We have some tips for creatives when buying new gear, as well as some stories to share along the way. Then, we hunker down and tackle the dance of having a niche, multiple niche’s, and even the concept of a ‘micro-niche’ in your creative ambitions! – Support our channel by buying official merch! 👉 infinitecreativepodcast.com – Like and Subscribe to our channel! Want to see us cover something or guest on this podcast? infinitecreativepodcast@gmail.com Also available on Spotify! – Intro – 00:00 Tis’ the Season for new gear – 01:20 New Apple old tech — 5:25 Shift from desktop to mobile — 7:30 When to upgrade — 10:50 Why Sean upgraded — 13:38 Why Fitzi did not upgrade — 15:48 Wait, email lists work!? — 20:25 The struggle with niching — 21:49 Sean’s problem with finding a micro-niche — 23:55 “Refuse to Choose” by Barbara Sher — 25:35 “Key Person of Influence” by Kevin Harington — 26:01 Fitzi and his journey with niches — 26:52 Thousands of influencers in a given niche – 28:20 “Find you Inner Why” and the struggle — 29:05 Focus on things you are passionate about – 30:10 Hard to monetize a low-income passion – 34:23 What’s the most underrated freelance job – 39:20 Cheat code: sign up at the libraries – 41:00 What’s the most underrated freelance job part 2 – 42:00 Back to the passion – 43:15 Passive creativity versus active creativity – 43:43 Work versus fun – 44:25 Lots of micro-niches – 49:30 Colorado State Fair ai-generated art controversy – 50:35 Are we becoming composers? – 51:50 A tool is not a niche – 56:40 Ai data needs an ai visual composer – 57:10 The Office, but it’s ai – 58:10 Nice on the big level and get into many micro-niches – 58:46 ai law? – 1:00:00 We pull up MidJourney – 1:02:48 Mid journey competition – 1:03:24 Wrap Up – 1:04:00