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Sophie Mahir’s “Art Business Academy” Membership

 

Confidently grow a sustainable, profitable art business from scratch with my 6 Simple Steps to Success; no guesswork, no overwhelm.

 

Then we’ll continue to guide you as you build that art business and start to love the process, because you now understand how rewarding it can be to follow our easy planning, marketing, and sales methods and get those positive results; rather than crossing your fingers and hoping someone one day might buy!

SAVE THOUSANDS OVER 1:2:1 COACHING

Join Today and Save!

Only $29 - $37 US/month!

 

(that’s only 95 cents a day)

…for the coaching and support

You need to set up and grow your profitable art business

The best part: The first (or next) sale of your artwork or art services more than pays for your monthly fee to be a part of the Art Business Academy.

24/7 access to the community.

NO CONTRACTS. CANCEL ANYTIME.

Monthly Payments Of

$29 US

(EASY PAY OPTION)

YES I WANT IN

Yearly Payments Of

$290 US

(SPECIAL OFFER)

YES I WANT IN

Heather Sheppard

"Working with Sophie to develop a plan & strategy has been a game-changer."

Irene Appleby Barthe

"I made my first Art Business Plan with Sophie's help, I'm now clear on my goals!"

Corrine Rapley

"I finally understand what my main focus should be for this year’s art business plan!"

READ THIS FIRST…

Hi, I’m Sophie Mahir

 

As a young child I remember wanting to be like my mother, an accomplished painter. I often sat next to her in her art studio and painted what she painted. I copied every stroke just as she did it.

But after she tragically passed from cancer, at the age of just 67, I realised with sadness she’d only ever sold one or two of her amazing watercolour paintings in her lifetime. 

In fact she’d started drawing as a child and been offered a scholarship to art school as a late teen, but her parents told her to get a ‘sensible degree and reliable job’...

So she had to put aside her passion till she was almost retired. (By which time she got into teaching and creating had to fit in around that).

I was determined this wasn’t ever going to be my path. I wanted to follow my dreams! I wasn’t going to do what others told me to do...

Looking back now of course it wasn’t at all the straight road I hoped it was going to be. Instead it was full of pot-holes, false starts, twisty-turny roads, ‘learning opportunities’ and the rest.

This involved getting a super niched art teaching qualification…

…Bringing up two children on my own, having been left with my ex-husbands debts…

…Experiencing my only ‘job’ teaching art to children for 8 years…

Eventually quitting to become my own art business boss.

As a teacher I knew NOTHING about business, so I learnt really fast, as I had two mouths to feed, a mortgage to pay and a car to fuel. 

It’s amazing how fast you can get into action when the stakes are high.

I painted furiously, created collections, niched myself clearly, applied for any and all art shows, booked in art fairs, opened up my own house for ‘Open Houses’, started my own art trail, approached and got accepted into galleries, did commissions and was eventually picked up by an art agent…

 

>> Before I knew it my art was paying the bills!

Want to pay YOUR bills and lifestyle from your creativity? Well you can too with a bit of know-how and practice.

 

On that journey to creating and regularly selling my artworks I realised I had massive knowledge gaps. 

So I invested over $35,000 in learning business and marketing as well as my own personal development. And it really paid off.

After a good few years in my first art business I creatively burnt out; I just couldn't keep producing at the rate the galleries and agent required…So I took a huge break.

This led me into the world of helping others, which I found incredibly rewarding.

So I qualified as a life and business coach and went on to apply all I learnt into building a full-time coaching practice, which I ran from my large office close to my home on the south coast of the UK.

Then came the next big realisation - my daughters were grown up and starting to live their own lives, one of whom moved to Australia and I found the pull to live somewhere warmer and sunnier really appealing!

Nine years on I’m now an Australian citizen, with my own art studio in the Perth Hills and a new art business starting to grow…on my terms!

I do miss my elder daughter every single day, but with video calls and (mostly) annual flights back to the UK it’s workable…

My passion and mission to help other artists to build a (life and) business their way is all-consuming…I hate to think of more artists having the experience my mother had…

Creating something you love but never really being able to sell any of it!

And this is why the Art Business Academy Membership was born - a simple, easy to access and super AFFORDABLE way to access the knowledge I invested thousands in, each and every month…

For less than a dinner out with a friend a month…

Right now you can join at this super low price, before it goes up and it will..and get yourself GRANDFARTHERED in.

(Gentle warning the price goes up when the timer runs out).

Sophie Mahir XX

Don’t just take it from me…

“The ABA gives me the structure and confidence to build my art business into the form I want it to be. Sophie Mahir has the rare skill set of marketing from the perspective of a practising artist and I feel blessed she has the generosity to pass it on."

