Money is a Thang: Making Art Your Business
Money is a Thang: Making Art Your Business
We aren’t just Actors - we’re our own business! While some training programs teach us how huge of an industry “The Biz” can be, they don’t always tell us how to sustain ourselves successfully as we navigate it.
Let’s break it down step by step.
WithMoney is a Thang, we’ll explore all the tools and techniques at our disposal in this fast and high-tech world to build creatively fulfilling futures for ourselves. You have the option of a Consultation where we’ll take either 60 or 90 minutes to talk through all the things we should be thinking about to not only land inside the room where it happens, but to build our own!
Consultation Topics Includes:
Headshots and resumes
Websites and social media marketing
Accessing audition notices
Separating your personal and business finances
Union vs. Nonunion
Self-Tapes
Investing in your business: YOU!
Already have some of these things? Great! A consultation also offers the opportunity to review what you have and provide feedback!
”But I’m not very tech savvy.” Literally, no worries. That’s where the Build Your Business package comes in. Here we don’t just talk about it, we make it!
Build Your Business includes:
One 90-minute consultation
One Squarespace website designed uniquely for you and your creative career
One-on-one coaching for editing. and maintaining your website moving forward
Option to book one-time editing for any updates
Turnaround time is 4 weeks from initial consultation to handing you the keys to your very own website.
Your website will be designed with you in mind, highlighting all that you have to offer and giving your future collaborators one-stop shop to you and your work! After your site is designed utilizing the Squarespace platform, you’ll get a hands-on tour for navigating, editing and updating as you go. One-time edits are also available to purchase moving forward for $50/session If you’d feel better letting us take care of it for you!
Not an Actor but still looking to build a website to boost your business? Absolutely! Select the Build Your Business package and let’s get going!
Note: Website hosting and domain name sold separately. Purchaser owns rights and access to webpage and its data. Access is not retained or managed by SWP after service is completed, unless requested via purchase of Editing Session, whereby you grant SWP access to edit webpage. on your behalf. All financial information discussed is purely for education and entertainment purposes and should not be taken as financial instruction or advice. Please seek out a financial and.or tax professional to discuss more thoroughly.
Meet Your Coach!
Justin Michael Cooke is a Minneapolis-based creative collaborator and financial specialist. He received his BA in Musical Theater Performance and Arts Administration (emphasizing in non-profit arts administration) from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse and his MFA in Acting from Columbia University. He also holds an Accounting Fundamentals Specialist Certificate from Louisiana State University. Justin has worked professionally in creative spaces across Minneapolis, Denver, New York City and the UK, and he is passionate about helping fellow creatives set themselves up for their self-defined success.
Example websites include:
www.JustinMichaelCooke.com
