Confident Creators Show
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -If you’re a creative who wants to turn your hobby into a profitable income but you’re not sure how to find high-paying clients and translate what you love to do into a lucrative skill that you can build a business on…
Welcome to the Confident Creators Show! Host Mye De Leon started hand-lettering during her son’s naptime and quickly grew it into a 6-figure business working for clients like Penguin Random House, Workman Publishing, Apple Singapore, American Crafts, and more…without ever graduating design school and without having famous connections.
The key is CONFIDENCE - when you have confidence in your talents, you can fill your schedule months in advance with a stream of high-paying clients, and access the kind of opportunities you thought only “big names” got to have. Mye focuses on helping fellow creatives make a lucrative income from their passion through easy and actionable tips and her unique perspective on marketing for creatives.
With weekly episodes focused on getting clients, balancing work and family, online visibility, pricing, and more, this is a must-listen for those who want to turn their creative dreams into a real (lucrative!) business.
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How to Monetize Your Tiny Audience
June 15, 2022 10:00 - 53 minutes - 37.4 MBIf you're starting a business, chances are you don't have a big enough audience to market your product to. But that doesn't mean you can't start selling. There's a method to sell to a tiny audience and that's what you'll discover in this episode. My good friend, Ina Coveney, @yourengagementcoach shares all her secrets to selling to a tiny audience and making big bucks even without a huge following. What You'll Learn In This Episode: Why you don't need to grow your audience immediately. ...
How to Create the Perfect Offer
June 07, 2022 10:00 - 7 minutes - 5.89 MBYou can have the most amazing product but if people don't want it, it will not sell. In this episode, let's chat about how to create an offer that's right for your audience and ensure that it's something they would want to buy. What You'll Learn In This Episode: Why it's important to understand your clients' problems. The ONE and only thing you need to deliver to your clients. How to ensure that your offer is right for your clients. Why overwhelming offers don't work Download the Guid...
3 Reasons Why Most Creative Coaches Are Not Getting to $100K Year Yet
May 24, 2022 14:00 - 8 minutes - 5.97 MB$100K/year sounds impossible for most starting business owners. They try everything they can, do all the strategies they're being taught and still, it's very elusive. But that's precisely why most business owners are not getting to 6-figure yet, they're trying to do it all. What if you can do less, do things better and generate the income you want in less than a year? What would it mean for you? In this episode, we'll talk about the 3 Reasons Why Most Coaches and Course Creators Are Not Get...
How to Go From $0 to $100K In 12 Months In 5 Simple Steps
May 03, 2022 10:00 - 9 minutes - 6.82 MBStuck in your business and can't get to $100K per year? There are 5 simple steps you can start doing in your business now that can help you get there in 12 months. What You'll Learn In This Episode: Why doing more is not the key to getting the income you want. 3 things you need to stop doing now so you can nail down your niche. How to leverage the power of ONE. Download the Guide: https://myedeleon.com/100K Want info on $100K Year program? Send me a message on Facebook 👉 http://m.me/m...
How To Sell Without Selling & Feeling Sleazy
April 27, 2022 10:00 - 6 minutes - 4.67 MBWhy is selling so difficult? A question that most people always ask. But selling can be really fun if you did it right. In this episode, you'll learn how to sell better without the sleazy tactics that typical marketers use to lure people in. You'll get to do it right so you can connect with your audience better and get only the "RIGHT" people to work with you. What You'll Learn In This Episode: Our best-kept-secret to get to your first $100K year How to start better conversations with ...
How to Leverage the Power of Daily Routines and Tiny Habits with James Martin
April 20, 2022 10:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBRoutines and habits are things that many people take for granted but most successful people see as the most important thing in their business and there's a good reason for it. Routines help us create habits that will eventually become embedded in our system to function at our optimal level. James Martin (a.k.a. Made By James) recognizes the power of these two and have successfully leveraged them to build a successful 6-figure brand identity design business. In this episode, he's sharing h...
Episode 056: How To Niche Down Effectively When Starting Your Business
April 13, 2022 10:00 - 8 minutes - 6.21 MBWhen starting a business, one of the first things you will hear often about is to niche down. People will talk about how important it is and how crucial niching down is to the success and growth of your business. And while that is true, sometimes niching down too early might not always be the answer. Especially when you’re not clear yet as to who you want to truly serve or what skills or knowledge you actually have that you can share with the world. What You'll Learn In This Episode: Why...
