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Grab these digital guides & courses to save yourself the headache.
A step-by-step guide to growing and getting more engagement on social media, without ever showing your face. This audio course + 9 pages of plug-and-play templates will teach you exactly how to create content that attracts an audience, boosts traffic, and converts followers into buyers.
What You’ll Learn:
✔ How to build a repeatable social media strategy and track your analytics
✔ How to create a Signature Series that keeps your audience coming back
✔ The exact hooks, keywords, and strategies to maximize engagement & reach
✔ How to structure your content to attract an audience that actually buys
🎧 Listen at your own pace.
Together, we’ll build a custom 6-month roadmap using an ADHD-friendly structure and fierce accountability so your art business finally gets the attention (and sales) it deserves.
What’s Included:
Monthly 1:1 Strategy Calls: We’ll track your progress, troubleshoot roadblocks, and refine your strategy. (Your first call is one month after joining so you can crush your initial homework).
Daily In Your Pocket Email Support: Email me up to once a day for content critiques, copy reviews, or to have me translate your analytics.
The Heavy Lifting Done With You: I go beyond standard coaching. I help write your website copy, do your heavy SEO research, and script your videos. I create the strategy; you implement it.
$140+ in Templates & Resources: Ready-to-use tools so you can start fixing your business on day one.
By the end of 6 months, you will have:
An SEO-optimized website that actually converts.
A zero-guesswork social media strategy that attracts buyers.
An automated, email-powered sales funnel.
Multiple dialed-in income streams (merch, licensing, digital products, etc.).
The Vibe Check: This program is exclusively for creatives ready to hustle. You must be able to commit at least four hours a week to the marketing side of your business.
Zero-Risk Guarantee: Try it for the first month. If you put in the work and it’s not a fit, cancel within 30 days for a no-questions-asked refund, and keep the templates on me.
Tired of chasing clients, posting every day with no sales, and feeling like you're never doing enough? This audio course is your game plan for making money as an artist, without the burnout. No screens, no distractions, just press play and learn how to build passive income streams that actually work, so you can stop trading time for money and start getting paid while you sleep.
What You’ll Learn:
✔ Why relying on client work keeps you broke (and what to do instead)
✔ How to create digital & physical products that sell themselves
✔ The exact sales funnel to make money on autopilot
✔ How to build a business that works for YOU, not the other way around
🎧 Listen at your own pace. Includes written notes for easy reference.
The Artist Reset E-Book Planner simplifies the chaos of being a solo creative. With 80+ pages of step-by-step guidance and real examples from my own art business, this planner helps you create a sustainable plan tailored to your goals—whether you thrive on structure or need flexibility to follow the dopamine.
What You’ll Gain:
A roadmap to turn your passion into sustainable income.
Clarity on your audience and strategies to connect with them.
Time management tools to balance creativity, marketing, and admin.
A content bank to streamline your social media, blog, and newsletters.
Flexible routines for part-time or full-time creatives, with monthly and weekly scheduling options.
With over 26 worksheets and templates, you’ll stay inspired and organized, ready to make your creative business thrive.
This digital PDF is basically a clone of the proposals I send out monthly through Fiverr Workspace. It's packed with all the nitty-gritty details on how I structure pricing, lay out deliverables, handle contract terms, and tackle my design process.
For just $5, you'll snag this winning template that's been scoring me clients left and right. Simply copy and paste it into your own proposals and watch the magic happen! 100% happiness guaranteed or your money back within 30 days.
Hi, I’m Dean! I will never stop screaming that artists should make a livable wage.
No Fluff, No Bullshit:
My easy-to-understand strategies empower you to navigate the complex world of art marketing with confidence and clarity.
Knowledge is Power:
Stay ahead with constantly evolving marketing techniques to sell your products and secure consistent clients, especially in the age of AI.
An Artist Somewhere Just Figured Out Marketing
Was it you? If not… start reading the art marketing blog.
The illustration industry is evolving fast. From AI tools to shifting client expectations, staying relevant takes more than talent alone. This guide breaks down how illustrators can future-proof their careers through communication skills, structured learning, and applying their style strategically in editorial and advertising work.
Working a full-time job while growing an art business isn’t easy. In this student feature, a cozy illustrator shares how she found her niche, built confidence online, and created a sustainable creative process without burning out.
Burnt out from creating new art just to stay visible? Learn why design assets aren’t cheating, how illustrators use them sustainably, and how to create content without destroying your hands or energy.
Tired of bad social media advice? These 6 social media myths are killing your engagement, limiting your reach, and making it harder to sell your art.
When you treat your newsletter like a creative medium instead of a marketing chore, it becomes the one place where your audience actually pays attention. Because going viral might boost your ego for a minute… but email marketing is what pays your bills for years.
Stop selling like a brand and start connecting like a human. Learn how to turn your creative chaos into a social media strategy that builds trust, sells naturally, and actually feels aligned with your art and values.
By the end of this course, you will:
Write and schedule your first 3 money-making emails
Grow your list automatically with high-converting signup forms
Turn followers into customers with simple, repeatable email formats
Pick the right email platform without the painful switching later
Know exactly what to send each week (no more blank-screen panic)
Use an ADHD-friendly workflow that keeps you consistent, not burnt out
This course helps you sell more art, build a real community, and get paid consistently, even if you're starting from zero.