Joyful Selling for Creative Professionals

Ep. 33: Creating Time

This is my first episode about time so I’m taking us on a whistle-stop tour from one of my regular thoughts in 2014 whilst running my subscription box ‘I don’t have enough time’ to a thought that came to me last week when doing my VAT ‘I’ve created time.’

It’s been a bumpy ride of resistance and judgement to get to where I am now AND it’s all been so worth it so I can teach and coach on this topic to help you transform your relationship with time for good.

The bulk of today’s episode is sharing my journey with time blocking my calendar.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

1, Easing judgement is a useful first step.

2, Capture the magic of ideas in the moment and then develop them in allotted time slots.

3, Find your way through flexibility and experimentation.

4, How to be discerning with your tasks to create time.

5, Redefine what freedom means to you.

Ep. 32: Joyful Selling Success Panel 3

During open enrolment each quarter I record one of our most popular episodes which is the Joyful Selling Success Panel.

On the panel today are 3 members of our lifetime program:

Helen from Badger & Bobbins who teaches in-person sewing workshops in Sheffield. Helen shares how she has tripled her revenue in 6 months, sold out her February dressmaking course in December and self-coached when she made a mistake in her business that back in the day she would have spiralled from.

Kim from the Grunge Monkey, a fun and playful fashion label that is 10 years old this year. Kim shares how she allows space for her emotions and self-coaches to tend to her vulnerability around external validation and rejection. She leans on her Business Belief Plan to show herself she doesn't need permission from the outside world to be an artist.

Claire from Shine, a shop in Sale, Greater Manchester that is full of treats. Claire shares how she is proud to be herself in her marketing and selling and how that helped her sell 75 tickets to her Christmas event when the goal was 50. She's embracing different parts of her personality and has realised that different energies are required for different aspects of the job from feeling focused to sit down at the computer to feeling excited when recording reels.

A huge thank you to all three of our brilliant members who are actively working one sign overwhelm, enjoying selling and increasing their sales.

Ep. 30: Celebrating 20 Years [Part Two]

In today’s episode I talk about opening myself up to an evolving creative business journey that the perfectionist part of my brain tells me is messier than it should be at times.

I look at how my forever business Indie Roller emerged from my previous brand Lucky Dip Club. To make that happen, I put my blinkers on to what was happening on the Internet around me and trusted myself to follow my calling.

Regardless of what product is being sold, I still am and always will be focused on connecting and serving value to my community.

I know that money is the result of value.

Looking to the future, my work is finding the daily courage to speak up with compassion and a fire in my belly. 

What if it was OK to be an artist and make a shit load of cash?

Why does society have such a problem with this?

Fundamentally, I believe in creatives earning an incredible living from their artistry and I’m committed to teaching and coaching on this subject.

Ep. 29: Celebrating 20 Years of Creative Self-Employment

This month I am celebrating a spectacular milestone which is 20 years of creative self-employment.

In this episode I share the moment I committed to working for myself and building a jewellery brand in my mid-20s.

I reflect on a few of the sentences I repeated in my own thought process that propelled me forward as my most authentic self which created hundreds of thousands of pounds in revenue.

I share my desk meltdown and the day I walked away from my first business and what I learnt from that experience.

This is part one of a two-parter looking at the highs and lows of an independent creative career that I wouldn't change in any way.

Enjoy!

Ep. 28: Recover quickly from failure

Are you currently keeping yourself small in business because you don’t think you can handle disappointment as it might prove you’re not up to the task if you fail?

Unmet expectations are a regular part of running a business especially when learning how to communicate in marketing and selling.

Building your resilience muscle so you can take the action you want to and learn how to treat yourself if it doesn’t go to plan is a super useful business skill.

To dream big and follow through, learn how to:

1, Grow awareness of when you’re taking a swipe at your self-worth.

2, How to have your own back.

3, Tweak and try again with creativity at the forefront and compassion in your heart.

This episode’s motto: I win or I learn.

Ep. 27: 3 Marketing & Selling Essentials

I've been helping Joyful Selling members simplify the actions they take in their online marketing and selling by deciding ahead of time what type of content they are going to share regularly and why.

To start with I have offered two very simple definitions for the terms that traditionally a Creative Professional doesn't exactly feel enthralled by: 'marketing' and 'selling'.

