You don't need to track everything. You don't need to become a data analyst. And you definitely don't need to spend hours every week drowning in analytics dashboards when you could be creating your work.

What you need is to focus on the handful of metrics that actually tell you if your marketing is moving your business forward. That's it.

So let me save you some time and sanity. Here are the only five marketing metrics you should actually care about as a creative entrepreneur.

Let's be honest, if you're a creative entrepreneur, there's a good chance you'd rather be doing literally anything else than posting on social media. I’m talking to all of you artists, graphic designers, writers, and small business owners. You didn't start your business to become a content creator. You started it because you're amazing at what you do.
So if you're tired of staring at a blank screen wondering what to post, here are nine simple content ideas that work for creatives who hate posting.