Comments on: Surviving as an artist in a bad economy http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/surviving-as-an-artist-in-a-bad-economy.htm Watch behind the scenes as fine art nature photographer Daniel Sroka tries to make a living from his art. Blow-by-blow excitement! Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Friday Links « Kirsty Hall http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/surviving-as-an-artist-in-a-bad-economy.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28375 Friday Links « Kirsty Hall Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:43:12 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/?p=208#comment-28375 [...] Daniel Sroka ponders how to survive as an artist in a struggling economy. [...] [...] Daniel Sroka ponders how to survive as an artist in a struggling economy. [...]

]]> By: Paul Grecian http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/surviving-as-an-artist-in-a-bad-economy.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28187 Paul Grecian Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:17:20 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/?p=208#comment-28187 Dan, You could have written a blog post for me and it would have mirrored my own situation. Thanks for expressing it so well. It's reinforcing for me to hear it. Even if everything were to go wrong for us economically, I wouldn't regret my decision. Time spent with my daughter (a son in your case), and the opportunity to drive your own future......all worth it. Dan,

You could have written a blog post for me and it would have mirrored my own situation. Thanks for expressing it so well. It’s reinforcing for me to hear it. Even if everything were to go wrong for us economically, I wouldn’t regret my decision. Time spent with my daughter (a son in your case), and the opportunity to drive your own future……all worth it.

]]> By: Michel http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/surviving-as-an-artist-in-a-bad-economy.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28186 Michel Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:52:58 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/?p=208#comment-28186 Nice article! I agree. Freelance is maybe tough, but you can unleash your creativity in a lot of other ways, which otherwise are 'forbidden' for you, while you work in a corporate environment. Sometimes money is a problem, yes. But apart from that, you may feel much better, when you work for yourself, when you do what want when you want... :-) Nice article! I agree. Freelance is maybe tough, but you can unleash your creativity in a lot of other ways, which otherwise are ‘forbidden’ for you, while you work in a corporate environment.

Sometimes money is a problem, yes. But apart from that, you may feel much better, when you work for yourself, when you do what want when you want… :-)

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]]> By: Daniel Sroka http://blog.danielsroka.com/business/surviving-as-an-artist-in-a-bad-economy.htm/comment-page-1#comment-28184 Daniel Sroka Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:37:14 +0000 http://blog.danielsroka.com/?p=208#comment-28184 Monte: that sounds like a great approach. Please share with us your plan once you get it together! Having a business plan is key -- so many ideas sound cool, but just don't make business sense when you run the numbers. For example, I see so many people on Etsy selling their photographs for $10-20. But when I calculate how many they'd have to sell to make a decent income, and determine how much time it'd take to produce and ship that many orders, it is staggering. Monte: that sounds like a great approach. Please share with us your plan once you get it together!

Having a business plan is key — so many ideas sound cool, but just don’t make business sense when you run the numbers. For example, I see so many people on Etsy selling their photographs for $10-20. But when I calculate how many they’d have to sell to make a decent income, and determine how much time it’d take to produce and ship that many orders, it is staggering.

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