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This is an experimental bonus episode! 

Since it's the holidays I wanted to wait until they were over to post the next artist interview. 

So I thought I would try a little experiment. 

I take a lot of marketing courses. And to tell you the truth one thing I've noticed is they all pretty much teach the same thing.

However, one marketing course that I took talked about how to build an audience starting from scratch at the beginning, or how to inject new life into your existing creative business. 

Whether you're an artist, writer, or any kind of creator, the principles can be applied across various creative fields.

I thought I would just share what these courses taught me on the podcast today.

Let me know what you think!

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