Art Business

Singer-songwriter. Trailblazer. Mastermind. The Beatles of her generation. From her genre-busting rise in country music as a teenager to the economic juggernaut that is the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift has blazed a path that is uniquely hers. But how exactly has she managed to scale her success—multiple times—while dominating an industry that cycles through artists and stars like fashion trends? How has she managed to make and remake herself time and again while remaining true to her artistic vision?

The Art of Connection: 365 Days of Abundance Quotes by Entrepreneurs, Business Owners, and Influencers Unlock the transformative power of abundance with the fifth book in the international bestselling Art of Connection series. 365 Days of Abundance Quotes offers a fresh perspective on how business owners, entrepreneurs, and influencers perceive and cultivate abundance in relationships, purpose, and entrepreneurial growth. Each quote in this collection is crafted to inspire you daily, encouraging a mindset that celebrates success, prosperity, and a deeper appreciation for life's richness. ...

En El arte de la guerra, Sun Tzu hace análisis detallados y recomendaciones útiles sobre trece temas principales de la estrategia militar: la planeación, el reto, el ataque, el posicionamiento, la dirección, fuerzas y debilidades, las maniobras, la implementación de las tácticas, el avance, el terreno, las fases de una campaña, las armas y el uso de información.

"Blueprint to Business Success: Crafting Your Winning Business Plan" is the ultimate guide to transforming your entrepreneurial vision into a thriving and profitable venture. This book is packed with expert advice, practical strategies, and real-world examples that will empower you to create a comprehensive and compelling business plan tailored to your unique goals and objectives. Unlock the secrets to business success as you dive into this comprehensive guide, which covers everything from market analysis, competitor research, and financial projections to branding, marketing, and operations...

For more than thirty years, All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been universally regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry. Now in its eleventh edition, Passman leads novices and experts alike through what has been the most profound change in the music business since the days of wax cylinders and piano rolls: streaming. For the first time in history, music is no longer monetized by selling something—it’s monetized by how many times a listener streams a song.

You didn’t leave your job to become your own worst boss. Most entrepreneurs start their business chasing freedom — only to find themselves drowning in client demands, late-night emails, last-minute requests, and non-stop availability that leaves them exhausted and resentful. The real secret to a profitable, sustainable, and joyful business isn’t working harder or saying yes to everything. It’s mastering gentle boundaries — clear, compassionate limits that protect your time, energy, and value without burning bridges or turning you into a robot. In The Art of Gentle Boundaries, real...

Moneyball reveals a quest for something as elusive as the Holy Grail, something that money apparently can't buy: the secret of success in baseball. The logical places to look would be the giant offices of major league teams and the dugouts. But the real jackpot is a cache of numbers collected over the years by a strange brotherhood of amateur baseball enthusiasts: software engineers, statisticians, Wall Street analysts, lawyers, and physics professors.

Healthy communities strive for their members to support one another, share their passions, and achieve personal growth. This book will help you learn to be connected and defeat loneliness by understanding where and how we belong. No matter the kind of organization, company, or social group, this book is a guide for leaders seeking to build a community or strengthen the ones they already have.

Get the inside scoop on what it's like being a craft fair vendor. Every job has its advantages and disadvantages, but being a craft fair vendor is a little different. It is one job that you choose to start at a certain time in your life, and you control your work schedule. For many, this creative endeavor provides a supplemental income. Is being a vendor the right side hustle for you? This book may help you decide or may reinforce your decision and spark ideas if you are already selling your handicrafts. Like all entrepreneurs, you want to consistently improve your business. Craft Fair Life...

Research has increasingly shown that nonverbal communication prowess is absolutely essential in seemingly unrelated areas of our lives (investment decisions, salary levels, etc.). However, as our society becomes more modernized and we incorporate new forms of technology into our daily interactions, we are becoming less and less capable of understanding one another as well as we should be. In The Art of Social Excellence, Henrik Fexeus combines his own expert knowledge as a mentalist with psychology studies to create a complete guide to social interaction.

When I started my first martial art school, all I knew about growing a dojo was that I needed more students. So, I set about getting more students every way I knew how, and I kept adding more ways to do that as I went along.

Our current definition of “productivity” is broken. It pushes us to treat busyness as a proxy for useful effort, leading to impossibly lengthy task lists and ceaseless meetings. We’re overwhelmed by all we have to do and on the edge of burnout, left to decide between giving into soul-sapping hustle culture or rejecting ambition altogether. But are these really our only choices?

"The Art of War," written more than two thousand years ago, is a classic treatise on military strategy. Its principles have been applied to various fields beyond warfare, including business and management. Yet, the timeless lessons from Sun Tzu's incomparable work are rarely discussed in terms of the dynamic world of print-on-demand (POD) and e-commerce. That all changes today. A powerful, compelling, and first-of-its-kind work for ecommerce and print-on-demand professionals, "How to Use the Art of War to Succeed in E-Commerce and Print-on-Demand" is an indispensable resource, meticulously ...

In today's troubled economic market, everything is a tough sell. From products to services, everyone is consuming less as they tighten their belts. In this respect, it's easy to forget that the job interview is becoming more and more like the showroom - where the interview itself is the pitch, and the product you're selling is yourself. The Art of Selling Yourself will provide you with the knowhow you need to navigate today's tough business terrain and achieve success in your career and your life.

How to Persuade and Get Paid is a sales training program that combines information and entertainment to teach you exactly what it takes to create success in today’s challenging marketplace.

Robert Iger became CEO of The Walt Disney Company in 2005, during a difficult time. Competition was more intense than ever, and technology was changing faster than at any time in the company’s history. His vision came down to three clear ideas: Recommit to the concept that quality matters, embrace technology instead of fighting it, and think bigger - think global - and turn Disney into a stronger brand in international markets.

Everyone would benefit from seeing further into the future, whether buying stocks, crafting policy, launching a new product, or simply planning the week's meals. Unfortunately, people tend to be terrible forecasters. As Wharton professor Philip Tetlock showed in a landmark 2005 study, even experts' predictions are only slightly better than chance. However, an important and underreported conclusion of that study was that some experts do have real foresight.

In this digital age, do you know... • How to approach a gallery successfully? • Work together with them to maximise sales? • Market yourself if you don’t have a representation? • Create effective newsletters? • Create or redesign your website... effectively? • Use social media to create & sustain sales? • Make use of Apps to drive new customers & sales? • How to utilise social media advertising? • How to copyright your work to restrict pirating? Hiscox estimate that online sales of art will reach £6.85 billion ($8.37B) by 2021. Herein are the tools you’ll need to take...

Legendary 17th century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi’s exposition of sword fighting, strategy and Zen philosophy. Required reading for any martial artist, business person or student of strategy. Includes the one hour Zen inspired soundtrack The Mysterious Sound of Wind in the Bamboo. Performed on authentic Japanese instruments.

Presenting 12 breakthrough practices for bringing creativity into all human endeavors, The Art of Possibility is the dynamic product of an extraordinary partnership. The Art of Possibility combines Benjamin Zander's experience as conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and his talent as a teacher and communicator with psychotherapist Rosamund Stone Zander's genius for designing innovative paradigms for personal and professional fulfillment.