Business consultant to those in the business of being creative
Petaluma, CA
Joined August 2008
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At the very least, we have to be fair and respectful of the overarching value delivered to a client when it comes to custom elements. @BusinessOfHome bit.ly/4dPQ0VQ
I believe three principle tenets have to underlie every design business: Always be ahead of the cash; fully separate your design fees from your production fees; and be completely agnostic to the cost of production. @BusinessOfHome bit.ly/4BaExKL
Getting paid what you need (no more, no less), always ahead of the cash, with the proper design, financial and time risks—that is how you establish constraints that will define your professionalism. @BusinessOfHome bit.ly/4ye00jY
Your gift is that you see the path to joy for your clients, and they cannot. Your ability to manifest that path is the very reason your business exists. @BusinessOfHome bit.ly/4d4YXKu
The resonance of expectation is what reinforces the values you stand for seanlow1.substack.com/p/dept…
Butterflies remember every day of being a caterpillar, but clearly they do not see the world the same way as caterpillars. Oh, and butterflies can’t eat leaves. @BusinessOfHome bit.ly/4gV23Cb
First, the audience should never see you act; they should only see you be. The job of an actor is to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances. Your job is to live truthfully under actual circumstances. To do that you have to listen, not just hear. seanlow1.substack.com/p/chal…
There should be no better champion for your boundaries and well-being than your business.Your firm should literally fight for you in the way it runs, creating the platform for the successes that lead to the ultimate execution of your vision @BusinessOfHome bit.ly/4fSQH2c
Contracts are you single biggest marketing tool; the literal voice of your business. The journey to come is yours to tell your authentic truth.
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Entrepreneurship is the willingness and profound desire (compulsion?) to have your voice be heard above all others. It is not editing what you are already saying when that story is singing beautifully. @businessofhome businessofhome.com/articles/…
Yes, holding your center sucks, especially when you are in the happy business. Trite as it might be, short term pain, long term gain is the name of the game, else, most definitely, it will be the other way around.
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Understanding risk is real and has to be appreciated by everyone involved in business transactions, as it is the foundation of a great relationship with your clients. @BusinessOfHome bit.ly/4ynXpnX
Everything you do, and I mean everything, is to amplify your voice not in volume but gravitas.
How Will You Shape Your Future? open.substack.com/pub/seanlo…
The two axioms for you are these: Great clients pay more, not less, and you need to talk to the smallest viable audience. bit.ly/4wegp6l @BusinessOfHome
Here we go: Introducing The New Business Of Being Creative Website open.substack.com/pub/seanlo…