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
Tag Archives: blogging
New Handbook: Blogging for Photographers
In PhotoShelter's new Photography Blog Handbook, learn why a blog is a must-have marketing tool to grow your photo business, engage a wider audience, and attract new clients. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Announcements, CFC, Freelance Photography, Self-Promotion, Speakers Tagged blogging, photographers Leave a comment
Guest blogging and More Unexpected (part 2)
Following yesterday's post from Tom Tumbusch on unexpected outcomes from guest blogging, here's a post from Jody Shyllberg, CFC veteran and owner of JS Graphics, about unexpected outcomes of blogging about networking at Panera Cafe. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Freelance Marketing, Freelancing Tagged blogging, guest blogging, networking Leave a comment
Guest Blogging and the Unexpected
Copywriter, Tom Tumbusch, on the opportunities that have come his way as a result of being a "guest blogger" on the Creative Freelancer Blog. Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Freelance Marketing, Freelance Writing Tagged blogging, content marketing, guest blogging, pro bono, writing for free Leave a comment
The Advanced Marketing Plan
Here's an Advanced Online Marketing Plan for those who have a few tools under your belt and are looking for clients around the country (or the world!). Continue reading
Blog feeling like a slog?
I often see clients follow this pattern: get excited about the idea of blogging, work with me to set up a blog, add to it regularly at first, then quickly peter out to posting very rarely or never. Here are a few tricks to help you stay on top of your blogging game. Continue reading
Tools for Streamlining Business Tasks
People who run a business alone often want it to appear bigger than it really is — as if it has teams of employees and unlimited resources. This is now more possible than ever thanks to some tools that so-called solopreneurs and other small businesses have at their disposal, giving them the reach and capabilities of far bigger companies. Continue reading
Friday Afternoon Invoicing
It’s Friday afternoon as I write this, my dear freelancers, and that can mean only one thing: Friday Afternoon Invoicing. Continue reading
What a Difference a Retreat Makes!
About a month ago, I set out on my annual retreat to reflect on the past and plan the year ahead.
In the end, I hand-wrote 17 pages following up on evolving progress and brainstorming ideas for how to build on what I’ve done. I’ll share the main ones here, Continue reading
My Two-Years’ Resolutions….
On Dec 31, 2008, we entered the “tip of the iceberg” in what we all can agree was a two-year introduction to a new and permanently changed economy for professional aspirations in commercial photography. Continue reading
Posted in Freelance Marketing, Freelance Photography, Freelancing Tagged blogging, facebook, marketing plan, Shannon Fagan, social networking, twitter 1 Comment
