Resources

Here are additional books, web sites and miscellaneous resources to explore.

Books by Ilise Benun

• The Designer’s Guide to Marketing & Pricing
• The Creative Professional’s Marketing Plan + Calendar
• Stop Pushing Me Around: A Workplace Guide for the Timid, Shy and Less Assertive
• The Art of Self Promotion
• PR for Dummies (Second Edition)
• Designing Websites:// for Every Audience
• Self Promotion Online

Other Recommended Books

• Business and Legal Forms for Graphic Designers, by Tad Crawford and Eva Doman Bruck (with a CD of business form templates)
• Getting To Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In, by Roger Fisher (12th edition)
  
• Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing and Ethical Guidelines
• Graphic Designer’s Guide to Pricing, Estimating & Budgeting, by Theo Stephan Williams
  
• Self Employed Tax Solutions, by June Walker
• Talent Isn’t Enough, by Shel Perkins
• The Business of Graphic Design, by Ed Gold
• The Business Side of Creativity, by Cameron Foote
• The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business, by Cameron Foote
• The Money Book for Freelancers, Joseph D’Agnese and Denise Kiernan
• Understanding the Bid and Proposal Process, by Alan Cutler
• Value Based Fees, by Alan Weiss
• Winning Proposal Writing by Alan Cutler
  

Web sites and blogs

• www.marketing-mentor.com -- Home of Marketing Mentor, the coaching program for creative professionals founded by Ilise Benun. Sign up for a free mentoring session and Quick Tips from Marketing Mentor.
• www.marketing-mentor-toolbox.com -- Do-It-Yourself Tools and Resources to Grow Your Creative Business
• www.MarketingMixBlog.com – The official blog for Marketing Mentor, where you’ll find success (and horror) stories from and about creatives running their own businesses.
• www.CreativeFreelancerBlog.com – Business advice and inspiration for the creatively self employed, companion to the Creative Freelancer Conference (www.creativefreelancerconference.com)
• Resources mentioned in the “margin notes” of the actual book.
  
• http://www.marketing-mentor.com/pdf/your_hourly_rate.pdf - Hourly Rate Worksheet
• www.creativebusiness.com – Cameron Foote’s site, chock full of resources, forms, articles and the newsletter, Creative Business
• www.downtoearthfinance.com – Galia Gichon’s site, an independent resource dedicated to educating clients about investing and financial control and home of www.mymoneykit.com
• www.emilycohen.com – Emily Cohen’s site, consultant to creative professionals
• www.junewalkeronline.com – June Walker’s site, with tax advice for the self employed. Check out her blog for any tax questions.
• www.savvywomenearning.com – Mikelann Valterra’s blog. Also, www.ratesettingtoolkit.com 
• http://cpm.aiga.org/ -- The AIGA Center for Practice Management, resources to help with the daily management of your studio.
• http://www.vlany.org/resources/index.php Resources from Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts 
• www.mint.com – an online service to help manage your money
• www.functionfox.com – time tracking software, mention Marketing Mentor for a discount