Creative Independence

In this third installment of our Kickstarter Maxi Series, we speak with Richard Bliss, host of the podcast, Funding the Dream On Kickstarter. Richard has, as of this writing, posted over 183 episodes, interviewing, in Chris’ estimation, at least 120 different Kickstarter campaign owners, where they tell him what they tried; what worked, what didn’t, […] The post CI 403: Kickstarting YOUR Dream! With Richard Bliss first appeared on Creative Independence.

You may recall several years ago the very last interview we did was with our good friend Cedric Hohnstadt. In this episode Chris, and I jump into the CI time machine and flash forward to today where we catch up with Cedric again after four years. Cedric reveals what he’s been up to for the […] The post CI 402: He’s Back! – Interview with Cedric Hohnstadt, 4 years later!!! first appeared on Creative Independence.

After a 3 year hiatus, Bob and Chris are back to talk about one of the most significant changes in the creative world; crowdfunding. Specifically Kickstarter. Listen in on what they have planned for the next series of episodes. The post CI 401: Kickstarting our Kickstarter Maxi-Series first appeared on Creative Independence.

Bob interviews professional illustrator Cedric Hohnstadt. In this episode Cedric and Bob discuss marketing techniques, networking, social media and self promotion. Cedric is an extremely talented character designer and humorous illustrator who specializes in mascot design, cartooning, animation, logos and other forms of marketing entertainment. Some of Cedric’s clients include Disney, DreamWorks, Wal-Mart, Target, Crayola […] The post CI 310: an Interview with Cedric Hohnstadt. first appeared on Creative Independence.

Bob welcomes Carlos Castellanos back to the show. Carlos is a wealth of great business and marketing information. Whenever we have Carlos on the show we make it a point to get out out our notebooks and take notes so I don’t miss anything… We know you’ll want to do the same. So grab a […] The post CI-309 An Interview with Carlos Castellanos first appeared on Creative Independence.

Bob and illustrator Sparky Firepants (AKA David Billings) talk about marketing. David shares some of his surefire marketing techniques including, slowing down, networking, using social media, and the importance of forming strong and trusting relationships with your clients. If you are not familiar with Davids work you can find him at SparkyFirepants.com. (don’t forget to […] The post CI 308 An Interview with Sparky Firepants. first appeared on Creative Independence.

This episode is full of comedy and adventure! Come along for thrills, chills, explosions, guns, fisticuffs and hilariously sarcastic retorts. Join us as Dan Thompson, creator of the syndicated cartoon strip Rip Haywire talks to us about his journey to get his strip syndicated and published. While we think he’s got a real winner here, […] The post CI 307: Creative Independence goes Haywire! Rip Haywire, that is. first appeared on Creative Independence.

If you’ve been on twitter, Ustream or any of Dani’s many websites you know what an amazing and talented artist Dani Jones is. Chris and I had the privilege of interviewing Dani a little while back. It was a fantastic interview unfortunately the sound quality was so poor we weren’t able to release the episode. […] The post CI 306 An Interview with Dani Jones first appeared on Creative Independence.

General Text Messaging definitions There are scores of places on the web to find the definitions for this texting shorthand that is developing around short-form messaging, but here’s a decent on to start with: http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/textmessageabbreviations.asp Twitter Tags – what do they mean? @<username> – Use this tag when you want someone <username> to see your […] The post CI 305: Another Twitter Episode first appeared on Creative Independence.

Hey, guys, just a short one this week to keep things moving along in a positive direction while Chris and Bob play Skype Tag. In this episode, Bob takes a quick breather and Chris steps in to talk about a couple of interesting tools for managing your online social activities. Avatar Management: Gravatar (Globally Recognized […] The post CI 304: This Episode is NOT about James Cameron’s Avatar first appeared on Creative Independence.