incubator
How to find (and actually talk to) your ideal clients, with Sarah Marie Lacy
Listen to the episode: That’s been a huge thing of just letting myself have that identity of “I am an artist.” This is a real job. This is actual work. I am allowed to make money. I am allowed to succeed and thrive at this, and I refuse to make myself small anymore. Sarah Marie…
Read MoreCelebrating 6 new creative businesses!🎉🙌
I’m so incredibly proud to introduce you second cohort of the Autonomous Creative Incubator! We’ve all been working so hard for this day, and it feels incredible to be helping launch these new businesses into the world! Six short months ago, these awesome creatives committed to building new businesses. Why did they take this huge…
Read MoreYour Creative Business Breakthrough | Thanks!
Thanks for signing up! Your registration info is en route to your inbox! Here’s what you need to do next: Check your email for a message from me (contact@jessicaabel.com). If you don’t find it in your inbox, check your promotions tab! Add me to your contacts in your email system so that my emails will…
Read MoreCreative Business Breakthrough | It’s your turn to grow
Your endless hustle era is over. You’ve invested so much into your creative business, but you’ve hit a wall. You need to grow without adding to the endless grind. You need to take back your time for your own creative work (and the rest of your life!). Find out how to break through your revenue…
Read MoreMore Money, Less Time | Cyclical Burnout 4
HOW TO MAKE MORE MONEY IN LESS TIME (WITHOUT “SELLING OUT”) HOW TO MAKE MORE MONEY IN LESS TIME (WITHOUT “SELLING OUT”) There’s an abundance—a flash flood, really—of advice about how to make money as a creative. But virtually all of it leads to more, more, and more. More products, more income streams, more marketing.…
Read MoreThe Hidden Math | Cyclical Burnout 3
HOW TO MAKE A SOLID LIVING WITH YOUR CREATIVE WORK HOW TO MAKE A SOLID LIVING WITH YOUR CREATIVE WORK I am excited for this next part. We’re going to do MATH!! No no, wait! Don’t run away! I’m sorry I used the M-word! I promise I’ll keep it super simple and straightforward, and honestly…?…
Read MoreHow much is Enough money for you? | Cyclical Burnout 2
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE “ENOUGH”? WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO HAVE “ENOUGH”? In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf famously wrote, “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” She described the bequest of an annual income of ÂŁ500 that she received from an aunt…
Read MoreHustle culture is a scam. Here’s how you really reach creative career success. | Cyclical Burnout 1
HUSTLE CULTURE IS A SCAM. HERE’S HOW YOU REALLY REACH CREATIVE CAREER SUCCESS. HUSTLE CULTURE IS A SCAM. HERE’S HOW YOU REALLY REACH CREATIVE CAREER SUCCESS. What if all that hustle and all those late nights… Those projects you poured your soul into… The marketing strategies you keep putting on checklists and telling yourself you…
Read MoreThe Income Clarity Calculator | Thank you!
It’s time to break out of Cyclical Burnout! Your next steps: Check your email for the message from Jessica Abel (contact@jessicaabel.com) Click the link in the email to get your Income Clarity Calculator Add me to your contacts to make sure you get the follow up emails Remember: this is figureoutable! © 2023 Autonomous Creative.…
Read MoreHow to escape burnout and build a profitable creative business that’s sustainable
THE REAL REASON CREATIVES ARE SO FUCKING BROKE, AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT A couple of years ago, I invited a group of clients—impressive, accomplished, mid-career creative professionals to the person—to an informal focus group. I wanted to find out about how their creative businesses were working, and where they were seeing gaps. I…
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