Confident Creators Show
69 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 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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Episodes
Episode 018: Overcoming Challenges is a Battle
October 22, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBPeople always want to get better at something. They want to reach their goals but when they start executing and things start getting uncomfortable they bail. Trying to accomplish something is always going to be difficult and in this episode, we'll talk about why it's important for you to continue and push forward especially when you feel like you're at the lowest.
Episode 017: The Power of Repetition and Surrounding Yourself With The Right People
October 01, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBMany artists want to get better at what they do but have failed to do the work they need to. In this episode, Gia Graham talks about the power of repetition and how being surrounded with the right people helped her career propelled like no other. Listen and learn from her over 20 years of creative experience - doing the work, not giving up and continuously learning to get her art and business to the next level.
Episode 016: 3 Things You Could Be Doing Wrong That's Affecting Your Sales
September 24, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBSo you think you have a great product but you wonder why it’s not selling better? The thing is, it takes more than just a great product for it to do well and it’s tricky to identify the issues when you’re the one facing it. So in this episode, let’s break down 3 things you could be doing wrong that’s affecting your sales.
Episode 015: Getting Started With Email List
September 17, 2020 04:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MBKnowing the importance of having an email is list is essential and now, it's time to get start building your own. In this episode, we'll talk about the essential things you need to have to get started with list building. I'm breaking this down into simple, actionable steps so that you can begin this task without getting overwhelmed. Grab your pen and paper and let's get started.
Episode 014: Why Email Marketing is Better Than Social Media Marketing
September 10, 2020 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.7 MBCreatives and artists have long used social media to attract clients and customers. But what if one day, we lose access to all of these and lose our followers at the same time? How are we going to continue with our business? In this episode, Mye will break down 3 reasons why email marketing is better than social media marketing and why you need to start working on building your email list.
Episode 013: 5 Ways to Effectively Sell Your Products Online
August 27, 2020 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBYou've created the perfect product but you're not seeing great results in terms of sales. Are you lacking in marketing or is it your product that's the problem? Before you start stressing yourself out, listen to this episode because you might just save your shop or create a better product by implementing these 5 ways to sell your products and services online?
Episode 012: Why Now is the Best Time to Sell Online
August 20, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.9 MBHow can you continue to thrive as a creative in the middle of a pandemic? In this episode, we'll talk about the one thing you need to be doing right now in order to support yourself, your business and your community - sell online. We'll dive deep into the reasons why it's the best time to sell right now and how you can do it successfully today and into the future.
Episode 011: How to Have a Winner's Mindset
August 13, 2020 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBCraving for creative success? Often, we think it's impossible to achieve so many things in life and in business. We envy those who get high profile clients, can charge more, and those who can churn out content every single day. But let's pause for a while and think what do these people have in common? They all have a winner's mindset. And in this episode we'll talk about the 4 most common habits of winners. We'll look into their world and see how we can apply what they do in our own lives an...
Episode 010: Building a Strong Brand is a Continuous Process & Not an End Goal with Allison Evelyn Gower
August 06, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBBranding to most of us includes having a logo, a website and social media handles. But there's more to it than that and in this episode, Allison Evelyn will show us that branding is a continuous process. That it's ok to make the shift, no matter how scary, be true to yourself and your voice.
Episode 010: Building a Strong Brand is a Continuous Process & Not an End Goal with Allison Evelyn
August 06, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBBranding to most of us includes having a logo, a website and social media handles. But there's more to it than that and in this episode, Allison Evelyn will show us that branding is a continuous process. That it's ok to make the shift, no matter how scary, be true to yourself and your voice.
Episode 009: 5 Benefits of Having Routines
July 31, 2020 03:00 - 14 minutes - 9.9 MBDo you dread routines? Are you someone who prefers to be more spontaneous with your day? Or do you prefer having systems and routines so that you know what needs to be done and execute things as planned? In this episode, we'll talk about why it's important to have routines and the 5 benefits of having one.
