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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 ...
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 dem...
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...
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...
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 invol...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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 ...
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.
Minimal Viable Positioning
Our panel discusses what positioning is, why it's important, and how to get started choosing your positioning.
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 ni...
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.
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...
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...
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.