Chasing down material costs...

Trying to build a timeline you can share with clients...

Staring at a blank page when it’s time to write about your work...

Spending hours pulling reference images or mockups just to get your ideas across.

As a self-employed artist or creative business owner, these kinds of tasks can eat up your energy before you even start creating.

That’s where AI comes in—not as a replacement, but as a creative assistant! 🤖

In this episode, we’re looking at practical ways to use AI to support your process—from planning your budget and resources, to gathering inspiration, creating quick mockups, and even helping you communicate your final body of work.

It’s about freeing up your time so you can focus on the part that really matters most to you!

✅ Next Steps:

1. Book Your Coaching Call!
2. Respond to the Call To Artists: Request for Topics
3. Find more information at www.HeatherAllenOnline.com.
4. Buy a copy of the book "Let Your Creativity Work for You: How to Turn Artwork into Opportunity" by Heather Allen, MGIM-MBA at www.HeatherAllenOnline.com/book.

Hey, Creative Boss!

It's Quarterly Review time. A touchpoint in your business, four times per year, in which you assess and evaluate what matters most to you.

It's a healthy practice to have these specific touch points to see how far you are with your goals for the year.

I'll give you questions and prompts to help guide your Quarterly Business Review. However, this time, we're doing things differently by approaching your QBR with no numbers!

Let these equally important questions guide your review:

1. What are 10 things that you’re proud of yourself for accomplishing in Q2?
2. Which project or piece brought you the most joy to create this quarter? Why?
3. What feedback did you receive that felt especially meaningful or affirming?
4. What lessons did you learn from any setbacks or rejections?
5. What 3 challenges did you overcome this quarter?
6. What new skills, techniques, or tools did you explore or refine?
7. What moments made you feel most like a successful artist or creative entrepreneur?
8. What felt most authentic about how you showed up in your business?
9. What part of your creative process or identity do you want to honor more?
10. How did your work contribute to your long-term vision or goals?

And if you need the numerical guidance, simply listen to one of these episodes next:

• Episode 05: Get Organized in Your Business with this Sales Tracking Process for Creatives
• Episode 21: Guidance for Your Q4 Review: Sales Tracking for Commercial Artists, Makers and Designers
• Episode 33: Inspiration for Your Q1 Review: Peek Into a Profit Planning Session With an Artist Couple

✅ About Emily Grey

Follow Emily online at @TheFlourishMarket on Instagram or visit her store at TheFlourishMarket.com.

✅ Next Steps:

1. Book Your Coaching Call!
2. Respond to the Call To Artists: Request for Topics
3. Find more information at www.HeatherAllenOnline.com.
4. Buy a copy of the book "Let Your Creativity Work for You: How to Turn Artwork into Opportunity" by Heather Allen, MGIM-MBA at www.HeatherAllenOnline.com/book.

When you think about pricing your work, your workshops, your services, and your final collections ... do you just want to throw up?

There is so much emotional influence associated with landing on that final number.

And that's before even asking someone to pay it...

I get it. I’ve been there personally and I see it when I work with artists to define or refine the price points.

Coming up with your own pricing and what you’re going to charge for one-of-a-kind pieces, prints, and services shouldn’t be painful.

In this episode, let’s look at a stackable formula you can use to account for the true cost of your work. This takes you out of emotionally driven pricing – which can feel arbitrary to both you and your customers. And it gives you more control over your pricing decisions so you can set them once and for all.

✅ Referenced Episodes:

• Episode 15: How Much Does a Customer Art Commission Cost? Managing Client Expectations (Part 1)
• Episode 16: How Much Does a Customer Art Commission Cost? Managing Client Expectations (Part 2)

✅ Next Steps:

1. Book Your Coaching Call!
2. Respond to the Call To Artists: Request for Topics
3. Find more information at www.HeatherAllenOnline.com.
4. Buy a copy of the book "Let Your Creativity Work for You: How to Turn Artwork into Opportunity" by Heather Allen, MGIM-MBA at www.HeatherAllenOnline.com/book.