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The Tools for Smart Pricing
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Author Archives: Pam Saxon
No Resolutions This Year!
Pam Saxon, CFC-veteran, does a year-end review to discover that her core offering is a money-loser. Here's what she's decided to do instead. Continue reading
Do you check your client's references?
Pam Saxon, Nashville designer, shares how she almost got burned by not checking on a too-good-to-be-true new client. Continue reading
Proof That Email Marketing Works
Nashville designer (and CFC attendee), Pam Saxon of Saxon Design, swears by email marketing and shares links to prove its effectiveness for creative freelancers Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelance Marketing, Growing Your Business, Marketing Monday Tagged email marketing 1 Comment
Fear of public speaking?
Creative freelancer, Pam Saxon, shows how she took advantage of opportunities at CFC to get over her fear of public speaking. Continue reading
Running a business and a family?
Pam Saxon is looking forward to leading a roundtable at the Creative Freelancer Conference on how to balance being a solopreneur with having your family at home. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, CFC, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Work Life Balance Tagged children, work/life balance 7 Comments
Taking the "labor" out of collaboration (part 2)
When we're dealing with human beings, there's a lot to consider. The process of collaboration can go a long way towards enhancing your creative output, but can also be a huge source of stress and frustration. The key here is to attune yourself to be able to spot potential collaborators who will raise the quality of your creative endeavors, while avoiding partnerships that will simply raise your blood pressure. Continue reading
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Taking the labor out of collaboration (part 1)
"Collaboration" literally means "to work together." Two or more people combining their efforts toward a common goal. It happens at all stages in the development of a web site project — conceptualization, site architecture, user experience (UX) design, wireframes, page design, coding, copywriting, photography/imaging, illustration, back-end programming. Continue reading
What was he thinking?
No, he hated ME. During our meeting he interrupted me several times, and then when I wasn't speaking he just sat there and said nothing. As soon as I started to speak again, he would interrupt. He drilled me about how I had "found" him and was very angry with his colleague who had played a role in connecting us. After the longest 5-minutes of my life, our meeting was over. I breathed a sign of relief and then immediately counted... I still had all my fingers and toes. Continue reading
A S.M.A.R.T. routine for social media (Part 5)
If you've been following this series, you know that so far we've covered: S: Systematize your routine M: Monitor your presence in 10 minutes (or less) A: Automate your blog posts and tweets R: Repurpose your content For #5, T … Continue reading
A S.M.A.R.T. routine for social media (Part 4)
It's Marketing Monday, so here's the continuation of this series on social media marketing from Pam Saxon of Saxon Design. In Part 1 of this blog post outlining my S.M.A.R.T. routine, I covered “S is for Systematizing” and listed some … Continue reading
