Tag Archives: Heather Parlato

Interview with Heather Parlato on Freelancing

Listen to this podcast/interview with CFC veteran, Heather Parlato, of Parlato Design Studio in Los Angeles. In this conversation, she reveals...how she made the transition from a full-time job to full-time freelancing, plus... Continue reading

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Freelancing 103: When to make the leap to F/T freelancing

Here's the 3rd installment in our 3-part series on launching your F/T freelancing business, featuring Alisa Bonsignore (writer) and Heather Parlato (designer), both of whom were forced into freelancing. Continue reading

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Freelancing 102: Balancing Two Jobs

Continuing this week's series on going from F/T to F/T freelancing (and beyond), here are our lovely two CFC veterans on how to balance two jobs before you make the leap: Continue reading

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Freelancing 101: How to begin getting clients

As part of our series about going from F/T to F/T freelancing (and beyond), here are CFC veterans, Alisa Bonsignore (a writer) and Heather Parlato (a designer), on how to begin getting clients (before you make the leap). Continue reading

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My Creative Freelancer "Progress Report"

I just got my Marketing Mentor 6-month planning card in the mail! (Did you?) If you haven't been to a Creative Freelancer Conference, here's what it is: at the end of the conference everyone writes a card to their future … Continue reading

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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

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