Writing a Winning Proposal: Land Your Dream Clients
About Me
A course by Ilise Benun , Entrepreneur, Business Coach and Author
About the video: About Me
Overview
“I’ll start with my entrepreneurial story, from my early grade school efforts at business, through working in the family business, to the pivotal turning point when I was fired at age 27. That’s when it hit me that I am unemployable, and I realized I would have to figure out how to make a living on my own. The rest is history! ”
In this video lesson Ilise Benun addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Writing a Winning Proposal: Land Your Dream Clients. Learn to tailor your business proposals to your dream clients and stand out from the competition with a simple yet invincible strategy.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, my name is Ilise Benun and this is my course. I’ve been in business for 33 plus years and self-employed at that because self-employment is in my blood. I am an entrepreneur at heart. I'm a worker. I love to work. I love helping other people with the business side of their business. My business is called Marketing Mentor. I started working very early. I remember, in third grade, buying candy from the ice cream man, then reselling it to my fellow students for a bit of a profit. At 11, I was a receptionist in my parents' factory, answering the phone and doing all sorts of paperwor...”
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Course summary for: Writing a Winning Proposal: Land Your Dream Clients
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Business, Design Management

Ilise Benun
A course by Ilise Benun
Ilise Benun is an American author, business owner and coach. After being fired from her job over 30 years ago, Ilise knew she was destined to be her own boss. In 1988, she started her own business, and since then, she has been coaching creatives on the business side of things, from conducting marketing workshops for art schools to working with trade organizations that cater to creative professionals.
Ilise has written seven books, including The Creative Professional’s Guide to Money and The Designer’s Guide to Marketing and Pricing. She hosts two podcasts, Marketing Mentor Podcast and HOW Design Live Podcast; and is lead author for The Marketing Mix Blog and the Creative Freelancer Blog. Her work has been featured in Toronto Globe and Mail, Crains New York Business, Working Woman, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Denver Post and more.
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