Cashflow For Creatives

Quite often, as a side hustler, there can be a discrepancy between how you feel about your progress and your actual progress. That's why it is so very helpful to bring into your life a few trusted people who can give you supportive yet accurate feedback on how you are doing in your side hustle (and in your creative career). In this episode, Kristine shares four tools that Kim – and you – can utilize whenever you're confronted with the anxiety and discomfort of "Aaaargh – this is a new thing and I don't know how to do it." ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Kimberly Griffin / biz: Kim Coaches Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World

Keep in mind that the antidote to your anxiety about income is action – even if that action is taking even one, clear baby step towards your goal. (Even if that first baby step is simply to "pick a goal to move towards.") Worry and anxiety holds your energy in a perpetual spin cycle, but action interrupts that cycle and shifts your energy out of it. In this episode you'll hear Kristine give Dennis several different ways that he – and you – can shift your energy and thought patterns.  Plus we discuss the possibilities around bringing other interviewers into his Lifecast biz. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

In this episode, you'll hear Kim express that working with more ease and freedom and flow can take some getting used to. The good news for Kim – and for you – is that you can retrain your brain to be comfortable with allowing all the good stuff in – allowing yourself to celebrate, receive compliments, generate profits, and relax and rejuvenate. It's that kind of good stuff that gives you the juice to maintain and enjoy the "hustle" of your side hustle so you can fully realize your goals and dreams. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Kimberly Griffin / biz: Kim Coaches Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World

Like many creatives, Dennis is a true idea person who loves to be creating and innovating. He's getting a bit better about switching into business mode but, as you'll hear in this episode, that's not where his brain naturally wants to go. To prevent him from fumbling some excellent money generating opportunities, Kristine continues to steer him back to thinking strategically when it comes to business activities like fundraising, licensing deals, interview prep, negotiating, and copyrighting. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Kim and Kristine's discussion in this episode addresses three valuable points that every side hustler should take note of: 1) The rich rewards of networking. 2) Choosing to collaborate only with your "right people." 3) The goal to keep your side hustle on the side. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Kimberly Griffin / biz: Kim Coaches Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned: Sundance Lab Episodic Program / Kristine's Inspired Action Mastermind / Golden Nugget: making judgements / Kristine's free Networking Boot Camp Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Like many ambitious creatives and side hustlers, Joanna finds herself in the classic clash of wanting to take the time to do everything really well... and wanting everything done YESTERDAY. In this episode, Kristine and Joanna talk a lot about strategy. Strategies for maximizing Joanna's results both during and after her film festivals. Strategies for simplifying her website. And strategies for best utilizing the upcoming quarter of her year. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Joanna Ke / film: Protectress / script biz: Script Masters Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned: Tea With Ke / How to Plan a Leap Year Music: Pictures of the Floating World

Most everyone says they want more money... but far too many side hustlers are afraid or uncomfortable to even talk about it or ask for it. But settling for a muddy exchange of money feels weird and will never serve you well. You want to know your number – whether it's the precise amount you are getting paid, the precise amount you owe someone, or the precise amount you need to raise. In this episode, you'll hear Dennis and Kristine dive into five different money situations in which he will benefit greatly by stepping up and committing to doing business. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World

As a smart, talented creative you are totally capable of doing lots of things easily. But easy is different than doable. The question is do you have the energy to do it? Can you spare the bandwidth to do it? Can you create the space in which to do it? Those are the questions I encourage you to start asking – especially around all of the easy stuff.  In this episode, Kristine addresses some of Joanna's concerns about over-stuffing her schedule, missing opportunities, interviewing for new day jobs, and not giving her all at work. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Joanna Ke / film: Protectress / script biz: Script Masters Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World

When you are facing any type of challenge in business or in life, it is your self-talk – the stories you choose to tell yourself – that will usually make or break you. In this episode, you'll hear Dennis share how he's adjusting to a life where he's his own boss – he's in charge of his schedule, his workflow, his marketing, AND, most importantly, his mindset. Kristine offers him – and you – some tactics that you can use to shift your perspective when you find your mind spinning with anxiety or focusing on the negative. Kristine also offer some tactics that you can use to when marketing your side hustle at events and when introducing yourself to prospective clients and new funnel people. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned: Tom Earl's Social Media + Business Coaching Group Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Joanna is in the beginning stages of creating online courses and attracting a tribe of folks who are interested in what she will be offering. In this episode, Kristine and Joanna examine some of the elements that are needed to build and market a successful online biz – and which elements might be best for Joanna to focus on given her current limitations of time and energy. Also, Kristine address the concept of passive income and why she thinks it's a bit of a myth. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Joanna Ke / film: Protectress / script biz: Script Masters Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned: Jeanine Blackwell online biz course / Tea with Ke Music: Pictures of the Floating World

