{"id":6625,"date":"2020-05-29T11:30:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T00:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativeedgecoaching.com.au\/?p=6625"},"modified":"2025-07-10T11:10:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T00:10:04","slug":"how-to-make-more-money-as-a-creative-doing-what-you-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativeedgecoaching.com.au\/how-to-make-more-money-as-a-creative-doing-what-you-love\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make More Money, Doing What You Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Have you stopped to think about how you can make more money doing what you love?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n

Every creative person knows the feeling of being \u2018in the zone\u2019 or in flow<\/a> when they are doing what they love. But how does \u2018doing what you love\u2019 translate into making a healthy income?\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Whether you are a performing or visual artist, author or dancer, poet or songwriter, in order to live an abundant creative life, free of money worries, you need to know the 6 key concepts successful creatives employ to generate a consistent and reliable income stream.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

As a coach with over 2 decades of working with creative artists, I have observed that creatives who are successful at making a living from their creative projects, performances and services adopt a professional business mindset, and they approach their art differently to other creatives.<\/p>\r\n

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Creative success lies in developing a variety of channels by which you can earn your income.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\r\n

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1. Set your \u2018professional\u2019 mindset<\/span>
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For a vast majority of creative people, the thought of making money is a burden. It is often associated with getting a part-time job to supplement their creative work.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Marketing is not their \u2018thing\u2019 and in fact, many have an allergy to marketing<\/a>. They have a resistance to promotions and they are repelled by the thought of \u2018selling\u2019 themselves. Some also believe that when art is mixed with money creative integrity is compromised.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It\u2019s true, there are plenty of stories that reinforce this position, especially by people who are stuck in an old paradigm. In the past, it was common practice for a manager, producer, record label or booking agent to manipulate the artist to conform, where the creative person felt pressured to sacrifice their artistic freedom if they were ever to make any decent money.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For sure, there are still some individuals and companies that operate in this manner, but we now live in the \u2018indie age\u2019 where creative freelances can be the conductors of their own creative lives.<\/p>\r\n

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To be successful, we must move from an amateur mindset to a professional, \u2018business\u2019 mindset.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\r\n

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2. Develop multiple sources of income<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Successful creatives know what to charge<\/a> for their gigs and services and they build multiple income streams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For example, most musicians play music in the evenings and on weekends and supplement their income by selling merchandise, teaching music, offering online courses in a related field such as music production.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Diversity is key. Adding a podcast, online courses, teaching or mentoring services can boost your income for minimal expenditure and overhead.<\/p>\r\n

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Additional products and services elevate your profile in the marketplace.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\r\n

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3. Think \u2018outside the box\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Creatives can leverage income-generating opportunities in a variety of ways by thinking \u2018outside the box\u2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For example, in addition to selling an original product such as artworks, music or a book, you could increase sales in the following ways:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n