SUSAN SHEPPARD
Realist Large Scale Landscape Painter

“Being an active member of the ABA has been both grounding and expansive. Sophie is a multi-talented leader who really gets what it's like to align art and business to create success. I love her no-nonsense approach and commitment to seeing us all succeed.”

SARAH BELLORINI
Visionary Leadership Coach, Author & Artist

“Sophie Mahir’s Art Business Academy, the ABA, is the most inspiring and energetic gift to our artist’s world in modern times. Sophie knows and can deliver a multitude of artistic business information in a concise and accessible manner. Her courses and business content simply breed success for her artist students.”

GAIL WHITNEY
Experiential Abstract Multimedia Artist

If you can relate to ANY of the following…

Then my fellow creative, I made the Art Business Academy Membership specifically to help YOU start your very own sustainable, profitable Art Business from your passion. 

 

  • You’re fed up working hard - either for yourself ‘trying to make this art thing work’ OR in that JOB (where you are making money for someone else).

Isn’t it about time you get to do what you really want? Time to put a stake in the ground and say “enough” - I want to turn my own hobby into a solid, reliable, profitable business.

  • You’ve had a grounding realisation. 

You know it IS possible, you can see other artists doing it. You’re just not sure ‘how’ to make it work for you. You don’t have any ‘business’ experience, but you’re sure you can learn if only you had some help..

  • You want to get paid properly for doing what you’re passionate about.

Not just sell a few things (artwork, prints, products, courses, workshops etc) occasionally…or sell something only to discover that your expenses are more than the money from your sales.

  • You love the idea of designing a flexible art business to support your ideal lifestyle.

Work the hours you want, from anywhere in the world (if that’s your thing)...be around for your partner, family, children or grandchildren.

  • You’re ready to get serious about growing a thriving business.

Even if you’re not sure where to start, what to focus on, or you’ve not got much to sell quite yet.

  • You want to learn from someone who has actually done it.

And you’re fed up listening to ‘experts’ who aren’t artists, haven't made a living from their art, or are just jumping on the ‘sell your art via Instagram Reels’ wave. Luckily I built my own art business the traditional way, long before Social Media, and have taught plenty of creatives the solid strategies that will work for them with or without those Socials.

If you’re nodding along, thinking “yes’ that’s me” 

The Art Business Academy Membership was made just for you!

When you join, you will finally…

1. Create a simple, manageable artists’ business plan that will support you building your sustainable, profitable business.

2. Discover how to optimise your time, so you can wear both the ‘artist creator’ and ‘business owner’ hats at the same time with ease.

3. Create artwork and/or art services (workshops, courses, retreats, memberships, etc) that your audience really wants to buy.

4. Learn how to market and sell those products and/or services so you are making a profit, each and every month.

5. Discover ways to scale your art business, so you can make more money in less time and enjoy that freedom lifestyle.

6. Celebrate paying yourself a salary from the art business YOU designed and built that now supports your lifestyle.

Enrol in the Art Business Academy TODAY 

SAVE THOUSANDS OVER 1:2:1 COACHING | Join Today and Save!

$29 - $37 US/month

(that’s only 95 cents a day)

…for the coaching and support you need to set up and grow your profitable art business.

Monthly Payments Of

$29 US

(EASY PAY OPTION)

YES I WANT IN

Yearly Payments Of

$290 US

(SPECIAL OFFER)

YES I WANT IN

The best part: The first (or next) sale of your artwork or art services more than pays for your monthly fee to be a part of the Art Business Academy.

24/7 access to the community.

NO CONTRACTS. CANCEL ANYTIME.

Here’s What You Get When You Join Sophie Mahir’s ART BUSINESS ACADEMY MEMBERSHIP Today…

The Art Biz Success Path

Highlights:

  • Get crystal clear on the vision of your art business and get everything professionally set up for your profitable business.
  • Create your saleable artwork and/or workshops, courses etc, alongside completing your artist’s business plan.
  • Build the solid foundations of your art business; from your artists’ website, your mailing list, social media (if you like) etc.
  • Learn to market and sell your work regularly, with various events and campaigns online and/or offline.
  • Discover how to scale your art business with different strategies and focus on your profitable numbers.
  • Jump for joy as you can pay yourself that salary you always dreamed of, making money from your art!

This is the exact step by step of EVERYTHING you need to plan out, set up, market and grow your dream art business from scratch…

This mini course is the foundation of your successful art business. You’ll simply follow each of my 6 Simple Steps, one by one, never having to worry about ‘what to focus on next’.

