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Artist Goals 2015 – Finding Opportunities + Free Worksheet

Looking for opportunities and threats

Look for opportunities to grow your art business but don’t forget to to avoid the rocks (threats)…

Now is a great time to think about all of the opportunities you could discover and take advantage of in the coming year. This year make it a point to find new opportunities for you as an artist and for your art business as well.

Knowing what your opportunities are gives your art business a solid sense of direction and a basis to develop your strategies. Opportunities come in all shapes and sizes and you need to look for them because they may not be looking for you. Examples of opportunities could be new places and venues to show and sell your work, a better way to produce your art, market trends, or a better ways to run your business. If you think about it there are probably quite a few opportunities you should be looking at right now!

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Artist Goals 2015 – Capitalizing on Your Strengths + Free Worksheet

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Determining your strengths and weaknesses is a key step in creating your business and marketing plans

One of your goals for the New Year should include a little reflection on what you are good at as well as those areas that need improvement. You strengths help you stand out among the competition and have a lot to do with the overall success of your art business. Knowing your strengths allows you to do what you do best and provides the backdrop for your marketing and sales efforts. In business terms – you capitalize on your strengths and manage your weaknesses. Just think about the things that you are really good at and how you can leverage them in the coming year.

Analyzing your strengths and weaknesses is a basic business technique taught in every business school. The concept is simple: you gain market advantage by leveraging your strengths while you work to correct or minimize your weaknesses. Luckily you don’t need to go to business school to get started – all it takes is a piece of paper and a pencil and then making a list of your art business’s strengths and weaknesses.

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