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The Clients From Hell podcast is equal parts humorous and helpful as it explores the modern life and times of creative professionals.

The difference between playing in the garage and playing in an arena is one of finding your audience. Sure, you can stay in your garage and...

The difference between a "freelancer" and a "consultant" is very fine. In many ways, it's just a shift in philosophy, but it can yield great...

Working from home is the new reality, and with it comes a very, VERY sedentary lifestyle. Without having to leave your house to do anything,...

Whether you're a designer, a programmer, an illustrator, or a writer, if you work for yourself you are on some level a project manager. It c...

For many of us, crowdfunding holds a certain magical allure. It's the silver bullet, the golden ticket, the decision that can change EVERYTH...

If you've ever written a detailed, thoughtful proposal only to have a client glance at it and reject it right away, you know that having to...

We're all going through A LOT right now, and it's not always easy to stay on track with your business, or even your creative practice. In th...

Alison Grade wrote The Freelance Bible because she saw her students develop skills in their field and then take their first, tentative steps...

If you're in the habit of combing job postings, you might have come across your dream job, got excited, applied and then... didn't hear back...

You can be great at what you do, but if you can't convince your clients that you are, you're not going to get the jobs you want. That's why...

It's easy to get bogged down in feelings of anxiety and sadness right now, which makes it a perfect time to look outside and see what you ca...

COVID-19 has changed EVERYTHING, including the landscape of freelance work in the world. A team of Clients From Hell All Stars (host Kyle Ca...

We all want to change the world, don't we? We'd like to leave things better than they were without us, but it's so hard to work full-time an...

You have to suffer for your art. If you truly care about something, you'd do it for free. Great artists aren't recognized in their lifetimes...

The great thing about remote work is you can travel while doing it. Of course, we all know we CAN, but how many of us actually pull up stake...

Life is full of changes. One moment you can be a freelancer, the next you can be working full-time for one of the most exciting blockchain p...

Making movies is hard. You need to be a combination director, camera person, sound designer, project manager and so much more. To do it succ...

It will, if we start taking the right steps NOW. Adam Roach and Anya Switzer started LANCE, a freelancing solutions network in Canada in ord...

It's a familiar feeling. You overpromised a client on deliverables and got overwhelmed with work, or family stuff came up, or you hit a wall...

It's the middle of winter, and a massive tree just crashed down on your house. What do you do? It happened to Cami Travis-Groves, and she kn...

Do you have an assistant? Should you? Look at what you have to do today; how much of it is what you want your job to be, and how much of it...

Balancing a passion for art and a talent for business isn't always the easiest, but it can be done. Just look at Julia Kelly, who turned a p...

It's the 21st Century. Chances are you're feeling overwhelmed right now. If you are, listen to this interview with The Freelance Conference'...

Don't you just hate talking about money with clients? Either you're quoting WAY too low, or you're putting out a number that makes you feel...

Client relationships break down. It's a bummer, but it happens. But what causes it? Wes Jones has been a project manager both with agencies...

It's rough out there these days. Sometimes, you have to make your own good. That's what Maddy Osman was thinking when she created a scholars...

Freelancers everywhere experience the same problems. Deadbeat clients who won't pay their wages. Economic precarity. The knowledge that if y...

Working freelance can be lonely. That was exactly what Julie Cortés found when she started her freelance copywriting business years ago - so...

What does it take to create a successful business? Are there any tricks? Are people with great products dark sorcerers, or did they just get...

We hear constantly that we should "be ourselves" and "be authentic." The only problem is when most people tell us that, they're telling us t...

Running your own business or freelancing means juggling everything in your life at all times. The hustle is hard, but it gets exponentially...

Are you constantly exhausted? Do you find yourself staring at the computer screen struggling to finish projects that should be easy? Burnout...

Content strategy is key for establishing your authority in the market. If your clients know you're the expert on what you do, they'll be hap...

When pitching your work, most creative freelancers sell their skills or their services. However, the key to landing big clients is to show t...

The key to success in freelancing is realizing how to find the right clients - the people who are not only great to work with, but actually...

Value-based pricing is the holy grail of freelancing. It's how you make a lot of money by showing your clients that you can give them result...

What's keeping YOU from being creative? Discipline? Scheduling? Good old fashioned "writer's block"? Todd Brison has made a name for himself...

If you want to succeed as a freelancer, you can't compete for scraps. That's the message that Kaylee White of Kaylee Writes puts forth in he...

Stephen Warley of Life Skills That Matter believes that the key to being happy and successful is knowing yourself. Unfortunately, self-refle...

At her company Louder Than Ten, Rachel Gertz teaches people how to manage projects; that means getting people on board, on task, and on mess...

It's 2019 and that means you've at least thought about having a New Year's resolution! How does working more efficiently and freeing up two...

Today's episode is with none other than Vernon Southward, the owner and operator of (gasp!) Clients From Hell itself! Kyle tries not to offe...

As a freelancer, life comes at you fast; that's why it's a good idea to create a product to generate a passive income stream for those littl...

Whew! It's been a bit. We're back with the return of Ami Sanyal, a freelance photographer who recently upgraded his business to a full marke...

Matt Inglot's Tilted Pixel is a thriving web design business that Matt runs all by himself. That wasn't always the case - he used to run a s...

The Freelancer's Union is a non-profit that is dedicated to advocating for freelancers and solopreneurs everywhere, and Caitlin Pearce is it...

Heidi Weinberg, AKA Sew Heidi, loves what she does. She's built a career as a freelance fashion designer, imagining and then making clothes...

Plants are easy to take care of. If you feed them the right things and give them the right amount of water, they absolutely will grow and th...

Working for yourself presents a number of rewards but it also presents hurdles. Jeanne Yocum's new book, The Self Employment Survival Guide...

Today's guest Olga Mizrahi is a designer , a career keynote speaker , and recently, an expert and published author on the gig economy ! The...