Art Money Success with Maria Brophy - Designing a life you love
Ep #38 - How to POLITELY tell people you don't work for free? Friends & Family Edition
22 May 2022
HOW TO POLITELY TELL PEOPLE YOU DON'T WORK FOR FREE? How to deal with friends and family. This is an "ART MONEY SUCCESS (AMS) Q&A" where I answer a question that one of my "inner circle" artists sent me by email. Do you feel obligated to give your family & friends FREE work? It doesn't just hurt your business, it hurts your future and your children and your finances. You train people to interact with you in a certain way. It's up to YOU to change this expectation. That's what we cover in this Podcast. ✅ JOIN MY INNER CIRCLE (then you can email me your questions for this Podcast) by SIGNING UP for my 11 week FREE e-course that helps artists reach $100,000/year: https://bit.ly/3zvzLHa ✅ SEND ME YOUR QUESTION FOR THIS PODCAST: Once you're on my list, you can hit "reply" to one of the emails I send you and send me your question for the Podcast. In this episode I share the following: ➡️A 4-step process to TRAINING your loved ones, friends and family, to SEE you as a professional and EXPECT to pay you :) ➡️How to show gratitude for them supporting your business at the same time you let them know you will be charging them ➡️ I give you the EXACT WORDS TO SAY to shift the expectation from "free" to "paid" ➡️For a Deeper Dive into this Topic, read: AN ENTREPRENEUR'S CHALLENGE - DOING BUSINESS WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY: https://mariabrophy.com/philosophy/an-entrepreneurs-challenge-%E2%80%93-doing-business-with-friends.html If you enjoyed this ➡️ please leave me a REVIEW and HIT SUBSCRIBE! 🌟Get your copy of ART MONEY SUCCESS the most empowering Art Biz Book you'll ever find: http://bit.ly/mariabrophy Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mariabrophy/ ✅ SIGN UP for my 11 week FREE e-course that helps artists increase their income beyond $100,000/year: https://bit.ly/3zvzLHa 👉Take my courses to grow your art biz: https://www.brophyartacademy.com/art-business
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