Creative Business And Entrepreneurship Episodes
Jan. 20, 2022
What We Learned After Six Months of Putting "Profit First" in our Creative Business
Do you often feel like your business takes more from you (time, money and energy) than it gives you? If so, you should definitely pay attention to this episode - because a single strategy from a not-so-well-known book can rad...
Jan. 6, 2022
Why You Should Make New Year's Resolutions (and How To Keep Them)
Should creatives make a big deal of New Year's Resolutions, or is it a waste of time? In this first episode of 2022, we'll discover that making a big deal of beginnings was actually God's idea. He put both your desire to begi...
Dec. 30, 2021
Three Big Mistakes I Made in 2021 (and How To Avoid Them in 2022)
It's that time of year again.....time for those pesky New Year's Resolutions that we hope to actually follow through with. However, we can't make new resolutions without acknowledging old patterns and mistakes that we need ...
Dec. 23, 2021
12 Creative Gifts You Probably Haven't Unwrapped
Have you left some of your gifts unwrapped? Not the gifts under the tree - but the gifts inside you - the creative gifts and abilities that you have to share with the world but have allowed to stay hidden. In this episode we'...
Dec. 16, 2021
The Rarely Shared Secret About Setting Creative Goals
When it comes to the end of a year, most of us are buried under an avalanche of messages on how to set goals - and creatives are no different. However, it's not as important to set goals, as it is to set an intention on what'...
Dec. 2, 2021
7 Ways to Break Out of Your Limiting Creative Box (Back to Basics #6)
Have you ever described yourself as "just a _____"? You can eliminate that limited thinking from your vocabulary as by applying the sixth principle in the Back to Basics series (based on the Seven Service Steps), which we cal...
Nov. 18, 2021
Invest It or Regret It! Why You Must Maintain a Future-Focused Mindset (Back to Basics #5)
When you hear the word ‘invest’, do you think of Wall Street brokers and real estate ads? Or do you think of building up your creative career by sowing into your own skill and mindset? In this Back to Basics episode from our ...
Nov. 11, 2021
How to Set Goals that You'll Actually Want to Achieve! (Back to Basics #4)
Free Resource for Artists Considering Going Pro If you are thinking about becoming a full-time artist, you've got to ask the right questions. So we've created a workbook to help you figure out what you need to know before mak...
Nov. 4, 2021
Mind your (Creative) Business and Embrace a Professional Attitude (Back to Basics #3)
Free Resource for Artists Considering Going Pro If you are thinking about becoming a full-time artist, you've got to ask the right questions. So we've created a workbook to help you figure out what you need to know before mak...
Oct. 28, 2021
No Compromise: How to Make a Generational Impact w/ Jimmie Gonzalez, Jr and Devon Watts
What does legacy mean to you? And how do you expand your vision from a personal one, to the kind that will impact future generations through your business or creative brand? Two entrepreneurs, Devon Watts Jr. and Jimme Gonzal...
Oct. 21, 2021
The Time of Your Life: How to Become Wildly Productive w/ Jordan Raynor
You’ve said these four words...and so has everyone around you, often when we’re faced with yet another appointment or responsibility. The phrase? “I don’t have time”. Creatives like us are just as guilty - perhaps even more ...
Oct. 14, 2021
How to Prioritize Your True Creative Passions (Back to Basics #2)
Decisions, decisions! Every day we are faced with a multitude of options on how to move forward in our creative and musical lives. Sometimes, the choice is easy. But often, it's not. How do you decide when it's time to try so...
Sept. 30, 2021
Defeating Discouragement When No One Responds to Your Work!
It's the worst feeling in the world for a creative...when you post or share something you've worked hard on, and no one seems to notice ! This issue affects creatives deeply and can quickly demoralize you, to the point that y...
Sept. 23, 2021
How to Maximize Your Big Moment w/ Brian Nhira, Vocalist
In this episode, you’ll learn how Brian Nhira maximized his moment on a national platform and built the foundations of a successful, faith-filled and family-focused creative life.
Sept. 9, 2021
Five MASSIVE Mistakes Every Creative Must Avoid
There's only two ways to learn...via education...or experience. In this episode as we mark the 4th 'podaversary' of The God and Gigs Show, host Allen C. Paul shares five big mistakes he made as a creative and entrepreneur beg...
Aug. 26, 2021
Jump Start Your Audience Growth the Right Way
As a faith-focused creative, there are people that you are called to reach. But if you are not using the right methods, those people could slip right through your fingers. In this episode, taken from one of our God and Gigs 3...
Aug. 19, 2021
3 Powerful Books That Helped Inspire God and Gigs
Before you can become a fully confident creative, you have to let other creatives pour into you. That's what happened with the God and Gigs book - which helped form the platform that now serves hundreds of creatives worldwi...
Aug. 12, 2021
Turn Your Talent Into A Lasting Legacy w/ Ulysses Owens, Jr., Musician & Author
How do you shift from simply trying to 'make it' in the music industry, to truly building a sustainable, lasting legacy as a creative and entrepreneur? Jazz musician, educator, author and creative entrepreneur Ulysses Owens, ...
Aug. 5, 2021
Imitate or Originate? How To Avoid Following The Creative Crowd
Are you tired of feeling like the copycats always win? From music to fashion and everywhere in between, it seems that imitation is more than flattery - it's good business. But it's bad for the artist, right? In this episode w...
July 29, 2021
Should You Resign and Go Full-time as a Creative?
Are you considering joining the "Great Resignation" of 2021? In this post-pandemic world, workers from all types of professions are deciding not to go back to business as usual. Instead, they are quitting their jobs and looki...
July 8, 2021
Tax Transformation: How to Seize Control of Your Money and Mission w/ Samantha Mabry, Accountant
Can God bless your creative business through taxes? Yes, and this passionate and gifted business strategist has the knowledge and inspiration you need to transform your creative career and your financial life.
June 24, 2021
Manafest Destiny: Plan Your Path to Creative Success and Financial Freedom w/ Chris Greenwood
Is it possible for a music artist to overcome multiple childhood tragedies, build a massively successful music career AND reach a goal of financial freedom - all while never compromising their faith and calling? If you follo...
May 27, 2021
How to Start Your Email List and Own the Connection with Your Audience
If you're a creative, you need an audience. However, in a noisy world where everyone seems to have a product and a platform, it's getting harder and harder to rise above the masses to reach those that want to hear from you. T...
May 6, 2021
What to Say Day-to-Day to Your Audience
It’s easy to get excited about sharing your latest project, performance or product. But what do you share with your followers when there’s nothing to promote? In other words, what do you say day-to-day? Whether it’s via socia...