Sketchpod Podcast: Recent Episodes
Nimi Izulu
Sketchpod is a podcast hosted by Nimi 'The Paintertainer' Izulu, a multidisciplinary creative and entrepreneur, where he shares personal stories and gives business and career tips to foster the lives and career success of young and established creatives in Africa.
Since the COVID pandemic hit, African creatives have been experiencing difficult financial times, as the world has permanently changed. In the previous episode, we explored ways creatives can begin to level up their financial habits to shield them from tough economic times and we will be doubling down on more methods in this episode.
Since the COVID pandemic hit, African creatives have been experiencing difficult financial times, as the world has permanently changed. The ability of creatives to keep creating is directly proportional to their ability to earn and make a living from their creations. In this episode, we'd be exploring time-proven ways, creatives can 'stay afloat' during harsh economic climes.
Continued from the previous episode, we share more reasons why creatives NEED to diversify their income!
In these pandemic times, having a single source of income as a creative will put a strain on your finances, curb your creative output and leave you depressed, if not worse. Many African creatives are frustrated and labeled 'starving' because they don't know the power of having diverse income sources. Find out on this episode.
Many creatives in their prime create substantial income through their craft but yet don't take measures to set up their future generations for wealth. This episode sheds light on different ways creatives, especially visual artists, can make their works pay them in the future.
If you're an African Creative trying to put yourself out there, then I can bet a million bucks that you have been approached to render your services for free in exchange for 'exposure'. In this episode, we talk about how to find the best and make the most out of free gigs!
In this episode, we talk about how to pitch for collaborations with other creatives, and how to make the most out of a creative collaboration.
No better way to start this show than by teaching creatives organic and proven methods to supercharge their creativity and become geniuses!
Welcome to sketchpod. In this pre-episode intro, I share my reason for starting this podcast.