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: Luke Mysse
How to Create Your Own Advisory Board
Julia Reich takes Luke Mysse's idea to create an advisory board to heart and catalogs her efforts to create one for herself. Continue reading
Posted in Business Plans, CFC, Featured, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Growing Your Business Tagged advisory board, Julia Reich, Luke Mysse 5 Comments
Who's going to CFC? Julie Goldsberry of Operation Regrigerator
Julie Goldsberry and Operation Refrigerator. The goal: to save up for CFC 2012 in Boston. Guess what? She did it! How'd you do? Continue reading
What roadblocks have you hit as you grow?
Join the lively discussion on the CFC LinkedIn group, started when CFC 2012 speaker, Luke Mysse, asked a simple question: What sort of roadblocks have you hit when trying to grow? Continue reading
Posted in Business Plans, CFC, Featured, Growing Your Business, Speakers Tagged goals, growing a business, Luke Mysse, obstacles Leave a comment
CFC: Luke's recap (it includes Snickerdoodles)
Luke Mysse talks about the thrill of the #CFCdare, his highlights from his CFC Chicago experience and Snickerdoodles! Continue reading
Profits. What a concept.
I think most solopreneurs make the mistake of thinking that profit is what you make when you happen to finish a job in fewer hours than you estimated. Or a vendor comes in cheaper than expected. To me, that’s gravy, not profit. Continue reading
Posted in Business Plans, Featured, Freelance Money, Pricing, Speakers Tagged Luke Mysse, marketing plan, pricing, profit Leave a comment
Will you be there on June 23?
Exactly one month from today -- on June 23 -- we will kick off the 4th Annual Creative Freelancer Conference in Chicago. Here's what we have in store on Day 1. Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Business Plans, Featured, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Freelance Illustration, Freelance Money, Freelance Photography, Freelance Writing, Freelancers Union, Freelancing, Growing Your Business, Speakers Tagged creative freelancer conference, freelancers union, freelancing, Future of freelancing, Ilise Benun, Luke Mysse, marketing plan, Steve Gordon Leave a comment
Wearing all the hats?
Check out this WEBINAR – Which Hat Are You Wearing Today? with Luke Mysse, Wednesday, March 16, 2011 – 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM (ET) And listen to this clip from Luke's presentation at the 2010 Creative Freelancer Conference. Continue reading
March events from Freelancers Union
Don’t miss these great events from Freelancer’s Union, a live event in NY on March 8 with Ilise Benun and Galia Gichon and a webinar on March 16 with Luke Mysse. Read on for details…. Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Freelance Graphic & Web Design, Freelance Illustration, Freelance Marketing, Freelance Money, Freelance Photography, Freelance Writing, Freelancers Union, Freelancing, Growing Your Business, Speakers Tagged freelancers union, Galia Gichon, Ilise Benun, Luke Mysse, marketing, marketing plan, money, work/life balance Leave a comment
Lesson 3: Know Your Resets
Apparently, the sky was going to fall if I didn’t send over a file. So, as I sat in the gym parking lot, I had a decision to make: Leave and go deal with the file or tell the client I was busy and would get back to them later. Continue reading
Lesson 2: One Point of Contact
This seems like a no-brainer, but enforcing the “one point of contact” rule with a larger project/client can be a little tricky. Continue reading
