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Wheel Talk

By: Ryan Durbin & Becca Otis
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  • Ryan Durbin (@rdceramics) & Becca Otis (@5linespottery) share their experiences as potters, makers, small business owners, and creatives. Becca is a full time studio potter, while Ryan is a full time website developer and part time potter. We'd love to share our ups and downs along the way as we build our skills as makers and small business owners in an honest, informal manner. We hope to bring you helpful tips we've learned over the years, learn from each other, and share expertise from a number of guests with you also. Please join us for some Wheel Talk!

    © 2024 Wheel Talk
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Episodes
  • #248 - Is your price right? with Isaac Shue and Heidi Fahrenbacher
    Apr 27 2024

    Ryan & Becca have the whole crew here today, joined by Heidi Fahrenbacher from Bella Joy Pottery and Isaac Shue from Gallery Mostaza. They talk a lot more about our hot topic as of late: pricing. Heidi continues where we left off last time to ask Ryan about his approach to pricing and digging into Isaac's pricing philosophy.

    -----Find more about Isaac's business below-----
    Instagram - @isaacshueisart & @gallery.mostaza
    Gallery Website - https://www.gallerymostaza.com/
    Isaac's Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/isceramics
    Gallery Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/gallerymostaza
    Wheel Talk #108 - Finding your market

    -----Find more about Heidi's business below-----
    Instagram
    - @bellajoypottery
    Website - https://www.bellajoypottery.com
    Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bellajoypottery
    Wheel Talk #245 - Pricing your work pt 2 & presenting at NCECA
    Wheel Talk #219 - Pricing your work effectively
    Wheel Talk #91 - Things to Be Happy About

    Listener Questions
    Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com.

    Sponsors
    L&L Kilns -
    The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com

    Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast

    Follow us on Instagram:
    @wheeltalkpodcast
    @rdceramics
    @5linespottery

    Visit our website:
    www.wheeltalkpotcast.com
    Wheel Talk YouTube Channel

    Support the Show.

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    2 hrs and 24 mins
  • #247 - "Resources for your business" at NCECA 2024
    Apr 20 2024

    Ryan & Becca are proud to share the topic of "Resources for your business" live at the NCECA 2024 clay conference hosted in Richmond, VA. We hope you enjoy the discussion as we share how our friends and peers become some of the best resources for our businesses. Thanks to Ben Carter (Tales of the Red Clay Rambler) and NCECA for co-producing the podcast and graciously invited us back for the NCECA podcast room. Also, thanks to everyone who came to our talk in-person and asked questions live. Enjoy and we hope to see you at a future conference!

    2025 NCECA LIVE PODCAST PROPOSALS - Deadline THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2024 (11:59PM EDT)
    Live Podcasts are recorded 60-minute engaging and thought-provoking conversations between two or three podcast panelists and one moderator. Podcast presentations focus on thematic discussions that encourage audience feedback and participation. If a moderator is not identified in the proposal, the Podcast Room Coordinator will work with accepted proposal groups to pair them with one. Recordings from the Podcast Room will be released after the conclusion of the conference.
    Apply at https://nceca.net/presentations


    Listener Questions
    Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com.

    Sponsors
    L&L Kilns -
    The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com

    Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast

    Follow us on Instagram:
    @wheeltalkpodcast
    @rdceramics
    @5linespottery

    Visit our website:
    www.wheeltalkpotcast.com
    Wheel Talk YouTube Channel

    Support the Show.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • #246 - Let's talk preorders
    Apr 13 2024

    Ryan & Becca chat about preorders today! We cover a few pros and cons of doing a preorder, what we've preordered before, what we'd like to preorder in the future, and customer considerations when receiving an online preorder. Enjoy and good luck if you're planning to preorder anything this year.

    Resources
    Join the waitlist for Ryan's future Bookkeeping Workshops

    Listener Questions
    On this episode:
    -
    Taxes/keeping track of income/expenses @dirtboyceramics

    Send us questions so we can answer anything you've been thinking about on a future episode. Send those through Instagram @wheeltalkpodcast or email us at wheeltalkpodcast@gmail.com.

    Sponsors
    L&L Kilns -
    The durable kiln that potters trust to fire evenly & consistently. Find your L&L kiln at hotkilns.com

    Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 per month: https://patreon.com/Wheeltalkpodcast

    Follow us on Instagram:
    @wheeltalkpodcast
    @rdceramics
    @5linespottery

    Visit our website:
    www.wheeltalkpotcast.com
    Wheel Talk YouTube Channel

    Support the Show.

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    1 hr and 31 mins

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my favorite pot-cast!

Ryan and Becca talk candidly about pottery and business in a way that makes you feel like you really know who they are. They are both insightful, authentic and I really appreciate them taking the time to share their experiences and create this podcast. An excellent podcast for anyone into clay, and two real gems of the clay community. Thank you guys!

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