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: Resources
Which LinkedIn Apps to Use?
Social media makes you seem to be all over the place and LinkedIn apps are especially good for creative professionals and their marketing. Continue reading
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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
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Free Webcast: The Only Marketing Tools You Need
Find out which marketing tools will get you the best clients and most lucrative projects for 2012 in a free webcast, "The Only Marketing Tools You Need for 2012" on January 12, 2012 (3 PM Eastern). Continue reading
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
Cyber Monday Deals for Freelancers
Cyber Monday Deals for Freelancers from MyDesignShop.com and Marketing-Mentor-Toolbox.com on marketing, pricing and proposals. Continue reading
New LinkedIn Group to Flex Your Creative Muscles
Join this new LinkedIn Group based on "Caffeine for the Creative Mind" and created for freelance or solopreneur graphic designers who want accountability to push the boundaries of their creative minds. Continue reading
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Webcasts for Freelancers
Two webcasts for freelancers: Make Money NOW Writing Freelance Articles for writers and Designing Faster by Timeboxing for designers. Continue reading
Can the state help you freelance?
I recently starting working with a new client, Anne Austin, whom I met at the Creative Freelancer Conference in Denver in 2010. She wanted help creating content for her web site but couldn't afford the entire fee for my Web Site Group, so she went to the state of Wyoming for help...and she got it. Maybe you can too. Here's what she did... Continue reading
Buy Local in the Global Village
The idea of working locally doesn’t mean we have to lose our ability to tackle the market beyond our immediate vicinity. When I talk about thinking locally, I specifically mean think about what is local to you and what is local to your product’s destination. 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
