If you’re thinking of launching or expanding your freelance legal business or wondering how to market yourself more effectively, please consider attending a conference I’m involved with in Rochester, NY, on Sept. 25 and 26: “The New Marketing 101: Using Today’s Technology to Attract Tomorrow’s Clients,” the fourth annual “Build Your Communications Business” conference of Communication Central (I’m a co-owner). NAIWE members are eligible for a colleague discount on registration!

My Communication Central co-owner and I are presenting a pre-conference session on the afternoon of Sept. 25 on “Get Your Freelance Business Up & Running.”

Conference speakers on Saturday, Sept. 26, are Neil Hair, PhD, social networking expert; Dick Margulis, publishing consultant; Emily Carpenter, networking “addict”; and Steve Tylock, author of a book on using LinkedIn.

The conference hotel is a brand-new Staybridge Suites, right on the Genesee River, with free airport shuttle service and free parking.

Full details are at: www.communication-central.com

Had a great time making a speech on freelancing to the Society for Professional Journalists (SPJ) at the 100th SPJ convention in Indianapolis, IN, on Aug. 29. Met and made friends with a number of other freelancers and reconnected with several old friends from my days in DC and St. Louis!

Ruth T-C

www.writerruth.com

I’ve published a new booklet on “Freelancing 101: Launching  Your Editorial Business” with the Editorial Freelancers Association. To order copies, go to:

http://www.the-efa.org/res/booklets.php#freelancing

My co-owned presentation business, Communication Central, is holding its fourth annual “Build Your Communications Business” conference on Sept. 25 and 26, 2009, in Rochester, NY, and NAIWE members are entitled to a colleagues’ discount on registration! Find out how to use today’s online and social networking tools to make a business venture stand out from the crowd, get known and recognized, and grow in today’s competitive marketplace at “The New Marketing 101: Using Today’s Technology to Attract Tomorrow’s Clients.” Speakers include:

• Neil Hair, PhD, internationally known expert on social media trends, applications and branding; assistant professor of Marketing, Rochester Institute of Technology/E. Philip Saunders College of Business (http://www.neilhair.com/), on “Personal Branding in the New Age”

• Emily Carpenter, owner of Whizbang Marketing, president of the Rochester Professional Consultants Network (RPCN) and popular blogger and networker (www.whizbangweb.com, http://www.twitter.com/emilycarpenter, http://tr.im/NetworkingMatters), on “Using Twitter and Facebook to Market Your Business”

• Dick Margulis, noted publishing pro and owner of Dick Margulis Creative Services
(http://dmargulis.com/), on “Self-publishing as Part of a Marketing Plan/Marketing as Part of a Self-Publishing Plan”

• Steve Tylock, author of The LinkedIn Personal Trainer: Using LinkedIn to find, get found, and network your way to success! (www.linkedin.com/in/stevetylock), on “Making the Most of LinkedIn as a Marketing Tool: Beyond the Basics”

For full details, go to:

www.communication-central.com

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