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Surviving Main Street
Welcome to the Surviving Main Street podacst, the small business podcast helping creatives, skilled workers and visionaries launch and grow their business in competitve local markets, both online and brick n' mortar.
I’m your host Tammy Venneri, award-winning business owner, website and digital marketing consultant, and SCORE Mentor supported by the SBA.
Origin stories and practical advice for creative people who are on an unconventional path to full-time income doing what theey love. We're bringing you interviews and subject episodes from successful small business owners to help you overcome the unique challenges in competitve, local and seasonal markets.
Topics covered include market proof, feasibility, growth and scaling your business, practical marketing plans and social media strategies, website design to help SEO, understanding content creation for social media, how to engage your audience, creating customer avatars, analyzing your online visibility, adding new services, e-commerce. course creators, branding basics for your business type, customer service, and actionable business strategies that will encourage your willingness to adapt, collaborate, be flexible, compete and maintain the healthy mindset needed to thrive and feel fulfilled.
You must be authentic and deliver an amazing customer experience.
Here we go!
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Surviving Main Street
EP 8: Cartoonist, Maria Scrivan "The Doubt Gremlins"
Host, Tammy Venneri is with NY Times best selling author of middle grade graphic novels and syndicated cartoonist, Maria Scrivan,. Her series about Nat, a little girl who faces her fears and insecurities, is hugely popular. Each book and page is full of humor and colorful cartoon art. Our interview is a true origin story that goes back to elementary school where it all began, and covers Maria's natural wit and talent, the funny cards she used to make for family and friends, the business of cartooning, navigating changing times and technology, landing a book deal with Scholastic and the perseverance it took to finally arrive .
Want to know what it takes to land a graphic novel book deal and become a syndicated cartoonsist? Maria's road to success took over a decade to travel. She shares how she knocked on dooors, submitted her cartoons to industry heads, and filed-away the rejections, and also dives into how she built a foundation of discipline and the mindset needed to show-up, every day, and get it done... even when the "doubt gremlins" are determined to derail her confidence (see the gremlins in her book "Nat for Nothing"!).
Learn more about the journey to becoming a cartoonist, best-selling author of graphic novels and greeting card artist, all in this awesome interview with Maria Scrivan!
Maria Scrivan website : mariascrivan.com
Buy the books:
The bestselling middle grade graphic novels about main character, Natalie: "Nat Enough", "Forget Me Nat", "Absolutely Nat", "Nat For Nothing", "All Is Nat Lost" and her box set Definitely Nat
Maria Scrivan comics:
Half Full
Maria Scrivan Funny Comics Greeting Cards:
Nobleworks
Maria Scrivan Social Media
Instagram, fb, X @mariascrivan
The business podcast for creatives, artists and visionaries in competitive markets and challenging seasonal locations. Interviews with succesful small business owners who are doing what they love and industry experts who have years of wisdom to share. Mindset, business strategy, marketing, planning, action. Be open, authentic, and adaptable. If you show up to do the work for your vision, your vision will show up and work for you.
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