We Recommend: Events for Freelancers
Creative Freelancer Conference
June 21 & 22, 2012, Boston MA. THE business conference for creative solopreneurs!
HOW Design University
Professional-level continuing education on the best ways to run a successful freelance design practice - ongoing online courses & workshops!
"Creative Professional’s Guide to Money" Webcast Series
Author, Ilise Benun, presents real-world tips for creative freelancers on the business mindset and how to manage your money.
Creative Freelancer Marketing Bootcamp Get advice on effective, easy, inexpensive marketing strategies in this 3-part DesignCast series for freelancers.
Category Archives: Photographers
Buy Local / Shoot Local
“Buy Local” meant that we need to utilize the world down the road from us. This keeps our local industry strong and helps reduce environmental impact by transporting goods unbelievable distance. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelancing, Photographers, Resources, Work/Life Balance
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Make Yourself Irresistible to Prospects
It's Marketing Plan Week here on the Creative Freelancer Blog and today we have a post -- written and beautifully illustrated by creative freelancer, Neil Renicker -- about the single most important key to marketing your freelance services. He reveals … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Designers, Growing Your Business, Illustrators, Inspiration, Marketing, Photographers, Self-Promotion
Tagged marketing plan
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Best of Best of Blogs
I love love love this quiet week between the holidays when things slow way down and there's time to think and read! So if you're in that boat too, here are a few I've enjoyed reading... Continue reading
Posted in CFC, Designers, Featured, Freelancers Union, Marketing, Photographers, Sponsors & Partners
Tagged cfc, marketing
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The 50-word Marketing Plan for Freelancers
Your marketing plan for 2012 in 50 words from Marketing Mentor's Marketing Plan Bundle, available in MyDesignShop.com Continue reading
Start Your 2012 Marketing Plan This Week
Developing a Successful Online Marketing Plan, my brand new, 8-week online course starts this week and it's not too late to register to get your 2012 marketing plan in place. Continue reading
HOW Design Live in Boston: June 21-25
Save the dates: June 21-25, 2012 for HOW Design Live in Boston. Four conferences under one roof—with one goal: To help you buck the status quo in order to produce your most inspired and professionally rewarding creative work ever. Continue reading
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
Marketing Resources, especially for photogs
Marketing resources for photographers from PhotoShelter.com, Agency Access and ASMP New England. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Illustrators, Marketing Monday, Photographers, Self-Promotion, Sponsors & Partners
Tagged photography
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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
Evolution of a start up web company
Check out this 20-minute video of fave CFC speaker, Allen Murabayashi, talking about how PhotoShelter, the web site he co-founded, evolved into its current state today, as a "successful, profitable start up" and how important luck is in the process. … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Growing Your Business, Photographers
Tagged business growth, marketing tips
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