Last year some things in my creative process shifted, and it completely updated my flow.
Without even trying, I took a project management approach to creativity. With managing an agency and creative directing so many projects, I have learned that projects flow the best when there’s a clear distinction of phases. When working with large teams, it’s imperative to know when one task ends and another begins.
When applying the same approach to my creativity, I realized that my marketing brain would start activating prior to me actually developing the idea! In real-time, this looked like me saying, “I can put this link in here if I say this,” or “I can put this on TikTok if I film it like that,” prior to me even writing down the idea! Baby…I was just backwards!
Now, I do my best to draw a hard line in the sand between ideation, creation, and marketing. In other words, I create first and market second. If you’re caught up like I was – I got you. Check out these tips below:
Create without boundaries.
Maybe you have not written poetry since you were in high school, but you have a desire to do it now…go do it. Maybe people come to your Instagram for a certain type of content, but you feel led to share how well a new recipe turned out and the joy the food brought you and your loved ones. Try it. Give yourself permission to be bad at it. The goal of this phase is just to CREATE.
Edit, mix, master, and outsource.
I have two very dear friends who are twins, and they always say, “You can’t be the rat, the cheese, the trap, and the smell.” Listen to the twins! You don’t need to produce it all. Feel free to direct and delegate. Sometimes you may want to get someone else to do it, and you can literally make it happen. Delegate and pay someone else to assist when you can. If you do have to edit your own work – do your best to detach from it and edit it like your life depends on it. Be ruthless and only keep what’s necessary. It’s not personal. The goal of this phase is to PRODUCE your very BEST work.
Market.
You really can’t control how people engage with what you produce. Focus on what you can control and not what you can’t. I was able to divorce from the idea that people like, share, comment, and all of that – but it’s a constant effort to do so. Don’t get it twisted. There is a place for marketing (that’s what people pay me for!). It may mean you leave that to the experts and outsource, or you take the lead by using all available resources like running ads or doing collab posts. The goal of this phase is to IDENTIFY your audience and PLACE your creation in front of them.
If you’re a creator like me, remember you have one main job. It’s to create. Get the inspiration you need and fully express your creativity.
Always speak life,
Vannesia
Know a friend who could benefit from an email like this? Spread the wealth and send them here.
Latest Updates:
🎨 Ready, set, create!
🌊 Flow from your creativity with this quick reminder
💻 Want biz tips? Tap here, and I’ll start sending you my monthly #GotMOXIE newsletter and videos
👉🏾 Dig deeper into your career with my Career Series
📣 Tighten up your brand with my Social Media 101 Bundle
17 Comments
Jake Armstrong
at 7 months agoI do believe all the ideas you’ve presented for your post. They are really convincing and will certainly work. Nonetheless, the posts are too short for novices. May just you please lengthen them a little from subsequent time? Thanks for the post.
Temp Mail
at 4 months agoI’m often to blogging and i really appreciate your content. The article has actually peaks my interest. I’m going to bookmark your web site and maintain checking for brand spanking new information.
Tree Mail
at 4 months agohiI like your writing so much share we be in contact more approximately your article on AOL I need a specialist in this area to resolve my problem Maybe that is you Looking ahead to see you
Temp email
at 3 months agoI loved even more than you will get done right here. The picture is nice, and your writing is stylish, but you seem to be rushing through it, and I think you should give it again soon. I’ll probably do that again and again if you protect this hike.
dobry sklep
at 2 months agoWow, incredible weblog structure! How lengthy have you ever been running a blog for?
you make blogging look easy. The whole look of your web site is excellent, as neatly as the content!
You can see similar: ecommerce and here sklep online
elegancja.top
at 2 months agoHi to all, how is the whole thing, I think every one is getting more from this website, and your views are nice in support of new users.
I saw similar here: najlepszy sklep and also here:
dobry sklep
dobry sklep
at 2 months agoI’d like to find out more? I’d want to find out some additional information. I saw similar here: e-commerce
and also here: dobry sklep
temp mail
at 2 months agoHi, member of my family. I just wanted to say how fantastic this article is—it’s nicely written and has nearly all of the important details. I hope to see more content similar to this one.
temporary email with forwarding
at 2 months agoAwesome! Its genuinely remarkable post, I have got much clear idea regarding from this post
website seo evaluation
at 2 months agoFor the reason that the admin of this site is working, no uncertainty very quickly it will be renowned, due to its quality contents.
зарубежные сериалы в хорошем HD качестве
at 1 month agoMy spouse and I stumbled over here different page and thought I might check things out. I like what I see so now i’m following you. Look forward to going over your web page yet again.
e-commerce
at 1 month agoHi there! This is my 1st comment here so I just wanted to give a quick shout out and tell
you I really enjoy reading your articles. Can you suggest any other blogs/websites/forums that cover the same subjects?
Thanks for your time! I saw similar here: Najlepszy sklep
sklep online
at 1 month agoHello there! Do you know if they make any plugins to help with
SEO? I’m trying to get my blog to rank for some targeted keywords but I’m not seeing very good gains.
If you know of any please share. Thanks! You can read similar article
here: Najlepszy sklep
sklep internetowy
at 1 month agoGood day! Do you know if they make any plugins to help with
Search Engine Optimization? I’m trying to get my blog to rank for some targeted
keywords but I’m not seeing very good results. If you know of any please share.
Kudos! You can read similar article here: Sklep internetowy
bestiptvireland
at 1 month agoIts like you read my mind You appear to know so much about this like you wrote the book in it or something I think that you can do with a few pics to drive the message home a little bit but instead of that this is excellent blog A fantastic read Ill certainly be back
najlepszy sklep
at 1 month agoHello there! Do you know if they make any plugins
to help with SEO? I’m trying to get my blog to rank for some
targeted keywords but I’m not seeing very good success. If you know of any please share.
Kudos! You can read similar text here: Sklep online
sklep online
at 1 month agoHello! Do you know if they make any plugins to assist with SEO?
I’m trying to get my blog to rank for some
targeted keywords but I’m not seeing very good success. If you know of any please share.
Thanks! You can read similar article here: Sklep online