How to Run a Creative Business in The Midst of Challenges: 4 Things You MUST Know {Ep 069}

Welcome back to the Business Straight Up podcast, the place to be if you want to be able to market your business and run it smarter, not harder, so you can actually make a living doing what you love! Because knowing how to run a creative business does NOT come naturally to everyone, right? It’s been awhile since I’ve introduced myself and since we’re coming back from a little bit of a break – now’s the time, right? I’m your host, Brooke Summer, I’ve been running a successful boudoir studio for 12 years now and I teach creative business owners and photographers the marketing skills they need to run a profitable and sustainable business. YUP – I believe you deserve to not only run a business, but to make money doing so, so that you can create wealth and independence for yourself and your family. BOOM – controversial right off the bat, right?

Welcome to episode 069! I’ve put this off because it wasn’t perfect – something we’re going to talk about in a few – but I gave up putting it off because done is better than perfect. Even if my voice is a little rough and my hair isn’t dried yet – we’re doing this!

So where the heck have I been? If you’re in my Facebook group, which you can access at businessstraightup.com/community , you’ll know that life has been a little crazy for me lately. In this episode I wanted to share where I’ve been and why the podcast had a little break, but even more importantly, I’m going to share 4 things I really want you to know when outside circumstances affect you and your business and you feel like freaking the EFF out.

Scheduling your days as a CEO… when it all goes awry, what do you do? How to run a creative business when things are NOT going your way is essential, so let’s talk about it!

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One of the best parts of running your own business is that you get to build your own schedule – which can be both a blessing and a curse. I’ve done episodes on this before, so if you want to hear more about creating your own schedule so that your business fits into your life, instead of your life fitting into your business, check out businessstraightup.com/043 and businessstraightup.com/044 for more details on how our schedule runs every day.

In those episodes, I talk about our schedule and how it changed with quarantine, and everything that went down in 2020 – and it was definitely chaos. Through all of that though, we got into a rhythm that was imperfect but worked beautifully. Then in May of 2021 – yup just last month – craziness happened again. This time it was in the form of two surgeries. In today’s episode we are going to talk about the things you need to remember and do when chaos hit your business. Because really, it isn’t a matter of if, but WHEN it will happen. Crazy things happen in our lives, sometimes we can schedule them and sometimes we can’t – but either way, as a professional, we must keep moving forward. Let’s chat about what that looks like!

Key Topics

  • 4 things to remember in how to run a creative business when unexpected circumstances derail your plans.

Major Takeaways

  • 4 things you must know when it comes to how to run a creative business when circumstances aren’t ideal.
  • THIS is what you need to take care of first and foremost.
  • As a recovering perfectionist, I can relate, but I know more than most that THIS needs to be let go of – immediately.
  • You need to figure THIS out so that you can keep moving forward & know how to run a creative business.
  • Batching and automation – a MUST DO for any business owner that wants to maintain their sanity!

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