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The Simplest Marketing Plan 2026
Stop Starting Over - Your Client Pipeline is The Key
The DIY plan that keeps adding your best prospects to your pipeline – even when life gets busy.
If you want more consistent projects this year…
But you keep going around in circles, wondering what you should be doing to attract the right clients…
What you need is a plan.
One that’s simple, easy-to-follow, and proven to work.
That’s The Simplest Marketing Plan!
A Step-by-Step Plan to Get the Clients YOU Want
Marketing works… when you do it!
The 2026 Simplest Marketing Plan (SMP) shows you how to do it. It includes the ONLY 3 marketing tactics you need for a thriving creative business. Then shows you how they all work together.
So instead of wondering what to do first, second, and third, just open up your Simplest Marketing Plan (SMP) and follow my lead.
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What Creative Pros are saying About the Simplest Marketing Plan
Ginger Shantz
I am PROOF POSITIVE that the Simplest Marketing Plan works. My business is growing. Thanks to you, I have clear routines and daily actions. They reduce ambiguity, provide reassurance, and help me scale the mountain one VERY manageable step at a time.
Michelle Elliott
I decided to expand my local market and found a new client from LinkedIn! I was practicing your tips, and it worked!
Lynda Dell
You've done so much for me. If it wasn't for you, I'd probably be taking another course and waiting until I was ready. I don't need to wait. People are finding me. Doors are opening for me because I'm taking steps, in fact, leaps.
Stop Starting Over – Your Client Pipeline is The Key
You’ll know what to do every day and every week to add real prospects to your pipeline – even when life gets busy.
Newly Improved! Artificial Ilise 2026
Got a marketing question at 2am? Need encouragement to hit send on an outreach message? Want me to help you compose the message, first?
I may be in bed by then…
But you can chat with “Artificial” me - anytime, day or night!
She’s a lot like having ME on speed dial…
Because she’s trained on all of my books, best-selling programs, latest and greatest content, and my most-up-to-date ideas that stay on top of the constant changes in AI and on LinkedIn.
Plus, with her improvements for 2026, she's now specially trained to help you build out your best possible pipeline.
Creative Pros Love Artificial Ilise!
I got sooooo many ideas...
...for prospects from Artificial Ilise and she helped me clarify my ideal client. I Love Artificial Ilise!
Rosa Fierro
DESIGNER
Artificial Ilise really “gets” marketing...
...so much better than the general ChatGPT I use. I love it!
Alice Watts
COPYWRITER
Yes! I’m amazed at Artificial Ilise!!
Also amazed with Ilise, the real deal!!!!!!!
Steve Horn
WEB DESIGNER
Stop Starting Over – Your Client Pipeline is The Key
You’ll know what to do every day and every week to add real prospects to your pipeline – even when life gets busy.
Ongoing Community Support
Even when you have a simple plan to follow, it can be tough to keep it up when you’re going it alone.
That’s why, as an SMP member, you’re invited to my monthly “Office Hours” gatherings with me and everyone from the SMP community.
You’ll learn from the “excellent examples” of creatives who are a few steps ahead – so you can apply their savvy to your own business.
You’ll also get to ask questions and network among fellow creatives in a relaxed, judgment-free setting. (Even introverts love it!)
With SMP, you’ll never have to “go it alone” again.
Here’s what past participants have to say:
“Connecting with others as a solopreneur is my favorite thing.”
“The great thing about tuning in to Office Hours each month is it forces me to re-evaluate and re-energise.”
“I like the Office Hours — I feel like it’s a wrap from the month before and a kick-off for the next month.”
Stop Starting Over – Your Client Pipeline is The Key
You’ll know what to do every day and every week to add real prospects to your pipeline – even when life gets busy.
How the SMP Came About…
Hi, I’m Ilise Benun.
As a coach and mentor to the creatively self-employed for nearly 40 years, I’ve helped thousands of creative professionals learn how to build the businesses and lives they dream of.
After meeting with scads of creative freelancers, teaching countless courses, appearing on-stage, and authoring 7 books on marketing, one thing always rings true:
Marketing works when you do it.
But that’s the thing - most people don’t want to do it.
