Mark McGuinness brings an insightful conversation for the last episode of season seven. He is an author, poet, and coach for creative entrepreneurs. Mark hosts the 21st Century Creative podcast, as well as A Mouth full of Air, a poetry podcast, both of which I highly recommend.

In this interview he shares some of the key points to start and evolve a creative business, and make a living out of our craft. Among other things, he mentions how to have those difficult conversations that are needed to advance in our careers, the importance of creating assets, how to treat the business as a creative project itself, as well as branding and positioning.

Mark has written four books full of resources on how to thrive as a creative in the 21st century. And contributed chapters to two international best sellers from 99U, Manage Your Day-to-Day and Maximize Your Potential.

He is an award-winning poet and has been a creative coach since 1996. During that time he’s worked with outstanding performers in almost every field of the arts and creative industries, including film, television, radio, theatre, music, design, advertising, and others.

Mark also talks about important aspects of a creative entrepreneur, including motivation, communication and presentation skills or productivity. He also shares part of his own “mental hygiene routine” to switch off the demands of work.

Visit  www.lateralaction.com, and sign up to get the 26 lessons of The 21st Century Creative foundation course for free via email. This course is a guide that includes productivity, marketing, networking, going freelance, dealing with rejection and criticism, and much more.

Follow him on Twitter:@markmcguinness

Episode of 21st Century Creative Podcast with Kristin Linklater, the teacher of voice work for actors and speakers: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hSq5xEBVH84RXM4MmipnO?si=yE_Mc1JfQ66KieNP77InWw

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** Visit https://www.nickymondellini.com to learn about the work of actress, host and voice over artist Nicky Mondellini.

Nicky Mondellini is an artist of international stature with more than thirty years in the entertainment industry. Her voice is heard in commercials on television, radio and digital platforms worldwide. She is the host and producer of La Pizarra with Nicky Mondellini since 2020.

Her work as an actress includes more than twelve telenovelas, several classical and contemporary Spanish plays, short and feature films, and the hosting of morning shows in Mexico and the United States. She is also a narrator for documentaries, as well as promotional and corporate videos.

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Produced and edited by Nicky Mondellini

Sound mix by Alan Villatoro

Video editing by Jorge Bernal

Production assistant-Belen Fernandez Pelayo

Marketing assistant Enrique Baca and Janette Alle

**Nicky Mondellini is an internationally known artist with more than thirty years of artistic career. Her voice is heard in commercials on television, radio and digital platforms worldwide. She has been the host and producer of La Pizarra since 2020.

Her work as an actress includes more than a dozen telenovelas,  and drama shows, classical and contemporary Spanish plays, shorts and feature films, and the hosting of morning shows in Mexico and the United States, as well as on camera commercials, and promotional and corporate videos. Work samples at https://www.nickymondellini.com

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