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: Work Life Balance
How a New Mom Keeps Up Her Networking
Designer (and new mama), Lidia Varesco Racoma, adjusts her networking to her new work/life situation and finds new and creative ways to keep networking. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Marketing Monday, Networking, Time Management, Work Life Balance Tagged moms, networking 2 Comments
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
Are you running a business from the sticks?
Highlights from a Morning Roundtable Discussion at CFC 2012: Out in the Sticks: the Joys & Challenges of Running a Design Biz in a Small Community. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, CFC, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Freelancing, Networking, Work Life Balance Tagged Julia Reich, networking 12 Comments
Running a business and a family?
Pam Saxon is looking forward to leading a roundtable at the Creative Freelancer Conference on how to balance being a solopreneur with having your family at home. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, CFC, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Work Life Balance Tagged children, work/life balance 7 Comments
Making the jump to an office
Creative freelancer, Lidia Varesco Racoma, just moved out of her home office and shares tips for taking that next step in growing your business. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelancing, Growing Your Business, Work Life Balance Tagged co-working, home office 1 Comment
Feel like wallowing? Try this instead...
Web copywriter and CFC-veteran, Deidre Rienzo, tells of how she started to feel sorry for herself, then got a grip instead. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, CFC, Freelance Writing, Freelancing, Work Life Balance Tagged inspiration 4 Comments
Reading already read emails again?
More from one of my favorite blogging freelancers, Neil Renicker, of Renicker Studio, based in Tipp City, Ohio, on the topic of productivity! When you’re driving in the dark, in the pouring rain, and traffic in the other lane is … Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelancing, Time Management, Work Life Balance Tagged productivity, time management 2 Comments
A Time Management System That Never Crashes
Laurel Black shares her paper-based time management system that prevents her from over-booking and never crashes. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelancers Union, Freelancing, Inspiration, Time Management, Work Life Balance Tagged time management 13 Comments
Productivity and 100-Calorie Snack Packs
As a self-employed writer, I understand that the more I work, the more I get paid. At the same time, I can find myself tempted by distractions. So over the years, I’ve developed a number of tricks to help me shore up my willpower and stay focused on what I need to do, such as.... Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelance Writing, Freelancing, Time Management, Work Life Balance Tagged discipline, focus, productivity, will power, willpower 6 Comments
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, Freelance Photography, Freelancing, Resources, Work Life Balance Tagged being green Leave a comment
