Ilise Benun – Ask Every Question You Can Think Of

<p><strong>BIO: </strong>Ilise Benun has made it her business to teach basic business skills to creative professionals who should have learned them in school but, alas, did not because it’s not taught in school.</p><p><strong>STORY: </strong>Ilise hired a designer to design a brochure for her consulting practice. Instead, he delivered a folder with her logo.</p><p><strong>LEARNING: </strong>Stand up for yourself. Ask every question you can think of.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><blockquote class="ql-align-center"><strong>“Ask every stupid question to confirm the details of any arrangement.”</strong></blockquote><blockquote class="ql-align-center">Ilise Benun</blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Guest profile</h2><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilisebenun/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Ilise Benun</strong></a> has made it her business to teach basic business skills to creative professionals who should have learned them in school but, alas, did not because it’s not taught in school. This has, for years, perpetuated a “starving artist” mentality amongst creative professionals, who are naturally talented and could easily bring their creativity to the business side of their business if only they knew how. That’s her mission with all of her work through <a href="https://www.marketing-mentor.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">marketing-mentor.com</a>, including <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-marketing-mentor-podcast/id279328611?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Marketing Mentor Podcast</a>, seven books including <a href="https://amzn.to/3WfqRIT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Creative Professional’s Guide to Money</em></a>, three online courses for Creative Live and Domestika.org, and much more. If you want more from Ilise on mindset, money, and marketing, sign up for her <a href="https://www.marketing-mentor.com/pages/quicktips" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Quick Tips</a>.</p><h2>Worst investment ever</h2><p>When Ilise started he