From garage band to concert hall for creatives: Brent Weaver on freelancing in the Deep End
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...
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Clients From Hell Podcast
The Clients From Hell podcast is equal parts humorous and helpful as it explores the modern life and times of creative professionals.
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20 of 100 episodesGraduate from freelance to consultant with Michael Zipursky of consultingsuccess.com
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...
Never stop starting: Personal Trainer Adam Bradley on how Creatives can stay healthy
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,...
Manage yourself, make money: Marcel Petitpas on project management for freelancers!
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...
How creatives can crush crowdfunding: Nalin of Crush Crowdfunding
For many of us, crowdfunding holds a certain magical allure. It's the silver bullet, the golden ticket, the decision that can change EVERYTH...
Order ON the menu: Kai Davis on how to productize service for better pay
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...
DO Worry, Be Happy: Ben Lee on maintaining a creative business in pandemic
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...
Hard sell your soft skills: Alison Grade of The Freelance Bible
Alison Grade wrote The Freelance Bible because she saw her students develop skills in their field and then take their first, tentative steps...
Ami Sanyal on how to get your dream gig through your dream mentor
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...
Want great clients? Get social proof! Meg Cumby on the art of client testimonials
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...
Why now is the time to help: Alison K's guide to freelancing in COVID-19
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...
What to do RIGHT NOW: Bryce Bladon and Vernon Southward on freelancing in the COVID crisis
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...
Do good, get paid: Michael Fraser of Grantcrafty on community and values-based business
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...
Overcome the starving artist within: Duane Jones of Art Pays Me
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...
Freelancing around the world: Lynette Adams on house-sitting and work!
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...
From full-time to freelance, again! The return of Bryce Bladon!
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...
How to make movies, freelance style: Wes Anthony of Firehouse Creative
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...
The future of freelance is freelance, but will that future work for freelancers?
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...
Freelance Forgiveness: Mike Tanner and the relationships in our heads
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...
Work/life balance is bogus: Cami Travis-Groves and the secret to work/life harmony
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...