The Ultimate Creative Emily Milling

Today we're talking about setting up accounting for your creative business. Yeah, it’s a little daunting, but it’s SO IMPORTANT because accounting for your business is super frickin’ important. And if you don't want to end up like me with a $10,000 tax bill, literally every time it's tax season, you should probably listen to or watch this episode.Here’s what we’re covering:Separate bank accounts - get a master business license for $60 in Ontario, this will allow you to get a bank accountSet u...

Today we are talking about the five essential things that you need for your creative business! And some of these might seem a little obvious but bear with me here… even the most obvious things are often completely skipped over! So here’s what we’re covering today:A product or serviceA website & digital presencePolicies & processes Proper materials and toolsA basic understanding of bookkeeping and taxesCheck out Monique Bryan’s podcast The Juicy CEO for more about your digita...

Today we're talking about escaping the 9-5 with a creative business! It's December 28th, and maybe you’re like, “Oh, my fucking Lordy loo, do I need to actually go back to my job?” And I don't want you to have to, honestly. But like, if you're thinking about this, if you're ready to start a creative business and don't ever want to see your boss ever again, because you’re pretty sure I will throw up all over your brand new shoes and you don't want to do that because you like your br...

Today is the day that we talk about creative business planning! You need to have a plan in order to make your business happen. Otherwise you’re going to get stuck wishing you had a business while you keep on living life the way you have been! So this episode is SUPER practical and gives you a very high level jumping off point to plan your creative business.I'm going to share with you four things, I don't know why I chose the number four, but anyway, for things that you need to have in order t...

Guess what? I'm frigging back! I took a hiatus because my body needed a little bit of a rest. And so did my brain and literally so many other things, and I've got really exciting news, I'm engaged! That is a very exciting thing for me to share with everybody. I'm so excited. If you want to see how the proposal went down, you can find that literally everywhere. I post things because I'm so freaking excited to be engaged to Justin Decloux! You can also listen to him on past episodes, or yo...

The Ultimate Creative Podcast is officially going on hiatus while I manage a particularly exciting new health diagnosis and figure out why the heck my joints don't want to be mobile anymore!Thank you so much for following along and you can still work with The Ultimate Creative at https://theultimatecreative.com or get started with your own podcast with our signature course Podcast Rocket at https://theultimatecreative.com/podcast-rocketDM me on Instagram at @emily.milling (@the_ultimatecreati...