Episode 055: Making $52K From Calligraphy Workshops By Focusing on One Target Market
April 06, 2022 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBNiching down can be scary especially if you're a multi-passionate creative. But in this episode, you'll discover how powerful it is for Laurence Lehman to focus on one target market - the French-speaking audience. By focusing on the community she really wanted to serve, not only did Laurence nail down her audience, she managed to make an extra $52K from her calligraphy workshops in year one while maintaining the day job that she loves. What You'll Learn in this Episode: Why it's importa...
Episode 054: 7 Foolproof Ways to Grow Your Business with Mye De Leon - Part 3
March 30, 2022 05:00 - 12 minutes - 9.04 MBIn Part 3 of the 7 Foolproof Ways to Grow Your Creative Business, we'll dive into selling, delivery and planning. What You'll Learn In This Episode: Why you need to sell more if you want to grow your business. How you can sell better without feeling icky and salesy. How to become better at selling using powerful stories from customer experiences Why you need to plan and how it's crucial to your business Steps you can do to plan your business better. Download the Guide: https://myede...
Episode 053: 7 FoolProof Ways to Grow Your Business with Mye De Leon - Part 2
March 02, 2022 10:00 - 8 minutes - 6.05 MBIn this second instalment of the 7 Foolproof Ways to Grow Your Creative Business, we'll focus on Marketing. This episode includes 2 of the things we implement in my business but has been either confusing or difficult for most creative entrepreneurs. What You'll Learn In This Episode: How email marketing impacts your business and protects you from the ever-changing social media platforms. Why you need to establish a good relationship with your community. The #1 thing you should do if ...
Episode 052: 7 Fullproof Ways to Grow Your Creative Business - Part 1
January 19, 2022 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.32 MBGrowing a business especially for creative entrepreneurs has never been easy. We do so many different things - we create art (that takes so much time) on top of every single thing an entrepreneur should do. And at times, we feel stuck and overwhelmed and we can't move forward. It's not easy to grow a business but we don't have to make it even more difficult than it already is. In this episode, we'll talk about the 7 Foolproof Ways to Grow Your Creative Business so you can stop feeling stuck...
Episode 052: 7 Foolproof Ways to Grow Your Creative Business - Part 1
January 19, 2022 10:00 - 10 minutes - 7.32 MBGrowing a business especially for creative entrepreneurs has never been easy. We do so many different things - we create art (that takes so much time) on top of every single thing an entrepreneur should do. And at times, we feel stuck and overwhelmed and we can't move forward. It's not easy to grow a business but we don't have to make it even more difficult than it already is. In this episode, we'll talk about the 7 Foolproof Ways to Grow Your Creative Business so you can stop feeling stuck...
Episode 051: Abundance in Life, Business and Creativity with Deepshikha Sairam
January 12, 2022 10:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBArtists and creatives are notoriously branded as "starving." And somehow this perception has perpetuated the mindset of many creators and therefore result to the belief that it's difficult to make a decent living with art. But things have changed so much and we're not blessed with opportunities to better our lives by making a living online. Yet something still lingers - the lack mentality. In this episode with Deepshikha Sairam, we'll talk about the 3 modalities you can observe in your da...
Episode 050: 21 Lessons in 2021
January 05, 2022 10:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB2021 was a year that many of us struggled - financially, emotionally, physically and a lot more. But regardless of what it brought us, I'm still thankful for everything it gave us. In this episode, I'll share with you 21 lessons I learned in 2021 and I hope that some might resonate with you and help you as well. Get My Content Management System: https://myedeleon.com/cms Join Us Inside Profitable Beginnings™: https://profitablebeginnings.com/ More Business Strategies and Resources: Visi...
Episode 049: From Community to Funnel Building with Dominique Falla.
December 15, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBUnderstanding the needs of your community is essential if you want to grow your business. Dominique Falla knows that really well. She's established a very successful Typism community, created an annual book to celebrate lettering artists and is now coaching many creative business owners to leverage their skills by creating a funnel to help them grow their business. What You'll Learn From This Episode: Understanding the needs of your community so you can serve them better and give them ex...
Episode 048: The Importance of Diversifying Your Income with Aurelie Maron
November 24, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBMost creatives start with client work and that's why they've become dependent on projects that are coming in. But what if nothing comes? This is how Aurelie Maron discovered the importance of diversifying creative income and she's on the show to share her journey with us. From client work, she has moved from putting all her energy into client work to focusing on her digital products which proved to be an even better source of income for her. What You'll Learn From This Episode: Why post...
Episode 047: 5 Steps to Start Your Own Creative Business
November 03, 2021 11:00 - 11 minutes - 8.27 MBHave you been wanting to start your own business but you don't know how to get it done? It's challenging to start a business especially if you don't know what you're going to do. In this episode, let's talk about the 5 steps to help you get started in building your own creative business so you can start monetizing your creative skills. What You'll Learn: Why it's important to not just focus on the money when you're building your business Why you need to focus on a single thing first bef...
