How To Know What Will Sell Before You Create It

Chris Rock performs 50 times in a room of 50 people before he ever steps on a Netflix stage. What if you applied that same system to your art business?

Most artists post their work and hope someone buys it. That’s like walking on stage at the Apollo with untested material. In this episode, I break down exactly how the best stand-up comedians in the world test, iterate, and refine their material — and how that same system tells you what will sell before you even create it. Plus a 10-week challenge to put it all into practice.

In this episode:

How Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, and Kevin Hart develop material (and what artists can steal from their process)
Why social media is your open mic night — not your gallery wall
The 6 types of posts every artist should rotate (the “set list”)
How to read the room: what saves, shares, and silence actually mean
Permission to bomb — why your worst post is more valuable than no post
6 tactical marketing moves disguised as comedy club techniques
The 10-week challenge: from open mic to your Netflix special.