What steps do you need to take to achieve your business goals? How do you grow your creative business? Melinda Livsey is back for another deep dive into breaking down her goals as a creative entrepreneur. Annotations -- 00:37 What are the next steps in growing my business? 01:44 What type of business goals should I make? 02:30 Everything is realistic and attainable if you're willing to put in the work 04:00 Breaking Yearly goals into quarterly goals 06:00 Where will the additional income come from? 07:11 What's getting in your way of charging clients a higher rate? 08:38 As you are working on your case studies, what are you thinking about? 11:22 Be Clear about your ultimate goal. Don't confuse the tactics with the goal. 12:54 Use all the channels to put your work out there 15:58 Make yourself easy to find. What Keywords do you want to be discovered for? 17:37 Do Microcontent: Break your case studies down into little bite sized pieces 19:58 Prioritizing your marketing strategy tactics (Case studies, Writing Blogs, Collaboration) 30:15 Do I focus on all my action tasks at once? 32:46 If I have action goals that are of equal impact and urgency, how do I choose between them? 33:45 Do I delay lower priority tasks until I finish the main goals? 35:20 Review and recalibrate your goals monthly 36:15 Recap & Final Thoughts 37:25 Bonus: Additional services that you can provide for more money -- Goal Setting Video: https://youtu.be/1zLtfzsaP58 Melinda Livsey Marks and Maker http://www.marksandmaker.com Skillshare Affiliate link: http://skillshare.evyy.net/c/375188/298081/4650 Get the typography manual here: 📕 https://www.thefutur.com/design-students-build-first-portfolio-get-first-design-job/ Essential reading/book list from Chris Do. 📕 https://www.thefutur.com/essential-reading-creative-professionals-booklist/ — 🚀 Futur Accelerator The step-by-step blueprint and coaching program designed to get your creative business off the ground: https://thefutur.com/accelerator 🥇 Futur Pro The professional creative community designed to grow your personal brand, your business, and your network: https://thefutur.com/pro ✍️ Other Courses, Templates, and Tools: https://thefutur.com/shop 🎙 The Futur Podcast: https://thefutur.com/podcast Recommended books, tools, music, resources, typefaces & more: https://thefutur.com/recommendations Music by Epidemic Sound: http://share.epidemicsound.com/thefutur Shorts Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/@thefutur/shorts We love getting your letters. Send them here: The Futur c/o Chris Do 1702 Olympic Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90404 *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you. — 🎙 Futur Podcast: https://thefutur.com/podcast/ ✍️ Futur Blog: https://thefutur.com/blog/ — Credits: Executive Producer– Chris Do Host– Chris Do Director– Aaron Szekely Cinematography– Aaron Szekely, Stewart Schuster Editor– Stewart Schuster Show Open– Roy Kang Futur Theme Music – Adam Sanborne http://www.adamsanborne.com Annotations & SEO– Isaiah Nwukor Typefaces: Futura, Din Futur theme song— Adam Sanborne === *By making a purchase through any of our affiliate links, we receive a very small commission at no extra cost to you. This helps us on our mission to provide quality education to you. Thank you.