Ceramic artist Danielle Morgan turns her love of pottery into a career
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00:00My name is Danielle Morgan and I am a ceramicist. I make quirky, one-of-a-kind, one-off pieces.
00:19Most recently I started creating large bespoke wall art pieces.
00:24I've never really consciously sat down and thought about starting my own business in the past,
00:29but I kind of always had a feeling that there was something more, something more that I wanted to do.
00:36I wasn't cut out for this nine-to-five job role as such.
00:39I never really, you know, had planned about how I was going to go about it.
00:43I think the moment of reality kind of came when I got the commission for the Kyber restaurant in Galgoram.
00:51That was a big spur on for me to think, you know, that I could make this into a profitable business.
00:58I initially reached out to GoSucceed because I felt I needed some sort of guidance on how to push this idea I had forward.
01:06And I'd seen the ads on social media, so I thought I'd reach out and ask them for some support.
01:12I knew where my clients were, but I didn't know how to go about reaching them.
01:16I needed a structured business plan, how to price my work and, you know, target markets and stuff.
01:22I would definitely recommend GoSucceed to anyone wanting to start up or grow their business.
01:28Their mentorship program and their networking opportunities are invaluable.
01:33Basically, I didn't know kind of where to turn or how to, you know, how to approach clients as such.
01:38And they were able to show me, you know, by building a good portfolio, by getting professional photos,
01:44finding me my target market, putting in a business strategy, a plan, you know, to move forward.
01:51I'm now able to go and put that into action.
01:53My ambitions going forward and goals are to get a lot more of my work out in public so that it can be seen.
02:02I was absolutely buzzing to get my work in the Kyber restaurant in Galgoram.
02:06You know, and the fact that, you know, it's not just sitting in my shed anymore.
02:10People are actually viewing it and seeing it.
02:12You know, that's kind of where I want to go.
02:14That's where I see, you know, I want to start approaching different businesses, hotels, restaurants, corporate and saying, here's what I can do.