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 Writing
Time to Talk at CFC? You bet!
That’s the beauty of CFC (June 22-24 in San Francisco). The speakers will be sitting at the tables with you, milling around in the hallways with you, Netwalking with you, hanging out at the bar with you. Many of us will be sticking around for HOW after CFC is over. And some of us (me!) will be stocked with really good chocolate to help you overcome your fear of talking business with strangers. Business is scary. Ghirardelli chocolate is not. Continue reading
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[Podcast] How to Stop Scope Creep in its Tracks
In the latest CFC 2013 Speaker Podcast Series, writer, Alisa Bonsignore shares explicit language she uses to stop scope creep in its tracks and how she developed the confidence to say these things. Continue reading
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Big Duck Looking for Creative Freelancers
If you’re interested in freelance opportunities at Big Duck, Sarah Durham's Brooklyn, NY-based design firm specializing in non profits, they are having a little get-together for creative freelancers on May 1 at 5 PM in Brooklyn. Continue reading
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Freelancer: Know Thy Customer
What works for freelance copywriter, Tom Tumbusch, is targeted and highly personalized mailings to his carefully chosen and best prospects. Here's an example... Continue reading
How to Find The Best Projects for You
Freelance copywriter, shares his epiphany of where his best, most lucrative and most satisfying work comes from and how he's going to get more of it! Continue reading
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[Podcast] Common Roadblocks for New Freelancers
Podcast: Bryn Mooth on where she is after 2 years of freelancing and her upcoming CFC session: What to Expect When You’re Freelancing, which is perfect for those who are anywhere on the continuum from "I’m thinking about it" to "I’ve made the move but I’m still struggling," Continue reading
Are other creatives our “competition”?
Are other writers the competition? I don’t think so. In fact, I think we need each other. Imagine if I could send ideal projects your way, and if you wanted, you could send some my way? I would love to be able to tell clients, “I’m not the right fit, but I know a great writer who is.” Continue reading
"Professionals" Are Freelancers Too
An article in Crain's NY Business features MBA's and MD's now going freelance. Will this help to remove the stigma from the word "freelance"? Continue reading
Freelancer: Are you trying to run a pseudofirm?
Proud creative freelancer, Tom Tumbusch of WordStreamCopy, debunks myths about corporate clients who want "agencies" instead of independents or freelancers. Continue reading
Definition of "Organized Office"
Jennifer Hazen shares her definition of an organized office. What is yours? Continue reading
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