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February, 2010

Selling Your Value Instead Of Lowering Your Fees – 10 Tips with Maria Piscopo

February 18, 2010 at 2PM EST

To register: http://www.graphicartistsguild.org/resources/teleclasses/

"What do you charge?" The most important question you will hear when selling your creative services. This teleclass will help you develop a 10-step strategy to answer the question in a way that will build repeat business by meeting both your needs and your client's pricing needs. Learn how to use "no fail" pricing strategies to convince your clients that you're the best and most valuable person for the job.
You will also learn about "hidden costs" and the single most important negotiating technique when quoting jobs. Help your clients make the right choice -hiring you - by presenting them with proposals instead of prices. This workshop will give you an unbeatable edge over your competition (especially the low-bidder). It will help you become more comfortable and confident when quoting jobs and help you get more of the jobs you quote.
Presenter: Maria Piscopo Maria Piscopo is a creative services consultant and art/photo rep. She teaches classes for creative professionals at Laguna College of Art & Design and other local colleges in So Cal. Maria’s "nuts and bolts" approach to self-promotion has made her a popular speaker for industry associations and conferences including the upcoming ICON6. She worked with Dynamic Graphics Training teaching the popular course, Managing Creative Services. She has written magazine articles and columns for industry publications such as HOW Magazine, Step inside design, Dynamic Graphics, and Communication Arts. Her fifth book, Graphic Designer's and Illustrator's Guide to Marketing & Promotion is published by Allworth Press.
Maria is a member of Society of Photographers and Artist’s Reps and has served on the Advisory Boards for the University of California at Long Beach- Arts & Humanities, Visual Artists Association, Orange Coast College, Women In Photography, The VICOM Conference and The PhotoPlus Conference and can be reached at www.mpiscopo.com.
Registration Fees: $15 Guild Members; $25 Non Members.
You can register at http://www.graphicartistsguild.org/resources/teleclasses/

or call: 212-791-3400 ext. 12

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DC/Baltimore

Great news, if you are in search of studio space, we are now accepting applications to a very affordable opportunity!  We are starting a group studio space and gallery in Hyattsville MD.  Have you ever wanted a space to work in and get out of the house?  Now there's an affordable opportunity.

Later in the year, the gallery will be having several artdc.org group shows, one to represent the site, another for the patron members, and more.
Find details here:
http://artdc.org/forum/index.php?topic=11171.0
We will also be having a fund raiser to aid our equipment purchases for the studio.  If you support artdc.org's mission, and would like to see this effort gain success, please consider donating an a work of art! 
Details about the fund raiser art auction:
http://artdc.org/forum/index.php?topic=11188.0

Please send applications to jesse@artdc.org

Attention Photographers

We're planning a brick and mortar photo exhibition and we'd like to see what you're doing.  Please respond with some links to your recent work here:
http://artdc.org/forum/index.php?topic=11149.0

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example code:
[img]http://yourdomain.com/yourimage.jpg[/img]

We hope to see you on artdc.org.

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