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: Freelance Illustration
Should Tim drop his business name?
Illustrator, Tim Read, is considering getting rid of his business name, 5 Fingers Creative, and using his own name instead. He asked for pros and cons on the Creative Freelancer Conference LinkedIn Group and is getting lots of response – on both sides of the issue. Continue reading
How do your clients "find a creative"?
With over a billion searches made on mobile devices made this year, it's time to be found and seen. FindACreative.org can help. Continue reading
Best of CFC: Sept 15 with Von Glitschka
Join us on Sept 15 at 4 PM Eastern when Von Glitschka will present highlights from his highly acclaimed CFC session, Becoming a Hired Gun. Continue reading
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
Have You Rated Your Clients Yet?
The Client Scorecard from Freelancers Union allows you to rate companies—good and bad—as well as check out potential clients before accepting a gig. 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
Non-stop networking on Day 2 of CFC
one of the treats we have in store is that all CFC attendees get to also attend the beginning of the HOW Design Conference, which includes The Networking Reception, The Opening Keynote and the Opening Reception (more networking!). Continue reading
More on June 24 at CFC
After Breakfast Roundtables, we'll break into 2 tracks for the morning -- a request from last year's attendees. In the Beginner Track, Intro to Marketing for Freelancers (that's my session on how to create a basic Marketing Machine), followed by Basic Money Management Strategies for Freelancers, with Joe D'Agnese and Denise Kiernan, the authors of "The Money Book." In the Advanced Track... Continue reading
And on June 24 at CFC
I am counting down...and one month from today (June 24) is Day 2 of the Creative Freelancer Conference in Chicago. Here's what we'll be doing... After a good night's sleep, a bunch of us will get up bright and early … Continue reading
Will you be there on June 23?
Exactly one month from today -- on June 23 -- we will kick off the 4th Annual Creative Freelancer Conference in Chicago. Here's what we have in store on Day 1. Continue reading
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