Episode 046: 5 Ways to Make Money As An Artist
October 20, 2021 11:00 - 11 minutes - 7.74 MBHave you ever wondered how you can make money as an artist? As creatives, we're often told that we can't make money from our art or it's not a real job. We've been inundated with thoughts like this since childhood so growing up, we thought it's impossible to make a living from it. But it's not the case anymore. These days, there are various ways you can make a living as an artist because the internet has given us so many opportunities. In this episode, we'll talk about the 5 different way...
Episode 045: The Universal Laws and Prosperous Thought With Kisma Orbovich
October 13, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBIn this episode, I'm honored to have Kisma Orbovich share with us her knowledge about The Universal Laws and Prosperous Thought. Kisma brings a unique power and groundedness to the spiritual work. Her clients thrive when they discover from her how to remove the beliefs that interrupt their success and awaken an innate wealth consciousness within. This is why I'm thankful that she's sharing this with the creative community because often, we're plagued with negative and unhealthy thoughts a...
Episode 044: Easy as Pie Pricing with Jasmine Holmes
October 06, 2021 10:00 - 46 minutes - 31.9 MBHow do you price your work? How do you price your design? Pricing is one of the most complicated topics in the creative industry. No one wants to talk about what they charge and how much are they making for various reasons - unhealthy relationship with money, scared of being judged or worse, feeling they aren't good enough to be even charging. In this episode, Jasmine Holmes will reveal some of her pricing secrets so you can have an easy as pie pricing experience when you send your next ...
Episode 043: Turning Calligraphy Passion Into a Profitable Creative Business with Paul Antonio
September 29, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBHow do you turn your calligraphy passion into a profitable creative business? Be so good at it that people can't ignore you. That's what Paul Antonio did. Paul trained as a Scribe and Heraldic Artist and went on to study Archaeological Illustration with a specialism in Ancient Writing Systems. He also studied English Palaeography and Manuscript History. Paul’s passion for the historical is something he shares with his team and this is the basis for their application to the contemporary. I...
Episode 042 - How to Get Started with Art Licensing with Loomiere Co
September 08, 2021 11:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBHaving multiple income streams is crucial for creatives if you want to build a sustainable business. Art Licensing is one piece of the income stream pie. However, it's not as easy as everyone thinks! But just like anything in the creative world, just because it's challenging doesn't mean it's not profitable. Art Licensing can be profitable for you if you do it right. So if you want to get started and know more about it, listen to this episode as Loomier Co's Katie and Ilana shares their kn...
Episode 041: Growing Your Business from Client Work to Digital Products with Jimbo Bernaus
August 25, 2021 10:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBClient work is typically the path that most creatives go to when they start building their business. It's because most of the time, our work are seen by creative directors, marketing agencies who are looking for artwork for their brands and other marketing needs. Creatives have been crucial to the marketing efforts of many businesses until today. But how do we, as creatives transition from this type of work so we can grow our business exponentially? In this episode, I get to talk with a b...
Episode 041: Growing Your Business from Client Work to Digital Products with Jimbo Barnaus
August 25, 2021 10:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBClient work is typically the path that most creatives go to when they start building their business. It's because most of the time, our work are seen by creative directors, marketing agencies who are looking for artwork for their brands and other marketing needs. Creatives have been crucial to the marketing efforts of many businesses until today. But how do we, as creatives transition from this type of work so we can grow our business exponentially? In this episode, I get to talk with a b...
Episode 040: Starting and Standing Out In A Noisy Creative Industry with Sabeena Karnik
August 18, 2021 11:00 - 44 minutes - 31 MBHow does one begin their creative journey? There's really no great secret to starting and growing a creative business. As a matter of fact, you only need to do one thing - show up. Not just for yourself but for others who you want to attract and eventually become clients. There are a lot of platforms available these days that can help any creatives be seen and get hired. The question is, how are you going to stand out in a noisy creative industry so you're not just another artist in a se...
Episode 039: The Challenges of Working For Yourself with Terence Tang
August 11, 2021 11:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBWorking for yourself isn't always rainbows and unicorns. Especially if you're just starting out, you don't have a team and you have to do everything on your own. It's challenging and at times, exhausting. In this episode, Terence Tang and I talk about our experiences and how we both dealt with this. Oftentimes, people only see the surface level - the vanity metrics, the daily posts, and who we are working with. But when you look deeper, there are bigger things we have to take care of while...
