#21: The One Thing That Will Guarantee Your Studio's Failure

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#7: CRM: Billion-Dollar Companies Use This Software, and So Should You: In this episode, learn what a CRM is, why it’s absolutely essential that your home studio business implements one, and how you can use it to help grow your business in 2018. For full show notes, go to If you want to suggest a guest, an idea for... by 6 Figure Creative

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#24: 10 Ways To Wow Your Clients And Keep Them Coming Back For Life: This episode challenges you to see the upside of selfless service to your clients. Brian and Chris offer ten ways to help connect with your artists on a more personal level, ultimately nurturing relationships and showing how selfless service can... by 6 Figure Creative

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#23: Why You MIGHT Need To Advertise Your Studio: In this episode, we will talk about why paid advertising is an important skill to develop in this fast-changing recording industry. We also discuss who should be investing time, money, and effort in paid advertising, and who should NOT be bothering... by 6 Figure Creative

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#16: How To Avoid Nightmare Clients By Watching For These 8 Red Flags: When a new client contacts you, your immediate reaction is to take the money no matter what. The problem is that some projects can quickly turn into an absolute nightmare. This episode of The Six Figure Home Studio Podcast talks all about how... by 6 Figure Creative

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#58: The 3 Roads To 6 Figures (Choose Wisely): In this episode, Chris Graham and Brian Hood discuss three main business models you can use to build your studio to six figures. Though you can try to use several models instead of choosing one, it is typically easier to focus on just one. ... by 6 Figure Creative

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#3: The Journey From His Parent's Basement, To Depression, To A Six Figure Home Studio - Brian Hood: In this episode, they discuss Brian’s story and how he went from recording local bands in his parents basement to becoming the successful entrepreneur he is today. For full show notes, go to If you want to suggest a guest, an idea for the podcast,... by 6 Figure Creative

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#9: The 7 Crucial Habits That Will Help Your Business Grow: It’s a new year, a new you, and your motivation to succeed is at an alltime high. The problem is that motivation is a temporary force that disappears when life gets tough. This is the reason every Planet Fitness location has an average of 6,500... by 6 Figure Creative

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#30: 11 Highly-Effective Negotiation Tactics Any Audio Professional Can Use: Whether you realize it or not, you negotiate with people nearly every day of your life. Even if you refuse to negotiation, you’re STILL using negotiation tactics. In today’s episode, you’ll learn 11 negotiation tactics you can use in your career... by 6 Figure Creative

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#12: How To Choose a Profitable Niche For Your Studio: Answer this question: When it comes to your studio, what is the one thing that you're known for? If you can't answer that, it may be time to find some way to "niche down". Most people think that "niching down" means you’re going to be turning away... by 6 Figure Creative

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#22: How Emily Got Hundreds Of Clients By Combining Two Passions To Create Her Niche: This episode also kicks off a new series where we interview people who took two passions and combined them in a way that created a unique niche. On this week’s episode, you will learn how Emily has used unique niche to work with hundreds of clients... by 6 Figure Creative

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#21: The One Thing That Will Guarantee Your Studio's Failure: Whether you run a small home business or a large multi-million dollar business, you will run into roadblocks. Your ability to “figure it the f*ck out” will be a large reason behind whether or not your company is successful or fails miserably. For... by 6 Figure Creative

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#19: n00b Website Mistakes That Will Choke Out Your Business: Your studio’s website sucks and we can help. For full show notes, go to If you want to suggest a guest, an idea for the podcast, or you have some general feedback, then you can submit that via email to by 6 Figure Creative

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#33: 5 Studio Niches Ripe For The Taking: Working on BIG records for major artists is probably a dream for a lot of you and most likely a big reason why you got into this industry. The hard truth is that for most people, this won’t happen quickly. So listen as Brian and Chris break down 5... by 6 Figure Creative

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