Resource Speaker/Expert: Rey Mendoza, Jr.
Room F – August 14, 2020 | Friday, 09:30 am – 05:00 pm (Whole day)
Being creative is a wonderful thing. It allows us to earn a living from what we love to do and we can establish a business doing creative works. And, it does not have to be expensive.
But most of us creative professionals are at a loss where to start. How do we market ourselves? How do we get clients and deal with them? How do we charge so we keep our business afloat and profitable? This session discusses the essential topics of doing business as a creative professional so you don’t have to learn the hard way, no more trial and error. Just good advice to jump start your freelance business or establish a small studio or firm.
The topic is based on a book by Cameron S. Foote, redesigned to fit the Philippine setting.
Topics include:
How to charge (FAQ!)
How to market yourself
Creating an online presence
SEO will help you immensely
Freelance? never use it!
Establishing the business
NO SPEC! (No to speculative work)
Creative Business Tips
Contracts, Presentation, Permits
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Target Audience: Creative professionals, photographers, videographers and those interested to set-up a business.
Rey Mendoza, Jr.
Professional Photographer, Web Designer and Educator.
Rey Mendoza is one of the few pioneer photographers specializing on 360 virtual tours, a 360 degree photography field usually used by real estate companies. He shoots food, products, events, architecture and also teaches photography, computer graphics and 2D animation at Multi-Media Arts of Lyceum Laguna and DLSU-College of St. Benilde on the topics of Photoshop, Web Design and Graphic Design.
He is the Adobe User Group Manager for Philippines which manages the online group and monthly meetings of Adobe users in Manila.