If you're considering creative freelancing then you're probably not making a 'sensible' business decision. You're thinking about a whole lot of
personal and emotional factors as well. Whether you've chosen freelancing or had a freelance life thrust upon you, you're now at a crossroads in
your personal life as well as your career and you need information. You don't need a dry, uninspiring course.

Our courses and workshops are unique, because they take into consideration every aspect of your life, not just your career. You'll never be
expected to be someone you're not when you learn with us.
Upcoming Courses for 2010...

Creative Marketing Bootcamp - Sydney
When: Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th August, 2010
Where: Rex Centre, Kings Cross
Cost: $220 full, $175 concession.

Marketing is one of the most important aspects of working for yourself in the arts, and yet it's something we often neglect.
No more! This completely practical and hands-on weekend workshop will help you figure out which methods of marketing
will work best for you. You'll also start putting together a marketing plan, with a focus on your branding and your website.
You’ll also construct a word-of-mouth campaign. By the end of the workshop you’ll have a plan ready, a folder packed with
information, a handful of new contacts and some fresh ideas for the future of your creative business.

Click here to enrol in this workshop.
The first 15 enrolments will receive a free copy of the book Small Business, Big Opportunity: Winning the
Right Customers through Smart Marketing and Advertising, by Rob Hartnett and Karina Keisler.
For more information, send us an email or visit the website.


Running Your Own Creative Business - Sydney
When: Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th September, 2010
Where: AFTRS, Fox Studios.
Cost: $495 full

Based on the famous three day Freelance Success workshop, this course includes everything you need to know about
starting out as a creative business or freelancer in the arts. You'll find out ho to start and run your business, how to manage
both personal and business money, everything you ever wanted to know about tax, your legal rights and responsibilities  
including copyright and contracts, as well as marketing and more.

Click here to enrol in this workshop.
For more information, send us an email or visit the website.
Depending on which Freelance Success Workshop you attend, you can learn all about....
Business:  How to think of yourself up as a creative business, and the practicalities involved. We
investigate the truth about business plans, getting an ABN and registering a business name. Plus, figuring
out systems and tricks to ensure a long life as a creative freelancer.

Money: Managing your finances, both personal and business. Figuring out what to charge for your work,
and the difficulties involved in getting some clients to pay. Plus, the hardest trick of all - making your
irregular income last in the tough times and planning for the future.

Tax 1 - Quarterly:  The necessary evils of understanding the GST and how it really applies to you. Also,
working with PAYG so you don't end up in tax debt. You'll also get a look at a real Business Activity
Statement and go through how to fill it out step-by-step.

Tax 2 - Annual: The essentials of annual income tax, including the various obscure tests and special
considerations for creative people. How to prove you're in business and not a hobbyist. Plus, making your
whole creative life a tax deduction - there is some good news!

The Law: The biggies for freelancers - copyright and contracts. We also look at how to make money from
your work, moral rights, the nightmare of pitching and more. Learn how to avoid expensive lawyers, rely
on your common sense, and trust your gut instincts. Includes real-life examples of contracts.

Marketing: All the essentials are here, with detailed information about all the inexpensive tricks of
marketing that you can use for yourself. We also take a detailed look at the our secret weapons -
branding and word of mouth. Everything you need to create a lifelong career in the arts!
“Monica presents a course that relates to creative people and tailors to
their specific needs in a fun, relaxed environment. I found the course
very helpful, especially the tax section. Monica made the boring
business stuff make sense and have relevance for me.
She also has great taste in music!”
- Brigitte Handley, musician.
An Important Disclaimer from Monica...
It is very important that students understand that I do not hold any qualifications as an accountant, lawyer or business
consultant. However, I am a qualified and award-winning trainer, and I’ve been a freelance writer and filmmaker for over twenty
years (phew, am I really that old?!).

So, the information in this course consists of intensive research from impeccable resources, my own experience, and the
accumulated experiences of people who have done this course since it was first offered in 1994. I advise all students to seek
legal, taxation and financial advice relating to their own freelance success
from qualified and accredited advisers.

All decisions made as a result of this course are made at participants’ own discretion.
Freelance Success accepts no liability for students’ life choices.
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