by Mary Ellen Bates, Bates Information Service One of the hardest shifts that many new independent information professionals face is changing their perspective of where their value lies and how their market sees the world. When we are surrounded by examples of the low-pay gig economy – Uber and Lyft, Fiverr and UpWork, DoorDash, and… Read More »
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At AIIP 2019, three AIIP members shared their top 10 ways to look for new opportunities to get new clients. Janel Kinlaw from Refining Workflow reports on important top 10 tips shared by AIIP members. The Listening for opportunity: Doing what comes un-naturally session was a conversation between three AIIP members sharing ways to find… Read More »
Blog post by AIIP member Holley Hughes Zoom is becoming the go-to online platform for web conferencing and webinars, and a highly recommended tool amongst AIIP members.
At AIIP, we survey our members every other year to get a sense of who our members are and how AIIP can best help them build strong, resilient businesses.
You know you have attended a good conference when you are still thinking about what you heard months later. AIIP’s latest annual Conference was one of those conferences for me – A post by Mary Ellen Bates The 2017 conference focused on pivoting as a strategic approach—something that we infopreneurs do continually as we adjust… Read More »
You may not have heard of prospect research. This field of research is devoted to assisting organizations with donor identification and donor relations management for fund raising, and is one of the many specialized research services AIIP members offer clients. This field of research often combines Prospect Research, Prospect Management, Grantwriting and Fundraising. We asked… Read More »
What exactly do info pros do that consult to libraries? Today’s info pros that consult to library services are specialists in strategic marketing for libraries. We asked Jennifer Burke, President, Intellicraft Research, for some tips on how to mix marketing and information skills to consult to library services.
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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