329. Ask These Questions to Land the Jobs with Scott Rempe

07/29/24 • 41 min

This week’s episode features illustrator and educator Scott Rempe. Scott gives actionable tips for you to take away and use within your art business to land more jobs! We go over how to have conversations with customers, what questions to ask, and even how to ask leading questions that position you as the expert.

I remember my first few conversations with customers on the phone, where I would be so excited to have someone interested in me painting for them that I wanted to show up and immediately get started. I didn’t know what to ask ahead of time, and I didn’t care. It would’ve saved me so many headaches, and I would’ve gotten paid so much better if I had valued my art enough in that first initial conversation to set boundaries and expectations.

We dive a bit into pricing and the red flags to pay attention to when having that initial budget conversation with potential customers. Let me know what you think of this week’s episode all about having better conversations and valuing your art with Scott Rempe.

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328. Podcasting 101 with Andrea Ehrhardt and Ekaterina Sky

This episode was done a bit differently with Ekaterina Sky taking over the interviewer position to ask me questions about podcasting. She is starting a podcast of her own, so this is mostly an episode where you get to be a fly on the wall to hear how I started/grew/promoted this podcast in the early days and now. You’ll get a lot of surprise behind-the-scenes facts!

If you’re not interested in starting a podcast, but are interested in starting something on the side, I know you’ll find this conversation enlightening. I talk about what it takes to add a side job on top of full time muraling. It was A LOT to get used to, but I’ve fell into a groove nowadays that makes podcasting feel *easy.* However, the organization, processes, mindset, and consistent work habits that it took to get there were a journey.

It’s easy to look at something like a podcast, course, painting style, or something you know very little about and say: “That looks easy enough. I think I’ll try it!” Gotta love optimism. But the reality of exactly how many hoops there are to jump through to get something off the ground is what I bright to light in this episode. Take a listen!

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330. Personal/Mental/Health Related Things That Make Or Break My Business Productivity

This week’s episode of the Artist Academy Podcast is all about the things that influence my art business but are not exactly business-type tasks. It’s no coincidence that when my non-work life is in check, my productivity seems to be at its highest. Things like personal, mental, and health-related obstacles can dent my goals, and they definitely have done so this year.

I’m not much into opening up about personal issues. I’d rather stay very positive and business-oriented, but I think shining a light on things outside of work, and showing how they can be beneficial to the numbers $$$ I’m able to produce every month, makes a good point when it comes to taking care of the rest of life.

It’s kind of like the phrase, “Happy wife, happy life,” but rather, “Happy life, happy business.” Listen to hear the obstacles I’ve been thrown this year and how I’m overcoming, moving on, and using them to better my business.