Archive - Escape Motivation

When Creator Math Isn't Mathing

How & why I'm pivoting my business

Aug 6 • Jason McBride

July 2026

How to Make Money From Your Art is a Creativity Problem

The art of business as a creator

Jul 20 • Jason McBride

Your Ideas are Not Precious

Art is the execution of ideas, not having ideas

Jul 13 • Jason McBride

Brainstrom #2: Create Your Own Job by Deconstructing Your Resume

You have way more marketable skills than you think!

Jul 8 • Jason McBride

The Artisan Writer in the Age of AI

Better not faster

Jul 6 • Jason McBride

Brainstorm #1: 13 Different Ways to Think About Your Social Media

Making mindful, strategic choices about social media and your creative business

Jul 1 • Jason McBride

June 2026

You Don’t Need to Build an Empire

Not wanting to be an employee doesn’t mean you have to be an entrepreneur

Jun 29 • Jason McBride

Teach Everything You Know

Good ideas are sticky

Jun 24 • Jason McBride

How to Use Content Marketing to Sell Your Art Without Also Selling Your Soul

Step 1: Stop being a content snob

Jun 24 • Jason McBride

How to give buyers what they really want

Jun 23 • Jason McBride

Marketing with the Soul of a Poet

What if your marketing was also a work of art?

Jun 23 • Jason McBride

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