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We Recommend: Events for Freelancers
Creative Freelancer Conference
June 22 & 23, 2013, San Francisco, CA. THE business conference for creative solopreneurs!
HOW Design University
Online education courses by HOW and Creative Freelancer blog designed to help creative professionals run a success creative business!
"Creative Professional’s Guide to Money" Webinar Series
Author, Ilise Benun, presents real-world tips for creative freelancers on the business mindset and how to manage your money.
Creative Freelancer Marketing Bootcamp Get advice on effective, easy, inexpensive marketing strategies in this 3-part webinar series for freelancers.
The Tools for Smart Pricing
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CFC 2013 Day 3 Hands-On Workshops: Monday June 24

How to Register for CFC 2013 Day 3 Half Day Workshops on Positioning and Content Marketing with Ilise Benun and Mark O'Brien. These workshops are in-depth, hands-on half-day sessions for $99 each. Huge value! Continue reading
Celebrating a full year of accountability
Copywriter, Tom Tumbusch, and his accountability buddies are achieving their goals, wasting less time and feeling more relaxed and confident thanks to their monthly meeting. Continue reading
Time to Talk at CFC? You bet!

That’s the beauty of CFC (June 22-24 in San Francisco). The speakers will be sitting at the tables with you, milling around in the hallways with you, Netwalking with you, hanging out at the bar with you. Many of us will be sticking around for HOW after CFC is over. And some of us (me!) will be stocked with really good chocolate to help you overcome your fear of talking business with strangers. Business is scary. Ghirardelli chocolate is not. Continue reading
Breakfast Roundtable Topics at CFC 2013

At CFC 2013 (June 22-24 in SF) we'll have 2 days of Breakfast Roundtables, where you can dig in to a topic of your choice with a speaker or your fellow creative pros. Here are some of the topics we have on the table... Continue reading
Hate to market and sell your services?

Sign up for the FREE training series --> "A Faster an Easier Way to Land Quality Clients" from Ed Gandia. He'll show you how to use short and simple "warm emails" to take the fear and hassle out of finding quality clients. Continue reading
[Podcast] How to Stop Scope Creep in its Tracks

In the latest CFC 2013 Speaker Podcast Series, writer, Alisa Bonsignore shares explicit language she uses to stop scope creep in its tracks and how she developed the confidence to say these things. Continue reading
Announcing the iNote for CFC 2013

500+ iNote books will be distributed to everyone attending the opening CFC session at HOWLive in San Francisco June 22-24, 2013! Come and get it! Continue reading
Challenges of Parenting While Freelancing

Podcast with Jim Krause on work/life balance and how to be a (single) parent and a freelancer simultaneously. Continue reading
[Podcast] Simple Mantra For Getting Everything Done

In this podcast, designer and author, Jim Krause, shares his simple mantra for getting things done without going crazy. Continue reading
Big Duck Looking for Creative Freelancers
If you’re interested in freelance opportunities at Big Duck, Sarah Durham's Brooklyn, NY-based design firm specializing in non profits, they are having a little get-together for creative freelancers on May 1 at 5 PM in Brooklyn. Continue reading