Episode 038: 5 Things High-End Clients Require with Anna Tsui
July 21, 2021 01:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBSo many creatives have been struggling with pricing and charging more. Things like imposter syndrome, feeling you're not good enough are hindering your ability to able to set the rate you're comfortable with. These are limiting beliefs that not many of us are aware of. So, in this episode, I invited my good friend, Anna Tsui to talk about these limiting beliefs and the 5 things that high-end clients require from you as a creative so you can charge more confidently. What you'll learn from...
Episode 037: How to Increase Your Productivity by Working Less
July 07, 2021 11:00 - 10 minutes - 7.04 MBTired of working long hours and not being productive? It's time to stop romanticizing being busy and start being more productive by working less. In this episode, we'll talk about one simple strategy I changed in my business that helped me increase my productivity.
Episode 036: The Hype Handbook with Michael F. Schein
June 30, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBIn a world where everyone is fighting for attention, how do you get people to pay attention to what you do? <p></p> In this episode, special guest, Michael F. Schein, author of the book The Hype Handbook, 12 Indispensable Success Secrets from the World's Greatest Propagandists, Self-Promoters, Cult Leaders, Mischief Makers, and Boundary Breakers is going to share with us how artists can benefit from building hype to generate more attention to your work and your brand.
Episode 035: Grow Your Community, Build Your Brand with Tom Ross
June 24, 2021 08:00 - 33 minutes - 22.8 MBHow important is building a community for your business? In a world where there's so much noise and too many businesses trying to fight for people's attention, building your own community has been proven to be helpful in building a long-term, sustainable business. <p></p> <p></p> In this episode, Tom Ross, founder and CEO of Design Cuts shares his expertise with us on how he built a community of 750,000 creatives and leveraging it to establish the highest-rated design marketplace in the wor...
Episode 034: Pricing with Confidence with Becca Courtice
June 02, 2021 11:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MBPricing your work is one of the most controversial topics in the creative industry. How much do we really need to charge? What does it mean by charging your worth? In this episode, Becca Courtice shares her expertise in pricing artwork, products, and creative services. Get cozy as we talk about our early days in pricing our work and learn how you can confidently set your rates without ever doubting yourself again.
Episode 033: From Passion to Profitable Calligraphy Business with Joyce Lee
April 28, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBCalligrapher and creative entrepreneur Joyce Lee started her business in Manchester when she relocated to the UK with her husband in 2014. With a drastic shift in lifestyle and the creative atmosphere of the city, she discovered her passion for calligraphy. It was there where her brand Artsynibs was conceived. <p></p> And in this episode, we talked about her journey from turning her passion for calligraphy into a profitable business.
Episode 033 - From Passion to Profitable Calligraphy Business with Joyce Lee
April 28, 2021 11:00 - 40 minutes - 28.2 MBCalligrapher and creative entrepreneur Joyce Lee started her business in Manchester when she relocated to the UK with her husband in 2014. With a drastic shift in lifestyle and the creative atmosphere of the city, she discovered her passion for calligraphy. It was there where her brand Artsynibs was conceived. <p><'p> And in this episode, we talked about her journey from turning her passion for calligraphy into a profitable business.
Episode 032: 5 Reasons Why You Might Be Losing Motivation
April 21, 2021 11:00 - 13 minutes - 9.39 MBHave you been feeling like you're losing motivation lately? It seems like no matter how hard you try and whatever you, you're not seeing the results you want. Well, there are 5 reasons why you might be feeling that way and that's what we'll talk about in this episode.
Episode 031: 10 Types of Marketers People Avoid on Social Media
April 14, 2021 11:00 - 11 minutes - 7.97 MBMarketing is crucial to every business. And if you want to have an effective strategy to sell your offers, you need to pay attention to what's going around you. Because people change, their behaviors change. We need to adapt to these changes so people don't avoid you on social media because you keep selling like it's 1990! In today's episode, we'll talk about the 10 types of marketers that people avoid in social media so you can avoid becoming one of them.
Episode 030: How to Build Confidence and Stop Procrastination with Karen Donaldson
April 07, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBKaren Donaldson is the go-to body language and communications expert for Cosmopolitan and Women's Health Magazine. She's is a 3-time best-selling author and a passionate and energetic speaker and in this episode, she's sharing her knowledge on how to build confidence so you can show up the way you want and stop procrastinating on things that truly matter to you. Karen not only coaches professionals, senior executives, celebrities, and entrepreneurs across the globe to present themselves a...
