My Failure
How To Get Where You Want To Go
The Untold Part Of My Story
Quitting Corporate: The Money Breakdown
Parent Guilt & Spiral Dynamics
Tech Leader to Full-Time Calligrapher - with Shaochen Wu of Monstera Gold
My Secret to Calligraphy Success
Make Creativity “Stick”
Getting Corporate Calligraphy Clients
Fun Is Not Frivolous!
Puck Ferfection
Your Want Muscle
Worries About Waste
Don't Find Your Passion!
Life-Changing Calligraphy
Almost-Million-Dollar Calligraphy Business
Prisoner To Your Identity
Life as a Lawyer v. Calligrapher
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