Marketing is connecting to build trust.

Selling is serving to create comfort to buy.

Within both categories we focus on 3 essentials to action and I share examples that have come up as I've been running 1-2-1 bonus sessions with members who joined us in December.

Notebook and pen at the ready! This is a very actionable episode.

Enjoy!

Open enrolment is coming...

The Joyful Selling for Creative Professionals Lifetime Program is opening up for new members from 7th March to 13th March 2023.

Ensure you are on our mailing list HERE so you receive all the deets you need to know to join us with ease and increase your sales in 2023.

Ep. 26: 3 Reasons We Feel Overwhelmed and 1 solution

In today's episode I explore 3 common reasons why Creative Professionals are feeling overwhelmed.

They are:

1, Lots of great ideas and not enough time.

2, You think you might not be good enough which triggers comparison.

3, The result you’re working towards isn’t happening quick enough.

I'm pleased to say that the one solution to all three is within your control. I share why it might feel outside of your control right now and what to practically do to empower yourself to ease the burden of overwhelm.

 

Ep. 25: Creative Fun Selling

I went to Crafty Fox Market in London in December and received the most joyful experience whilst shopping with an independent business called Raising Ravers. 

The founder Annie DM'd me yesterday - without knowing I had recorded this episode - to check that Lola loved her jacket when I gave it to her at Christmas. 

This level of thoughtful, insightful and connected service is what modern selling is all about.

As you listen to me share the nuggets of information Annie shared with me to make it a no-brainer for me to buy, think what YOUR nuggets are that land with your people. 

Enjoy the story!

Join me for a free group coaching session on Friday 27th January at 1pm GMT. I'll be coaching on authentic marketing and creative selling to create your 2023 revenue goal.

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Ep 24: Writing the Joyful Selling Playbook

In 2019 I wrote my first self-published book the Indie Roller Handbook and today I share my experience with that as I embark on writing the follow-up.

All the content for the Joyful Selling Playbook has been marinating in my mind throughout 2022 and I'm booked into the Standard Hotel for a week in January to mine my brain and commit words to paper.

I'm super excited to share how I get started with a new project like this and help you transfer over my experience to whatever you might be starting in 2023.

A digital version of the Joyful Selling Playbook will be made available for all current members from 1st March and printed copies can also be purchased by members. If you are joining us in our next open enrolment from 7th to 13th March 2023 then you'll be sent a free copy and we 'll ship worldwide for free. WOOP!

Ep. 23: Sentence of the Year

Ahhh this is such a fun episode to start the new year with!

We all have automatic sentences our brains offer us whilst we're working. Mostly, they'll be designed for self-preservation and rarely useful when it comes to independent business ownership.

Did you know you can choose which sentences you want to think whilst you work?

You can just make them up - like you do when your thoughts become things int he design process.

Then practise them to create your new familiar responses whilst working.

In this episode I walk you through how you can create your success sentences for 2023.

Please share, share, share this episode with all your creative professional peers because this is the work that changes the trajectory of a business and the experience of the human at the centre of it.

 

Ep. 22: Bold Moves of 2022

A much anticipated episode sharing some 'bold' moves I made this year including closing down my Facebook group and changing my business model from subscription to lifetime program.

Interestingly, these actions in my business haven't felt all that 'bold' to me yet many peers and clients have said this to me. So I walk through how self-coaching has helped me to incrementally work through these changes so they feel very natural and doable rather than big risky leaps.

I very much hope this episode helps you create safety for the business moves you want to make in 2023 and beyond.

If you feel yourself putting off or avoiding making 'big' decisions and you're not in the Joyful Selling for Creative Professionals program then make sure you're on my email list. I'll be offering another free group coaching session at some point in January and you'll want to be there to help you move forward unapologetically.

Ep. 21: Revenue Goal Setting the Simple Way

In today's episode I'm talking about one of my favourite topics: revenue goal setting.

I share how we do this in the Joyful Selling program, why we do it this way and what might stop you from operating with such clarity in your business.

You're not alone if you find the topic of money overwhelming so let's make sure we discuss this A LOT to normalise it because as long as you're running your creative business you'll be in the business of creating cash. So we might as well make it simple and fun. I promise you it's possible.