{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Professional Artist Podcast: Art Business Transformations","title":"The Money Mistake Most Artists Keep Making","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1543,"description":"Free 4-Day Challenge for artists: https://professionalartist.com/free\nJoin us live and online to make your next art show your best, design a paid workshop that's yours alone, or land your work in the right gallery. Register free.\n---\nWhat's the biggest money mistake keeping artists from building a sustainable career?\nIn this episode of The Professional Artist Podcast, sculptor and public artist Matt McConnell is featured by the Professional Artist Association (https://professionalartist.com/join), the world's fastest-growing global community for committed fine artists.\nFor more than 25 years, Matt has built a career creating large-scale public art while learning the financial systems required to sustain a creative business.\nFrom budgeting complex commissions to pricing work with confidence, he's discovered that profitability starts long before a project begins.\nIn this episode, Matt explains why undercharging is only part of the problem, how understanding your true costs changes the way you price your work, and how saying no to the wrong projects can ultimately make your business more profitable.\n\" You have to decide that you are comfortable saying what something costs at risk of losing it”— Matt McConnell\nTimestamps:00:00 Introduction01:41 Crescent05:32 Pricing Large-Scale Projects Without Losing Money11:16 Helix Series13:10 The Psychology of Charging What You're Worth17:55 Infinity20:38 Why Budgeting Is the Most Important Skill an Artist Can Learn23:38 Final thoughts\nConnect with MattWebsite: https://www.mattmcconnell.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mcconnellstudios/\nLearn more about The Professional Artist Association:\nMentoring:Apply to join 99 artists for unlimited 1:1 Coaching & Mentoring to grow your art income:https://professionalartist.com/apply\nMembership:Join 1,000+ committed artists around the world for less than $1, £ or € a day: https://professionalartist.com/join\nFree Letter:Join 50,000+ artists getting Free advice & inspiration every...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1w06IKct0FZ59SGs6Y8H5DQOlgFvyRf7GbYr1lhEpu0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYjgx/ZjQ3MjE4YjdhNDFi/OGE2ODg0NDY2ZDdi/ODI0MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}