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We Recommend: Events for Freelancers
Creative Freelancer Conference
June 21 & 22, 2012, Boston MA. THE business conference for creative solopreneurs!
HOW Design University
Professional-level continuing education on the best ways to run a successful freelance design practice - ongoing online courses & workshops!
"Creative Professional’s Guide to Money" Webcast 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 DesignCast series for freelancers.
Author Archives: Alisa Bonsignore
Networking Tips for Freelancers
Networking tips for you: the person who would rather endure a root canal than speak to a stranger at a cocktail party. Continue reading
Posted in CFC, Connecting, Featured, Freelance Marketing, Freelance Writing
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Talk Talk Talk: The Update
Copywriter, Alisa Bonsignore, does her first speaking engagement for the medical writing community and kicks a**! Continue reading
Talk Talk Talk
As freelancers, we spend so much of our time alone, inside our own heads doing our creative thing. That’s why at the end of last year, I set a goal for myself: in 2011 I would do more public speaking, more putting myself in the center of things. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, CFC, Freelance Writing, Freelancers Union, Freelancing, Self-Promotion
Tagged creative freelancer conference, events, freelancing
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Something Bigger Than You
As a freelancer, it’s so easy to get caught up in the day-to-day grind, focusing on clients and deadlines to the exclusion of everything else. It happens more than we’d like to admit. That’s why, for me, it’s been incredibly important to be part of something bigger than myself. Continue reading
Posted in Freelance Writing, Work Life Balance
Tagged giving back, work/life balance
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Sick Days, or Why I Work Ahead of Deadlines
You will never, ever find me working on a project on deadline day. I work as far in advance as reasonably possible. Recently, I was reminded of why. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelancing, Time Management
Tagged time management, work/life balance
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Get Out
You should go to Costco right now. Yes, I know you think I’m crazy. Why would you drop everything and go to Costco in the middle of the day? Continue reading
Posted in Freelance Writing, Freelancers Union, Freelancing
Tagged time management, work/life balance
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Growing the Business or Myself?
The beauty of being independent is that it doesn’t have to be all or nothing like it would be with a corporate job. I don’t have to quit my writing work while I explore new opportunities. I already blog for fun over at WhatWouldBettyDo.com. Could I turn that into something more? There’s no reason why I can’t try, or even test the waters with something else entirely. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Growing Your Business, Inspiration, Resources
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What Are You Reading?
Here are a few of the books that I’ve plowed through since early December. Before you gasp at the length of the list (particularly since it includes a massive Stephen King title), remember that I did take a two-week vacation at the end of last year. Continue reading
Quick Tip: Old-Fashioned Invoice Tracking
Whenever my check comes in, I staple the check stubs or EFT confirmation emails onto the paper invoices. It’s my sanity check and paper backup of every invoice I’ve ever submitted. At the end of the year, I stuff them into a large envelope and toss them in an archive drawer, there for referencing if my friendly local Internal Revenue agent ever decides to have a chat with me. Or if my spreadsheet decides to give up the ghost. Continue reading
Day Care: Investing In My Business
There’s this strange belief that because I’m physically at home, my child should be with me, an idea that no one would ever even consider if I worked in an offsite office. Continue reading
