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Creative Business

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Monthly. Creative Business is the only publication dedicated exclusively to help in running a creative services organization.
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Reference. Our CD-ROM is a virtual business library. And our three best-selling books have set business standards for the creative services industry.

In the latest issues of Creative Business :
The September/October issue:
Features articles on: 1) results of CB's 2011 Hourly Billing Rate Survey, 2) ten principles for managing yourself, employees, and clients, and 3) the creative psyche and its marketing downside. Subscriber advice on: logo pricing, trust accounts, what's billable, staff pay, tax write-offs, typeface trademark registration, winning a concept presentation, and information-gathering meetings. Management Metric on: cancellation (kill) fees. Order issue…

The August (special) issue: Provides seven scripts to use to persuade clients to use professional creative services. Includes: 1) Recognizing Professional Distinctiveness, 2) Staying Competitive in Economic Downturns, 3) Defining Value-Oriented Design, 4) Why Professional Copy is Worth the Cost, 5) Using Illustration for Impact, 6) What Makes Internet Marketing Different, and 7) Responding to Client FAQs. All scripts are available for downloading. Order issue…

CD-ROM Special:
Our latest CD-ROM (CD-13) contains every word we've published from 2006 to 2010. All new CD orders also receive a free, six-month trial subscription to the PDF version of the Creative Business newsletter. (Current subscribers excluded.) Details.

Free peer-to-peer business advice:
It's available at the CB-sponsored "Graphic Design Business Group" at LinkedIn.com


    

 

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