Creative CEO | The Business Podcast For Artists

Today we move onto building your sales funnel - how people find you, contact you and get booked on. I also discuss in depth about deposits, and discuss further my payment options which has helped grow my commission business to the point where I'm booked out over a year in advance. If you want to sign up to start using GoCardless, the link is below. Enjoy the episode lovelies! Georgie x Sign up to...

In this second part of my mini series, I talk all about PRICING. A topic that many artists find hard to discuss, but one of the most important things to talk about if you actually want to make real money from your talent. I dive into: working out your materials, postage costs, time and profit margins, when to increase your prices and give you several words of encouragement to not work for free! Ho...

Welcome to my mini series on how to make easy money from your art by becoming a commission based artist. This week I discuss how to build your portfolio without working for free, the importance of social media content and how to show your personality to get recognition. Being a commission based artist has super earning potential and I'm excited for this mini series to either help you get started,...

I'm back! I took a well intentioned break and this episode is just a little update about how I'm prepping for my first self employed maternity leave. I also want to tell you about a really exciting 7 part series I will be pre-recording and releasing whilst I am taking a break to have my second baby. Enjoy x MORE ART BUSINESS HELP! Visit my website: https://georgieturnerartist.co.uk/collections/cre...

Market research sounds boring to many creatives (including myself), but for collectors to find your artwork it is important to understand the customer journey, what words they might type into Google or how they browse at events. I created this quick solution to doing market research based on your own habits and after listening to this podcast you should go away with some easy ideas on how to resea...

On today's episode, I talk about my experience in hiring professional help for artists, getting training for platforms such as Instagram and where I outsource work to professional companies. My practical advice for finding the right help isn't just about 'can I afford this?' but whether your personality matches with the people you invest in, if their methods work for you first and what I would do...

Being a self employed artist is fantastic, but I had never even realised how lonely it would be. I talk through my experience and give you some ideas on how to combat the feeling of loneliness, whether you're considering becoming self employed or whether you're already there and don't want to feel alone in feeling like this. I hope you enjoy! Georgie x MORE ART BUSINESS HELP! Visit my website: htt...

In this episode I discuss how you can make a change to your art business without drastically losing your audience along the way. As a creative you are going to naturally want to change what you are doing from time to time, so here are some practical tips on how you can change your art style, make a slight pivot or completely stop one of your offers, for example if you wanted to stop doing commissi...

This is an episode of two halves, all about mindset. To begin with, I talk about overwhelm and the power you have to let something go temporarily or permanently when your plate feels too full. The second half is all about art being a viable career and mindsets you may need to adopt to mentally keep going when things are quiet, changing perceptions from family and friends as well as a mindset shift...

I love going to markets or exhibitions, but there are things to consider when deciding which event to go to, what to take with you and how to present your art. I hope you find this episode useful! Best wishes, Georgie x MORE ART BUSINESS HELP! Visit my website: https://georgieturnerartist.co.uk/collections/creative-ceo Sign up to GoCardless for free to start collecting direct debits and Internatio...

Can camera shy artists still sell? Absolutely! Instead of comparing yourself to the extroverts and stopping yourself from doing that all important marketing, use your own personality to create content that you are confident doing. MORE ART BUSINESS HELP! Visit my website: https://georgieturnerartist.co.uk/collections/creative-ceo Sign up to GoCardless for free to start collecting direct debits and...

This week I talk about SEO (search engine optimisation) for both social media and your website. It's not good enough to reply on viral content or shares from your audience, we can't control that! But we can control what we write and finding the right keywords and search terms your customers use is an excellent way of helping people find your work. If they can't find you, they can't buy! MORE ART B...

This week's episode is all about content marketing and how to subconsciously market your art in your content. I talk about really easy ways you can start to get future buyers thinking about your art and build trust through your content. MORE ART BUSINESS HELP! Visit my website: https://georgieturnerartist.co.uk/collections/creative-ceo Sign up to GoCardless for free to start collecting direct debi...

I am starting a mini series all about marketing for artists, an idea that came from one of my listener's on the survey I posted. In this episode, I discuss what marketing actually is and the components that go into marketing, as well as how you can figure out the foundations to build your marketing strategy on. Please download this episode, I will love you forever! To complete the listener survey,...

I would love to hear from you! Please complete my listener survey, so I can start creating the best episodes for you: https://forms.gle/BSn2KZJg7bfL6v3e6 MORE ART BUSINESS HELP! Visit my website: https://georgieturnerartist.co.uk/collections/creative-ceo Sign up to GoCardless for free to start collecting direct debits and International payments: https://manage.gocardless.com/refer/gb/georgie/ndpzm...

Another episode about getting clients booked in, but this time really focussing on language: how to respond to DM's (as well as organising your enquiries) how to use scarcity language what language you can use in your emails that uses social proof content ideas for showing your processes flexible payment options that can encourage bookings using softer, less directive language in your emails that...

As an artist, our phones are key to running our business, but they can also be the biggest distraction. I've found a way to keep myself focussed during the times I need to use my phone and a way to stop me from being distracted when I actually need to create. This app has been a game changer and no, it is not endorsed, I just genuinely love it. Setting boundaries episode mentioned Apple: https://p...

If your goal one day is to quit the employment you are in and dive into running an art business full time, this is the episode for you. I talk about what I would do if this was my goal for the year and give useful advice on maximising profits from one piece of art, getting your finances straight and how to deal with the pressure of making money from art. Questions From The Creatives This is YOUR s...

Let's start building your dream business by remembering exactly why you went self employed. Set yourself boundaries as a self employed person running the show solo (or with a little bit of help) to make sure you're showing up as your best self. Anonymous questions! New for 2026, I am giving artists and creatives the platform to have someone to go to when you have a question about your art business...

Are you all ready to make 2026 your most productive and profitable year yet? In this episode, I talk about reflection on the past year as an artist, setting realistic art business goals using the SMART formula and planning for 2026, thinking about different creative income streams. Whether you’re selling prints, commissions, original art or homewares, hopefully this episode will help get you prepa...

In this episode I talk all about the pressures of running an art business, whether that's keeping up with your competition, the pressure to post on social media or joining in with Black Friday sales. I also talk about why it's good to sometimes put the pressure on and when it's important to take it off. This comes from my experience in November where it all got too much and I had to press pause on...

Are you stuck for content ideas? This episode is all about what to post on your socials when you can't share what you're currently working on, or even if you just have a creative block. The idea is to use footage you may already have on your camera roll, so you can easily batch create. The accompaniment to this podcast is my new Camera Roll Content guide, which you can grab now for £6: https://geo...

Welcome to episode 6 of season 2! I spoke to two female artists, Jessica Hills and Rose Osborn, about their art careers and took away so much invaluable information about exhibitions, pop ups, selling originals, releasing art, collections, going to art fair and so so much more. Jessica and Rose are doing a collaborative exhibition called Foals and Fables at The Osborne Studio Gallery in London 3-2...

It's episode 5! Today I wanted to talk all about collaborations, which is teaming up with another business which gets you in front of new audiences. As I have just started my collaboration with Cheltenham Racecourse it felt appropriate to talk about this collaboration as well as advice on what you should be doing as an artist to fully embrace collaborative working. Hope you love it, don't forget t...

I'm so excited to talk all about fine art prints and the journey I have taken over the last four years, from incredible FLOPS and incredible triumphs which led me to put all of my experience into a downloadable print guide . In this episode I talk about my first set of prints that did okay, the second set of prints that flopped so spectacularly that they ended up in the bin and subsequent print dr...