6 Figure Creative
6 Figure Creative is a podcast that helps freelance creatives earn more money by doing what they love. If you’re trying to avoid the never-ending grind of a 9–5, or just want to earn more money doing what you do best (creating), 6 Figure Creative is your new favorite show! Join host Brian Hood and his guests as they explore topics such as mental health, finances, sales, marketing, time management, the digital nomad lifestyle, and more.
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#126: How Struggling Studios Can Adapt To The C...
The audio industry has been hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis. Studios around the world have had their bookings wiped out, and everyone’s scrambling to adapt. So, what can we do to make it through this crisis and come out of it stronger than we...
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#125: How To Build An Online Recording Studio T...
This virus isn’t going away soon. As things continue, reality becomes bleaker and bleaker. But it doesn’t have to mean the end of your business! Some businesses–like the one Joe Wadsworth has built–are becoming busier than ever because they...
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#124: The Virus-Resistant Audio Business | A Fu...
We’re in the middle of an unprecedented time for both lives and businesses around the world. The economy is melting down, people are out of work, anxiety is at an all-time high, and no one knows how long this is going to last. If your business...
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#123: Two Idiotic Things We Need To Stop Doing ...
This isn’t a bullshit clickbait episode title. We ALL do these two things, and they’re potentially wrecking our businesses, personal lives, and relationships. This first step to recovery is understanding what these two things are. The second step...
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#122: Why It's Time For You To FINALLY Hire Som...
At a certain point, you’ll be working more than you’d like to while earning less than you think you’re worth. As a business owner, there’s no shortage of shit that needs to get done in your business. Some of those tasks are your bread...
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#121: How To Double Your Conversion Rates By Tu...
If you’re trying to “win” a customer, there are a few ways to convey pricing to them. You could go down the road butt-rock-Barry would and send a block of plain text in a boring, old fashioned email, which just includes the cost. Maybe you’ll...
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#120: Raising Your Rates, Paying For Marketing/...
If you have questions about running your business, you aren’t alone. Even experts don’t know everything and strive to improve their knowledge and skills by constantly investing in their education. To answer some questions you might have, we’ve...
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#119: From A Rap Career To A $500m Production C...
Whether it’s because of social anxiety, social awkwardness, or just plain stubbornness, audio engineers have a tendency to play the lone wolf. We’d rather sit in our dungeons and manipulate audio than actually speak to another human. What if I...
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#118: Doubling Your Studio's Income From $50k T...
It seems like you’re working every waking hour of every damn day, but your income hasn’t budged. As a matter of fact, your income has been stagnant for the past 3 years. What the hell do you do to fix this? You obviously can’t...
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#117: How To Grow Into A Better Niche By Embrac...
Do you struggle with niching down and finding what you’re “made” to do? Maybe it’s just you being a stubborn engineer personality… Some of the most popular businesses in the world almost failed but because they were willing to pivot and...
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#116: How To Stairstep Your Way From Local Band...
As an engineer in a small town, sometimes you just hit a wall… You’ve worked with everyone, and even with repeat clients, you can’t earn more money in your current situation. So what do you do?Move halfway across the country and start giving...
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#115: How To Get More Sales Using The Socratic ...
Do you have problems talking to your clients? Do leads (potential clients) balk during negotiation, costing you the deal? By asking questions you can lead your clients and leads gently to the conclusion that you want them to find so they don’t get...
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#114: Four Blue Ocean Niche Ideas To Get You To...
Are you stuck in a dead-end, draining, stressful job with bad hours that you just want to quit? Is the only thing stopping you from leaving that job to pursue audio the fact that you need the money? Chances are, it might be easier than you think to...
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#113: The Key To Running A Profitable Online Mi...
Can you feel the rising tide? The world of online mixing is becoming more and more saturated with engineers who all do the same thing. Are you one of those engineers, drowning in the masses? Listen now to find out how you can set yourself apart from...
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#112: How To Raise Your Rates, Improve Your Wor...
Have you been waiting for some magical moment to raise your rates? Maybe you think you need a Grammy before you’ll be able to charge more, but the reality is...you may be ready right NOW. Every day that you put this off is a day that you’re...
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#111: Why Marketing is NOT The Solution For Mos...
You’ve hit a wall… You just aren’t getting enough clients… There’s only a small trickle of people coming through your door… Marketing sounds like a great idea, right? Think again! Marketing a subpar product will result in a subpar...
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#110: The 4 E-Myth Personality Types Business O...
Most audio engineers are prone to having the personality of a technician. Cold, ego-filled, and always right, we have a reputation of being difficult to work with (“um, actually…”) To be a successful business-owner, technicians need to learn how...
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#109: How To Fix Your Stagnant Income By Breaki...
When your business hits a plateau and your income has stagnated (or worse, decreased) it can be a stressful, terrifying time. Let’s fix that – find out 5 reasons for plateaus in your business, and how you can solve the problem so you can...
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#108: Adding Rocket Fuel To Your Studio's Growt...
You hustle and grind–day in and day out… You work so much that you often forget to eat, or worse, your meals consist of potato chips and soda. But you’re busy, right?#hustle #GaryV #RiseAndGrind That’s just how life is, right?...
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#107: 6 Ways To Streamline Your Revisions Proce...
In 2012, I had my first absolute nightmare client when it came to revision requests. I was mixing 5 songs for a band, and it turned into one of the worst projects of my life. I had entered Revision Hell. Here's what that project looked...
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#106: How To Level-Up From Small Gigs To Massiv...
As an audio engineer, you probably think in a very specific way… Along the lines of “this is what I do, and this is how I do it.” But what if a client expected you to do a little something different from your regular routine? That’s what...
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#105: How To Get More Clients Via Passive Refer...
Are you sick and tired of chasing leads to get more work? Do you come across songs you worked on a year ago only to see it has 5 million streams… and you weren’t credited? For some, passive referrals are a huge potential source of leads…...
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#104: The Recipe For Platinum Records, Number O...
Seth Mosley’s audio career can be considered “successful” in every sense of the word. His accolades include a Grammy Award, 25 number one singles, Producer Of The Year from Billboard Magazine, as well as Songwriter of the Year Awards from SESAC...
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#103: Why Books, Videos, And Lectures Are The W...
Do you struggle with remembering the lessons you learned from books, videos, and lectures in the past year? What about the last few months, or even days? What good is self-education if you can’t actually recall what you learn? Ready to find a better...
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#102: Why You Should Start A Podcast For Your B...
Have you struggled with having a steady stream of incoming leads for your studio? You’ve thought about starting a podcast… but failed to take action because “it’s just so over-saturated already.” Wrong. The industry is just getting...
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