I’ve been on ArtTikTok recently doing duets adding my 2 cent sharing tech and business.
Here are my thoughts on insights Artist & Software Engineers ⬇️
Both artists and software engineers work tirelessly on their craft and its a never ending process
Both attempt to make connections between ideas others do not or can not
Where artists fail significantly more than SE is that SE understand nobody cares about your cool tech. They care what they can do with it. Artists believe because they worked to develop refined skills and are original that anybody cares.
Think about your favourite sneaker. Chances are it’s a comfortable sneaker that fits and doesn’t tear when you then THEN it’s really beautiful. Aesthetic is second to function.
Art in itself can have a metaphorical functional or signify status but the biggest opportunity is combining your art with something with a tangible function. A bag, a chair, a laptop case.
An opportunity for entrepreneurs with a good eye is to buy art with the rights to reproduce and print on the bag, chair, laptop case. To contract the artist to produce custom sneakers and to use your entrepreneurial talent to complement that with a memorable brand
Because artists, like traditional Software Engineers, are bad at business and understanding their audience and opportunities
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Ideas to drive traffic 👇
Daily Webinars
Short daily webinars with E-Commerce brands to give them a chance to talk about their products and to showcase their products.
Could repurpose the content for the YouTube channel, IGTV and a Podcast
There are many ways to build your community for your product or service. Marketers use lead magnets to get more information on their potential users to turn them into sales leads. There are many kinds of magnets. We’re going to go over a few:
Free trail
This is probably the most common with SAAS platforms. A 7 day or 14 day trial. Once a user signs up you can continue to market to them through email campaigns.
I’ve been tweeting a lot more. I’ve been transparent about what I do and how I do #buildinpublic but not necessarily emotionally vulnerable.
That’s the hardest part is being emotionally vulnerable about the entrepreneurial process
Some self-reflection a thread ⬇️
Throughout my athletic career and my academic career I have failed a lot. Losing scholarships, cutting cut from teams and more. It’s helped me develop a unique outlook on failure that in many cases it’s unavoidable and to be expected.
This can come across pessimistic and makes me numb to failure but also success. It’s why I don’t even think about what is means to be successful. I try to just enjoy my process and bounce back from whatever comes next.