Business of Being Creative with Sean Low Sean Low
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I’m Sean Low, and I’ve been lending practical business advice to those in the business of being creative since the early 2000s, including accomplished notables such as Preston Bailey, Vicente Wolf, Nate Berkus, Sawyer Berson, Style Me Pretty, Marcy Blum, Michelle Rago, and Sylvia Weinstock--to name a few.
The key to my own success has been my ability to help artists build their businesses in a way that most honors the art that is behind them. I’ll give you straight up, no holds barred advice on handling what happens from deal to done. The journey with your client begins when they first connect with you, whether digitally or in real life. And from that moment until the project is finished, you have the power to manifest an experience and journey with them that’s transformative for all.
Everyone should be creative. Whatever your art is, it should invigorate you and bring you joy. And if it happens to be your business, it should bring you the money you need to KEEP being creative. Hopefully, I will challenge you each week to do just that.
So, let’s not just think outside the box… Let’s erase it!
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Perfectionism vs. Vision
Perfectionism lives within so many artists. Cliches abound: “Perfect is the enemy of good”, “Be the best”, “Profit and perfect are mutually incompatible.” Really it is a conversation about Creation versus Craft. Enter Jiro Loves Sushi.
Original Episode Number: 50 | Original Air Date: 5/4/2021
Links & Resources: Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean’s tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show’s site!
Link: Join Sean’s Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
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Be Grateful: Shun The Non-Believers
Creative business is built on the microscopic. For so many creative businesses, the very idea of serving more than 500 customers in a year is silly. Most are built on less than 50. And yet we speak in platitudes and generalities not radical authenticity. We do it because we have framed the conversation in terms of fear and rejection. How about we consider being grateful as we shun the non-believers. Listen in…
Original Episode Number: 26 | Original Air Date: 11/3/2020
Links & Resources: Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Talk Back Voicemail Guest: Maria Maxit of Maxit Flower Design
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
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Emotional Resonance, Professionalism, Stillness, A Flashlight And Generosity
Emotional resonance is what separates you, the artist, from the rest of us. While you have a gift at your craft, that is not why you are paid. You are paid to be professional, to make us feel and to feel while not getting lost in the emotion of the moment. Simultaneously, engaged and removed from the situation. Enter stillness, a flashlight and generosity. Listen in…
Original Episode Number: 8 | Original Air Date: 6/30/2020
Links & Resources: Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
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When Is It Time To Quit?
As we come to Fall, so many creative businesses are confronted with the challenge of whether it is worth it to keep going. There are no easy answers but there is a framework to think it all through. No story today, just straight talk. Listen in…
Original Episode Number: 18 | Original Air Date: 9/8/2020
Links & Resources: Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Talk Back Voicemail Guest: Margarita Oudalova of Oudalova Events & Design
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
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Value Delivery
Transparency is not Saran Wrap. It is being secure in what you charge and then knowing how you are going to earn it. As clients get smarter, value is not about being relative to competition, it is about knowing what you earn and when. Let’s talk bananas. Listen in…
Original Episode Number: 34 | Original Air Date: 1/12/2021
Links & Resources: Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Talk Back Voicemail Guest: Carl Clemetson from Hometown Elegance Event Catering And Production
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
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Learn To Leap With Dick Fosbury
I am going to talk about a story that is near and dear to me. I have told this story and its importance to creative business many times. I have even told it at a college commencement speech I was so honored to give a few years ago. It is the story of Dick Fosbury and his path to winning the gold medal for the high jump in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. You might say, huh? What does this have to do with my business? Well, close your eyes, jump over the bar backwards and lets find out if you will land safely. Listen in…
Original Episode Number: 1 | Original Air Date: 5/26/2020
Links & Resources: Link to Sound File for Visually Impaired: Click Here
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2020.