Because they imagine it’s harder than it actually is. The reality is: marketing that works is very simple.
Over the years, I’ve distilled it down to a system anyone can follow in simple baby steps. With only the marketing tactics that are proven to work… and nothing else to distract you.
That system became my best-selling Simplest Marketing Plan - with the SMP community supporting it!
What Creative Pros Say About Ilise!
I experienced a 34% increase...
...in business sales. But the successes of working with you aren't only the increased sales; it's also the encouragement and confidence that what I do is real. This IS my full-time job. You show me how to have ownership over my life, my work, and my happiness. Ilise, you’re the best.
Maria Guerriero
DESIGNER
I just received news that a proposal I sent last week was accepted!
This is for work I love to do that's also within my niche. I heard of it through a LinkedIn contact (who I never would've connected with if it weren't for SMP). I put the proposal together using tips from SMP. I can 100% say I wouldn't have had this opportunity without this program. Thank you so much, Ilise!
Amy Jahnke
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
In one year, Ilise helped me...
...grow from a confused, frustrated business owner to someone who’s confident, not afraid to take risks, and who has a growing list of success stories to show for it.
Rebekah Mays
GHOSTWRITER
This year, I've had two new clients...
...extended a contract with a retainer client that more than tripled the rate, and connected with a handful of people that could potentially lead to projects.
Cari Lemon
COACH / CONTENT WRITER
This is exactly where I wanted to be:
I wanted a plethora of projects with high quality, loyal clients and bigger budgets. They keep coming back and don’t use anyone else.
Aaron Dougherty
PHOTOGRAPHER
When things get slow...
...and my pipeline starts to dry up – which happens even to veterans like me – I become very “gloom and doom” and I start to panic. But then I stop myself – and I call Ilise.
Bob Bly
COPYWRITER
Community… Action… Accountability…
Here’s Everything You Get with SMP+
The 3 Pillars of The Simplest Marketing Plan
To stay “top of mind” to the kinds of clients you want to work with, your content must speak to their needs. This way, your best prospects will self-select and come looking for more, while naturally weeding out everyone else.
Whether you realize it or not, yours is a relationship business. That’s why networking - in person and online - is so vital to keeping it going. The Simplest Marketing Plan shows you how to find your best prospects so you can meet them, learn what they need and keep in touch - without sounding pushy.
Who would you be most excited to work with? Whoever they are, it’s unlikely they’ll fall in your lap! It’s up to YOU to find them.
The Simplest Marketing Planner shows you how to do that - with AI prompts to help you along the way.
Here’s Everything You Get with The Simplest Marketing Plan (SMP)
My AI-Infused 2026 SMP planner
as a downloadable PDF, packed with videos, fillable worksheets, and more
$197 value
A personal invitation to my live monthly Office Hours sessions
....where I share “excellent examples” that you can borrow for your business, and you can network with fellow creatives
$600 value
24/7 access to my newly improved “Artificial Ilise” A.I. Chatbot
...filled with all of my books, marketing knowledge, and best thinking
$1,489 value
$800 value
Plus, when you join by midnight on Friday, February 20, you’ll also get $490 worth of bonuses!
$ value
Plus, when you join by midnight on Friday, February 20, you’ll also get $490 worth of bonuses!
Plus, you’ll also get $490 worth of bonuses!
A Live Group Onboarding Session with Me
...to show you how everything works together, so you can stay on-task all year long
$100 value
Exclusive Access to the Private SMP Slack Channels
and the full, searchable member directory. Chat with your peers and share ideas about your marketing, your business, and AI
$290 value
My Smart Start Guide
...with checklists and shortcuts, so you’ll know what to do first to start off with big wins
$100 value
TOTAL VALUE: $2,776
Regular Price $197
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$197
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After February 20 the price doubles and the 3 bonuses disappear!
SPECIAL INNER CIRCLE BONUS
Sign up before Midnight TONIGHT, Feb 5, and you also get…
$350 value
NEW! Behind the Brief: Real Talk with Georgiana Dearing
An exclusive session with Marketing Executive, Georgiana Dearing, where you can finally ask everything you’ve wanted to ask - from how creative work is judged… to how much they’re really willing to pay… to what actually wins pitches.