Episode 008: 3 Reasons Your Losing Money on Your Website with Reese Spykerman
July 23, 2020 01:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBCurious why you aren't making a lot of money on your online shop or you're not getting people on your email list? You probably have some website leaks that are losing you money. My guest and friend, Reese Spykerman is on the show today to talk about the 3 Reasons Why You're Losing Money on your website. She's a conversion strategist and have spent more than 15 years working with some of the greats in the online world like Bernadette Jiwa and Chris Guillebeau. Now, she helps product-based des...
Episode 007: How to Charge Higher Confidently
July 17, 2020 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MBCurious how you can charge higher even if you don't have thousands of followers yet? Learn how you can confidently do it in today's episode of the Confident Creators Show. Host, Mye De Leon will share the importance of valuing your time and work, the difference between charging more and over pricing and who should you be thinking about when you want to charge more? So hit that play button and listen in to this very hot and juicy topic you’ve been waiting for. For show notes and resources g...
Episode 006 - Grow Your Authority and Credibility by Helping Others
July 09, 2020 11:00 - 17 minutes - 11.8 MBAre you afraid of the competition? When people come to you for help do you feel like they’re using you to grow their own careers or businesses? In this episode, we'll talk about how helping others is actually helpful for your brand and business. You'll discover the reasons why business owners feel threaten about sharing information and why you should not do the same mistake. So listen up because this is a game changer.
Episode 005 - How to Stop Self-Sabotaging Your Business and Life
July 02, 2020 11:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MBHave you ever found yourself avoiding work by doing other seemingly busy work? Or start feeling that your work is inadequate as you scroll through Instagram and not good enough so you decide to abandon projects? How about comparing yourself to big-name creatives? When you do any of these, you’re actually sabotaging yourself and in this episode of the Confident Creators Show, host Mye De Leon breaks down how your habits and behaviors of self-sabotaging by diving deep into the 3 most common ha...
Episode 004 - 3 Reasons Why No One is Buying Your Art
June 24, 2020 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBDoes this sound familiar to you? You’ve been posting your work online for a while now and every one of your friends and followers is telling you, “You’re really good at this! You should start selling your art!”. So you choose your best art, set up an online shop and then no one buys your art. In today's episode, we'll talk about the 3 reasons why no one is buying your art so you can make the necessary adjustments and changes in your process and business.
Episode 003 - How to Identify Your Money Blocks and Start Thinking Your Way to Wealth
June 17, 2020 13:00 - 24 minutes - 16.6 MBThere are so much negativity and ill-feeling that comes up whenever people talk about money. In this episode, we'll get real and talk about one of the most sensitive topics among creative business owners. Does your money issues hold you back from doing what you love? Whether it's a creative hobby, starting a business, or even growing it further to achieve the life you've been dreaming about. We'll identify different money blocks and how it affects your mindset towards spending and receivin...
Episode 002: Five Powerful Ways to Overcome Self-Doubt
June 17, 2020 12:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBSelf-Doubt is the persuasive and troubling inner voice that's going to not only trip you up on your path to creating the successful life you want, but it's also the voice that's going to mislead you and make you stray from that path or even worse, convince you that you are not worthy of your dreams. So before it cripples your dreams, listen to this episode and learn the 5 powerful yet very simple ways to overcome self-doubt. I've used these strategies both in my personal and business endea...
Episode 001: How to Turn Your Fear Into a Tool that Drives Action
June 17, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBWhat's the number 1 thing that's holding you back from doing what you want? For most people, it's FEAR. Questions like these go through our mind, , “What if I fail? What if I don’t get the results I want? What’s going to happen if I don’t make the amount of money I expected? Even worse than that, There’s that underlying fear of what other people will say, if and when we fail. It’s a very human thing to feel fear, but what happens if that fear is so bad that it's stopping you from doing an...