Proposals and Negotiating: The Latest for Creative Professionals

Have you ever spent days putting together a proposal, never to hear back from the prospect? Do you often wonder what other artists and designers put into their proposals that make them win the project? Proposals and RFPs can be a huge source of stress for creative professionals, especially when you’re responsible for new business and doing the creative work.

Take some of the stress out of proposals and join Ilise Benun, author of The Creative Professional’s Guide to Money and founder of Marketing-Mentor.com, for a presentation to cover:

• RFPs – should you or shouldn’t you?
• When you do, how to differentiate your firm in your proposal
• How to use tiered pricing to virtually eliminate negotiating
• And much more…

About Ilise

Ilise Benun is the founder of Marketing-Mentor.com, the go-to online resource for creative professionals who want better projects with bigger budgets. She is a national speaker and the author of 7 business books, including The Creative Professional’s Guide to Money. She is a business coach and adjunct faculty at Maryland Institute College of Art. She is a Program Partner for HOW Design Liveand host of The HOW Design Live podcast. Follow her on Twitter @ilisebenun, subscribe to the MarketingMentorPodcast.com and sign up for her Quick Tips here: www.marketing-mentortips.com.

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