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How to Manage Cash Flow for Your Art Business

Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:00 PM ET / 1:00 PM PT Do you know the number 1 reason businesses fail?  Cash Flow. Or to use business terminology, insufficient capital or operating funds. Knowing how to manage your finances (business and personal), manage your cash flow and plan your cash flow management is critical to your [...]

Procrastination is Keeping Me Waiting

Thursday, February 23rd 7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT One of the most frequently asked question in my Ask Coach Debra calls is how to deal with procrastination. Very often we know what we need to do.  And yet somehow, we can’t get ourselves to sit down and do it! All of the Time [...]

How to Manage Your Marketing – The Contact Management System

Monday, February 27th 3:00 PM ET / 12:00 Noon PT Marketing is creating an environment in which people feel comfortable enough to buy from you,  over and over again. Sounds like a great idea, right? But what exactly does that mean in terms of day to day actions?  And how do you systematize creating that [...]

March 2012 Ask Coach Debra Call

Tuesday, March 13th 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT In the “Ask Debra Russell” call, Debra will answer your individual questions about how to be successful and prosperous doing what you love. Bring your biggest challenges and burning questions to get the personal attention you need to break through, or listen and learn (and contribute!) as [...]

February 2012 Ask Coach Debra Call

In this month’s Ask Debra Russell call, Debra answered your individual questions about how to be successful and prosperous doing what you love. Artists Marketing & Business Academy Members’ questions got priority: What program of auto responder for twitter do you use and recommend? (Social Media Marketing) What is the best way to prioritize and [...]

MUSIC INDUSTRY SECRETS – Trends in Radio Panel

I was invited to attend this panel sponsored by ReverbNationand hosted by The Knitting Factory last week. The Panelists were: Moderator: Valerie Gurka, Marketing Director – Knitting Factory Entertainment Lynda McLaughlin Producer – Premiere Radio Networks, Founder/Partner – LYVA Music and Espresso Sounds Publishing. Liz Berg Assistant General Manager – WFMU Radio Seth Hillinger, Creative [...]

Time Management Bookends – A Framework for Success

Time Management is the Number One System that will enable you to achieve sustainable success in your business and your life.  If your Time Management isn’t working – nothing else will. I have worked with literally hundreds of clients on the issues that a poor time management system creates such as: Procrastination Difficulties with prioritization [...]

Social Media – The Art of Engagement

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube – OH MY! Social Media is everywhere and it’s clear that there are some Artists and business owners in the Arts & Entertainment Industry (including the Music Business, Film Industry and Publishing) who are using it to build real world success.  But there are a lot of people who are overwhelmed [...]

Time Management 101 – The Art of Juggling

“If only I had more time! Then I could do all that I want to do!” There are 24 hours/day, 7 days/week. That won’t change. So how do you use what you have to create the life that you want? The solution isn’t by figuring out how to do more stuff.  It’s figuring out how [...]

January 2012 Ask Coach Debra Call

In this month’s Ask Debra Russell call, Debra answered your individual questions about how to be successful and prosperous doing what you love. Artists Marketing & Business Academy Members’ questions got priority: Can you list which systems for our business do you recommend we should develop? How can I keep my motivation up? (time management) [...]