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
Category Archives: CFC
Answers to 3 Common Questions About Public Speaking
In the latest podcast/interview in the Creative Freelancer Conference Speaker Series (the big event is right around the corner, June 22-24 in San Francisco), Ilise Benun speaks with Jezra Kaye, author of “Speak Like Yourself, No Really,” and together they dissect each word of her session title: “Promote and Present: How to Speak Persuasively to Current and Future Clients, In Person and Virtually” and in the process, answer 3 common questions about speaking in public. Continue reading
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Freelancers, do you ask for help?
Veteran creative freelancer, Lidia Varesco-Racoma, used to do everything herself -- until she had a baby. That's when she learned how to ask for help -- in life and in business. Continue reading
Posted in CFC, Client Relations, Connecting, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Freelancing Tagged cfc 2013, getting help Leave a comment
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
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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
Posted in All Posts, CFC, Client Relations, Freelance Writing, Freelancing, Growing Your Business, Networking Tagged cfc 2013, client relations, netwalking Leave a comment
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
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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
Posted in All Posts, CFC, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Speakers, Time Management, Work Life Balance Tagged cfc 2013, jim krause, work/life balance Leave a comment
