Creative Freelancer Webinars

Creative Freelancer Online Webinars

A Live Creative Freelancer Webinar: 
May 4, 2009 at 7:00pm ET


What’s Working Right Now: Real-World, First Hand Success Strategies from 3 Working Freelancers

Presented by Ilise Benun

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Ask questions during this live, interactive, audiovisual session.
Attendance is limited, so you'll have the chance to get your specific questions answered.
1 hour for $49

Join Marketing Mentor Ilise Benun for this exploration of what’s successful and what’s not in the world of freelance. She—along with freelancers Patrice Robertie, Amy Weiher and Dani Nordin—will offer proven strategies for moving your freelance business forward.

You’ll learn:

  • The attitudes and techniques required to get work right now
  • The most viable industries and market sectors that are growing right now where you can find new clients
  • The strongest and most effective marketing tools, including how to get work through Twitter

Together the panelists cover a range of specialties and experiences—from writing to design to strategy—so no matter what type of freelancer you are, you’re sure to get practical, real-world information you can use to build your own successful freelance career.


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.
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Dani Nordin is the founder of the Watertown, MA-based, zen kitchen, an award-winning communication strategy and design collective that specializes in strategy, eco-friendly design and websites for green business, gourmet food, professional services and philanthropy.

Patrice Robertie, of Acorn Advertising in Arlington MA, wanted to be in advertising since she was 6 years old, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the day her 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Stanton, said her paper on “Dumbo, The Elephant” was “very good.” She worked as a writer and project manager at a boutique advertising agency in Boston for 11 years, then started Acorn Advertising in 1992. She specializes in helping companies without their own full-time marketing departments get the word out about what they do.

Amy Weiher founded Northern California-based Weiher Creative in 2005 and has over 10 years experience in graphic design. She has created award-winning print, identity and web projects for a wide range of clients in the arts, education and nonprofit sectors, including the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, Boalt Law School at UC Berkeley, CASBS at Stanford University and UC Hastings Law.

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