We asked our AIIP Past Presidents to share their tips on building and growing a successful independent information business.  Mary Ellen Bates, AIIP President (1996-97 and 2004-5) shares four great tips. I have often wondered about why some people succeed as solopreneurs and others don’t. Almost everyone I run into has at least the… Read More »
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Amelia Kassel, President, MarketingBase, shares some tips on when to use a kill fee clause Historically, I have not used a kill fee clause. More recently I have on occasion. Without a kill fee clause, there is no protection if a client wants to stop the project before you have completed the research. This was… Read More »
Amelia Kassel, President, MarketingBase, shares some tips on how to avoid scope creep Several years ago, I went through an especially challenging exchange with a client. There were more than 50 emails back and forth over four months. Afterwards I thought, “Wow, next time I’m going to add another $1,500 to the project to cover… Read More »
Amelia Kassel, President, MarketingBase, shares four tips to kick start, or reignite, your marketing as an Independent Information Professional.
Denise Carter, AIIP member, recently stepped into managing the world’s longest running survey in the Business Information and Knowledge Management sector. The Business Information Survey has been conducted annually since 1991 by Business Information Review. In 2016 in-depth telephone interviews were conducted with senior information managers in the financial, legal, pharmaceutical, science & technical, and… Read More »
As ever, library innovation conference Internet Librarian International (ILI) 2016 – 18 & 19 October, London – is all about responding to challenge through innovation, with the emphasis on sharing, learning and evolution. This year’s conference themes have been steered by a panel of previous delegates, with two ‘big questions’ emerging and addressed through some … Read More »
Bizologie – how three librarians are becoming major players in business research Laura Young, an AIIP member, and Bizologie partners Lindsey Schell and April Kessler have turned former careers as librarians into a growing new venture. The partners are also active in SCIP and SLA, as well as the Texas Library Association.
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