Badass Creatives: marketing and business advice for creative entrepreneurs

Melissa Capps works with creative businesses to help them understand their financials, from bookkeeping basics to their profit strategy. In this episode, she shares the money mistake she sees creative business owners make most often.

We’re getting deep on this week’s episode. From imposter syndrome to design thinking to mental models, let’s explore ways to rewire your brain and think about problems in creative ways.

Nathan Allotey is a web designer and digital marketing strategist with a passion to teach others. On this episode, we talk about how freelancers and other creatives can successfully price their work and raise their prices.

How do creatives stay motivated and inspired, and how do you stick to your guns and true to your artistic vision?

Marrus is a New Orleans painter who’s been turning the fantastical pictures in her head into a roof over it since 1992. We discuss the journey that’s taken her from comic book artist to painting faces at Renaissance faires and beyond. We talk about the importance of being genuine, sharing sacred knowledge, attracting your tribe, and getting uncomfortable as an artist.

So you’re thinking about starting a new website, blog, podcast, whatever… but you’re worried about how to grow a social media following for your new creative project. Here’s my advice.

This week’s guest, Taylor Lee, is a self-taught abstract painter who creates artwork inspired by self-image, self-love, and body positivity. Painting became a form of art therapy for Taylor while she was in treatment for an eating disorder. We talk about authenticity in business and why life is better with color.

In this week’s episode, I recap the highlights of VenturePOP Conference, talk about celebrating women in tech, and share my passion for creative problem solving.

This week’s guest is Rebecca Duckert of Sweetface Snoballs. We discuss starting a creative business in a new city and bringing New Orleans culture to the streets of NYC.

It’s been 10 years since I attended my first creative conference. Learn more about my favorite conference experiences and my tips for how introverts can use conferences to meet new people and grow their business.

Hamilton Perkins launched his eco-friendly fashion company with a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign. In episode 013 of the Badass Creatives podcast, we chat about how he made that happen, tips for getting press, and sustainable manufacturing.

This week host Mallory Whitfield takes a look back at her own hurricane story, plus she answers a listener question about selling on Etsy.

This week’s guest is artist Natalie Rodriguez Ivicek of Maps Travel Art, a collection of custom maps and travel art, and Don't Tell Me 2 Smile, an anti-street harassment and anti-gender violence clothing line. We discuss conquering the fear of failure, going out on your own, how she created her own clothing line using drop-shipping tools like Printful, and much more.

009: So You Wanna Sell Online? {getting started with e-commerce}

From the oil fields of North Dakota to selling her art on Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans, April Joy Whitecotton is a self-taught Zentangle artist who has had plenty of ups and downs in her artistic journey. We chat about how her background in the culinary arts prepared her for selling her own artwork, and how to balance day jobs and the need for financial security with running a creative business.