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Newman Glenn Millhollon
Date: Feb 17, 2009


Dear Ms. Wright, I ran into you several years ago while attending Riverside Community College’s Cosmetology Instructor Trainee Program. you were promoting you book, “The Hair, makeup & Styling Career Guide”. I bought it and I can honestly say it inspired me to explore the possibiliti...
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Packaging Your Portfolio Workshops
Three Days | Thirty-Six Students | One Objective

MASTER Self-Promotion & Reach Celebrity Status!

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about this three day class:

The 3-day workshop for make-up artists, hairstylists, fashion stylists and manicurists teaches the business of being a freelance artist. Master self-promotion. Learn the subtleties of portfolio building, agency representation and collaboration (team building). We will show you how to build an attention grabbing comp card, business card and website without breaking the bank. Ask the INDUSTRY EXPERTS PANEL your most pressing questions. It’s all here for the professional stylist that is serious about a career in print, video, film, TV and runway.

SamFineTestimonialLearn the secrets of working for the media from Crystal Wright, and an all-star lineup of celebrity stylists, industry experts and creative decision makers.

Network with like-minded professionals over three value packed results oriented days. This is the continuing education you need to make money in fashion and entertainment and stay competitive. Is it going to be easy? No. Is it going to be fun, rewarding and something you will now be equipped to do for the rest of your life? YES!.


What You Will Get:

––FOCUSED. In this Mini-MBA course for freelance stylists, Crystal will teach and show you everything you need to know about building your portfolio, creating comp cards, how to locate and approach the right decision-makers and building a website, all while saving you thousands of dollars. Stop paying for bad photographers, and photographip prints with huge copyright symbols on them. Crystal will shave 3-4 years off of your learning curve.

––Ongoing Business Coaching 4 + times a year through Quarterly Group Conference Calls and webinars [with Crystal] that answer questions and solve problems.



––Certificate of Completion.
––StyleWise Business Forms.
––Continental Breakfast and Lunch each day.



Los Angeles May 5-7 & Dec 8-10
Atlanta Sept 29 - Oct 1
New York Jun 23-25 & Oct 13-15
Chicago Sept 15-17
DAY 1 - SATURDAY
Industry Overview
Print, Video, Film and TV: How it Works, Who’s Running It, and
Where do You Fit In?
Roadmapping: Choices, Goals, Knowledge, Research
Portfolio Building: Testing, Photographers, Team Building, and Storytelling
Building a Client Base
DAY 2 - SUNDAY
Mastering the Tools of the Trade: Print Portfolio, Website, Resume
Marketing Yourself: Comp Cards, Business Cards, Email & Social Networking
Comp Card Creation, Email, Proper Web Presentation and Optimization
Agency Representation and the Assistants List
Etiquette: The Set, The Phone and Email


DAY 3 - MONDAY

STRICTLY BUSINESS:
All business, paperwork, taxes, receivables etiquette and structure necessary to insure the artists can complete the paperwork and follow-up necessary
to get paid and stay in business.

This day 3 will be taught by me and other
financial & business experts
who work with freelance stylists every day.

WHAT WILL BE COVERED:

Structure: Corp vs LLC vs Sole Propietorship
The Freelance Friendly Way to Purchase Anything
Deal Memo's, Invoices & Credit Sheets
Receivables (Collecting Your Money) & Payables
Taxes, Filing, Forms & Receipts, Call Sheets,
Expense Reimbursement
Role Playing

WHAT TO BRING
A Laptop [if you have one]
Favorite Notepad & Ink Pen


If working in fashion or entertainment has always been a dream of yours, then you will want to join Crystal Wright, founder of former Crystal Agency for makeup, hair & styling and author of The Hair, Makeup and Styling Career Guide for an action-packed 2-Day “Build Your Portfolio and Marketing” workshop that focuses on self-promotion, presentation, goal setting, agency representation, assisting and branding for Makeup, Hair, Fashion Stylists and Manicurists.


STOP! WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND CALL US AT: (323) 299-0500

Take advantage of our payment plans.

Class Fee of $1,450.00 Includes:

• 3-Days of Interactive Education with Crystal Wright
• 51 page handbook
• Continental Breakfast & Lunch all 3 days
• Certificate of Completion
• Industry Experts Panels & Special Presentations
• 1 year of Post workshop coaching calls/webinars with Crystal
and expert facilitators

• StyleWise Business Forms

ADDITIONAL CLASS BENEFITS INCLUDE:

A 60-minute Question and Answer with industry experts that include art directors, producers, production coordinators, agents, photographers and celebrity stylists (see panel photo below).

View exerpts of Crystal teaching on YouTube:
Video 1, Video 2, Industry Experts Panel featuring Super Agent Timothy Priano, Meredith Goforth Sittings Editor of Seventeen Magazine, Celebrity Manicurist Elle Gerstein, Celebrity Hair Stylist Clark Vincent and Celebrity Makeup Artist Sam Fine,
Check out Crystal's Interview for Funny Face