10 Commandments for Creatives who want to FAIL

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 10 Commandments for Creatives WHO WANT TO FAIL in the NEW Creative Economy 😖 

1. You worry about not having any tech skills 💡

I get it. You barely know how to work your iPhone, how can you learn A.I? Creative, I’m gonna tell you a secret. Most A.I. tools are as simple as knowing how to read and write…and barely that! Otter A.I. can even take spelling error-free notes for you. Now the assistant can have an assistant!

And don’t get me started about Midjourney! It’s the most powerful original image generator out there. And my formula to success is as simple as typing in: My Vision + Preferred Lens + Shot + Inspiration = Stunning images like:

2. You LOVE racking up debt 💸

Hold up Spielberg! You don’t have an unlimited credit card yet. According to Film Independent, the average web series can cost between $1,000 - $10,000 on the low end! For a studio project, costs are estimated at $1,000 per minute.

And given today’s economy, investors are more reluctant to produce your Alien Cowboy Sci-Fi. But what if, for a FRACTION of the cost of production, you could approach investors with a stunning pitch deck, cinematic sizzle and a thought-out 20 season arc, all created with the help of A.I?

You’d look a lot more attractive and still have money to treat yourself to a $5 coffee…ugh, millennials and their extravagance. 🙄

3. You don’t consider yourself a business 🧳

Hey there, my freelance Picasso. If you don’t consider yourself a business you SHOULD. For tax purposes, brand power, legal protection and growth potential. But according to the SBA, about 20% of all business fail in the first year and 50% fizzle out before five! Yikes. 😬

Hold up, here's where A.I. comes in like a financial fairy godmother! 🧚‍♂️ With A.I. tools at your side, you can slay the business game like a boss. It'll handle the nitty-gritty, like note taking and keep your financial mojo on point. 💪

4.  You think A.I. CAN replace human creativity 🤖

Yes, I recognize that this one might be shocking. I just spent this entire newsletter lauding the use of A.I. for creative professionals. But hear me out. A.I. is a tool that can help AMPLIFY your natural talent and hard earned skills.

However, it cannot replace you. Every A.I. creation starts with the spark of an idea…and that’s your job! Imagination is sold separately.

5.  You don’t care about market trends, so skip this one!!!! 📢

A.I. is currently valued at nearly $100 billion U.S. and is expected to grow twentyfold by 2030. Yeah, I get why some creatives hate A.I. But in 2023, don’t we also complain about social media, smart phones and Elon Musk?

Yet, they’re all still shaping our collective culture, economy and more. You can bury your head in the sand but…time keeps on slippin, slippin, slippin, into the future and the cat’s out of the bag. A.I. is here to stay.

6.  You don’t think someone would pay for A.I. art 🤔

I get it. You have a healthy dose of skepticism. Let me count the ways you can make money with A.I., starting TODAY!

1. Create Coloring Books 

2. Create unique Etsy Items

3. Create professional pitch decks and sell them on Fiverr

4. Think like an investor

5. Prepare for one of these jobs…Studios Quietly Go on Hiring Spree for AI Specialist

7.  You think that facts and figures are FAKE NEWS!!!! 🍊

A Harvard ((yes, that one 🧠)) study revealed that A.I. and marketing are the new power couple, boosting customer engagement by 40%! And companies that buddy up with A.I. can beef up their revenue by 10%.

A.I. can crunch large volumes of data quickly, uncovering trends and insights that humans might miss. They can also adapt designs in real-time, reducing the time spent on ideation and prototyping.

8.  You don’t believe in backup plans 😨

As a creative professional, what if your worst year happens this year? Are you still profitable? If yes, pass this info up. If not, think about the power of being able to create and earn from anywhere in the world?

While we wait on economic equity, universal income, student loan forgiveness, ((um, reparations anyone? 👀)) it’s important to stay flexible and have other avenues to generate income. To future proof your career…you gotta upskill, bruh.

9.  You think A.I. will take all the jobs 😡

As a random person on Reddit said, “A.I. may kill us all, but it’ll never write a good movie.”

Friend…the sky has been falling ever since Eve bit that apple, since that cave man discovered fire and Mark Twain used a typewriter instead of writing Tom Sawyer with a scroll and quill.

If you think I’m exaggerating read this: "Computerphobia" didn't fall out of fashion until the 1990s, when a new realm of technological anxiety became the target: cyberspace.

10.  You hate learning 😝

What's the point of learning new skills? Stick with what you know best, forever.

But the fact that you made it this far into the newsletter, lets me know that YOU know better. According to the World Economic Forum, individuals who upskill and acquire new skills have the potential to increase their income by up to 20% or more. A Skills First Approach = more economic opportunities! 🚀

While we get our library up and running at the Creative Guild, maybe you should check out these A.I. courses on Udemy.

✨ Sprinkle Sprinkle ✨

OUR FIRST GIFT…

The video below will do a quick walkthrough on how YOU CAN USE A.I. to create a pitch deck that will outshine your competition. We use MidJourney (a powerful visual creator), ChatGPT (Google on drugs) and Canva (for those of us who couldn’t learn photoshop).

And afterwards, I sold it on Fiverr for $240!! Not bad, since this deck only took me 4 hours.

Learning A.I. today is like learning how to code 20 years ago, but with a fraction of the effort!

Studios are already itching to hire A.I. specialists. Netflix reportedly promises to pay up to $900,000-per-year to an A.I. product manager.

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• The Moving Picture Institute has a grant with your films’ name on it.

• Stripe Press is hiring a Producer and paying $143,400 - $194,000.

• AXS is awarding disabled creators $10,000 to finish their documentaries!

• Indie Grants is awarding $20,000 - $35,000

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• Tyler Perry’s final bid for BET falls $1B short of the $3B asking price. Experts say that Perry’s offer leaves the door open for Byron Allen.

• ‘Barbie’ made HALF A BILLION dollars in one week. Mattel execs hurry to develop, ‘Barney,’ ‘Polly Pocket’ and ‘Barbie’ sequels next.

• Actors are going viral on TikTok after showing off their residual checks.

• Futurama is back…for the third time. Since Hollywood loves a reboot, episode one is now available on Hulu.

^{Creative Crystal Ball}

_{^{Where YOU tell us your industry predictions about a hot topic. This is strictly hypothetical.}} 😅 

ICYMI: Carlee Russell, 25, sparked a nationwide search when she went missing on July 13th, after telling law enforcement that she was attempting to rescue a lone toddler on the highway. The public was shocked and outraged to learn that Russell staged her own kidnapping, sparking the conversation about the lack of resources to locate missing black women.

As we await her case's resolution, let's vote. Who do YOU think will be the first to develop her biopic?

My cast prediction below 🫠 

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