In this exciting episode of The Infinite Creative Podcast, we sit down with the incredible Peter O’Hara, an outdoor photographer and filmmaker who has captured breathtaking visuals in some of the world’s most extreme and beautiful locations. From towering peaks to remote wilderness, Peter’s work brings nature’s raw beauty to life for some of the biggest global brands.Together with his partner, Peter co-founded Silver Fern Productions, a creative venture centered around capturing outdoor photography for some of the biggest brands in the world, all the while not losing focus on their shared love for the journey into the wild. Peter recently won the Elevate Creative Fund from Wave and the Shorty Awards, and in this episode, he shares how he plans to use this opportunity to inspire and educate the next generation of outdoor photographers.Don’t miss this inspiring conversation packed with adventure, creativity, and insights from one of the best in the field!–🏔️ Learn more about Peter and see his work at: https://www.silverfernproductions.ca/🙌 Elevate Creatives Fund: https://shortyawards.com/elevate-creatives/💸 Wave Financial: https://www.waveapps.com/–
In today’s world, creatives are more valuable than ever, but many struggle with understanding and pricing their worth. In this episode, we dive deep into how freelancers and creatives can better recognize and communicate their value in the marketplace.We share essential advice for creative freelancers on building confidence, setting competitive rates, and delivering top-tier results. Plus, we explore the business strategies creatives can learn from entrepreneurs to run successful, sustainable freelance careers.If you’re a designer, artist, writer, or creative professional, this episode is packed with actionable insights to help you grow your freelance business, set your pricing confidently, and thrive in the competitive creative industry.
It’s been a while, but your two favorite creative podcast hosts are back! In this episode of the Infinite Creative Podcast, we’re talking about how helping others can actually help you grow your business. We touch on the idea that it’s totally okay to hit the reset button when you’re out of sync, and how lending a hand to other creatives can lead to surprising benefits. We also dive into some Buddhist wisdom about not forcing things and letting opportunities come to you naturally. And finally, we chat about the importance of teaming up with others instead of trying to do everything solo. If you’re into freelancing, running a creative business, or just looking for some solid advice, this episode is for you!
In this episode of the Infinite Creative Podcast, we sit down with Kerry Reynold, VP of Marketing at Wave Financial, to explore Wave's dedication to supporting contractors and creative freelancers. We delve into the origins and objectives of the Elevate Creatives Fund, a unique initiative designed to foster mission-driven creatives and small businesses. Kerry shares insights on what the fund's judges are looking for in candidates, the application process, and key deadlines. Additionally, we discuss the broader mission and values of Wave Financial, their exciting new features for 2024, and how they are building a supportive community among creatives that focuses on elevating creatives who want to make an impact. This conversation also highlights the importance of professional development in the creative industry.
Apply to the Elevate Creatives Fund by July 31st 2024: shortyawards.com/elevate-creatives
Learn more about Wave Financial: www.waveapps.com
Join us for an enlightening conversation with Whitney Hahn, the dynamic CEO of ProveBetter. As the leader of this innovative consultancy and business academy, Whitney is dedicated to helping solopreneurs and small business owners refine their operations, enhance growth, and achieve a better work-life balance. In this episode, Whitney unveils five common pitfalls where freelancers often overpromise, undercharge, and leave significant potential untapped in their projects. We delve deep into the challenges creative freelancers face, not only in valuing their own work but also in educating their clients to appreciate the true worth of their services.
As a special offer just for our listeners, Whitney is providing complimentary access to her valuable resource, "Profit-Protecting Estimates. Grab your free guide today at www.provokebetter.com/infinite
We used to call many people videographers but many of those same videographers have morphed into content creators, producers, and social media managers. Why is this, and what are some of the strengths that content creators have in telling stories that videographers struggled to tell? We dive into the world of creating videos as content, the importance of the “real” aesthetic, and how we’ve always been content creators from the very beginning of video to now. Hosts: Sean Craig – @seancraigcreative Fitzaey – @Fitzaey – Like and Subscribe to our channel! Want to see us cover something or guest on this podcast? infinitecreativepodcast@gmail.com Also available on Youtube!
Welcome to a special Infinite Creative Podcast! Today we delve into the captivating world of brand design and innovation with industry veteran Jim Pietruszynski, CEO of Soulsight a world-renowned packaging and brand design agency. Join us as Jim shares his extraordinary 30-year journey from graphic designer to CEO, emphasizing the profound emotional impacts of brand identity beyond just logos. Discover how Soulsight, under Jim's leadership, redefines branding as an immersive experience that resonates deeply with audiences. Explore the transformative power of forging authentic connections with clients, fostering empathy-driven collaborations that go beyond traditional agency-client dynamics. Jim unveils the power of transparency not only in the brands we design, but in the teams we build.
Checkout Soulsight's amazing work:
soulsight.com
We are changing up the format for this one! We explore the idea of creating value by celebrating the people who helped you get where you are today. Your client list is more than just a bunch of people who pay you money, they are people who believe in you and are investing in you. With that being said a big thank you goes to you, the viewer or listener. Without you we wouldn’t do this podcast, and the feedback and things people have said have made a big impact on us as well.
