Podcast
Business of Being Creative with Sean Low
I'm Sean Low, and I've been lending practical business advice to those in the business of being creative since the early 2000s, including accomplished notables such as Preston Bailey, Vicente Wolf, Nate Berkus, Sawyer Berson, Style Me Pretty, Marcy Blum, Michelle Rago, and Sylvia Weinstock--to name a few.
The key to my own success has been my ability to help artists build their businesses in a way that most honors the art that is behind them. I'll give you straight up, no holds barred advice on handling what happens from deal to done. The journey with your client begins when they first connect with you, whether digitally or in real life. And from that moment until the project is finished, you have the power to manifest an experience and journey with them that's transformative for all.
Everyone should be creative. Whatever your art is, it should invigorate you and bring you joy. And if it happens to be your business, it should bring you the money you need to KEEP being creative. Hopefully, I will challenge you each week to do just that.
So, let's not just think outside the box… Let's erase it!
- Episodes
- 100
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 14 min
- On air since
- 2024
- Latest episode
- 1 month ago
Episodes
100 episodes, newest first
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8 min
A Gentle Goodbye
Episode 282
Show notes
So the time has come for me to say goodbye to the podcast. I feel like the thoughts are complete and I am compelled to focus on writing. A few thoughts on what it means for me to have shared as I have for the past 140 episodes.
Original Episode Number: 141 | Original Air Date: 1/9/2024
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Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2024.
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14 min
Spiritual, Physical, Financial
Episode 281
Show notes
When creative business owners stop and think about where they want to go with their art and their creative businesses most start with money, then talk about the effort required to get that money and maybe then think about the kind of work they want to be doing. Here is the thing: it is exactly backwards.
Original Episode Number: 94 | Original Air Date: 4/12/2022
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Sean or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2022.
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16 min
Butterflies and Bulls
Episode 280
Show notes
We are all obsessed with something. Your obsession is why you are who you are both as an artist and business owner. We can get caught in the moment. The arrogance is to be defined by it. Tomorrow is always another day. Let the choice of perspective be yours.
Original Episode Number: 125 | Original Air Date: 5/23/2023
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2023.
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17 min
Optimism Is A Choice
Episode 279
Show notes
We are all obsessed with something. Your obsession is why you are who you are both as an artist and business owner. We can get caught in the moment. The arrogance is to be defined by it. Tomorrow is always another day. Let the choice of perspective be yours.
Original Episode Number: 89 | Original Air Date: 3/1/2022
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2022.
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12 min
Abundance
Episode 278
Show notes
Holiday season is upon us. Maybe rest is in sight and a moment to reflect on what is necessary for you and your business. Start with abundance.
Original Episode Number: 138 | Original Air Date: 11/28/2023
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2023.
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13 min
What Are You Looking For In A Client?
Episode 277
Show notes
We all give lip service to the idea that you are interviewing a potential client as much as they are interviewing you. But are you really? Do you know what you need? Let's talk the legacy of Karen Ann Quinlan.
Original Episode Number: 67 | Original Air Date: 09/14/2021
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2021.
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13 min
What Is Design?
Episode 276
Show notes
Design is creation. Easy enough. Now put teeth to it to make it a business. Why does it matter? Which would you rather have: the straw house or the brick house?
Original Episode Number: 112 | Original Air Date: 10/11/2022
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Sean or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2022.
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16 min
Understanding Both Sides
Episode 275
Show notes
Too often creative businesses devalue themselves and overvalue client relationships. Case in point: giving a discount to repeat clients. It goes against having better clients pay more. Let's talk about the automatic stay in bankruptcy in the United States.
Original Episode Number: 79 | Original Air Date: 12/14/2021
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2021.
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11 min
Hibernation
Episode 274
Show notes
What happens when there is a lull when it seems like everyone else is busy? What does it mean for your creative business and what should you do?
Original Episode Number: 99 | Original Air Date: 5/17/2022
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2022.
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20 min
The Value Of Design
Episode 273
Show notes
We are at an inflection point. The public recognizes the value of design and is willing to pay for it. To what end leverage then? What are you willing to do to earn that value and will you become the provider or the product? Let us talk Facebook and Theexpert.com.
Original Episode Number: 51 | Original Air Date: 5/11/2021
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2021.
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12 min
Interpreting Data
Episode 272
Show notes
It is fifty degrees one day, ninety the next. On average it is seventy degrees so no need to buy a coat or a swimsuit. You can use information to justify your complacency or you can determine what matters to you and act accordingly.
Original Episode Number: 132 | Original Air Date: 8/29/2023
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Sean or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2023.
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17 min
Who Do You Serve?
Episode 271
Show notes
Why does your business exist? To serve you, your clients? Or for you to serve it? My guess is you think the former but act like the latter. No better time to change than today.
Original Episode Number: 84 | Original Air Date: 1/25/2022
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Sean or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2022.
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19 min
The Little Mermaid and Creative Business
Episode 270
Show notes
Fairness matters and if your client is acting poorly, you do not get any brownie points for sucking it up. Only adults in the room please.
Original Episode Number: 121 | Original Air Date: 2/21/2023
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Sean or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2026.
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13 min
Kill Hope
Episode 269
Show notes
When you think about it, the statement "I hope…" is almost always about something external happening that may or may not directly affect you, but is certainly in your universe. You have no control over "I hope". The results of "I hope" are as random as a flip of the coin. In the context of your art and your creative business, please, pretty please, kill hope and find your faith.
Original Episode Number: 93 | Original Air Date: 3/29/2022
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Sean or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2022.
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14 min
Vulnerability
Episode 268
Show notes
Creative business is about being vulnerable. Vulnerability is the fuel for trust. The question is where, when and why should you be vulnerable?
Original Episode Number: 98 | Original Air Date: 5/10/2022
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Sean or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2022.
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17 min
Greed Is For Fools
Episode 267
Show notes
Knowing what you need to live the life you wish is the key to your success as a creative business. How much do you need and how much do you want to work? If you set your business up to be greedy, you will be. The result will be the illusion of success and failure. Let's talk about The Giving Tree.
Original Episode Number: 68 | Original Air Date: 9/21/2021
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2021.
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16 min
Is It Frivolous?
Episode 266
Show notes
When you see what it all costs to create, it is very easy to say, why? When the world demands crisis, how can you talk about things that are not in crisis? How do you navigate the responsibility of living as opposed to surviving? It is called being an artist and appreciating the timing of it all will always lead back to you.
Original Episode Number: 136 | Original Air Date: 10/24/2023
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2023.
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13 min
Just Swim
Episode 265
Show notes
There is always a better way, better than what I might offer, what you might offer. Who cares? There is no end to better, only the work to get to the very place you will never reach. When the delusion of better resides at your fingertips, we give up the search and the meaning of the search itself. Let's talk about a dog swimming in the ocean.
Original Episode Number: 83 | Original Air Date: 1/18/2022
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2022.
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15 min
Holiday Thoughts
Episode 264
Show notes
Where were you a year ago? What has changed? What will you do with 2023? Are you willing to add a zero?
Original Episode Number: 117 | Original Air Date: 12/20/2022
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Sean or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Production House: Flint Stone Media
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2022.
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14 min
One Client At A Time
Episode 263
Show notes
You thrive on your number of Instagram or TikTok followers. The likes on your posts, how many times you or your work is featured, well, anywhere. But the phone is not ringing. You (start to) panic. Let's talk about fishing.
Original Episode Number: 75 | Original Air Date: 11/16/2021
Links & Resources:
Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
Follow Sean on social media:
Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
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Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2021.
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