What If Your Side Hustle Paid Your Mortgage?
What does it actually look like to run a thriving creative business? One with branding projects, murals, fonts, and a coffee company in the mix?! In this episode, we’re joined by the endlessly curious and wildly productive Adam Vicarel, who is proof that creative experimentation paired with smart systems can take you a long way.
Whether you’re figuring out how to balance creative freedom with financial stability, trying to find the headspace for things that aren’t immediately due, or just wondering if LinkedIn is worth your time, this one’s for you.
All that and more when you listen to this episode:
How Adam structures his day using the Pomodoro Technique (and why creatives need structure to be creative)
The “be everywhere, always” approach to marketing and why it’s really just being authentically top of mind
How to build passive income streams without overthinking them first
Font sales, SEO, and why Adam’s “little turd fonts” now pay his mortgage
Why financial stability is the foundation for creative experimentation
The $100k conversation: what it actually means and why it looks different for everyone
Batching content and staying consistent on social media
Raising rates with confidence: what it signals to clients and why it matters
Project management and getting ideas out of your head so they stop taking up space
Connect with Adam Vicarel
Website: https://www.adamvicarel.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vicarelstudios/
Coffee Company: https://www.instagram.com/allclevelandcoffee/
Mentioned in this episode:
Pomodoro Technique
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