23 Chapters to Get Started

How To Start a Successful Creative Agency is over 300 pages, divided into 23 chapters, with many sub-chapters.

Some chapters are very long—Working with Clients, and Your Estimates Can Make or Break You, for example. Others are shorter—Decision Making, and Legal & Insurance. All of them are practical and useful.

Here are the main chapters:

• Introduction

• Starting Your Own Creative Agency

• Take Advantage of School

• Amateur Creator Vs. Professional

• Getting A Job—You’re in The Business

• Start Your Freelance Business

• Preparing to Launch Your Company

• Business Structures—Which One is Right for You?

• Writing a Business Plan

• Your Money Attitude

• Starting Up

• Running Your Agency

• Decision Making

• Defining Your Services

• Working with Clients

• Managing Your Agency’s Growth

• Talking to Clients About Money

• Your Estimates Can Make or Break You

• Billing & Payment Terms

• Take Timesheets Seriously

• Adding People

• Managing Employees and Benefits

• Growing Your Agency

• Legal & Insurance

  If you’re thinking of starting your own agency or going beyond your one-person freelance company, then I think you’ll get real value from this book. If you’ve already bought the book, I thank you.

  How to Start a Successful Creative Agency is the essential business guide for graphic designers, copywriters, filmmakers, photographers, and programmers. With over 300 pages and 23 chapters, it’s available at Amazon (Paper & Kindle), Kobo (ebook), Apple Books (ebook), and Gumroad (PDF).

  The book is packed with useful information to help creatives start and grow their business.

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