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		<title>Big News: health insurance in NY, NJ &amp; OR!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilise Benun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Freelancers Union was awarded $340 million in federal loans to create member-driven, nonprofit health insurance options in New York, New Jersey, and Oregon. This is a huge step toward making health care more affordable, more accessible, and more responsive to the needs of all workers. <a href="http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/announcements/big-news-health-insurance-in-ny-nj-or/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>21 Free Web Tools for Your Creative Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilise Benun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to work more effectively, be more productive and not spend more money doing it, join Grace Dobush of HOW Interactive for this live designcast on Monday, February 27 at 2-3 PM ET. <a href="http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/announcements/21-free-web-tools-for-your-creative-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How to say, &quot;Your (blank) needs help!&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilise Benun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever seen a really bad web site (or brochure, etc.) and wish you could tell the company how bad it is and how much better it would be if they hired you to fix it? <a href="http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/designers/how-to-say-your-blank-needs-help/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The New Me: Reinventing My Solo Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilise Benun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CFC Veteran, Laura Foley, describes how she retooled her freelance business, found a niche she can succeed in and which marketing tools get her the big clients. <a href="http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/designers/the-new-me-reinventing-my-solo-business/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More on: Too old to find design work?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilise Benun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've received several messages so far this year that start off, "I'm 45 years old and starting over as a designer." They usually go on to ask if I think there is a future for them in the design world. 
This echoes our most commented topic in 2011 on this blog: whether "old designers" can find work, be it in a job or as a self employed creative professional. <a href="http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/designers/more-on-too-old-to-find-design-work/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing Monday: An Unexpected Mentor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Alpert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copywriter, Henry Alpert, shares a story of how his ongoing marketing efforts have brought him something perhaps more valuable than an actual client. <a href="http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/writers/marketing-monday-an-unexpected-mentor/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Join me in Boston for CFC</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilise Benun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will you be in Boston this June 21-22 for our 5th annual Creative Freelancer Conference? Register by Mar 30 and get the early bird discount. <a href="http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/designers/join-me-in-boston-for-cfc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bryn says, &quot;Marketing isn&#039;t hard, except...&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilise Benun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest in a series of podcast/interviews with independent journalist and copywriter, Bryn Mooth, on how she's using LinkedIn to market her services. <a href="http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/writers/bryn-says-marketing-isnt-hard-except/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Writers speak? Out loud?</title>
		<link>http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/writers/writers-speak-out-loud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:36:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilise Benun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Copywriter (and CFC veteran) Sheila Hart-O'Connor shares details about her first experience speaking to a group. It wasn't so bad! <a href="http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/writers/writers-speak-out-loud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading already read emails again?</title>
		<link>http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/work-life/reading-already-read-emails-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ilise Benun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.creativefreelancerblog.com/work-life/reading-already-read-emails-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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