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: Featured
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Tom Tumbusch answers questions about how the CFC/InHOWse matchmaking with actual prospects will work and explains why you can't afford to miss it. Continue reading
Find Clarity, Confidence and A Niche Market at CFC: Freelancer, Jenny Poff Did
Freelance designer, Jenny Poff, found clarity, confidence and a niche market at CFC. Listen to this podcast and hear the confidence in her voice and learn what she did to catapult her business since last year. Continue reading
Posted in CFC, Featured, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Growing Your Business, Inspiration, Networking Tagged accountability, confidence Leave a comment
CFC 2013: Meet Your Actual Prospects!
AT CFC 2013, we're bringing together In-HOWse managers who need freelancers and the freelancers themselves for networking. trade-show style portfolio tables and breakfast roundtables. Whether you're a solo freelancer or the owner of a small agency, there will be plenty of ways to connect with your actual prospects. Continue reading
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Webinar: Freelancers Talking Money With Clients
In this live webinar for PhotoShelter.com on Feb 19 at 4 PM ET, Ilise Benun shares best practices for talking money with clients. This talk is geared toward photographers and other creative pros who are relatively new to working with clients and their budgets directly. Continue reading
Posted in CFC, Featured, Freelance Money, Freelancers Union, Freelancing, Pricing Tagged budgets, talking money Leave a comment
Don't Make The Mistake Freelancer Tom Made
First, I want to make something perfectly clear: nobody at Marketing Mentor or HOW is paying me to write this. I’m posting this on my own initiative to help you avoid a really stupid mistake I made last year. Continue reading
Posted in CFC, Connecting, Featured, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Freelancers Union, Freelancing Tagged cfc 2013, networking Leave a comment
CFC 2013: Your Pricing with Jessica Hische
Jessica Hische, intrepid freelance letterer and illustrator, will present "The Dark Art of Pricing" at CFC (June 22-24, 2013 in SF) Here's a taste of what she'll be talking about, with her infamous foul mouth, no doubt! Continue reading
Posted in CFC, Featured, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Freelance Illustration, Freelancing, Pricing, Speakers Tagged cfc, pricing Leave a comment
Freelancer: Are you trying to run a pseudofirm?
Proud creative freelancer, Tom Tumbusch of WordStreamCopy, debunks myths about corporate clients who want "agencies" instead of independents or freelancers. Continue reading
Hear From Your Peers at CFC 2013 (June 22-24 in SF)
At CFC 2013 (June 22-24 in SF) hear not only from "experts" but also from your fellow freelancers -- a mix of designers and writers -- about how they run their businesses and solve the same problems you have. Continue reading
Posted in CFC, Featured, Freelancers Union, Freelancing, Growing Your Business, Networking, Speakers Tagged cfc 1 Comment
Learn to Write an Effective Design Proposal
Learn to write an effective graphic design proposal in this online course with Ilise Benun, starting this Monday, January 28 Continue reading
3 Amazing New Things for CFC 2013 (June 22-24, San Francisco)
3 Amazing New Things for CFC 2013 (June 22-24, San Francisco): It's a 3-day affair (1) where you will network w/ in-house reps looking for freelancers (2) and be able to show your work trade-show style (3). You can't afford to miss it! Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, CFC, Featured, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Freelancers Union, Freelancing, Growing Your Business, Speakers Tagged cfc Leave a comment
