Creative Mornings - Money Making Art

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Money - March's global theme for Creative Mornings creativemornings.com VIDEO: https://vimeo.com/63803320 because context is helpful. We looked at the myths and terrors artists often have with the mundane business of moneymaking. And how our internet re-sculpts the future for creative business.

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Max Kaizen

“Money”

@CapeTown_CM #cptcm

Hunter of Genius @maxkaizen

Money, Creatively

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for X

is there an actual problem?

Who benefits if you develop this fix?What are you solving? Is it WORTH fixing?

VOLUNTEERS?

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Go ProRead: Steven Pressfield - Turning Pro

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can you find the MILLION bucks

in the room?

thanks Tina Seelig

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“Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who can make them happen,

priceless”* * Mary Kay Ash, lightly remixed

can you afford to be an artist?will you pay the price?

Earn it

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be convinced if you don’t look like you really care,

why should we?

Buy it yourselfto be convincing

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Demo4

your idea in action

Craft/sketch/weld/draw a prototype. Simulate the interaction.

Make it as tangible as possible.

show!

make a mock-up

Even if it isn’t fully

functional, or beautiful yet.

I need _____________ before I ____________

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skills

love

mArket

$$. and where theangels rejoice

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Produce! Bias to Action.

to be anti-fragile. TINKER.20%invest

Ideas and ideals are not enough

learn to thrive in chaos

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Perfectionism kills cash

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Be Visible & make it Easy for People to Buy from you

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Remixyou’re an original

choose wiselyfonts are (mostly) free

design and trust are entangled

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Teach me tell me something surprising

that I didn’t know

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Scientific

track. test. tweak

Don’t guess. Price test.

Slay superstition. Method

Willingness to pay + high desirability/utility + right customers

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InteractCan you draw your audience in,

by asking a question/ getting themto do something with you?

Most pitches are rapid-fire monologues.

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Price is a signal[what do Haitian bus drivers and wine brands know]

Sculpt how and who you serve. GOOD TASTE counts.

Measure! but BEWARE THE SUNK COST WARP.

HELP THEM WIN = you win.

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Cash FlowLet your customers be your funders

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Freemiumvalue = price

CwF + R2B = $

Thanks Mike Masnick

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Moneyflows through people

don’t go it alone.

not (magical) trees

good for introverts!

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I love what you’re doing ...here’s my credit card.

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TradeSeriously. Don’t go it alone.

Find others whose offerings couldstrengthen your soft spots.

Do-It-Together.

alone

genius

not zero sum

19th century romance

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stop googling “how to make money online”.

The Web is evolving us

learn to earn EXPENSIVE ATTENTION

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Rock theRemix

IMPACT = REUSE

free!

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statistically improbablethat someone will

STEAL your IDEA

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skills

love

mArket

$$. And where theangels rejoice

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4minutesto pitch your product/service/project.

Gasp! tough, but yes, you can.

The following 15.5 suggestionsshould help you do it in style >>

Not what you can do. What you alone can do.

Stand Up

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Don’t wait. Create. IMPLEMENT YOUR IDEAS sooner

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will you find the MILLION bucks

in this room?

the price of peace? courage

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maxkaizen.comthe call to edventure

make it count

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Shared and Licensed under Creative Commons on Flickr by these rather excellent photographers:

Image Credits

Tarotastic http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjt195/ Slide: 4minutesRnout http://www.flickr.com/photos/rnout/ Slide: Solve for XWhiteAfrican http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/ Slide: DemoDaveyBot http://www.flickr.com/photos/davemorris/ Slide: RealWorldGoefTheRef http://www.flickr.com/photos/geoftheref/ Slide: DesignIgorSchwarzman http://www.flickr.com/photos/igorschwarzmann/ Slide: TeamSeanMcgrath http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgraths/ Slide: Be BoldSmath http://www.flickr.com/photos/smath Slide: Augmented CourageTarotastic http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjt195/ Slide: Judge not

thank youThe presentation is licensed under Creative Commons BY SA to Max Kaizen

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