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FREELANCING IS TRICKY – AND INEVITABLE Freelancing in the creative industries is a fact of life. Even curious hobbyists and serial employees will need to understand the basics – not to mention those who have chosen to freelance professionally in their craft. Five Tips for Freelance Creatives is a fast, funny and practical presentation specifically designed for creative practitioners with absolutely no business skills, to help them get the five most important elements of creative freelancing just right. Participants will learn more about:+ setting goals and planning the self-employment journey;+ understanding and handling money matters;+ the key to managing time better;+ the basic beginnings of marketing, and+ fostering a cheer squad and juggling the realities of combining art and business.We’ll also share more resources and tax, superannuation and business registration. What do I get? All participants of this workshop also receive:+ lifetime access to a dedicated Five Tips for Freelance Creatives Dropbox folder full of additional resources and workbooks to help continue the learning after the workshop is over;+ access to additional free webinars to supplement the material covered in the workshop;+ the possibility of further one-to-one business advice, mentoring and support from one of our creative industries business specialist […]

The starving artist is a pervasive idea, and in reality many creative people struggle in self-employment because money is a constant battle. This isn’t always just due to lack of funds. Creative practitioners sometimes need the basics of business money and financial literacy explained in a way that is easy to understand. This online workshop helps to bridge that gap in financial literacy with an entertaining and real-world discussion of money that makes sense to the artistic brain. The most common financial questions that creatives have are answered, including:+ How do I weather the ups and downs of creative income?+ Do I have to keep working for free?+ What should I charge? How do I work that out?+ What’s the deal with cash flow and budgets?+ How do I invoice? How do I enforce an invoice?+ What’s the deal with tax, and what is cloud accounting?+ Where can I go for more help? This online workshop will be relaxed and informal. You can ask all the questions you have never been able to ask before and will have ample opportunity to network and get to know each other. Ideal for: This workshop is tailored specifically to creative people who are […]