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Freelancers U Seminar

January

20

Build Your Marketing Machine

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If one of your New Year's resolutions is to grow your business and get new clients, you’ll need a strategy and a marketing plan. Join Marketing Mentor’s Ilise Benun for a hands-on workshop where you will learn which are the most effective, and least expensive, marketing tools for freelancers.

Topics will include:
• Choosing your target market
• Breaking into one or more markets that will send you profitable work
• Deciding which marketing tools are most effective and how to integrate them into your busy life
• Knowing when to call, when to email, and when to send something by mail
• Expanding your client base with just a few minutes of work each day

*This presentation is for you if you are not currently marketing your business, or, if you want to increase the amount of marketing you are doing.

Special Offer: We know it isn’t easy keeping up with your marketing to do’s so we have a special offer to help you stay on track in 2010. All seminar attendees have the opportunity to purchase the print version of the 2010 Marketing Plan + Calendar at the discounted rate of $20. If you are interested, please select the price below that includes the calendar. You can also make your purchase at the event. This offer expires at the conclusion of the seminar.

Ilise Benun speaks about marketing throughout the Unites States and is the author of several books including, The Designer’s Guide to Marketing and Pricing (HOW Design Books, 2008), Stop Pushing Me Around: A Workplace Guide for the Timid, Shy and Less Assertive (Career Press, 2006), and The Art of Self Promotion. She is the co-founder of Marketing Mentor and works closely with freelancers to grow their businesses. She has been featured in national newspapers and magazines such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Toronto Globe and Mail, Inc. Magazine, Essence, and Working Woman.

A light dinner will be served from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Seminar will begin at 6:30 p.m. Directions to the seminar will be emailed before the event. Please check the email account you use for PayPal.

Date:
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Time:
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Location:
Empire Building, 15 Metro Tech Center, Brooklyn, NY