Hello my friend, thank you for joining us on this Ultimate List of Creative Community Encouragement. Seeing how much this global pandemic has affected the world from lockdowns to fear of going out and even of talking with or touching others to businesses going out of business and others thriving, I wanted to gather a number of those in the Creative Community’s responses to COVID and the things that they have found that have helped them as an encouragement for you. :).
Read MoreHello my friend!!! After the extensive research for the previous post on 7 Ways to Keep Your Handmade Business Legal, I wanted to provide you with more information about the amazing lady behind A Self Guru so you can hear from her what she recommends to keep your business legal as well as hear her story. She started her business from her father having lost his business due to a legal issue and is passionate about making sure that other entrepreneurs do not suffer through the same horrible event that he did but instead are protected and have the confidence that their business is legally secure no matter your niche or specialty.
Read MoreHello my friend! Wondering if your creative business is legal or what you need to do to ensure your business is legal? I started searching this very topic myself and found the amazing Amira at ASelfGuru who has created a TON of legal template pages that are perfect (and SOOOOOO easy to fill out). While I for one like to believe people are honest and like to believe the best in people, all it takes is one person to take you to court over something and you could lose your business. Unfortunately in this day and age there will always be that one person that will see someone in a vulnerable position (i.e. not having legal policies on their website), and will be looking to make money. :(.
Read MoreHave you ever seen Stray Curls awesome designs or read some of her wonderful posts about how you can grow your business? We have a wonderful interview with her today and I am excited to share it with you! I’ve learned a lot from her myself and will discuss some of her products that I highly recommend after her interview. You can find more about Stray Curls on her website and find several of her awesome products and illustrations below!
Read MoreHave you ever seen handmade decor and wish you had the chance to have some in your house? Or have you wondered where people find these beautiful works of art? ELhyme has created a wonderful subscription box full of stunning handmade works of art from around the world, brought right to your door. You can even work with them to customize your own box! VAMICreations will be partnering with ELhyme to give you some amazing interviews from wonderful artists, all of which you can find on the ELhyme website. You’ll find more about how the businesses are chosen to be included in the subscription box, recommendations for just starting your business (pre-launch!!) and so much more! And keep watching here on the website for more interviews with the amazing artists found in ELhyme boxes!
Read MoreToday we have an awesome guest post that I’m very excited to share with you by Debra Jason, who we were able to interview earlier about her stunning alcohol ink paintings that you can also see throughout her guest post below. Debra is a marketing expert, she’s an award winning author (book link found below), who is also an artist and has a unique way of looking at marketing in this crazy times of COVID, social distancing and lockdowns. Below she shares with you her tips and recommendations on how to market artwork during these turbulent times. At the end of her post, you’ll also find a free report she is offering and more about her book.
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