One Good Client Is All You Need
from Freedom Lifestyle Hosted by Sam Laliberte
Everyone sees the sabbaticals, the retreats, the nonprofit, the speaking gigs, the podcast. What nobody sees is the one client quietly paying for all of it. I've been self-employed for almost a decade, and almost everything I've built has been made possible by a single B2B retainer client: one company, one consistent payment, every single month for five years. Key Takeaways: What B2B retainer work offers that B2C revenue streams can't The burn rate audit I did when I left my job in 2017 and why still swear by What to actually look for in a client and how to leverage your warm network How to find out if your current employer could become your first freelance client! This is the un-sexy, quiet strategy I still advise freedom seekers on 10 years later! -- Sam Laliberte - entrepreneur, digital nomad and freedom seeker, hosts the Freedom Lifestyle Podcast to expose people to the many ways you can design your dream life and unlock your own version of the freedom lifestyle. Her guests have empowered themselves through flexible work as a way to “have it all” - financial, location AND schedule freedom.
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Everyone sees the sabbaticals, the retreats, the nonprofit, the speaking gigs, the podcast. What nobody sees is the one client quietly paying for all of it. I've been self-employed for almost a decade, and almost everything I've built has been made possible by a single B2B retainer client: one company, one consistent payment, every single month for five years. Key Takeaways: What B2B retainer work offers that B2C revenue streams can't The burn rate audit I did when I left my job i...
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- 0:45 The Client Nobody Sees
- 3:30 B2B vs B2C The Real Difference
- 9:30 Know Your Burn Rate First
- 12:00 The Spending Audit That Changed Everything
- 16:30 What The Right Freelance Client Looks Like
- 19:30 Find Clients In Your Warm Network
- 22:30 Turn Your Current Job Into A Freelance Contract
- 25:00 Why Networking Is Non Negotiable
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