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Gifted Underachievers

A podcast for midlevel creatives with delusional ambitions

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Wednesday · 7 min
You Own Your Life
During a recent hospital stay (painful and a big bummer, but okay in the end) James was told by a nurse, “You own your life.” This affected him deeply and generated a lot of thoughts about what it means to own your life. In this brief segment, Pat and James unpack this idea. Questions for Listeners * What does it mean to own your life? * Do you own your life? For Further Exploration Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 100 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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Wednesday · 28 min
Is Growth Always Good?
Pat and James work very hard at their creative-adjacent businesses. Sometimes, too hard and to the point where their own creative work can suffer. Part of that imbalance is the desire to grow their businesses because that’s how they earn a living. Growth, in this context, often equals money and the resources to support their creative work. But is growth for the sake of growth a good thing? What would happen if the Gifted Underachievers focused on other forms of growth than money—growth that’s tied into a deeper, more personal set of metrics? Questions for Listeners What’s your policy around growth? For Further Exploration Company of One by Paul Jarvis: https://a.co/d/00zLgQiW Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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Wednesday · 17 min
Is Creativity Innate or Learned?
We can look at creativity as a lifelong habit of being in the world. The urge to create might be stronger in some people than others, but are we all born with it? Or does our creativity depend on environmental factors as well? According to David Cox in The Guardian: The brain is divided into two halves, or hemispheres, that are joined by a bundle of fibres called the corpus callosum. Writers, artists and musicians were found to have a smaller corpus callosum, which may augment their creativity by allowing each side of their brain to develop its own specialisation. The authors suggest that this “benefits the incubation of ideas that are critical for the divergent-thinking component of creativity”. Talk about lateral thinking! What do you think…were you born creative, or is it more of a habit you learned? Questions for Listeners * Were you born creative? * Do you have creative relatives? * What’s your perfect environment for fostering creativity in yourself (and others)? For Further Exploration “Are Some People Born Creative?” by David Cox, in The Guardian (2013): https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/sep/19/born-creative-study-brain-hemingway “Neuroscientific Studies of Creativity,” by Park, Kim, and Hahm, in Dementia and Neurocognitive Disorders, 2016: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6428025/ Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book! Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 100 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 29 · 22 min
Creatives Make Good Vampires
A recent road trip by Gifted Underachiever Pat led her to some thoughts on how far we can go in using other people in our art. Can we base characters or story events on people we know and things we’ve seen happen to them? If yes, what are the limits? If we change everything just enough to make it impossible for our inspiration to recognize themselves, is that okay? We say sure, why not? Questions for Listeners: * If you found details of your life in a novel by someone you knew, would you freak out or would you understand? * Have you ever used someone else’s image or circumstances either to create your art or to make it better? * If yes, was there any fallout? For Further Exploration: Author Accused of Using Classmate’s Story: https://www.thedailybeast.com/writer-amy-griffin-accused-of-using-classmates-sexual-abuse-story-as-her-own Show your support and get a free book! Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 100 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 29 · 13 min
Delusional Goal Update
Waaaayyyy back the Gifted Underachievers stated their delusional goals for the next three to five years. Let’s see how things are going. Pat: Win the Booker Prize. James: Receive a call from the Nobel committee for the literature prize. So far so good. No phone calls yet, but we remain hopeful. Questions for Listeners: * What is your delusional goal? * What are your goals? For Further Exploration: Show your support and get a free book! Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 100 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 29 · 9 min
Is Halloween the most creative holiday?
Halloween can be the black licorice of holidays: Not everybody loves it but those who do, really, really love it. And for many of them, it’s all the creativity that can go into Halloween, the costumes, decorations, haunted barns, and on and on. This then leads to the question: Is Halloween the most creative holiday? Questions for Listeners: * Does your creative adjacent work get in the way of your creative goals? * How do you feel about that? * What are your goals? For Further Exploration: Show your support and get a free book! Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 100 coffee angels will get a free guide! If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 22 · 13 min
How NOT To Do Guerrilla Marketing
Originally aired in August 2024 and back by popular demand… Pat and James begin using low-cost merch to drive high-value social media marketing (Hint: “Can you find our coaster or sticker in your city?” as an Instagram meme), but things go a little awry on Pat’s first couple of merch drops. Questions for You: * How do you market yourself as a creative? * Have your promotional efforts every backfired? * What’s the best marketing you have ever done? Segment Links: The amazing Theremin Man: More Fun Links: Worst Guerrilla Marketing Fails What is Guerilla Marketing? Examples? Guerrilla Marketing for Music Jaw Dropping Guerrilla Marketing Ideas (check out #4!) Proof of Concept: GU drink coasters on the Drive! Support the Underachievers AND get a free book! Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 100 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 22 · 25 min
Does Creative Adjacent Work Harm Our Creative Work?
