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Ilise Benun
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Peleg Top
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Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor's Ilise Benun
Biz Bits from Marketing Mentor's Peleg Top

Find your market: trade associations

If you need help finding your market, this page has plenty of trade associations and resources that might help.

Articles

10 Things You Need to Know About Your Prospects (on FreelanceSwitch.com)
How Much Is Your Time Worth? (at FunctionFox.com)
How Not To Network (at Biznik.com)
Will You Ignore the Stranger Next to You? (also at Biznik.com)
Online Marketing Tools for Creative Pros (at CreativePro.com)
A Week-to-Week Marketing Calendar (at HOWDesign.com)
Can't Miss Marketing (or making the most of every message you send)
Can You Read Me? (or constant contact with email newsletters)
How to write tips (from Quick Online Marketing Tips)
More articles (from www.artofselfpromotion.com)
Small Business Owner's Guide to Blogs and E-Letters (at Early to Rise)
A Simple Formula for Follow Up (at Freelance Switch)
What To Do When a Prospective Client Doesn't Respond (at GraphicDefine.org)
One-Page Marketing Plan Worksheet (at Guruknowledge.org)

 

Webcasts

View a few sample webcasts here: 

And check out our other webcasts here:

Finding and Reaching the Right Prospects
Controlling the Money Conversation with Clients
Determining Your Client's Budget Before You Start
Presenting Killer Proposals
Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Successful Freelancer?
Proposals 101

What's Working Right Now: Real-World First Hand Success Strategies
What Should I Charge?
You're a Freelancer, Now What?
Get Rich in a Niche: Finding and Reaching the Right Prospects
How to Create Your Own Marketing Machine
How To Talk About Money: Especially in a Tricky Economy
Confidently Closing the Sale

Favorite Newsletters

www.bly.com Bob Bly;s blog and ezine - a direct marketing perspective
www.grokdotcom.com Bryan Eisenberg - a persuasive architecture perspective
www.wdfm.com Larry Chase's Web Digest for Marketers
www.BluePenguinDevelopment.com Michael Katz on email newsletters
www.publicityhound.com Joan Stewart's publicity tips
www.communicatrix-designs.com Focuses, the official newsletter of communicatrix - a fun read and full of resources

 

Client Newsletters

Designers:
K&M Design 
K9 Design 
The Communicatrix
Levinson Block
Sharman Studios
Lauri Baram, Panarama Design
Bending Design
Studio 22
Ormiga Design
D*LSH Design

Copywriters:
Conrad Winter
John Cole
Karen Zapp
Patrice Robertie

Illustrators:
Tim Goldman
Tim Read, 5 Fingers Creative

Consultants and Coaches:
Jezra Kaye, Communicate with Power and Ease
Denise Lee Yohn
Bob Oedy, Union Organizer
Judith Kaye
Graham Strategic Philanthropy

 

Websites we love

www.creativelatitude.com
www.marketingsherpa.com
www.clickz.com
www.wordbiz.com
www.marketingprofs.com
www.smallbusinessadvocate.com
www.creativebusiness.com
www.freelancersunion.org

 
   

Small Business How-To Guides
http://guides.wsj.com/small-business/


Interviews and Podcasts

Speaker imageThe Designer's Guide to Marketing and Pricing (excellent for non-designers too) Speaker imageInterview with Jim Blasingame on the Small Business Advocate Show
Speaker imageInterview on Build Your Business Radio
Speaker imageInterview with Bob Bly, copywriter
Speaker imageInterview with Jody Gabourie (Do Your Pricing Problems Have Marketing Solutions?)
Speaker imageInterview with Advertising Agency Jobs (The Art of Self Promotion)

More interviews with Jim Blasingame from the Small Business Advocate



 
 
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