Guest Post by Jean Thilmany: Find Potential Clients (and Swag) at Trade Shows
Note from Jennifer: As part of my focus on the importance of networking, I asked my friend Jean Thilmany to share her tips and experience with finding clients at tradeshows. Years ago, I attended my first industry conference. The coatings industry, as it happened. At the time, I wrote about the then-rather-new technique of powder…
[Read more...]Networking at a Conference or Event
Note from Jennifer: As promised, we are going to talk more about networking on this blog since many writers are finding that to have higher results than cold LOIs. I am heading to a conference next week in Raleigh (High Five – if you are going let me know so we can meet up) and wanted…
[Read more...]Guest Post by A.J. O’Connell: How a Game Helped Me Jump-Start My Freelance Career
Note from Jennifer: When I spoke with A.J. on the phone, she told me about her strategy for increasing her freelance business and I thought it was genius. My favorite part is that she assigns points based on how hard the task is for her or how much she doesn’t want to do it. I…
[Read more...]How to Find Your Perfect Client
[Contest ended] Tomorrow is the last day to participate in the Beat the January Slump Marketing Challenge. Be sure to check-in and post all of your marketing tasks in January so you can be entered to win a $50 Amazon Gift Card. I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again. There is no perfect…
[Read more...]Do You Have the Dreaded SendButtonitis Disease?
Note from Jennifer: Be sure to post your marketing tasks to our Beat the January Slump Marketing Challenge. The contest closes on January 31st and then I will give away a gift card. Another note from Jennifer: I am looking for writers to write guest posts about writing for associations and nonprofits. If you work for…
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