Many creatives engage in creative-adjacent work—editing, teaching, commissions, etc.—to make a living utilizing their respective creative skillset. Often, too, we do this work to gain entrance into not just the creative economy but also the creative world we want to be part of. However, these creative-adjacent careers can take on a life of their own as the paid work crowds out the capacity to do the work we really want to do. In this segment, we float out the premise that to succeed at any of these supposed “side hustles” requires an incredible amount of dedication, skills-building, and time. Is this true? Or is finding time, bandwidth, and capacity simply what creatives must navigate no matter how we earn a living? What other options exist for us to earn a living from our skills in the absence of wild creative success that brings money and time? Perhaps the bottom line is we are fortunate to be able to do what we do and make a living at it. Nevertheless, we consider what we can do differently to create more creative capacity without giving up income. Questions for Listeners * Does your creative adjacent work get in the way of your creative goals? * How do you feel about that? * What are your goals? For Further Exploration: Show your support and get a free book! Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 100 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 22 · 3 min
Election Chat
This wee segment shares our consternation about election marketing by text and the need for fundraising in our so-called modern democracies. Questions for Listeners: * Do you vote? * Where you live, do politicians ask for money to get themselves elected? * If not, why not? We don’t need donations! But if you buy us a coffee, you could win a book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’ll be on the list! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 15 · 24 min
Discipline as Devotion
The concept of discipline is a frequent topic of conversation among creatives. And as often, people bring a lot of baggage and prescriptions around how disciplined creatives should be. But what if we had a more generous and open concept of discipline? Maybe we all enter and exist within our creative lives with a range of practices that equate to our idiosyncratic view of being a disciplined creative? Waiting for the goddess to speak to us could be one end while the person grinding it out every single day could be the other. All are good. . .if they work. Right? And maybe it’s even simpler: discipline will look different every time you do it. Questions for Listeners: * Do you ever feel like you are undisciplined, and yet the work gets done? * Have others made you feel that you lack discipline? For Further Exploration: Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 15 · 15 min
Are You Ever Caught Up?
In creative and creative-adjacent work, we always seem to have more projects and deadlines than we have time for. The Gifted Underachievers talk about how this situation develops and name a few scenarios: * Deadlines take priority, which means that other work gets pushed aside til the deadline’s met * That work then becomes the new priority—the need to catch up makes for more long hours * Life can also intervene with last-minute changes or challenges. It’s a reality for many creative workers that client projects and personal projects compete for our time and energy. Can we ever really catch up? If not, how can we reduce overwhelm, celebrate our accomplishments, and enjoy our brief lives? We have answers. Questions for Listeners: * When’s the last time you were caught up? * What did you do to make that happen? * How long did you stay caught up? For Further Exploration: Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson on working on multiple projects at the same time: Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 15 · 7 min
Listener Profile: Book Club Podcast
Today, we’re profiling a terrific podcast by Carly Jackson and cohost Christy Lynn, the Book Club Podcast. If you like smart, in-depth analysis of stories, ranging across time periods and including classics as well as genre best-sellers, this is the podcast for you. Each season has a theme, and the current one is all about Romantasy (A Court of Thorn and Roses, Spinning Silver, and more). Previous seasonal themes include Millenial Nostalgia, (The Princess Bride, The Giver, Jurassic Park...) Solarpunk, (Walkaway, The Dispossessed...), and Haunted Houses (The Shining, The Turn of the Screw, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” and more.) (Have a listen to the fabulous discussion of Shirley Jackson’s classic novel The Haunting of Hill House in this episode from Season One!) The Book Club Podcast is available on the major podcast players and Substack. New episodes are released monthly. Check out their website at https://www.bookclubpod.com. Creator and host Carly Jackson is a developmental editor for science fiction and fantasy, and you can find her at Desert Sky Editing. Cohost Christy Lynn is a writer and editor with over 10,000 hours of reading discussions accomplished (which she heard makes her an expert). You can find her at https://substack.com/@christylynn10. Questions for Listeners: * Want to be featured as a listener profile? * Send us a brief pitch to: giftedunderachievers5@gmail.com For Further Exploration: If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 8 · 21 min
Platform Building: Clickbait vs Meaning
In an attention-based economy, how do creatives honorably and effectively build an audience, platform, and artistic presence without resorting to sensationalism or grandstanding? Too many believe that the only path is making outlandish claims (you will get a gallery show if you do this…), market conflict (you will never get a gallery show if you…), or some other form of clickbait. The world is saturated with this strategic approach to winning people’s attention. Obviously, it works. But is it necessary? Can we build a presence and audience and platform by focusing with intensity on content and creative work that offers meaning? Betsy Lerner offers a great example. She gained a large audience by reading her cringey teenage diary entries on Tik Tok. Fun. Curious. Unique. And creative. Questions for Listeners * Have you leaned toward clickbait? (“I have in the past,” James admits.) * Did it work? (“Nope,” James says.) For Further Exploration Betsy Lerner: A new start after 60: I read out my old diaries online – and my youthful secrets went viral Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 8 · 12 min
Navigating Low-Inspiration Cycles
