Ep 605: Finding Your Niche with Sue McLeod

The Maker's Playbook

A self-described “failed production potter” Sue McLeod still very much makes her living from ceramics. Yet, she doesn’t make her living from actually making pots… As is true with any industry, we often forget just how many different supporting and tangentially related sub-topics and professions there are available to us. And, at least for me, when we start to see those, a whole myriad of options opens up to how we just might make this crazy dream - of making a living from the things we make - actually work.
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Bölümler

1. Sue McLeod (00:00:00)

2. Introduction and Guest Welcome (00:05:39)

3. Sue McLeod's Journey into Pottery (00:06:31)

4. Art School Experiences and Challenges (00:10:15)

5. Transition to Teaching and Glaze Chemistry (00:18:29)

6. Building a Business and Overcoming Challenges (00:23:44)

7. Overcoming Perfectionism in Free Content (00:37:39)

8. Leveraging Social Media for Online Courses (00:40:57)

9. Balancing Free and Paid Content (00:44:00)

10. Creating a Supportive Community (00:47:59)

11. Comprehensive Glaze Education (01:00:08)