Joanna is a very talented gal who is brimming with ambition and ideas – ideas for herself as a writer, producer, and actress and ideas for courses that she wants to create and offer online. She has so many things she wants to move forward on, but, currently, she has a very demanding full-time job and very little spare time. In this episode, Kristine reminds Joanna – and you – that side hustles are not something that can be squeezed into the cracks of your calendar.  So, if your circumstances are not conducive to you achieving what you want, shifting those circumstances becomes a top priority. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Joanna Ke / film: Protectress / script biz: Script Masters Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned: Geekfest Film Festival / Producers Guild of America Diversity Program Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Like many side hustlers, Kim must ditch the fantasy of what she thinks her life or career or side hustle should look like or how it should function. In this episode, Kim shares some revelations she's had about carving out time to pursue her writing while juggling the responsibilities and the quote-unquote "rules" of being a mom, wife, daughter, friend, coach, and actress. Kim's goal of being a showrunner will only be sustainable if she's is able to handle the demands of being a showrunner – those are the muscles she is building now, day by day. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Kimberly Griffin / biz: Kim Coaches Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

How you talk about what your side hustle has to offer will have a direct effect on your bottom line. Of course, you should never lie, but you can put the most positive spin on the truth as possible. Rather than worry about how potential clients are going to judge him and his product, Kristine shows Dennis how to use language to teach clients how they should be evaluating what he has to offer. Also in this episode, Kristine suggests a plan of action that would enable Dennis to raise the money he needs in the time frame that he has to pay a company to produce the first physical sets of his board game before the end of this year. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Mentioned: Zoom H4N microphone + memory card + power cord Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

We rarely ever see anyone else going through their early, ugly stages of something. That's why this episode is one of the most valuable ones in this series. Because Kim courageously and generously lets you witness her discomfort and vulnerability as she shares her first website videos with me and gets my feedback on them. It's important to remember that unless you shoot your first video, you can never shoot your best video. Without shooting this set of videos, Kim and Kristine would never have been able to have this useful conversation about Kim's branding and self-judgement. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Kimberly Griffin / biz: Kim Coaches Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

This episode marks the half-way point of Dennis' work with Kristine.  He continues to bet on himself, utilizing both bold moves and important but small baby steps to move his side hustle(s) forward. In this episode, Kristine reminds Dennis – and you – the importance of having contracts and clear agreements in place, especially when doing business with friends. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned: Side Hustle School / The Actors Fund / How I Built This / Nice vs. Clear Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Sometimes your choices – even your choice to build a side hustle – will make other people uncomfortable. And that's okay. As long as you are not doing something intentionally harmful to them, their discomfort is not a problem you are responsible to fix. In this episode, you'll hear several examples of Kim choosing to embrace ideas and interactions that make her feel temporarily uncomfortable rather than trying to evade the discomfort. Her willingness to be uncomfortable in order to grow and build her creative and business muscles is one of her greatest strengths. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Kimberly Griffin / biz: Kim Coaches Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned: Kristine's free weekly planning chart / Pretty Funny Women stand-up comedy class   Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Dennis is discovering that there are some things that can only be discovered or learned or figured out "on the job" – when he is actually doing the work of his side hustle.  Some of your best insights and ideas will be stumbled upon – and very often it will be through the mistakes you make that you find even better ways of doing things.   Every side hustler experiences the ups and downs inherent to entrepreneurship and Dennis is no exception.  In this episode, Kristine offers guidance to Dennis about how to keep his inner-self steady even when his external life feels shaky. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Kim has a habit of setting idealistic goals and then assessing her progress by taking her emotional temperature rather than physically tracking her actual tasks completed and accomplishments achieved (by writing them down at the end of each week or month).  Her emotional temperature only tells her what she's feeling about her biz at any given moment – and usually what she's feeling is that she hasn't ever done "enough."  In this episode, Kristine and Kim examine how her feelings – although totally legitimate – do not help her side hustle when they create extra pressure or interfere with things like taking action or getting paid. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Kimberly Griffin / biz: Kim Coaches Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned: Inspired Action Mastermind group / article: Moms Punished In The Workplace Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

