I met Tara Gentile at Digital Commerce Summit in Denver last year, and her message around business design helped shape my (new) 10-year plan. So I'm thrilled to introduce her today as we talk about creativity and commerce.
In the introduction, I say hello from Auckland, New Zealand. I'm posting pics on Instagram and on The Creative Penn Facebook page if you'd like to follow along.
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Tara Gentile is a creative business coach who empowers passion-driven entrepreneurs to actualize their ideas, visions and dreams by turning them into dollars and cents.
She is the creator of Quiet Power Strategy and the author of The Art of Earning, as well as other non-fiction books. She also hosts the brilliant Profit.Power.Pursuit podcast on The Creative Live Network, which is one of my must-listens.
You can listen above or on iTunes or Stitcher or watch the video here, read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and full transcript below.

* How business and art are both about sharing

* How to create recurring income

 

* Finding the time to grow a new business

* Other streams of income for non-fiction authors

* Why it's not working harder that creates a more profitable business

* The different ways people are consuming information these days

* How to cope with being an introvert in an extroverted world

You can find Tara at TaraGentile.com or on Twitter @TaraGentile

Transcript of Interview with Tara Gentile
Joanna: Hello, creatives. I'm Joanna Penn from thecreativepenn.com. And today, I'm here with Tara Gentile. Hi, Tara.
Tara: Hey, Joanna.
Joanna: I'm so happy to have you on the show. So just a little introduction.
Tara is a creative business coach who empowers passion-driven entrepreneurs to actualize their ideas,