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A helpful guide to marketing for creative freelancers who want to quit Instagram

Creative Boom

If IG has become too exhausting, what marketing alternatives are there? We've had more than a decade of chasing 'likes' and trying to keep up with the changing social networks. If you're looking for free or affordable options to market yourself, don't fret! Then, you have to market your newsletter on your website.

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Fiasco crafts fresh brand identity for a co-working network with a difference

Creative Boom

The Bristol-based agency has again pulled it out of the bag for creative co-working network Gather Round. Consequently, they've attracted a growing network of 200+ like-minded creative professionals who go to work every day and sit, write, design, consult and hang out next to each other. We're delighted with the result.

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Tips from a marketing expert on how to sell yourself as a graphic designer

Creative Boom

But either way, you may well be thinking in frustration: "I'm a graphic designer, not a marketing expert!" You also have to be able to sell yourself, keep up to date with social media, maintain your own website, be your own IT, be your own HR department, network like crazy, and somehow find time to eat and sleep. We've all been there.

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Rise of the machines: How illustrators can avoid being replaced by AI

Creative Boom

It can help us with our email, accounting, and marketing and will become an essential tool for running a small business. "If Nurture these relationships and build a network of repeat clients who can recommend you in the future. Get to know people through real-life networking events or sell your artwork at markets.

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Learn, create and network with global brand leaders at the Pentawards Festival 2023

Creative Boom

Offering top-tier networking opportunities with global brands, as well as a stellar speaker lineup, the Pentawards Festival is the perfect event for anyone working in design and packaging. And it promises to be a must-attend event for senior brand leaders, designers, marketers and design agencies. Read on to discover all the details.

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Is LinkedIn still a useful platform for creatives?

Creative Boom

But is it really the right platform for creative networking? At a time when platforms are rising and falling with alarming regularity, LinkedIn stands as something of an anomaly: a professional networking site that's maintained its relevance for nearly two decades. PR and marketing professionals, too, still see value in LinkedIn. "We

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Campaign for comedy improv chain highlights how to harness FOMO in marketing

Creative Boom

A succession of iconic names from Richard Pryor, Billy Crystal and Lily Tomlin, through to Adam Sandler, Jeff Dunham and Dave Chappelle, have come up through this network, which currently operates 23 locations across the USA. It also works because The Improv is already a well-established brand.

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