As it happens for many side hustlers, it is taking Dennis some time to get used to being the boss.  The juggling act of maintaining boundaries with clients while still satisfying them makes him feel a bit awkward sometimes, but it's important for him – and for you – to be reminded that that feeling doesn't necessarily mean you are doing something wrong or that what you are doing isn't working. In this episode, Kristine encourages Dennis to step up and "do business" – to make clearly defined transactions, to set a sustainable schedule, and to tell himself more empowering stories. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World

Like many side hustlers, Kim can tell herself stories that make her feel discouraged about the likely "non-perfect outcome" of a project even before she starts it.  Also like many side hustlers, she is experiencing some of the ways can life can interrupt plans – in ways that are actually good, as well as not-so-good. In this episode, Kristine and Kim celebrate the ways that Kim ventured out beyond her comfort zone to make some bold moves in the areas of networking and pricing. They also discuss how some of her limitations can be used to benefit her brand. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Kimberly Griffin Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Like every side hustler, Dennis is building his biz while, at times, feeling trepidatious, uncertain, and uncomfortable. Those feelings are totally normal and will arise each time you venture outside of your comfort zone.  The goal, however, is to not let those feelings stop you from taking action. An effective way to stoke your courage is to remain aware and appreciative of all the things that are going well and that are unfolding smoothly. In this episode, Kristine and Dennis discuss facing fears and prioritizing opportunities.  They explore some of the possible avenues and funnel people that could supply a flow of clients to his little biz, and examine the importance of not complicating the path between "you and your cash." ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned:Side Hustle School / book: Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Dennis is an idea machine who needs to be reminded that, to see results, he must actually select a few good ideas and execute them fully (maintaining a steady balance between idea generation and idea implementation). A few good marketing ideas applied consistently is all that is needed for him – and for you – to start attracting some clients and generating some cash. In this episode, Kristine helps Dennis refine some ideas for marketing and social media. They also discuss how he can set himself up to eventually transition from a one-man-operation to someone leading a team. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com   Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned:audiograms: SpareMin.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Meet Dennis, a writer/podcaster/TV host who has worked in the industry in L.A. for several decades. His little biz is Lifecast – he creates audio time-capsules for people at milestone moments in their life. (His side hustle also has a side hustle – he and a partner are bringing a board game to market based on the unique type of questions Dennis asks in his interviews.) In this episode, Kristine and Dennis examine the rocky road he traveled on his way to starting his side hustle and the power of the stories we choose to tell ourselves. Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Dennis Hensley / biz: Lifecast / game: You Don't Know My Life / podcast: Dennis Anyone? Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned: coach Barbara Deutsch / The Actors Fund free financial workshops / Side Hustle School podcast Music: Pictures of the Floating World

Kim's initial vision for her side biz (coaching actors who have "just graduated" from high school, under grad, or grad school) is a bit diffuse, with both online and offline components.  Like many side hustlers, where Kim ends up after several weeks of tweaking and refining her structure, pricing, and deliverables, will be a bit different than where she begins. In this episode, Kristine offers guidance to Kim – and to you – on creating a pricing structure, shifting your perspective around what clients are actually paying for, and an alternative to offering free consultations. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you start and grow a side hustle), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Kimberly Griffin Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Meet Kim, a married mom of two young children who has been living in LA for less than a year. She's is an actor/writer who is also growing a side biz coaching actors who have "just graduated" (from high school, under grad, or graduate school). In this episode, Kristine offers guidance to Kim – and to you – on designing her schedule, networking with "low-hanging fruit," and setting clear, short-term goals for her creative career. ------------------------ More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you generate concepts, clients, clear communication, and cash), are available at: CashFlowForCreatives.com Host: Kristine Oller Participant: Kimberly Griffin Sponsor: AbundanceBound.com Mentioned: Kristine's free weekly planning chart  /  Pretty Funny Women stand-up comedy class  /  SlyDial.com Music: Pictures of the Floating World  

Change Strategist Kristine Oller introduces her new, limited-series podcast which exists to help creative professionals learn how to build lean, low-overhead, low-cost, profitable streams of supplemental income to help fund (but not overwhelm) their artistic pursuits. She invited four very different creative professionals to work one-on-one with her over the course of several months so that you, too, could learn from the guidance that she shares with them as they start to grow four very different side hustles. Kim, Dennis, Joanna, and Sonya are each extremely talented. They've each had successes in their creative careers. At the moment, however, they are each experiencing financial instability and have a genuine desire and commitment not only towards building a profitable side hustle, but to candidly and generously sharing this portion of their journey with you. -------------------------- More info about Kristine, plus additional resources and support (to help you generate concepts, clients, clear communication, and cash), are available at: CashflowForCreatives.com