Get All Access for $5/mo

How to Turn Your Hobby Into a Career Civia Caroline has worked with a long list of labels and artists including Maroon 5 and Jason Mraz. She sat down with Jessica Abo to talk about her new company and how you can turn your music hobby into a paying gig.

By Jessica Abo Edited by Dan Bova

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

Civia Caroline has always loved music. For the past 15 years, she has been committed to working with artists who, like her, make "giving back" part of an overall marketing strategy. Caroline began her career working with Maroon 5. She was part of the management team for Jason Mraz and helped develop and run the Jason Mraz Foundation. Today, Caroline is busy running her own company called CLiC Entertainment. Her consultancy company provides marketing services for the music industry, non-profits and socially minded entertainment brands. She sat down with Jessica Abo to talk about her career path and how artists can turn their passion for music into a job.

Related: How One Entrepreneur Climbed the Construction Ladder to Become a Real Estate Mogul

Watch more videos from Jessica Abo on her YouTube channel here.

Entrepreneur Network is a premium video network providing entertainment, education and inspiration from successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders. We provide expertise and opportunities to accelerate brand growth and effectively monetize video and audio content distributed across all digital platforms for the business genre.

EN is partnered with hundreds of top YouTube channels in the business vertical. Watch video from our network partners on demand on Amazon Fire, Roku, Apple TV and the Entrepreneur App available on iOS and Android devices.

Click here to become a part of this growing video network.

Jessica Abo

Entrepreneur Leadership Network® Contributor

Media Trainer, Keynote Speaker, and Author

Jessica Abo is a sought-after media trainer, award-winning journalist and best-selling author. Her client roster includes medical and legal experts, entrepreneurs, small business owners, startup founders, C-Suite executives, coaches, celebrities and philanthropists. Visit www.jessicaabo.com.

Want to be an Entrepreneur Leadership Network contributor? Apply now to join.

More from Jessica Abo

These Dads Are Trying to Make Brain Nutrition Accessible to All

How to Find Balance When You're a Startup Founder

How This Company is Trying to Help Mainstream Users Navigate the Web3 Economy

How to Maintain Your Integrity While Keeping Up With a Rapidly Changing Environment

Editor's Pick

Starting a Business

How to Find the Right Programmers: A Brief Guideline for Startup Founders

For startup founders under a plethora of challenges like timing, investors and changing market demand, it is extremely hard to hire programmers who can deliver.

Growing a Business

You Need an Advisory Team More Than Ever. Here's Why — and How to Run One Effectively.

The right advice, particularly in a company's early stages, can be an existential matter: how to surround yourself with the right minds.

Growing a Business

The Best Way to Run a Business Meeting

All too often, meetings run longer than they should and fail to keep attendees engaged. Here's how to run a meeting the right way.

Growing a Business

4 Financial Blind Spots That Could Be Preventing You From Making More Money

If you're ready to grow but feel stagnated and not sure why, check out these common money secrets where revenue is hiding.

Fundraising

Working Remote? These Are the Biggest Dos and Don'ts of Video Conferencing

As more and more businesses go remote, these are ways to be more effective and efficient on conference calls.

Business News

Chipotle CEO Addresses Backlash Over Portion Sizes: 'There Was Never a Directive to Provide Less'

The fast-casual chain has been under fire about inconsistent portion sizes.