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Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs – Part 3 Developing Your Skills

July 1, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs – Part 3 Developing Your Skills

In the last of our three-part blog series, Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs, we focus on Canva’s brilliant Design School which uses blogs, tutorials and teaching materials to help you develop your skills, create great designs, and promote your creativity. If you missed them, check out the first two blog posts – Getting Started and Using […]

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Are you Frustrated by Obstacles? Be like Water.

June 24, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Are you Frustrated by Obstacles? Be like Water.

  Are you meeting resistance? Feel like you’re hitting your head against the wall? It happens to everyone. You set a goal, you come up with a plan and then you start to work the steps. And you meet with resistance each step of the way. What to do? Wail? Nash your teeth? Bitch to […]

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Sustainability, Real-life Careers, plus a view on the ‘Portfolio Career.’ Internet Truffles Week 10

June 17, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Sustainability, Real-life Careers, plus a view on the ‘Portfolio Career.’ Internet Truffles Week 10

I hope you’ve found value in the last two posts on how to use Canva to help market your work (see Part One and Part Two). The third instalment is coming soon. But first we bring you another of my Internet Truffles: Snuffling out the best of the internet for you. 1. How to sustain […]

Filed Under: Best of the Web Tagged With: creative, creative business, creative career, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, sustainable creativity

Using Canva for Social Media – Part 2 of Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs

June 11, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Using Canva for Social Media – Part 2 of Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs

Last week we brought you the first part of our three-part blog series, Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs [if you missed it, you can catch up here]. This week we give you Part 2: ‘Using Canva for Social Media’ which focuses on how Canva can help you promote yourself as a Creative Entrepreneur on a variety […]

Filed Under: Guides, Social Media Tagged With: Artist, business, Canva, creative, Creative Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, social media, Writer

Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs: Part 1 – Getting Started

June 3, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs: Part 1 – Getting Started

For a free graphic design tool, Canva is certainly one to take note of. User friendly, yet brilliantly professional, this tool makes the design process a painless one – making it ideal for beginners and convenient for the more experienced. Over the coming weeks we’ll be bringing you Canva for Creative Entrepreneurs as a three-part […]

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Are you allowing enough space for your art to breathe?

May 20, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Are you allowing enough space for your art to breathe?

Filed Under: Wise Words Tagged With: Actor, Artist, business, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Dancer, Musician, quotes, Writer

How to Make the Most of Instagram for Creatives (Infographic)

May 13, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

How to Make the Most of Instagram for Creatives (Infographic)

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: creative, creative career, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Infographic, Instagram, social media, Social Networking

5 Top Tips on Using Instagram for Creative Entrepreneurs

May 6, 2015 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

5 Top Tips on Using Instagram for Creative Entrepreneurs

Accompanying our guide on using Instagram for business, this week we bring you the top 5 tips on how as a Creative Entrepreneur you can use Instagram to promote yourself and your work. 1. Use #hashtags Hashtags are a great way to attract the attention of those who are on the look-out for something in […]

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Honest insight about auditions, why you need focus, and the merits of Snapchat – Internet Truffles Week 9

April 29, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Honest insight about auditions, why you need focus, and the merits of Snapchat – Internet Truffles Week 9

Hello! I’m off to Canada this week to celebrate my mom’s 75th birthday. On the way, I’m stopping off for 3 days in Iceland so by the time you read this I might be soaking here:   SO, without further ado, here’s my pick of the best of the internet for this week:   1. […]

Filed Under: Best of the Web Tagged With: business, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Creative Industries, List

Instagram for Business: A Guide for Creative Entrepreneurs

April 20, 2015 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

Instagram for Business: A Guide for Creative Entrepreneurs

Continuing our theme of: snuffling out the best of the internet, so you don’t have to this week we bring you the best of the internet on using Instagram for business – specifically for artists, writers, actors, musicians and other creatives. Why should I use Instagram? Here’s a handy list of Pros and Cons to […]

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