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: freelancing tips
Crowdfunding your personal projects
Our friends over at PhotoShelter, the company co-founded by CFC Fave Speaker Allen Murabayashi (and the same company that is offering the free guide, Freelancer's Online Marketing Blueprint), have introduced their latest report on "crowdfunding." Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Freelance Money, Freelancing, Resources, Speakers, Sponsors & Partners Tagged crowdfunding, freelancing, freelancing tips 1 Comment
Evolution: Letting Go of Control
Ken Nager of Treehouse Creations talks about how he has let go of control and learned to delegate in order to grow his business beyond "freelance" status. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Announcements, CFC, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Speakers Tagged business growth, freelancing tips Leave a comment
Evolution of a business name
This week, as a preview to the HOW article and Aug 18 DesignCast, we’re talking about how creative businesses evolve, and the experiences that creatives have encountered along the way. Continue reading
Marketing Monday: Timing is everything
Right after CFC in Chicago, I did a one-hour consultation with CFC attendee, Tarry Nwaise, a designer from Madison, Tennessee. During that session, I told her, among other things, that timing is everything when it comes to marketing. And I … Continue reading
Posted in Featured, Freelance Marketing, Marketing Monday, Self-Promotion Tagged freelancing tips, self promotion tips 1 Comment
Watch 3 Businesses Evolve
How is the marketing for a new business different from that of a mature one? What do you have to do at the beginning that you can let go of in later stages, building on the foundation you've set? I'll answer those questions and more on Aug. 18. Continue reading
Crowdsourcing Round 2
Laurel Black continues her crowdsourcing nightmare with lots of opinions on how she handled her client’s unhappy comparison between the work she got from Laurel and the work she got from the logo mill. Continue reading
Favorite Quotes from CFC
CFC attendee, Carolyn Porter, collected a few of her favorite quotes from CFC 2011 speakers Continue reading
Excellent Web-to-Print Resource
This free DesignCast on Aug 9 with Navitor will show you how you can become a single resource for your clients, while controlling the outcome of the design work and how to add print services to your business model with minimal resource expenditure. Continue reading
Shake the funk by helping
Sometimes when things get tough, I get into this whining mood and it really becomes a pity party, table for one. It can happen to the best of us, but how do we find a way out? Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Communicating, Connecting, Inspiration, Work Life Balance Tagged freelancing, freelancing tips, inspiration 2 Comments
Growing the Business or Myself?
The beauty of being independent is that it doesn’t have to be all or nothing like it would be with a corporate job. I don’t have to quit my writing work while I explore new opportunities. I already blog for fun over at WhatWouldBettyDo.com. Could I turn that into something more? There’s no reason why I can’t try, or even test the waters with something else entirely. Continue reading
Posted in All Posts, Growing Your Business, Inspiration, Resources Tagged freelancing tips 1 Comment
