Category Archives: Remarkability

The 'Red Lemon Creative'. A 10-Point Manifesto for Successful Creatives Who Stand Out The 'Red Lemon Creative'. A 10-Point Manifesto for Successful Creatives Who Stand Out

Having now worked on Red Lemon Club for close to three years, there is so much I’ve learnt and so much that I yet want to explore, learn and share.

The more time I spend researching for posts and thinking about the ideas behind the site and the people that drive it, the clearer an idea is formed in my brain as to what it is that makes up who we are. We, being those people drawn to the ideas discussed here.

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7 Crucial Things That Will Save You as an Independent Creative Over the Coming Years 7 Crucial Things That Will Save You as an Independent Creative Over the Coming Years

As most of you will have noticed, the current economic climate isn’t particularly rosy when it comes to available work for us creatives.

Let me rephrase that. The current economic climate isn’t particularly rosy when it comes to available work for a large proportion of us creatives. There are many people out there who, for various reasons, still do earn a very good living from creative projects, and many who are doing better now than they ever have in the past.

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15 Reasons to Stay Focused on Developing your Craft 15 Reasons to Stay Focused on Developing your Craft

Let’s great straight into this idea of ‘craft’. What is it, and why is it worth pursuing?

My own thought on craft is that it is more a honed skill, style or application, than a tangible object. Craft is your technique; your brain’s neural connections, sculpted over hours of practice. Your craft is the way in which you apply paint to a canvas, how you think about a new musical composition or how you structure your written sentences in a short story.

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How to Get Laser Focused by Designing Your Perfect Client How to Get Laser Focused by Designing Your Perfect Client

If you’re a creative professional, freelancer or business of any sort, one of the key parts of attracting regular clients, is in deciding on and determining a target market.

These are the people you are not only creating your finished product or service for, but the people you base your entire brand around. Your existence as a creative professional who earns good money from what you do depends on them.

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How to Inspire a Rock-Solid Following How to Inspire a Rock-Solid Following

I watched a very thought-provoking talk recently over at TED about how great leaders like Martin Luther King and Steve Jobs inspire action in people.

Although I was aware of the importance of defining purpose in what you do to keep you motivated, Simon Sinek revealed the importance of the need to define a belief or purpose as a key element of attracting a following in highly successful businesses, companies, projects and even movements.

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