Need help making money? Even more important, do you need help collecting money from clients for the work you've already done? Pay close attention. One of our members posted her problem in the Cow's Business & Marketing forum this morning: "I am a freelancer who provides services relating to video,photography & design. This is a fairly new venture for me as a fulltime business and I am learning the ins and outs.
"Unfortunately, I am in a bit of a pickle with a 'deadbeat' client."
Within hours, she got some wonderful advice, both for this problem and for moving forward: how to protect yourself with good contracts, how to manage your clients, and ultimately, learning to be honest with yourself about what kind of businessperson you want to be.
The thread is still evolving as we speak of course, and we hope that you'll add your perspective. We certainly can't promise the answers to your specific problems within hours. (The SEARCH button will often help you find answers even more quickly, but that's another story.) We absolutely can promise that you'll hear from many of the industry's most successful business owners, and, with tens of thousands of visitors passing through every day, many people who've been in jams just like yours.
Shared experience. Money-making solutions. Real time. That's just some of what you'll find in Creative COW's Business & Marketing Forum.
PS. We've also got loads of business articles in our library, including one of our perennially most popular, "Clients or Grinders." And if you need to make hay while the sun shines -- or while you're driving -- we also recommend the "Client Management" episode of our Business Strategies podcast.
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Episode #086 - July 30, 2009 by Franklin McMahon
(30:27) -- 7/30/2009
Expanding Your Creative Business with Andy Stinton, Apple ships new Final Cut Studio and Logic Studio, BorisFX Cartoon Look, Canon reinvents images stabilization, FontGenius, AutoFX and more creative news and interviews - creativecow.net - Andy Stinton is an Event Producer and Creative Cow Leader, he talks with Franklin about how to expand your business by offering new services via other producers, developing value added services, empowering clients with tools and keeping profits higher via lower cost collaboration.
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Boris Continuum Complete 6 - Using Text Jitter with AE's Extruded Text Filter by Dirk de Jong
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This video tutorial gives you an in-depth look at the Jitter feature of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Extruded Text filter. Basic functionality of the Jitter feature is explained and demonstrated.
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Andrew Shanks
I am a Visual Effects Compositor/Supervisor based in Auckland, New Zealand.
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