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Holiday listening: Top 8 CFBC #podcasts of 2014
CFBC/HOW Design Live only happens once a year, but it’s the gift that keeps on giving! Check out the most popular podcasts from 2014 featuring HOWLive speakers: Creating a Business Action Plan – with...
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CFC –> CFBC –> Creative Business program of #HOWLive
Tomorrow (Feb 3) is the early bird deadline for HOW Design Live 2015 in Chicago (May 4-8) and you may have noticed that the word “freelance” is gone from the entire event. But don’t worry, that doesn’t...
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Give me your best number…
I love recapping a year in numbers. There’s something about fitting a whole year into a neat little blog post that makes me feel like anything is possible. In my latest post, I shared my favorite...
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HDL 2015 Speaker Podcast Series (Ep. 1): Aaron Draplin
We’re kicking off the HOW Design Live 2015 Speaker Podcast Series with Aaron Draplin. Listen to it here…. In this podcast interview with Ilise Benun, of Marketing-Mentor.com and HDL Programming Partner...
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Why Creatives Struggle With Pricing
Anyone who’s heard me speak, listened to my podcasts or read my book, The Creative Professional’s Guide to Money, knows that I am not a big fan of hourly pricing. But I know there are exceptions and...
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How to Build Your Email List
I’ve learned from experience that the best way to build an email list of my ideal prospects is to offer a “free report” on my homepage in exchange for their email address. What? You don’t know what...
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Why Rejection Is Difficult for Creative Professionals
Why is rejection so difficult for creatives? Or is it for everyone? That was one of my first questions for Poet and Creative Coach, Mark McGuiness, in Episode 3 of the HOWLive Speaker Podcast Series....
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UPPERCASE Publisher Reveals the Secret to Her Success
In Episode 4 of the HOW Design Live 2015 Speaker Podcast Series, Ilise Benun, HDL Partner for the Creative Business program and founder of Marketing-Mentor.com, interviews Janine Vangool, Publisher,...
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#HOWLive 2015 Creative Business: Handouts, Podcasts and Wrap Ups
With HOW Design Live 2015 behind us, it’s time to start planning next year’s conference (save the date: May 19-23, 2016 in Atlanta). But first, here are some of the Creative Business highlights, posts...
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The Future of Design According to IBM Design Leader Doug Powell
If you are a designer with even the slightest ambition of becoming a “design entrepreneur,” you need to read this. Below is an excerpt from an enlightening conversation I had recently with Doug Powell,...
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