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The COMPLETE CONFERENCE PACKAGE includes all audio MP3s and copies of the speaker presentations for the inspirational sessions…everything you need to take your creative freelance business to the next level. You’ll gain the knowledge, motivation, and specific success tools you need to make doing what you love profitable.

You are not alone
with Ilise Benun and Peleg Top

Marketing Mentor's Ilise Benun and Peleg Top kick off the 2009 Creative Freelancer Conference with networking “guidelines” (hear them do a little role-playing!) to smooth the way for strong connections. This inspiring session showed attendees how to plant seeds for long-term relationships with their community of freelancers and develop “tribes” designed to outlast the conference. These tips can be used at any event you attend!

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THE 2009 COMPLETE CONFERENCE PACKAGE

“Enlightening. Encouraging. Inspiring.”

“The most valuable educational
conference I’ve ever attended.”

“A truckload of tools and resources.”

LEARN FROM LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY.

We invited some of the most talented and successful creative professionals to share their wisdom from their own business and life experience. You’ll get real-world advice and specific strategies you can use in today’s market.

Here’s what you’ll find in each of the 8 presentations:

What Will Your Freelance Business Be When It Grows Up?
with Petrula Vrontikis

You devote much of your time to your business…but do you know where it’s headed? Leading designer and educator Petrula Vrontikis will help you examine your business strategies and determine what you want out of your freelance practice in the future. You’ll discuss whether building a practice always means growth, what level of professional commitment is necessary for sustainability and how to balance business demands with creative growth.

Money-Saving Tax Solutions for Creatives

with June Walker

It can be hard for creative freelancers to get correct information about taxes. But June Walker specializes in helping the independent and self-employed master their taxes. She’ll show you how to reduce your tax burden, take advantage of every business expense and plan for estimated tax payments. You’ll go home with an intimate understanding of tax laws and how to make them work for you.

The Essential Rules for Writing and Presenting Proposals with Peleg Top

Most creative professionals waste too many unpaid hours writing proposals. You can streamline your process by figuring out what the important issues are and addressing them before you start. Peleg Top will teach you what to ask your clients before putting anything in writing as well as the 10 essential rules for presenting your proposal. He will explain when you need a proposal (and when you don’t), and show you how to pre-qualify your prospects.

Effective Presentations Skills
with Daryl Salerno

Your ability to develop a compelling presentation and deliver it effectively is the key to success on a new business front. Join public relations expert Darryl Salerno as he examines the dynamics of producing a compelling presentation that will engage your listeners. You’ll learn how to effectively read your prospect, increasing your odds of connecting with them— and persuading them to take the actions you desire.

Dealing with Nightmare Clients

with Michelle Goodman

Everyone’s had a nightmare client, but how you handle that client can determine whether—and how— the relationship will continue. Author and freelancer Michelle Goodman will draw from her own experiences as she helps you sniff out a client’s reputation ahead of time, chase down late payments, set boundaries, close up problematic contract loopholes, determine if a relationship is salvageable or, in the worst cases, let a troublesome client go gracefully.

The Astoundingly Simple Secrets to Making Social Media Work for You

with Colleen Wainwright

Communications guru Colleen Wainwright will explore the ins and outs of social media, from blogging to tweeting, pointing out where it intersects with old-school marketing and how you can use them in tandem to build your network, strengthen your personal brand and spread the word about your brand to the people who need to hear it. You’ll learn how to come up with a core marketing message, translate that message into the language of social media and evaluate which social networking sites are best for you.

Create or Die: Thriving in the Create-on-Demand World

with Todd Henry

Your livelihood depends on your ability to conjure up creative solutions at a moment’s notice. But in this environment, it can be difficult to keep your creativity alive. Get the juices flowing again as Todd Henry of Accidental Creative discusses specific disciplines to help you stay prolific and brilliant in your creative life. He’ll reveal the hidden assassins and five core elements of a healthy creative process, plus the phases of creative growth and how to keep growing.

Freelance Success Panel

You can learn a ton from the success of other freelancers. That's why we devoted an entire session to just that. Ilise Benun moderated this lively discussion with 3 successful creative freelancers -- an illustrator, a copywriter and a designer-grilling them about the details of how they run their lives and their businesses, from how they manage their time to which marketing tools they use and exactly how.

Speaker Panel Q&A

Moderated by Ilise Benun, this wrap up panel brings all the speakers back to the stage to tie together a few overarching themes that arose during the conference, clarify topics that didn't get enough attention and answer lingering questions attendees wished they'd asked.

PLUS ADDITIONAL BONUS SESSIONS:

My order includes:

• MP3 audio recordings of all 8 presentations plus 2 bonus sessions

• Speaker’s PowerPoint Presentations (in PDF format)

$87.00

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These are just a few of the phrases attendees used when they described – gushed, really – about their experience at the 2nd annual Creative Freelancer Conference (CFC).

Just because it’s over, doesn’t mean you can’t have that experience too. You can live (or relive) the experience virtually and on demand any time you want. Just click here now.

Here’s what else those creative freelancers said:

If there is something a creative solopreneur
wants to learn about business, the answers are at CFC.

The conference presents you with valuable insight
that you can take home and immediately put into action.

Re-ignite your passion for your craft
and learn how to use that fire to showcase it to the world.

If you are serious about your solo creative business, download these “valuable insights” now and put them “immediately into action” so you can take control of your business – and your life!

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