>> Forget the overwhelm, just stay in the lane, and do the next item - then tick it off my handy Checklist!

You’ll be up and running in no time.

WEEKLY Action + Accountability Calls with me (Sophie Mahir)

 

These calls are fun, lively, energetic and inspiring - I promise you won’t want to miss them!

EACH WEEK I’ll be there to not only answer all your current questions, but find out where you are on the Art Biz Success Path, what project you might be working on and if you need feedback on what you are doing…

But ALSO this is the space to meet your fellow members, share ideas, resources, experiences and progress together.

They are not called Action + Accountability for nothing!

This is the space to share what you’ll get done and by when, then come back and let us know how you are doing with that progress.

This is truly where the magic happens!

Don’t worry if you are stuck or you have a ‘meh’ week, we all have those and that’s EXACTLY why you’ll want to show up; so you can get the support and encouragement to just keep going!

Together we’ll move you forwards towards your goal of having that sustainable, profitable art business.

Monthly Group Coaching (with experienced artist and coach Sarah Jane Brown).

 

We call the Action + Accountability Calls working on your ‘Roadmap’ and the Monthly Group Coaching Calls working on your ‘Roadblocks’...

Yep we all get them!

It’s said that 80% of your success is due to your Mindset and only 20% is due to the business strategies you use.

So with that in mind, uncovering what might be holding you back is VITAL. 

This is the ‘softer’ call where you can share how you’re feeling about things and get that all important coaching to help you with insights and ways to move forwards.

We have you covered.

The Art Biz Training Vault + Call Replay Library.

 

On top of the Art Biz Success Path Course, there will be ONE NEW ART BIZ TRAINING every second month, on a topic that will help you to dive deeper in a different aspect of building your art business.

>> Plus you’ll get immediate access to the large library of previous trainings as well!

>> Not to mention a whole heap of previous Q&A, Coaching and Bonus call replays…

Some of the areas that you can dive more into are: Business, Marketing, List Building, Social Media, Platforms, Mindset, Products, and Services.

Each area has multiple trainings in it…Phew that’s a lot I hear you say.

Well, you only need to watch a training that will help you in the specific stage of the Art Biz Success Path that you are in! Easy.

FULL 24/7 access to the Community (via Private Facebook Group)

 

Can’t wait for the next Action + Accountability Call?

Got a burning question?

Then posting in our ABA Facebook Group is the way to go. 

Not only am I in there Monday to Friday, but you’ll find help and support from other members too.

Want to post what you’re working on for some feedback? Then this is also the place to go…

  • Get support between calls.
  • Actively problem solve and share ideas.
  • Create accountability.
  • And celebrate each other’s wins.
  • Success breads success!

When you sign up, you’ll get instant access to our Members Only Facebook Group community, so pop in and say Hello!

Plus these big BONUSES to help you start out straight away.

 

Even if you’re time is limited, or you’re not sure how to fund your start-up (or this membership…) or you have fear of putting yourself and your artwork out there and this might hold you back from building your dream

Your Time-Smart Success Plan for Building a Profitable Art Business in Just 5 Hours a Week.

This is something that I know so many artists struggle with…

You’re in that full-time job, or you have a young family, or aged parents to look after…

Whatever it is, it seems impossible to then go ahead with your dream of creating for a living.

But this just doesn't have to be true…It might take you longer to get where you want to go, however won’t it be worth it in the long run?

Discover how to focus on small bite-sized tasks that will keep you moving forwards.

Included in this short training is a downloadable PDF: The ‘Magic 20’ List

20 Powerful Tasks You Can Do in 15–30 Minutes to Move Your Art Business Forward.

Remember the tortoise and the hare…just saying!

7 Beginner-Friendly Ways to Make $500 Fast, Even If You’re Just Starting Out.

To be honest I’m so excited about this little training, as I think that it’s going to resonate with a lot of you. I know it does for me. 

When I first started out in my art business, I was a single parent having left my full-time job and needed some quick start-up cash - This is a resource I would have loved back then!

Starting can feel so overwhelming, but you don’t need to have it all figured out to begin. 

You’ll see that with these seven quick cash strategies you can start out simple, by focussing on small, personal and low-tech actions to generate that initial $500 (or more).

You’ll learn to practice sharing, practice offering and practice receiving money for your art.

Let’s go!

Confidence for Artists Who Feel Invisible, Awkward, or Afraid to Show Up Online.

As creatives it’s easy to stay hidden away in the creative process; designing products, making things, or building courses or workshops etc.