Episode 029: Marketing Tips for Creatives
March 31, 2021 14:00 - 13 minutes - 9.54 MB<p>Confused about how to market and sell your creative work online? </p> <br> <p>There are many tools available these days but in this episode, you'll learn about the 5 easy tips to start marketing your work so you can get more eyeball on them, get hired, and sell your products.</p>
Episode 028: 3 Things You Can Do to Start Your 6 Figure Journey
March 24, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes - 5.5 MBCan artists really make a 6-figure living? Many creatives think it's impossible to achieve it but in today's episode, we'll talk about the 3 ways you can start doing to start your six-figure journey.
Episode 027: From Corporate Cubicle to $125K Dream Job
March 19, 2021 13:00 - 54 minutes - 37.8 MBWhen it comes to side hustling, there's no better person to share his experience than Scotty Russell. He's been my repeat client and has accomplished so much in just one year. And today, he'll share his journey from his corporate cubicle to his first 6-figure income. Listen to this episode because he dropped a ton of gold nuggets in this interview.
Episode 026: Selling Your Art & Making Money As An Artist with Miriam Schulman
February 04, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBSelling art and making money has been a struggle for so many artists. That's why in this episode, I invited my good friend, Miriam Schulman of The Inspiration Place to talk about how she's selling her art to collectors. We also talk about other means to make money as an artist, improve your strategy by learning from others who have been in the trenches by investing in yourself.
Episode 026: Selling Your Art & Making Money As An Artist
February 04, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBSelling art and making money has been a struggle for so many artists. That's why in this episode, I invited my good friend, Miriam Schulman of The Inspiration Place to talk about how she's selling her art to collectors. We also talk about other means to make money as an artist, improve your strategy by learning from others who have been in the trenches by investing in yourself.
Episode 026 - Selling Your Art & Making Money As An Artist
February 04, 2021 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBSelling art and making money has been a struggle for so many artists. That's why in this episode, I invited my good friend, Miriam Schulman of The Inspiration Place to talk about how she's selling her art to collectors. We also talk about other means to make money as an artist, improve your strategy by learning from others who have been in the trenches by investing in yourself.
Episode 025: Why It's Important to Build an Audience
January 14, 2021 11:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBSome people say, ‘create a product and the buyers will come’ and to this day many creative business owners still have this mentality. When they see no one buying their products, they end up disappointed and blame the product or the competition when in fact, they probably have a very good product and have a completely different reason why it didn’t sell. In this episode, we'll talk about the number one thing you need to have before you can start selling online - your audience.
Episode 024: 5 Reasons Why Creatives Need to Start Selling Online
January 07, 2021 05:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBDo you have periods in a year where your time is fully booked and then you have periods where all you hear is crickets and no one is hiring you? This is one of the biggest issues that creatives have when it comes to running a business. One of the biggest mistakes we make as a creative is relying on a single stream of income, especially if that income is largely dependent on client work. In this episode, we'll talk about how you can add another income stream in your business by selling produc...
Episode 023: My Most Successful Growth Strategies for 2020
December 30, 2020 12:00 - 18 minutes - 13 MBThis year has been very challenging for all of us but despite everything that happened, we all pushed through and even made the impossible happen during this year. So, grab a cup of coffee and listen as I share my most successful growth strategies in the middle of a covid pandemic.
Episode 022: How to Find Focus and Block Out the Noise
December 07, 2020 00:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBHow do you block out noise and find focus in the middle of the pandemic? In this episode we'll discuss more about this and you'll get tips you can use not just during this crazy time but also for the long haul. Get ready to start changing your life and business with this productivity tips.
Episode 021: How to Become the Person You Need to Be to Run the Business You Want to Have
November 26, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBHow long have you been in your business and have not seen much progress? Have you ever wondered if it was your marketing, your strategy or somewhat your daily behavior? In this episode we'll talk about the 7 key life lessons to help you become a better person so you can run the business you want to have.
Episode 020: Elevate Your Brand with Strategic Content Creation with James Lewis
November 19, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBHow does content creation help your business? If you've been wondering about it for some time now, this episode with my special guest James Lewis will enlighten you about the importance of creating consistent content. Listen as he talks about his strategic process and how he converts his content into income
Episode 020: Elevate Your Brand with Strategic Content Creation
November 19, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBHow does content creation help your business? If you've been wondering about it for some time now, this episode with my special guest James Lewis will enlighten you about the importance of creating consistent content. Listen as he talks about his strategic process and how he converts his content into income
Episode 019: 4 Reasons Why You Need to Start Investing in Yourself
November 05, 2020 05:00 - 17 minutes - 12 MBIf you want to achieve success in your business, taking action is important. But learning from others thru mentoring and coaching program can bring in a lot more value that's going to be helpful to you in the long run. In this episode, we'll talk about the 4 reasons why you need to start investing in yourself and why it's crucial to learn from the experts.