This week's sound advice is the first 10 minutes of the workshop Ilise gave for creative freelancers at the recent HOW Conference in Austin. It starts with her perspective on what's happening now in the economy (and why it's the best time for freelancers to build a business), followed by the myths and realities of being a successful freelancer, including why getting word of mouth isn't such a good thing... Listen in!

Colleen makes personal marketing history this week! She calls week 29 the week when everything finally came together. She's really beginning to notice that doing her marketing consistently could make a real difference both in how she felt and how things actually worked. Listen for more...

Type-A personality? This week Colleen offers a new perspective on business, and demonstrates how she's growing and changing.

Welcome to week 27! This week, Ilise talks to Jonathan Cleveland of Cleveland Design. He recently got a project from a travel company with no travel experience by submitting a few designs! But is it spec work? Listen in for Ilise's interview with Jonathan.

Today is the first day of 3rd quarter. We are half way through the year, the perfect time to look back and look forward to realistically assess what we've done and what we need to be improve. Listen in for Ilise's second quarter results.

This week was all about support for Colleen, both learning the difference it made for her personally, and realizing what a difference it would make if she applied some of the lessons to her own business and her marketing in particular. Listen in!

When Ilise was in Boston last week, she had dinner with longtime client Jonathan Cleveland. He told her a great story about how he got a project for a travel company without any history of travel related work. Check it out here!

Watch out for Colleen, she's really building stamina now. In addition to its cumulative positive effect on your business and cashflow, this week, Colleen benefits from the stamina of doing her marketing chores regularly.

How can you really set yourself apart from the competition? In this week's sound advice tip, Ilise will share what is making people stand out and getting them jobs.