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SUMMARY:PORT STEPHENS: Creative's Guide To Marketing
DESCRIPTION:This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Port Stephens Council. \n\n\n\nMany creatives hate the idea of selling\, but what if marketing could be more than impersonal hustle? How about a strategic approach that focuses on people first?  \n\n\n\nMarketing is one of the most despised and least understood aspects of running a creative business or working in the arts. Most creatives hate to sell and would rather be making than hustling.  However\, there is a simple solution to making marketing more palatable – take out the sales and focus on the strategy. The ‘Creative’s Guide To Marketing’ workshop shares a simple six-step marketing approach that has been designed to take the pain out of promotion.   \n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\nYou will learn the following\, with a special focus on arts practice and creative industries:+ Re-imagining traditional marketing in a way that makes sense for creativity and the arts.+ Getting the foundational elements of “YOU” marketing right\, without the terror of a deadline. + Understating the breadth of our ‘customers’\, from clients to funding bodies to audience.+ Knowing and learning from our peers\, and from word-of-mouth.+ Choosing the best digital and ‘old school’ tactics to help achieve your marketing goals.  \n\n\n\nMore resources and templates will also be provided to help create a marketing action plan. This workshop has been designed by creatives for creatives and includes ideas for ‘homework’.  \n\n\n\nWhat do I get? All participants of this workshop also receive:+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources and helpful links.+ A practical Workbook to assist with the interactive elements of the workshops.+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.Join us for a creative business day!We encourage you to book for both workshops and meet fellow creatives.Please book for the workshops separately through Business Connect. \n\n\n\n+ 10:30am Join Port Stephens Council for a morning tea on arrival+ 11:00am ‘Creative’s Guide to Marketing’ workshop+ 1:00pm Join Port Stephens Council for a light lunch and network with fellow creatives+ 2:00pm ‘Creative’s Guide to Funding’ workshop (book here) \n\n\n\nWho is presenting?Monica Davidson – Monica Davidson is an award-winning expert on the creative industries\, who began her professional life as a freelance journalist\, performer\, and filmmaker. Monica has a Masters degree in Screen Arts and Business from AFTRS\, and was appointed as Australia’s first Creative Industries Business Advisor in 2013. In 2016 Monica founded the social enterprise Creative Plus Business\, an organisation dedicated to educating creatives about small business skills\, financial literacy and marketing. \n\n\n\nWhat is CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS?We’re a social enterprise dedicated to educating creative people and arts organisations about business skills. We help by sharing practical knowledge in a fun and irreverent way\, and everything we do is designed to help creatives to feel more confident and comfortable about the entrepreneurial aspects of their creative practice. \n\n\n\nAccessibility: if you have any access requirements\, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com \n\n\n\nVENUE: Muree Golf Club\, 7 Walker Cres\, Raymond Terrace\, Port Stephens.  \n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\nWhat is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free\, independent\, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business. \n\n\n\nCreative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect until 30 September 2025.
URL:https://creativeplusbusiness.com/workshop/port-stephens-creatives-guide-to-marketing/
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SUMMARY:PORT STEPHENS: Creative's Guide to Funding
DESCRIPTION:This is a CREATIVE PLUS BUSINESS event in partnership with Port Stephens Council. \n\n\n\nA workshop dedicated to the basics of how to write\, manage and maintain funding.   \n\n\n\nGrants\, funding\, procurement\, scholarships and awards are often held up as the holy grail of a successful arts career\, but this revenue stream also takes hard work\, dedication and patience. After all\, there’s no such thing as ‘free money’. ‘Creative’s Guide to Funding’ is a workshop showcasing the basics of preparation\, application\, and acquittal for any kind of funding\, as well as getting organised for future applications. It’s packed with information and suitable for novices and more experienced funding-seekers alike. There is always more to learn about funding! \n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\nIn this FREE workshop participants will learn about the following\, with a focus on arts practice and creative industries:+ The different kinds of funding available. + Creating a funding folder and deadline calendar for regular applications.+ Writing the application – and avoiding the most common errors. + Getting the money right\, with budgeting and income (including templates).+ The acquittal process – and how to recover from setbacks. + The five main ways to avoid ‘failing’ at funding. \n\n\n\nResources\, examples and templates will also be provided for a variety of applications. \n\n\n\nWhat do I get?  All participants of this workshop also receive:+ Lifetime access to a Dropbox folder jam-packed with additional resources.+ Downloadable templates and project plans to support all kinds of funding applications+ Access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop.Join us for a creative business day!We encourage you to book for both workshops and meet fellow creatives.Please book for the workshops separately through Business Connect. \n\n\n\n+ 10:30am Join Port Stephens Council for a morning tea on arrival+11:00am ‘Creative’s Guide to Marketing’ workshop (book here)+ 1:00pm Join Port Stephens Council for a light lunch and network with fellow creatives+ 2:00pm ‘Creative’s Guide to Funding’ workshop \n\n\n\nWho’s the Host?Monica Davidson – Monica Davidson is an award-winning expert on the creative industries\, who began her professional life as a freelance journalist\, performer\, and filmmaker. Monica has a Masters degree in Screen Arts and Business from AFTRS\, and was appointed as Australia’s first Creative Industries Business Advisor in 2013. In 2016 Monica founded the social enterprise Creative Plus Business\, an organisation dedicated to educating creatives about small business skills\, financial literacy and marketing. \n\n\n\nWhat’s Creative Plus Business?We’re a social enterprise dedicated to educating creative people and arts organisations about business skills. We help through sharing practical knowledge in a fun and irreverent way\, and everything we do is designed to help creatives to feel more confident and comfortable about the entrepreneurial aspects of their creative practice. We believe that a bit of naughtiness\, tempered with a kind heart and a big dose of professionalism\, is the key to helping creative people understand the boring basics of business. \n\n\n\nAccessibility: if you have queries or any access requirements\, please email education@creativeplusbusiness.com \n\n\n\nVENUE: Muree Golf Club\, 7 Walker Cres\, Raymond Terrace\, Port Stephens.  \n\n\n\nBOOK NOW \n\n\n\nWhat is Service NSW Business Connect? Service NSW Business Connect provides free\, independent\, tailored business advice from experienced advisors in one‑on‑one sessions. We offer practical insights and business skills development. Services also include events and resources on a range of topics for small business. \n\n\n\nCreative Plus Business is an approved independent provider for Service NSW Business Connect until 30 September 2025.
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