{"id":285373,"date":"2019-04-05T12:10:26","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T11:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=285373"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:55:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:55:50","slug":"business-planning-consultations","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/product\/business-planning-consultations\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Planning Consultation with Alison Branagan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>*Please note \u2013 if you need to re-schedule your consultation, we require <em>at least 7 days notice prior to the consultation,<\/em> for a reschedule to be arranged free of charge. Consultations can only be rescheduled <em>ONCE.<\/em> If unable to attend your rescheduled booking you will need to purchase another consultation slot, should you wish to still have the consultation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Led by creative consultant Alison Branagan, this hour long consultation will help you get a business plan in place or review an existing one.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Particular areas of focus will be:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Starting Up: the nuts and bolts. From registering yourself as self employed, to managing finances in the early years.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Goal Setting: Getting clear on what you want to achieve in a 1,3 and 5 year plan, and what you need to do to make that happen.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Money Management: Understanding tax, profit, trading expenses and cash flow. (Note that this is an overview and not financial advice)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Promotion: Developing a 360degree campaign to promote an exhibition, new style or range of products.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Making the Next Move: How to re-position yourself mid career; perhaps your family caring responsibilities have changed, or your style is not working for you any more. How can you change it up?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alison Branagan is an author, visual artist and consultant on the creative industries. She is also an associate lecturer at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.ac.uk\/colleges\/central-saint-martins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Saint Martins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last decade, she has written several business start-up and enterprise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alisonbranagan.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">books<\/a>; her key text is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/the-essential-guide-to-business-for-artists-and-designers-9781350153899\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Essential Guide to Business for Artists &amp; Designers<\/a>\u00a0published by Bloomsbury.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note that these consultations are carried out over Zoom only and there are no consultations in August.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An invaluable 1-1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1026425,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[131],"product_tag":[537],"class_list":{"0":"post-285373","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-consultations","7":"product_tag-no-dd","8":"membership-content","9":"purchase-restricted","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"virtual","14":"sold-individually","15":"taxable","16":"product-type-booking"},"booking_location":"","booking_location_type":"","booking_duration":1,"booking_duration_unit":"hour","booking_buffer":0,"booking_cost":33.3299999999999982946974341757595539093017578125,"booking_resources":[],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/285373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=285373"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=285373"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaoi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=285373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}