REVENUE READY CREATIVE | Grow Your Art Business Online, Art Business Coaching, Increase Productivity, Passive Income for Self-Employed Artists
Calling all artists, makers, crafters and designers! Are you tired of navigating your art business all by yourself? Do you wish you had straightforward business support designed for creative professionals just like you? Have dreams of business growth without sacrificing your integrity? You’re in luck! Class is now in session and you have a first-row seat to your next semester of creative business growth. What’s more? You don’t have to do it all alone. Join Heather Allen MGIM-MBA — author, business consultant, former college instructor and your personal ”Professor of Revenue Readiness” — each week for practical, action-based episodes designed to help you take your creative business to new heights. The Revenue Ready Creative podcast is THAT business course you wish you had in college. It’s like going back to school, tuition-free, for weekly lessons in managing and growing your empire as a creative professional. Let this be your weekly education as you sharpen your business tools and flex those visioning, planning, and profit-generating muscles as a creative business owner. Hear from experts and creatives just like you. Learn to grow your art business online. Learn easy-to-implement systems for productivity. Discover how to make selling natural and authentic. Find simple systems and automations for business management. Plan for the business, creative career, and life you want. Target Audience: Self-employed visual artists, graphic designers, makers, crafters and creative professionals. Find Heather online: www.HeatherAllenOnline.com Buy Heather’s book: https://HeatherAllenOnline.com/book/
Episodes
It’s hard to believe, but we’ve reached Episode 80 of the Revenue Ready Creative podcast!
📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss
In this milestone episode, I reflect on the journey to 80 conversations about creative business, revenue streams, and helping creative professionals turn creativity into...
After attending a local arts council fundraiser gala (complete with live auction nerves and big celebratory moments), I'm inspired to talk about something many artists overlook:
Community involvement and engagement, which is both a generous and strategic opportunity for creatives. 📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https:/...
If you’ve ever felt pulled in too many directions in your creative business, this episode is for you.
🎟 LIVE WORKSHOP ALERT!!! 🎟 Ready for more revenue clarity? Join my upcoming live workshop where you’ll learn to map out your Revenue Mix and identify the revenue streams that make the most sense for your season of life and business.
Reserve your spot here! https://revenue-ready-creative.kit.com/workshop
After identifying why...
🎟 LIVE WORKSHOP ALERT!!! 🎟 Ready for more revenue clarity? Join my upcoming live workshop where you’ll learn to map out your Revenue Mix and identify the revenue streams that make the most sense for your season of life and business.
Reserve your spot here: https://revenue-ready-creative.kit.com/workshop ----more----
If your creative income has ever felt steady one month and strangely quiet the next, you’re not alone.
In this ep...
Let's make selling and marketing fun today! 📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss
In this episode, I reframe selling as care—and share five practical, unexpected ways artists and creatives can “love on” their customers while supporting their own revenue goals.
You’ll learn how small shifts in commu...
Should you change the name of your creative business — or stick with what you have? 📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get Heather's free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss
In this listener Q&A episode, Heather responds to Christine’s thoughtful question about rebranding and renaming her creative business. If you’ve ever wondered wheth...
Selling your art shouldn’t feel this hard — and if it does, it might not be your work that’s the problem.
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In this episode, we’re talking about one of the most overlooked reasons selling feels heavy, awkward, or unpredictable for artists: a blurry buyer.
You’ll l...
Let's prepare for the next semester of your creative business by laying the groundwork for more predictable, sustainable income.
📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss
In this episode, Heather introduces three essential concepts every Revenue Ready Creative should understand: cash flow, return on inv...
A more profitable year doesn’t require a full creative overhaul—but it does invite more intention in these four areas. 📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss
In this episode, we’re talking about four practical areas artists, makers, and designers can focus on to support profitability in the year ahe...
📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss
Today's Episode
The New Year is full of fresh goals, plans, and possibility — but what actually carries you beyond these first few weeks isn’t your to-do list. It’s your mindset.
In this episode, we’re returning to the idea of a Revenue Ready Mindset and why i...
Give yourself a pat on the back, friend.
You got through another big year for your creativity and your creative business.
Let's celebrate your wins and reflect!
Take a moment to go through this simple yet powerful year-end review exercise with me in today's episode.
I'll walk you through a start-stop-continue (and enhance) model with the addition of ONE THING you probably aren't thinking about for the year ahead--your team.
That's...
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In this second part of my conversation with artist Nadine Prada, the focus shifts inward.
This episode explores what happened when Nadine stepped more fully into her authentic self—and allowed her creative work to follow. You’ll hear how she learned to trust h...
In this first episode of a two-part conversation, I sit down with artist Nadine Prada—a longtime creative colleague and friend, for a deep, behind-the-scenes look at how Nadine landed and executed an international solo show in Trinidad.
You’ll get a fly-on-the-wall view into her experience navigating:
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Working with a gallery in another country
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Today's Episode:
Whether you're curious, cautious, or already experimenting with AI as an artist, this conversation will help you use it with more confidence and intention.
I break down a simple RICF Framework so you can get better results from generative AI t...
📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss
Today's Episode:
This is a great episode to listen to if you're simply over doing your own bookkeeping!
I talk with Danielle Hayden—CPA, author, and CEO of Kickstart Accounting—about giving yourself permission to get out of the accounting software and focus on...
📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss
Today's Episode:
Even as a creative solopreneur, you don’t have to do it all alone.
In this episode, I share the four people every creative needs in their corner—the Critic, Champion, Cheerleader, and Coach—and how each plays a unique role in helping you grow...
📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss
Today's Episode:
Feeling scattered when it comes to planning your creative projects or business goals?
In this episode, I'll introduce you to a practical framework called Action Mapping — a tool borrowed from the world of instructional design — and show you ho...
📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss Today's Episode:
Feeling nervous about emailing your list too often?
You’re not alone — but with the holidays fast approaching, now is the time to show up boldly and consistently in your audience’s inbox.
In this episode, I break down why frequent, intentiona...
📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss Today's Episode: Feeling stretched thin or struggling to focus?
Before you take on one more thing, hit pause. ⏸️
In this episode, I share a simple, three-question framework to help you decide which projects are truly worth your time, energy, and creativity.
Le...
📥 Become a Revenue Ready Creative Insider!! Get my free Revenue Streams for Creatives download, weekly growth tips, and early access to offers: https://bit.ly/CreativeBoss Today's Episode: In this reflective episode, I open up about recent challenges, moments of clarity, and the deeper purpose behind creative entrepreneurship.
You’ll hear how tough work seasons can lead to powerful realizations — and why being revenue ready isn...
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