{"id":28670,"date":"2017-11-06T20:44:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T00:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?p=28670"},"modified":"2017-11-06T20:44:54","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T00:44:54","slug":"getting-noticed-help-creative-career-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/getting-noticed-help-creative-career-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Noticed: Help Your Creative Career Take Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ask any creative professional, and I bet they have a story about how much of a struggle their career was in the beginning. When you are just starting out as a creative, you will find that it can be difficult getting your work out there and getting people and potential customers to pay attention. But you will get there in the end and make a big success out of this all no doubt. You just need to make sure that you follow all of these great tips.<\/p>\n

Make Sure It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Viable First<\/h3>\n

\"Help<\/a>
\nHobby To Career: Is Your Business Idea Viable?<\/em><\/p>\n

First of all, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important that you figure out whether you could really make a go of your chosen creative career. Otherwise, you might end up taking a bit risk and it just not paying off. The best way to figure out whether this has the potential to work is to do some online research. Take a look to see if there is anyone doing anything similar to you<\/a>. If so, then there could be room in the market for you to set up shop too.<\/p>\n

Set Up A Blog<\/h3>\n

\"Help<\/a>
\nBrainstorming to Design: Creating a Blog Can be Easier Than You Think<\/em><\/p>\n

Next, you need to get some of your work up online so that people can start to stumble across it. Whether you are a writer, artist, or photographer, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good idea to start your own blog if you haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t already done so. There are lots of great free blog-hosting platforms these days, such as Squarespace and WordPress, so this shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be too expensive to do. Then you just need to start adding content and making sure it is optimized for SEO so more people will see what you do!<\/p>\n

Add A Store<\/h3>\n

\"Help<\/a>
\nThinking Of Launching An eCommerce Online Store? 4 Points To Think About<\/em><\/p>\n

Once you start to get a few clicks onto your website, you can add an ecommerce store so people can start to buy your products. Wondering how to build an ecommerce website<\/a> yourself? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy really, and you can do it all without hiring any ecommerce pro. In fact, most website and blog platforms will have the tools and applications that allow you to add an extra ecommerce section. Just remember, though, that you will have to pay the platform some fees for every sale you make if you do this.<\/p>\n

Use Social Media<\/h3>\n

\"Help<\/a>
\nSocial Media Marketing Made Simple<\/em><\/p>\n

If you don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a couple of social media profiles by now, you should really work on getting them sorted. These are a great way of spreading the word about your creative work. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good idea to create some professional profiles<\/a> if you already have personal ones. When you do start posting examples of your work, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important that you add some hashtags so that as many people as possible see your posts. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget to also link to your website from your social media profiles as this can drive a lot more traffic to your site and online shop.<\/p>\n

\"Help
\nImage Source<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Hopefully, all of the above tips can help to get your creative career up and running in no time at all. Eventually, you might be able to make a tidy profit out of it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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