You love the creative work. The pricing, the clients, the feast-or-famine cycle—that's where things get hard.
Running a creative freelance business isn't about the breakthrough moment. It's about what you do, every day, for years.
Amy Weiher never planned to be a business owner. She stumbled into freelancing, figured it out the hard way, and built something she still wants to show up for. This book is what she wished she'd had at the start.
Good Work! gives you six principles to build on: a solid foundation, a sustainable rhythm, the right clients, confident pricing, reliable delivery, and growth that doesn't burn you out. Not steps to follow once, or a launch checklist, but a practice — the kind you return to at year one, year five, and year fifteen, whenever something feels off or you're not sure what to do next. Grounded in 20+ years of real studio experience, with stories from fellow creatives who've been there too, this is practical advice from the field, not the classroom.
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Amy Weiher is a graphic designer, studio owner, and author based in Mill Creek, WA. She is the founder of Weiher Creative, a graphic design studio she has run since 2004, specializing in design for nonprofits, educational organizations, and mission-driven businesses. After 20+ years of building a creative business-including plenty of hard-won lessons along the way-Amy wrote Good Work! Practical Advice for Starting & Scaling Your Creative Freelance Business as the guide she wishes she'd had when starting out. It's a practical, experience-based book for creative professionals who are serious about building a sustainable freelance business without the hustle culture. When she's not designing or writing, Amy is a mom, wife, PTA president, and devoted consumer of coffee.
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Hardcover. Condición: new. Hardcover. You love the creative work and dream of working for yourself. But the business side? That's where things get messy-and where most creatives get stuck.Difficult clients who don't respect your time. Pricing that leaves you wondering if you're charging too little (or pricing yourself out). The exhausting cycle of feast or famine. The nagging question: "Can I actually make this sustainable?"After twenty years running a design studio-and making plenty of expensive mistakes along the way-Amy Weiher knows exactly what it takes to build a creative business that actually works. Not just survives. Thrives.Inside this practical, no-BS guide, you'll discover: How to evaluate if self-employment is right for you and identify the work that energizes you (not just pays the bills)The contracts, boundaries, and professional habits that protect your time and your sanityProven strategies to attract ideal clients while spotting red flags before they become disastersClear, guilt-free approaches to pricing your services and having confident value conversationsSystems for delivering exceptional work without burning out or losing yourself in client demandsSmart delegation, crisis planning, and creative self-care that fuel long-term growthWritten specifically for designers, illustrators, photographers, writers, developers, and other creative professionals, this isn't theory from someone who's never done the work. Every page is packed with actionable guidance from someone who's navigated the same challenges you're facing, enriched with real stories from diverse creative entrepreneurs who've built businesses on their own terms.This is the book you keep within arm's reach when you need to handle a difficult client conversation, finally raise your rates, or remember why you chose this beautifully complicated path in the first place.Stop just surviving. Start building a creative business that pays the bills AND lights you up.Because doing good work doesn't have to be so hard. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798998925917
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