If you are a poet or artist who wants to live on art and what you create, this is a discussion for you! Visual artist Gisele Muzones has crafted a living from a monthly mail club where she sends prints, stickers, and words to people for a variety of low price-points. She discusses how she made it happen, the logistics behind an art business that ships regularly, and ways artists in other disciplines, including poets, can follow her model. Let's learn more about new ways to live on art.Find more on Gisele at https://www.giselemuze.com/ and @gisele.muze on socialsGet the first 2 modules of our poetry business workbook, The Semester, for FREE: www.diversespoetry.com/instituteGet a free podcast/mp3/audio version: https://open.spotify.com/show/4vAdMbaunOPz00:00 - Introduction & Applying Business Lessons to Art00:23 - Meet Giselle & What is the Snail Mail Subscription Club?01:54 - From Barista to Full-Time Artist02:22 - Why Human & Handmade Art Matters More in the AI Era03:20 - Getting Started & Finding Inspiration for a Subscription Model05:14 - Moving Out, Working Coffee Jobs & Early Growth06:28 - Going Viral on TikTok & Gaining 1,000+ Subscribers Overnight07:46 - The Reality of Taking Risks & Believing in What’s Possible09:12 - Representation, Role Models & Mindset Around Artist Success11:53 - Pricing Strategy: Low-Ticket vs. High-Volume Products13:12 - Fulfillment Logistics: Packing Orders & Finding Print Shops16:11 - Delegating Tasks & Hiring a Virtual Assistant (VA)17:54 - Subscription Cycles, Shipping Deadlines & Managing Expectations19:00 - Building Scalable Systems for Tangible vs. Digital Offers22:05 - Social Media Strategy: Showing Personality & Organic Growth24:16 - Content Creation: Low-Friction Filming vs. Over-Editing26:30 - Why People Buy Stories, Not Just Art28:02 - Quantity vs. Quality for Beginner Creators29:35 - Choosing the Right Platform for Your Medium30:48 - Treating Your Art Seriously with a Dedicated Business Notebook31:37 - Overcoming the "Starving Artist" & Struggle Mindset32:36 - Debunking the "Selling Out" Myth: Business as a Service to Others37:40 - Overcoming the Fear of Making Money as a Creative39:35 - Alignment & Mindset Before the Big Breakthrough41:53 - How Subscription Models Can Work for Poets and Writers43:03 - The Power of Delusional Self-Belief46:54 - Unboxing the Snail Mail Print Club Package47:59 - Where to Find Giselle Online#poetry #poem #diversesDiverses is dedicated to promoting poetry from multi-ethnic, multi-racial, and under-represented writers.