Gifted Underachiever James Buchanan has just come through an extended period of overwork and is also dealing with a major life event, the death of a parent. Over the past few months, he’s reached a point of low inspiration on his own creative projects. He’s not only finding it hard to do the work, but also realizing that when he does start working on it, his brain’s in overdrive on life stuff. We’ve all been there. In this segment, we discuss what to do: Keep pushing through, or put everything down and take a break? Questions for Listeners * Have you ever had a period of low inspiration on your creative work? * What’s your strategy to bounce back? For Further Exploration Are you in a period of “woodshedding”? Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 8 · 7 min
Online Ads for Creatives
Did you know that you can advertise your creative work online? You alone, by yourself, without spending big bucks or lots of time? In this short segment, full-time writer James Buchanan shares three fundamentals for placing successful online ads. Questions for Listeners * Do you have any further tips about advertising online? * If you’ve never done it, what have the barriers been? (didn’t know about it, didn’t know how, heard it was difficult, etc.) For Further Exploration Crash Course Media Literacy: Online Ads Pinterest Tools for Creators: https://create.pinterest.com/en-ca/product-features/ How to do online ads: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/online-advertising Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No cost, no spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 1 · 39 min
The How & Why of Contracts for Creatives
If you engage in creative-adjacent work or perform, submit, or sell creative services or pieces of any kind, you likely need a contract. As Pat says, contracts remove confusion, manage expectations, and help prevent scope creep. They are necessary, but what should you write into yours? How flexible should a contract be? How can you use a contract to close a deal? What should you look for—the howlers—in another person’s contract? How does a contract lay out your responsibilities and the client’s expectations? And much, much more. *Important note: neither Pat nor James is a lawyer. THIS IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. NONE OF WHAT JAMES OR PAT SAY IS LEGALLY BINDING. But they are more than willing to share what they do and why. Questions for Listeners: * What do you consider the must-have clauses in your contracts? For Further Exploration: If you’re in the USA: 23 of the Best Contracts for Creatives https://onestoplegal.co/contracts-for-creatives/?srsltid=AU7gw4Xd4ZEv9DYl8CsAXY_DTpbdemRiJXePpW8Z-t7IyHldj_PZPmx1 Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU clubhouse. No spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 1 · 19 min
Flow Hygiene: A Debrief
In a recent segment, Prepping for Crunch Time, we discussed ways to prepare for a period of intensive work, whether you’re an understudy called up to play the lead, a visual artist with an impending gallery show, or a writer on a deadline. Now we have a case study on Pat’s most recent “crunch time,” a 72-hour writing competition that brings contestants to their knees every year. Despite thorough and logical preparations at the logistics end, Pat found herself scrambling ineptly and producing sub-standard work. We discuss the lessons learned. The ultimate insight? If you need to be in a flow state to get your work done, you’d best do some “flow hygiene” as crunch time approaches. Questions for Listeners: * Do you have a “crunch time” coming up? * What do you do to get into flow? For Further Exploration: Creative Hygiene: How to enter the flow state in 2 minutes: How to enter a flow state in 11 minutes: Creative Flow: Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No spam, unsubscribe any time. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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October 1 · 8 min
Case Study: Marketing an Online Course
As part of her pension project, Pat has been teaching courses online at the Editorial Arts Academy [https://editorialartsacademy.com/2020/12/22/tour-of-developmental-editing-for-fiction/] for quite a while. In one course, she demystifies the art of developmental editing by working with students on the basics and not so basics of this type of editorial service. Great stuff! And she has filled up the next cohort for this class. This segment explores Pat’s marketing efforts and what she believes worked best. Questions for Listeners: * Do you create and deliver online courses? * If yes, what marketing channels do you use? For Further Exploration: Buy us a Coffee and Win a Book Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. If you’re not already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse. No spam, unsubscribe anytime. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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September 24 · 28 min
Opportunities & Compromise: Two Perspectives
James floats out a scenario for consideration: * You’re a midlevel creative * You get your “big break”--an opportunity that could transform your career * They want compromises you’re not comfortable making What do you do? Pat figures creatives can cross that bridge when they get to it and base their actions on the specifics of the situation: what the compromise is, who’s asking for it, and what’s at stake. Questions for Listeners * Do you think this scenario can be usefully analyzed? * If yes, what’s your red zone when opportunity knocks? For Further Exploration 17 Stars Who Were Broke When They Got Their Big Breaks Buy us a Coffee and Win a Guide to World Domination! Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! If you aren’t already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse! No spam, unsubscribe any time. Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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September 24 · 16 min
Case Study: Prepping for Crunch Time
Pat is an expert all-nighter puller. In fact, James says that when it comes to understanding how to prepare for an intensive period of work, there’s none better than Pat. That’s why he asked for her tips on how she gets ready for the international three-day writing contest as well as other demanding periods of work. Question for Listeners: * How do you re-find your creative thread? For Further Exploration Buy us a Coffee and Win a Guide to World Domination! Here in the GU Clubhouse, we’ve gleaned and gathered incredible wisdom from our creative guests, whom we fondly call the Gifted Achievers. We’re putting this wisdom into a series of handy guides so listeners can study how to make a good living doing what you love. Click the coffee cup below and you’re on the list! The first 20 coffee angels will get a free guide! If you aren’t already a subscriber, we’d love to have you in the GU Clubhouse! No spam, unsubscribe any time. Thanks for listening to Gifted Underachievers! This post is public so feel free to share it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit giftedunderachievers.substack.com
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