Have you ever wondered why some artists earn six-figure incomes, while others struggle, starve, and finally end up as restaurant managers?
Talent is only part of the equation. You can succeed without talent if you work hard enough, and plenty of people fail with all the talent in the world.
Hard work, too, is only part of the equation. You can work your ass off day and night on something that makes no sales, meanwhile the artist in the booth next to you is making money hand over fist selling fake turkeys on a stick, which literally took them 2 minutes to glue together. (True story.)
A big part of the equation that most people don’t think about is marketing. And by marketing, I don’t mean advertising. I mean making the kind of things that other people naturally want to buy.
Now some artists are inspired and energized by tapping into the zeitgeist, and it is very easy for those artists to market themselves. But others are inspired by things that do not have a wide reach at all.
What do you do if you’re that second type of artist? Force yourself to create work that doesn’t interest you? Or take a side job to pay the bills, while creating whatever you want in your free time?
I’m that kind of artist. I make weird stuff. I dabble in everything from painting to photography to jewelry to fashion, and of course, I dance a lot. A lot of my work just plain sucks and never makes it out of my basement, but every so often, I produce something really cool.
Occasionally, my work sells before it even reaches the gallery wall, like this piece did.
But that doesn’t happen every day. So I’ve always had a side job to pay the bills. But over the years, that side job became my main job. Then within the past year and a half, it became a ball and chain around my neck. I have spent the last six months on my knees begging my Creator for relief.
And my prayers were answered.
Now, I have an online system set up that allows me to earn up to $4,500 in sales commissions* for posting poetry, dances, art, inspiration, and rants that just come out of my head.
I can do this because I’m part of a creative entrepreneurial community, and someone else does all the business tasks that I’m not good at or don’t want to do. Someone else keeps the technology up and running. Someone else designs the advertisements. Someone else even closes my sales.
You can easily get access to this same exact community and system that’s lifting artists and creative people out of poverty all over the world.
You’ll receive a ready-to-go blogging platform, eight fast start training modules to get you up and running right away, and access to 100% commissions on nearly every product that you own and sell (and remember, someone else will be doing the selling for you if that’s not your cup of tea).
You will also receive $2,085 in Prosperity Team bonuses to point you in the right direction immediately.
And you will be welcomed into a community that believes in you and in your ability to do great things with your life, no matter what those things happen to be.
Of course, there are other things to do for side income too. The most important thing is to find one that pays you as much as possible, doesn’t stress you out, and leaves you plenty of time to create art.
When you find a good one, run with it. And hold the vision that someday soon, you won’t even need it anymore because you’ll be spending 100% of your time doing the work you love.
*Income Disclosure: There are no guarantees in business or in life. Success in every endeavor takes hard work, correct actions, and the grace of God.
Peace out,
Linmayu