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Creative Freelancer Conference

June 5- 6, 2010
Hyatt Regency Denver
Presented by HOW and Marketing Mentor

Get the projects you want from the clients you want at the price you want and still have time for the life you want.

The Creative Freelancer Conference is geared toward designers, copywriters, illustrators, photographers and other creative freelancers. Industry veterans share pricing strategies, marketing techniques and other best practices for maximizing your freelance income. 

Registration is now open.  Be sure to register by the March 12 Early Bird deadline and save. Visit creativefreelancerconference.com for details.
 

Creative Freelancer Fall Webcast Series:

Controlling the Money Conversation with Clients

Four Webcasts Presented by:  Ilise Benun of Marketing Mentor

Price:  $125 for the series of four webcasts (savings of $71)
7:00 PM Eastern / 4:00 PM Pacific Time

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Talking to clients about money can be one of the hardest topics for freelancers to tackle. But the process will go smoothly once you learn to take control. The four upcoming Creative Freelancer webcasts address every aspect of the money conversation, from targeting clients all the way through closing the sale. Get the overall picture and a discounted rate when you sign up for the four webcast package. Or target the specific information you need most and sign up for each webcast individually.

Register now!

For information and registration for the individual webcasts, click on the links below:

Finding and Reaching the Right Prospects-Recorded Webcast

$49

If you want to make big bucks, you must specialize in a target market (or two) and maybe you've even chosen a couple on which to focus. You will learn:

• How to locate your prospects
• Get their contact information without spending a lot of money
• Effectively reach out to them
• and more

Determining the Client's Budget Before You Start - Recorded Webcast

$49

Learn how to:

• Avoid client sticker shock
• Find out what numbers are in their heads before you spend a single minute writing a proposal
• Find the clients that fit your comfort level

November 10 - Presenting Killer Proposals

7:00 PM Eastern / 4:00 PM Pacific Time
1 hour webinar for $49

A proposal is the document that leads clients to the right decision: to hire you. You will learn:

• Exactly what a proposal is
• How you can use the document
• How to manage the proposal process

December 2 - Confidently Closing the Sale

7:00 PM Eastern / 4:00 PM Pacific Time
1 hour webinar for $49

Don't drop the ball when closing the sale. You will learn:

• What to say—and how to say it—at that crucial moment when a client is ready to make a decision
• When it's best to say no to a project
• Real-world techniques for saying no without losing the client forever

About the Speakers
Ilise Benun is a national speaker and the author of several books including the The Designer’s Guide to Marketing and Pricing (HOW Books 2008), Stop Pushing Me Around: A Workplace Guide for the Timid, Shy and Less Assertive (Career Press), Public Relations for Dummies (2nd Edition) (Wiley), The Art of Self Promotion (Marketing Mentor Press), Self Promotion Online and Designing Websites: for Every Audience (HOW Design Books). She is the founder of Marketing Mentor, through which she works closely with designers, teaching them how to best develop their business through creativity, sell their services and talents, and implement efficient systems and procedures to run the business smoothly. Her work has been featured in national newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Toronto Globe and Mail, Inc. Magazine, Essence, Working Woman and many more.
www.marketing-mentor.com Sign up for her free email tips here: www.marketing-mentortips.com.

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All sessions are archived, so you can register and view them any time. (If you registered for the live event, you'll also have online access to the webinar for 12 months afterward, so you can watch it again and again as a refresher course.)