Origin Stories: Who Are These People In Your Ears?

Get to know more about our panelists, how we got our start in the wild world of freelancing, and why we're chatting to you about the Business of Freelancing.

04 Apr 13:40

Getting Closer to Your Financial Reality with Luke Frye

We talk to Luke Frye, CPA and Co-Founder of Timber Tax, about cash flow forecasting, planning in these uncertain times, and how to get a firmer grasp on your financial reality so you can succeed in your business.

04 Apr 13:40

Thriving in the Passion Economy with Adam Davidson

We talk to Adam Davidson — a business reporter, co-founder of NPR's Planet Money, and author of The Passion Economy: The New rules for Thriving in the 21st Century. We talk about why it's an opportune time to succeed in business by combining your unique passion and your abilities and about how to do it successfully.

04 Apr 13:40

Freelance Horror Stories: Projects Going Terribly Wrong

Our panel shares stories of failures we've had with client projects and how you can avoid similar disasters in your own business.

04 Apr 13:40

Pivoting Your Niche with Marie Poulin

Our guest is Marie Poulin, business strategist and productivity expert, and we chat with her about her journey through many pivots and how to continually pivot your niche in order to best serve your audience.

04 Apr 13:40

Minimal Viable Positioning

Our panel discusses what positioning is, why it's important, and how to get started choosing your positioning.

04 Apr 13:40

Finding Mastermind Groups

Our panel discusses the value of mastermind groups, how to find one, and the black magic it takes to do it well in our experience.

04 Apr 13:40

Using Profit First in Your Freelancing Business with Baz Baruah

Our panel talks with Baz Baruah about Profit First — a cash-management system for your business designed by author and entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz. We discuss using the methodology of Profit First to build a reliable business, being a freelancer versus a business owner, and Baz's journey to becoming a Profit First coach.

04 Apr 13:40

Exploring Burnout

We're going to talk about our experiences with burnout, what are the non-so-obvious signs of burnout, what's worked for us to buffer against it and how we make sure we're taking care of ourselves.

04 Apr 13:39

Bad Client Spidey Sense (The Freelancer Tingle)

Our panel discusses signs that client isn't worth taking on and how you can guard against bad fit clients, saving yourself time and headaches in the process.

04 Apr 13:39

Diving into the World of RFPs with Dave Hulsen

We talk with Dave Hulsen about the wild world of responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and why you may (or may not) want to consider diving into it.

04 Apr 13:39

Onboarding New Clients

Our panel dives into client onboarding — what it means, how we've approached it in our businesses, and how you can customize and improve your onboarding over time.

04 Apr 13:39

Communicating with Your Clients

We're chatting all forms of client communication / account management this week, how to get better at it and make it less awkward — even enjoyable — for everyone involved.

04 Apr 13:39

Proposals 101 for Freelancers

Today our panel chats about proposals — including tips, techniques and tactics we've seen that makes the difference as you grow from freelancer to indie consultant and beyond.

04 Apr 13:39

Decision Making with Annie Duke

We chat with Annie Duke about her new book How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices, in which she teaches how you can improve your decision making process to ****feel more confident, second-guess yourself less, and ultimately be more decisive and be more productive.

04 Apr 13:39

Building Credible Expertise

Our panel chats about what building expertise and becoming an expert looks like as a freelancer or indie consultant and some steps you can take to better build and demonstrate your expertise.

04 Apr 13:39

Writing Sales Pages

Sales pages. As a freelancer or indie consultant, when does it make sense to use them? What's their "job" for your business? How should you approach writing them? How do you handle creating a sales page if you aren't yet specialized in a particular area? Our panel discusses that and more on this week's episode.

04 Apr 13:39

Making Sales Less Painful Through Marketing

Today we'll be discussing sales and marketing and how to use marketing to improve the sales experience as a freelancer.

04 Apr 13:39

Money Psychology & Playing the Long Game with Alex Hillman

We talk with Alex Hillman about lessons for freelancers and indie consultants from his recently released book, the Tiny MBA. Alex drops a lot of wisdom in this episode about how to tackle and unpack some of the issues we face with money psychology, playing the long game of business, and more.

04 Apr 13:39

Getting Freelancing Leads 101

Where can you find leads in the short term if you're in need of work now? What are strategies you can use to find better quality leads? We answer those questions and share resources to help you on your journey to building leadflow and a sustainable business.

04 Apr 13:39

The Elusive Work-Life Balance

We talk about the struggles we face with the ever-present puzzle of balancing work and life as freelancers and indie consultants and the strategies and mindsets we've developed to have some modicum of balance in our lives.

04 Apr 13:39

Using YouTube as a Marketing & Promotion Channel

Thinking about using YouTube for marketing, promotion and audience growth? Our panel talks about our experiences using this channel and what we'd recommend for people considering adding this channel into the mix for their business.

04 Apr 13:39

Building Processes & Productized Services with Brian Casel

We talk with Brian Casel, entrepreneur and creator of ProcessKit and Productize & Scale, about how to create systems that bring order to your business and how to productize your services.

04 Apr 13:39

Climbing the Value Chain & Growing Your Biz

How can you grow your business as a freelancer? Our panel discusses the different paths to grow your business, hiring a team, climbing the value chain, and aligning your growth goals with what you want out of your business.

04 Apr 13:39