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ACP's Business Development Series - A Clients' Want vs Need: Communicating Excellence.

April 16, 2012 by Jon Schickedanz

Thursday, May 3rd The Alliance of Creative Professionals' Business Development Series and Networking Event is celebrating our first anniversary, and we'll be doing it in style from 12-1:30pm with the excellent and legendary Co-Founder and Strategic Director of Orbit Media, Andrew Crestodina!


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ACP Events: “The Secret to a Successful Agency” April 24th from 6-8pm at Sully's

April 10, 2012 by Jon Schickedanz

“The Secret to a Successful Agency”

Location: Sully's, 1501 N. Dayton Street; Chicago, Illinois 60642


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ACP's Business Development Series - The Psychology of the Sale. Thursday, April 5th 12pm - 1:30pm.

April 05, 2012 by Jon Schickedanz

Creative Geniuses! Thursday, April 5th The Alliance of Creative Professionals' Business Development Series and Networking Event is traveling to Triple 1 Restauraunt in the Loop! (177 N. State St. #200 - right next to the Chicago Theater)


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ACP's Business Development Series - The Evolution of the Professional Creative Business. 3/1/12

February 21, 2012 by Ben Rathbone

Creative Geniuses!
Next Thursday, March 1st is the time for another epic Alliance of Creative Professionals' Busines Development Seminar and Networking

Last month we had a record number attending Brad Farris' excellent talk on efficient business structures and systems for creative businesses.


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Alliance of Creative Professionals' February Lunchtime Fun-Time Extravaganza!

January 26, 2012 by Ben Rathbone

Creative Geniuses!

It’s only a week away to the ACP February 2nd Lunchtime Fun-Time Extravaganza! go to: creativepros.eventbrite.com to reserve your seat.

This month we’ve got an amazing guest, Brad Farris from Anchor Advisors. Brad’s helped many Chicagoland creative service companies and a few ACP members transform their businesses from hand to mouth, to streamlined, sustainable successes.


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