Poet Business Institute

Creating a business around art might pique your interest, but if someone has not ever started something similar before, where to begin? In this episode of Arts & Offers, we explore why the first 5 concepts, questions to ask, and strategies to consider in beginning to take your art to the professional level. It all begins with thinking about the person you serve and learning as much as you can...

More tips for performance: https://youtu.be/Z0fjTjG9_8YThis discussion was taken from the 6th diVERSES Poetry Retreat. Whether you are a page poet, a stage poet, an academic poet, or a spoken word artist, contrast is the ingredient to transform your reading from ordinary into an unforgettable experience for your audience. Contrast involves changing aspects of your speech and voice to break pattern...

In this episode of Arts & Offers, we explore why artists and creative entrepreneurs should shift focus from chasing viral posts to building meaningful experiences for individuals. Instead of worrying about algorithms and trends, learn how to create authentic connections that grow your art business in sustainable ways. Discover strategies for engaging your audience, offering real value, and nur...

In this episode of Arts & Offers, we explore why artists and creative entrepreneurs should shift focus from chasing viral posts to building meaningful experiences for individuals. Instead of worrying about algorithms and trends, learn how to create authentic connections that grow your art business in sustainable ways. Discover strategies for engaging your audience, offering real value, and nur...

More tips for performance: https://youtu.be/Um9oUqeZlH4 This discussion was taken from the 6th diVERSES Poetry Retreat. Whether you are a page poet, a stage poet, an academic poet, or a spoken word artist, contrast is the ingredient to transform your reading from ordinary into an unforgettable experience for your audience. Contrast involves changing aspects of your speech and voice to break patter...

Full talk: https://youtu.be/QNSOgEpieCEGet a free podcast/mp3 version at https://open.spotify.com/show/4vAdMbaunOPziRoovm0K5PIn this episode of Arts & Offers, we explore why artists and creative entrepreneurs should shift focus from chasing viral posts to building meaningful experiences for individuals. Instead of worrying about algorithms and trends, learn how to create authentic connections...

If you are interested in poems, poetry, or spoken word, you'll enjoy hearing these pieces by Miccau McClelland, a fellow of the Columbus diVERSES 6th Poetry Retreat. The diVERSES Poetry Retreat, held in Columbus, Ohio, gives poets an opportunity to delve deeper into poetry writing and generation, craft, reading analysis, and workshopping in a small-group community environment, while also inter...

If you are interested in poems, poetry, or spoken word, you'll enjoy hearing these pieces by Alexia Ponder, a fellow of the Columbus diVERSES 6th Poetry Retreat. The diVERSES Poetry Retreat, held in Columbus, Ohio, gives poets an opportunity to delve deeper into poetry writing and generation, craft, reading analysis, and workshopping in a small-group community environment, while also interacti...

If you are interested in poems, poetry, or spoken word, you'll enjoy hearing these pieces by Debbie Strozier, a fellow of the Columbus diVERSES 6th Poetry Retreat. The diVERSES Poetry Retreat, held in Columbus, Ohio, gives poets an opportunity to delve deeper into poetry writing and generation, craft, reading analysis, and workshopping in a small-group community environment, while also interac...

In this episode of Arts & Offers, we explore why artists and creative entrepreneurs should shift focus from chasing viral posts to building meaningful experiences for individuals. Instead of worrying about algorithms and trends, learn how to create authentic connections that grow your art business in sustainable ways. Discover strategies for engaging your audience, offering real value, and nur...

If you are interested in poems, poetry, or spoken word, you'll enjoy hearing this discussion on bookstores with author and Gramercy Books founder, Linda Kass. Linda has extensive experience working in marketing and brought the first bookshop to her community in Bexley/Columbus since the 1970s. Join diVERSES poetry as we discuss what it's like working at a bookstore, strategies to get your...

Full vid: https://youtu.be/ux-uPgD_9zY You did it: your book is out in the world. Now what? For writers, especially for those who are self-published, the book becomes part of a much larger plan that is worth thinking about with intentionality. Who is the book for; how is the book finding those people; how do those people know the book is for them; how does the book help those people? By answering...

All the Poet Business Institute Workshops: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdlbw-VbM6bajbdt5u8jB7amlwt1_a8DqWelcome to another episode of the Poet Business Institute, where we explore intersections between poetry, art, and business in order to achieve creative and financial independence. This week: a major component of traditional poetry livelihood involves instruction, pedagogy, and facili...

Whether you are a page poet, a stage poet, an academic poet, or a spoken word artist, contrast is the ingredient to transform your reading from ordinary into an unforgettable experience for your audience. Contrast involves changing aspects of your speech and voice to break patterns, disrupt, and constantly retain the focus of your audience in a way that sounds much more natural than most performan...

You did it: your book is out in the world. Now what? For writers, especially for those who are self-published, the book becomes part of a much larger plan that is worth thinking about with intentionality. Who is the book for; how is the book finding those people; how do those people know the book is for them; how does the book help those people? By answering questions like these, we can put oursel...

Nationally, arts funding and support is getting cut and chopped; recently, one of the larger arts organizations that gives out grants to artists in Columbus announced that one of their grant programs would no longer be functioning. Disheartening as it is to hear of another blow to art, the reality is that the situation also highlights a real positive opportunity for change for poets. If you are in...

See another series where I helped poets create a poetry offer: https://youtu.be/T1l9Jz5c8RQIf you are interested in taking poetry or art and turning it into a business that sustains you creatively and financially, this workshop by the Poet Business Institute is here to help! For one day, I worked with one poet, Laron, through a series of questions and exercises to arrive at an actionable plan to c...

All the Poet Business Institute Workshops: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdlbw-VbM6bajbdt5u8jB7amlwt1_a8DqRead more from K.M. Weiland on Stakes: https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/make-sure-story-emotional-stakes/If you are interested in poems, poetry, or spoken word, you'll enjoy hearing this discussion on stakes, emotional stakes, and the roles of character relationship in...

Full talk: https://youtu.be/4ftM9Lb8hTwThere are poetry lessons to be found in basketball, including a sage piece of advice given by Kobe Bryant and his approach to the game! If you are interested in starting a creative business, our podcast, Arts & Offers, is for you! Today's topic: as we move closer to our artistic and life goals, there is always the chance that we do not achieve what we...

Video: https://youtu.be/4ftM9Lb8hTw If you are interested in starting a creative business, our podcast, Arts & Offers, is for you! Today's topic: as we move closer to our artistic and life goals, there is always the chance that we do not achieve what we set out to achieve. However, these same metrics are controllable, and the result that disappoints us can actually become the result that e...

Full Talk: https://youtu.be/Y8-cvG9g5XEThe current path in poetry is linear: publish poems, get an MFA, publish a collection, work in academiaThere are concerns about financial stability, insurance, and adulting in general. However, even this traditional path in art has inherent risks that people often choose to ignore. On closer inspection, the riskier path may not be orders of magnitude riskier,...

Taken from the Arts & Offers Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/tXaCjoGBFjU

Taken from the Meditations For The Independent Poet: Essays On The Business Of Art book launch https://youtu.be/Y8-cvG9g5XE

Taken from the Arts & Offers Video Podcast: https://youtu.be/tXaCjoGBFjU

All the Poet Business Institute Workshops: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdlbw-VbM6bajbdt5u8jB7amlwt1_a8DqIf you are interested in poems, poetry, or spoken word, you'll enjoy hearing this discussion on poetry readings for open mics, featured readings, and slam poetry led by Geoff Anderson from diVERSES. How can poets give dynamic readings that get the audience interested and invested...