ASLU 116: Welcome to Season 4 - A Grab Bag of Topics!

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In our Season 4 opener, Melissa and Heather Travis do a quick recap of the summer and hit a number of topics that we've been experiencing or following - including running a studio sale, incorporating new tech into our work, navigating more social media changes and planning & prepping for the upcoming holiday season.

This Episode Is For…

This is a great episode for creatives who:

  • are thinking about upcoming holiday prep

  • making statements with our work

  • are wondering about all the social media push back and Instagram changes this summer

  • are flirting with the idea of bringing new technology into their creative work

  • just want to catch up with Melissa & Heather!

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Perfection does not make you interesting.

in this episode we discuss:

  • getting back into the world with the other humans

  • and update on our businesses through the summer

  • embracing new tech and tools in our businesses

  • how our brains work differently and how we experience a different state of flow when we’re psychically making in a traditional space as opposed to a digital space

  • having a studio sale

  • being realistic about marrying our artistic passions with commercially viable work

  • using our work to be political or to make important statements

  • navigating, yet again, more social media platform changes and how to make social media work on our terms without feeling like we’re on a treadmill

  • the new Etsy tax situation for GST/HST registered businesses

  • our plans and goals for our businesses as we go into the holiday season

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