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Practical, easy-to-digest educational posts designed to help creatives, freelancers, and arts organisations understand business, marketing, and branding. Covering topics like self-employment tips, audience building, and creative entrepreneurship, these posts turn complex ideas into actionable steps.


How to Manage your Photos
A dull as subject which I have jazzed up with this Snazzy Infographic: Why bother? I’m sure all of you freelancers have been...
Oct 14, 20191 min read


Find the Perfect Idea to Start your Arts Business
Why Start an Arts Business? It’s terrifying putting yourself out there and letting out your artistic endeavours in the world. I...
Sep 16, 20192 min read


Find your Perfect Social Network: Part 2
Platform Name LinkedIn Monthly Active Users 303 Million Key Demographic Mainly professionals, but this is the key social platform where...
Aug 16, 20194 min read


Marketing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Press Articles Explained
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is covered by press from all over the world. Publications, big and small, journalists both employed and...
Aug 11, 20194 min read


Marketing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Top 10 Podcasts to make your Arts Business
You can walk everywhere in Edinburgh in 20 minutes, so why not use that time to your advantage. Stick in your headphones and whack on a...
Aug 10, 20193 min read


Marketing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Check In With Your Mental Health
With the first week of the Fringe drawing to a close it’s important to remember to look after yourself. Like many creatives I have...
Aug 9, 20194 min read


Marketing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival | To Flyer or not to Flyer
That is the question Yes, it’s tiring, emotionally draining, time consuming, environmentally unfriendly and you’ll probably get soaked to...
Aug 8, 20194 min read


Marketing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Set SMART Objectives
All businesses in the creative industries need objectives. These are, simply stated, stuff your business wants to achieve. They’re...
Aug 7, 20192 min read


Marketing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Make Friends, Romans and Countrymen!
One of the best things about the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is the shear number of artists, practitioners and generally like-minded people...
Aug 6, 20192 min read


Marketing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival | Spread the Word of Mouth
The best way to sell out your Fringe Show still via word of mouth.
Up until recently Word of Mouth was entirely organic, like people sharing show ideas with friends down the pub. I once overheard someone raving about a Korean Adaption of ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ which remains one of the best pieces of theatre I have ever seen!
Aug 4, 20193 min read


Marketing the Edinburgh Fringe Festival | 10 Ways to Nail Your Fringe Press Release
A press release for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (or any other fringe or major arts festival for that matter) is different to any other...
Aug 2, 20195 min read
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