Signup for Sean’s Website Workshop March 27th ($10 fee) – https://stpeteartsalliance.org/education/arts-business-education
It doesn’t matter where you are on your creative freelance journey, from solo-preneur to agency leader, optimization is the name of the game. We talk about the different strategies we implement to have an optimized workflow. But first we talk about out health, and how we are always more unhealthy than we even know, so it’s important to get out and get moving. Let’s dive into another episode of the Infinite Creative Podcast.
OpenAI has released Sora AI, a first-of-its-kind robust text-to-video AI generator. Once you see what we’ve seen it may send shivers down your spine. But not to worry! We share how you can create value in your village to outlast the AI and to show you are a valuable creative. We catch up on life as creative freelancers and even share an update on the Apple Vision and comments made by Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook. Tune in for an interesting episode of Infinite Creative Podcast.
There are so many things we’ve learned in the last 10+ years of being creative professionals. From blocking your time to understanding the 80-20 rule we get into the lessons we wish someone would have told us when we started our creative journey. We share our greatest creative tips and more on this episode of the Infinite Creative Podcast.
What is ‘taste’ and how do we develop good taste? In a future where creative production may be handled by AI does that make our ability to choose the better creative asset over another? We dive into this question. Also, the Apple Vision was released and the response is very mixed. We dive into this and more, so grab a coffee, this is an interesting episode of Infinite Creative Podcast.
In this episode, we talk about how big companies can miss the mark and how small teams of creatives can sometimes have a creative edge! In the changing digital economy, the small agile teams of contractors can do even more than large agencies, who are often stuck in antiquated processes with little room to explore and push the boundaries.
We take a quick dive into Palworld, a creative game with millions of downloads that was achieved even with small team and a small budget. Something even AAA games like Starfield and Cyberpunk 2077 could not achieve.
Hosts:
Sean – Sean Craig Creative
Fitz – Fitzaey LLC
Many home builders and contractors value money, labor, and time above all else. But what if we focused on different things? Gustavo Muniz, owner of Bela Terra has made that his mission. Where many contractors view projects as a means to an end, Gustavo embraces the organic nature of building and renovation projects and has made it his focus to build everything with the health and mental well-being of all of his clients (many of whom he would call friends). His goal is to ultimately build a better future for anyone his work touches. We tackle his journey from arriving from South America and building his life in the U.S. and how it ultimately led him to owning a successful company with big goals to change the way we think of our homes, the people around us, and the world we live in as a whole. Stay tuned for lots of nuggets of wisdom!
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Follow Gustavo and Bela Terra:
IG – @belaterracreations
The title says it all! You should be making videos and/or creating podcasts (and yes there is a difference between the two). We discuss things that we have struggled with when creating video content but ultimately share why creating this content is important. We also tackle how to overcome your anxieties of being behind (and in front of) the camera. Grab a coffee and listen to our quick talk through creating videos as well as sharing what’s going on in our world at the beginning of 2024.
Tiffany Yu is a disability rights advocate and founder of Diversability, a social enterprise to advocate for equality while elevating pride for people living with a disability. Tiffany is one of the winners of the Inaugural Wave and Shorty Awards Elevate Creatives Fund, and after you hear more about her mission and what she’s doing, you’ll see why. In this podcast we discuss how we communicate about disabilities, how creativity is crucial for those living with a disability, and the radical shift Yu and others are seeing in more people living with a disability in the professional world. Tune in, this is one of our best episodes with so much to learn! Keep an eye out for Tiffany Yu's book, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto, hitting shelves fall of 2024.
Find more about Tiffany Yu: www.tiffanyyu.com
Diversability: mydiversability.com
Disabled Professional Development Resources:
One Creator Lab: onecreatorlab.org/about
On this episode, we talk about a weird controversial panel of banned influencers, including Elon Musk, Alex Jones and Andrew Tate. This brings us to the weird reality we live in where a few big tech companies can ban you and silence you if you say something unpopular. But we change topics to pitching and the art of pitching your point to a client or any target audience to entice them and more importantly solve their problem.
Pokimane comes out with a white label company, Myna Cookies that both alienates and offends her audience, but what about the Mr. Beast Burger!? Well, that company is now suing Mr. Beast for breach of contract. We talk the new trend of influencers becoming business owners and all the growing pains of being an influencer entrepreneur. Also, we have to talk about Sam Altman and the controversy at OpenAI. But don’t you worry, this episode will wrap up with a nice bow about being thankful as well as an update on Sean’s art career. Stay tuned for this episode of the Infinite Creative Podcast!
🎨 Check out Sean's art (and buy a print for the holidays) polychromicart.com
Have you ever sat on a loading screen bored to tears? Or maybe sent an email campaign and anxiously stared at the ‘campaign sent’ screen? Well, these are places where inspiring joy can help break the tedious and create a memorable fun experience for your audience. Listen up as we get into some examples of how inspiring joy can lead to return customers and impactful brand moments.
On this episode, we discuss Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Lex Friedman have first interview within Meta as well as the need to become a creative tool and meet your clients where they are. Also process, are you capturing it? This is how people will trust you did the work (not AI). Cyberpunk 2077 has a successful relaunch and shows that you can stay in the pocket and turn a creative flop into a success. Oh yeah, we discuss some more about AI as well and the need to understand the context inside and outside of AI. – Like and Subscribe to our channel! Want to see us cover something or guest on this podcast? infinitecreativepodcast@gmail.com Also available on Youtube.
