NEW ONLINE BOOTCAMP!
Join Ilise Benun for a two week online workshop and learn how to position your creative services to attract the right interactive clients! Learn more & see Dates!FREE DESIGN TUTORIAL
FREELANCERS SPEAK ON THEIR BEST BUSINESS PRACTICES
As a creative professional, the key to running a successful business is to learn not only from “experts” in the industry, but also to hear from your peers about how they run their businesses and solve some of the same problems you have. So please join us for a free online preview of one session at the Creative Freelancer Conference to hear just that – a “from the trenches” session featuring 4 successful creatives who’ve been there, done that. PLUS - you'll get an $50 coupon towards registration at this year's Creative Freelancer Conference just for registering!
Date: Thursday, June 6
Time: 2 p.m. ET
Cost: FREE!
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The Tools for Smart Pricing
From how to determine a client's budget, to how to control the money conversation, from how real creatives price projects and determine hourly rates, to how to handle retainers, this bundle has it all.Pricing Bundle: The Tools for Smart Pricing
Author Archives: Deidre Rienzo
Are other creatives our “competition”?
Are other writers the competition? I don’t think so. In fact, I think we need each other. Imagine if I could send ideal projects your way, and if you wanted, you could send some my way? I would love to be able to tell clients, “I’m not the right fit, but I know a great writer who is.” Continue reading
Share a room at CFC in SF (June 22-24)
Want to share a room at CFC in SF (June 22-24) or find flight buddies, dinner groups, etc? Check out this thread on the CFC LinkedIn Group. Continue reading
How to get clients through email marketing
Copywriter, Deidre Rienzo, marvels at how a whopping 39% of her income (and 10% of her projects) so far this year came as a result of her direct outreach via email marketing. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Freelance Marketing, Growing Your Business, Marketing Monday Tagged email marketing 1 Comment
Are You Addicted to Facebook Too?
Web copywriter, Deidre Rienzo, quit Facebook 2 weeks ago but still feels the twitch. Here's how she deals with it. Continue reading
Are you wasting time online?
Can you ignore the twitch that takes you away from work to check Facebook, look for a new eggplant parmesan recipe, see if those shoes went on sale yet, or see what Kim Kardashian ate for breakfast? Check your email, for the 57th time today… Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Freelancing, Time Management, Writing Tagged facebook, social media 16 Comments
Feel like wallowing? Try this instead...
Web copywriter and CFC-veteran, Deidre Rienzo, tells of how she started to feel sorry for herself, then got a grip instead. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, CFC, Freelance Writing, Freelancing, Work Life Balance Tagged inspiration 4 Comments
Damn … I missed the red flags. Now what?
Veteran CFC-er and copywriter, Deidre Rienzo, shares a client horror story about red flags ignored. What would you have done? Continue reading
Posted in Client Relations, Featured, Freelance Money, Freelance Writing, Freelancing Tagged client relations, pricing 17 Comments
Do open rates matter?
My recent newsletter had one of my lowest open rates yet. But its subject line -- Tired of Waiting for Copy? -- was also the most targeted to my ideal audience. Continue reading
You Will Not Be Alone at CFC
Last year was my first Creative Freelancer Conference (in Denver)—and the only person I knew was Ilise. I was nervous because although I consider myself to be a people-person, I can get nervous in big groups. I pictured a big group of strangers all looking at me—and me, with nobody to talk to. In reality, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Continue reading
Love Letter to Freshbooks
I hope this isn’t too forward, but I am in love with you. You make my heart flutter. You bring me so much joy, save me hours of aggravation, and allow me to be organized. You have smoothed my once rocky relationship with money, and you’ve made running my business so much easier. Continue reading