And then find it almost impossible to get yourself ‘out there’ to promote them… So you stay stuck, lacking the confidence to just ‘post it anyway’.

In this simple training I share the 5-Step Confidence-Building Pathway, where you can start to build confidence gradually, not jump straight away, or have to show your face on video.

Plus the Post It Anyway 5-Day Challenge, where each day is one gentle nudge toward visibility.

You learn to be kind to yourself and layer the actions little by little till you feel much more confident in yourself and you can be brave to just put it out there!

Enrol in the Art Business Academy TODAY 

SAVE THOUSANDS OVER 1:2:1 COACHING | Join Today and Save!

$29 - $37 US/month

(that’s only 95 cents a day)

…for the coaching and support you need to set up and grow your profitable art business.

Monthly Payments Of

$29 US

(EASY PAY OPTION)

YES I WANT IN

Yearly Payments Of

$290 US

(SPECIAL OFFER)

YES I WANT IN

The best part: The first (or next) sale of your artwork or art services more than pays for your monthly fee to be a part of the Art Business Academy.

24/7 access to the community.

NO CONTRACTS. CANCEL ANYTIME.

ABA feels to me like an Art family where the phrase:

"Giving you the wings to fly" fits perfectly.”

 

JANE TREVAN

"I have gone from selling a couple of paintings a quarter to selling weekly, nationally and internationally.

I have a presence in reputable galleries, am sought after for exhibitions ( solo and collaborative) and workshops, run classes, have an on line presence, website, mailing list and more. And it is still growing, as is my art.

I can highly recommend The Art Business Academy run by Sophie Mahir. It was the turning point of my career, turning from hobby artist to a professional, full time artist.  

JANETTE HUMBLE
South Australian Artist With A passion For Colour

Let’s be honest…

The fee to join the Art Business Academy Membership is a drop in the ocean compared to what you’re going to get…

 

Not only will this membership help you to build your own sustainable, profitable Art Business and start to make consistent sales…

Potentially earning you $5,000 per month in income (or more, or less if that’s what you’re happy with) from your artwork and/or art services…

(Sell 2 x $3,000 paintings, less costs, per month…or 20 sales of your $250 online course…or 1 x $3,000 painting and 8 online course places…You get the idea)

And even more than that as you keep growing your Art Business. Meaning, EVEN MORE lovely monthly income.)

But really, the most important thing to think about here is this:

 

What would you pay for PEACE OF MIND to…

Wake up each morning knowing you have an art business that you love, and that works well, paying you a salary each and every month.

Paint or create for at least half of each day and enjoy doing the marketing and sales for the rest of the time, knowing your consistent rhythm is paying off in spades.

WITHOUT having to waste hours of your day wondering what you should be doing to make money from your art…watching endless Instagram or YouTube videos with different seemingly ‘quick and easy strategies’.

WITHOUT the stress and overwhelm that comes from confusion.

OR… 

Being able to finally give up that day job and say goodbye to fixed working hours, limited holiday time and not being creative…

You have the whole week to design as you please…and that might mean spending quality time with your loved ones, getting up late, staying up late…whatever floats YOUR boat.

That’s worth way more than $37 if you ask me!

Oh, and the Best Part: The first (or next) sale of your artwork or art services more than pays for your monthly fee to be a part of the Art Business Academy.

(Not to mention, if you wanted to work with me privately, it would currently cost you $10,000 for 12 months, if I even had spots available. Currently I’m only taking a very few clients a year, making the Art Business Academy Membership the most AFFORDABLE and ONLY WAY to access coaching from me.)

Got Questions? Check this out…

My final parting words to you…

 

I’ve poured my heart and soul into building this membership and more importantly into personally helping and supporting my fellow artists to bring their dream to life.

It’s something I’m committed to and is a personal mission of mine.

There are too many artists who, like my mother, never got the chance to do this for themselves…l

Let’s turn the tide and start making it the easy choice instead of the one that seems too difficult to do.

Sophie X

Enrol in the Art Business Academy TODAY 

SAVE THOUSANDS OVER 1:2:1 COACHING | Join Today and Save!

$29 - $37 US/month

(that’s only 95 cents a day)

…for the coaching and support you need to set up and grow your profitable art business.

Monthly Payments Of

$29 US

(EASY PAY OPTION)

YES I WANT IN

Yearly Payments Of

$290 US

(SPECIAL OFFER)

YES I WANT IN

The best part: The first (or next) sale of your artwork or art services more than pays for your monthly fee to be a part of the Art Business Academy.

24/7 access to the community.

NO CONTRACTS. CANCEL ANYTIME.