71 episodes

Real conversations about the creative life. Join us for mostly weekly episodes about what it’s like to live a creative, handmade, and online art life. We’ll talk frankly about the highs and lows of designing art pieces, product lines, and popular online classes while sharing it with the world. Roben-Marie Smith is a mixed media artist, instructor and creator of Maker’s Tech U membership site teaching tech to artists and hobbyists. Sandi Keene is a watercolor artist, online instructor and collaborative coach to artists and aspiring artists. Together they are friends sharing stories in the art studio.

Creatives Get Real Roben-Marie Smith and Sandi Keene

    • Arts
    • 4.7 • 60 Ratings

Real conversations about the creative life. Join us for mostly weekly episodes about what it’s like to live a creative, handmade, and online art life. We’ll talk frankly about the highs and lows of designing art pieces, product lines, and popular online classes while sharing it with the world. Roben-Marie Smith is a mixed media artist, instructor and creator of Maker’s Tech U membership site teaching tech to artists and hobbyists. Sandi Keene is a watercolor artist, online instructor and collaborative coach to artists and aspiring artists. Together they are friends sharing stories in the art studio.

    071: Mental Health & Art - Update Episode

    071: Mental Health & Art - Update Episode

    Join Roben-Marie and Sandi as we catch up on the past 6 months in our creative lives. Then we discuss the relationship between art and mental health.

    TOPICS:
    - Social Sabbaticals
    - Creating Content vs. Creating Art
    - #TrashyTuesday
    - creating without expectation vs. productivity mindset
    - walking away from the table vs. a finishing mindset
    - connecting with other creatives

    MENTIONS:
    - Colorlogue with Sandi Keene & Rae Missigman
    - Maker's Tech U with Roben-Marie Smith
    - Perfectly Imperfect with Lorna Crane (the class with the handmade brushes)

    LINKS
    Roben-Marie:
    Website
    Courses
    Maker's Tech U

    Sandi Keene:
    Website
    Popup Art Classes
    Coaching

    • 42 min
    070: How to Make a Difference in Your Community

    070: How to Make a Difference in Your Community

     In this episode of the Creatives Get Real podcast, Sandi & Roben-Marie take a look at the ways to impact your community.

    - First, find your community and be present!
    - Post! It does not matter where you are in your journey - you are inspiring someone just be posting
    - Join in conversations
    - Support and encourage everyone not matter if they have 3 followers or 100K - they need your support
    - Do scary things - join a challenge, comment, ask for a collaboration, post WIPs
    - Show up for each other - buy from small businesses, share posts, talk about the class, product, tutorial you saw or purchased that was important to  you.  Help build audiences.
    - Handle problems with grace
    - Do not COPY!! Be inspired by and give credit.
    -  Start a group, mastermind, challenge etc.  Work together

    Thank you for listening! We appreciate every comment and our wonderful community! 

    LINKS
    Roben-Marie:
    Website
    Courses
    Maker's Tech U

    Sandi Keene:
    Website
    Popup Art Classes
    Coaching

    • 23 min
    069: The Basics of Selling Your Products for Success

    069: The Basics of Selling Your Products for Success

    In this episode of the Creatives Get Real podcast, Roben-Marie and Sandi are talking about selling products for beginners.
    You made journals, greeting cards, or art pouch and someone wants to buy it. Hey, I could sell these! Ummm, how?
    Will you be selling on Instagram? How does that work?Sell on your website - how does that work?Listen to episode 34 - Tips for Pricing Your ProductsKeep great recordsShipping woesStore up all the time or open/close approach?Is that how you want to spend your time?MENTIONED:

    034: Tips for Pricing Your Products


    LINKS
    Roben-Marie:
    Website
    Courses
    Maker's Tech U

    Sandi Keene:
    Website
    Popup Art Classes
    Coaching

    • 31 min
    068: Mailing Lists and Why They Are VITAL

    068: Mailing Lists and Why They Are VITAL

    Do you have an email list? In this episode of the Creatives Get Real podcast, Roben-Marie and Sandi share chatting about mailing lists: what are they and why they are vital.

    - Why are they vital?
    - How do you get one?
    - Sign up bonuses that work
    - How to treat your email list like VIPs
    - How often should you send out emails?
    - Should I start today?  Nope, yesterday!

    Roben-Marie recommends and uses Flodesk for email marketing!

    LINKS
    Roben-Marie:
    Website
    Courses
    Maker's Tech U

    Sandi Keene:
    Website
    Popup Art Classes
    Coaching

    • 29 min
    067: Podcasting - All the Cool Kids are Doing it So Should You?

    067: Podcasting - All the Cool Kids are Doing it So Should You?

    Thinking about hosting your own podcast?  In this episode of the Creatives Get Real podcast, Roben-Marie and Sandi share things to consider to see if it is right for you.

    Points
    -what is your theme/subject?
    - are you going it alone?
    - will you be booking guests each week?
    - do you have the technical skills to create one?
    - What equipment do you need?
    - how often will you do it?

    Sandi & Roben-Marie talk about their own experiences podcasting. 

    - What did they love?
    - What did they not like?
    - What surprised them?

    We mentioned Garage Band, Audacity, Trello, & Canva.

    Podcasts Mentioned:
    009: 24 Hour Rule
    010: Box of Transparency


    LINKS
    Roben-Marie:
    Website
    Courses
    Maker's Tech U

    Sandi Keene:
    Website
    Popup Art Classes
    Coaching

    • 30 min
    066: Goal Setting: Its importance and the Process

    066: Goal Setting: Its importance and the Process

    Roben-Marie and Sandi talk about the importance of evaluating your current business and schedule to see if it meets your current needs.

    •List all the things you are doing now
    •Evaluate how you are feeling about your schedule - are you over-committed? under committed? just right?
    •Are you happy with the progress you are making? Are your efforts resulting in the progress you desire?
    •Does anything need to change?
    •Are you HAPPY with the way you are spending your time?
    •Have you scheduled in time for yourself and playful exploration? Not doing so is the road to burn-out.
    •Is there something you would love to do if you had the courage?

    End with our leaving date.


    LINKS
    Roben-Marie:
    Website
    Courses
    Maker's Tech U

    Sandi Keene:
    Website
    Popup Art Classes
    Coaching

    • 35 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
60 Ratings

60 Ratings

Laura Trotchie ,

Lovely Conversation

I love the simplicity you do with your art and social media Roben-Marie. The two of you ladies bounce well off of each other. It’s so easy to get overwhelmed listening to some podcasts that make me feel like I need to do, do, do and learn this and create this ‘other social media’ account…it’s exhausting!

Google chrissy ,

Please consider doing quarterly podcasts in 2021!

I have just discovered these podcasts and am
Now addicted. Your style and topics are so on point and I find myself shaking my head in agreement as I’m driving around. So.... even though I have a few seasons to keep me busy for awhile, I’m really going to miss hearing from you ladies into the hopefully “after covid” happy time’s... I totally get burnout but would love it if you did special topics or quarterly or something! :)

At any rate just know that these will serve people for months & years to come. Well done!

annie b. of floyd ,

Creatives Get Real Podcasts

This is my second review. I just wanted to say thanks for the last podcast about quitting. I was afraid you were quitting the podcast that I have enjoyed so much. I moved to Florida during this whole covid deal and so really haven’t met anybody social distancing and quarantining. So to listen to you two is like having old familiar friends drop by to chat. I wish you both the best in your struggles and just want you to know that we appreciate you! You are helping me hang in. Thank you.

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