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: Tools of the trades
Definition of "Organized Office"
Jennifer Hazen shares her definition of an organized office. What is yours? Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelance Writing, Freelancing, Time Management, Tools of the trades Tagged organized, time management Leave a 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
Do You Need an Accountability Buddy?
Copywriter and Creative Freelancer, Tom Tumbusch of WordStreamCopy, offers tips on how to find and work with accountability buddies. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, CFC, Freelance Writing, Freelancers Union, Freelancing, Networking, Tools of the trades Tagged accountability, advisory board 3 Comments
Q4 goal setting to end 2012 with a bang
It's Q4 -- fourth quarter -- a perfect time to work on your business. Today's post by Ilise Benun offers questions to ask yourself and examples of trackable goals. Continue reading
Two More Post-CFC To Do Lists
Two more creative freelancers share their post-CFC "action items" to motivate you and perhaps serve as models. Continue reading
Sept. 21: 3rd Annual Int'l Freelancers Day
Register FREE for the International Freelancers Day online conference on Sep 21. Check out the all-star lineup! www.InternationalFreelancersDay.com Continue reading
Wasting time on web site proposals?
If you waste too much time on web proposals that go nowhere, here are 2 strategies to at least get paid for that time! Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Tools of the trades Tagged proposals, web design Leave a comment
July 31: free virtual book signing with Jim Krause, veteran freelancer
Join award-winning designer Jim Krause for this live webinar to get a preview of his NEW book, The Logo Brainstorm Book, July 31 at 2 PM. It's free! Continue reading
Posted in CFC, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Speakers, Tools of the trades Tagged branding, cfc, logo design 1 Comment
The Marketing Harvest
Copywriter, Tom Tumbusch, on how marketing your business is like growing berries: a lot of hard work that doesn’t seem worth it at first, but soon everything becomes a lot easier. Continue reading
Making time to work ON your business
This is a slow period for copywriter, Bryn Mooth, and she's using it to implement ideas she learned at CFC 2012. Here's what she's doing to build her business. Continue reading
