Turning Personal Projects Into Paid Ones with Adam Ashton

Personal projects can have multiple benefits. First, you are scratching your own itch and you are learning along the way. Second, they can lead into additional opportunities. For Adam Ashton, he has started many personal projects: podcasts, courses, and books. In 2020, many of them resulted in paid projects. Adam is the co-host of the 300+ episode What You Will Learn podcast. In 2021, he and his co-host wrote a new book called The Sh*T They Never Taught You. In this episode, you will learn about growing projects, finding clients, and more. Excited for you to Build And Grow your Portfolio Career!

Episode 173 of the Portfolio Career Podcast podcast, hosted by David Nebinski, Adam Ashton, titled "Turning Personal Projects Into Paid Ones with Adam Ashton" was published on July 29, 2021 and runs 36 minutes.

July 29, 2021 ·36m · Portfolio Career Podcast

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Personal projects can have multiple benefits. First, you are scratching your own itch and you are learning along the way. Second, they can lead into additional opportunities. For Adam Ashton, he has started many personal projects: podcasts, courses, and books. In 2020, many of them resulted in paid projects. Adam is the co-host of the 300+ episode What You Will Learn podcast. In 2021, he and his co-host wrote a new book called The Sh*T They Never Taught You. In this episode, you will learn about growing projects, finding clients, and more. Excited for you to Build And Grow your Portfolio Career!

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Personal projects can have multiple benefits. First, you are scratching your own itch and you are learning along the way. Second, they can lead into additional opportunities. For Adam Ashton, he has started many personal projects: podcasts, courses, and books. In 2020, many of them resulted in paid projects. Adam is the co-host of the 300+ episode What You Will Learn podcast. In 2021, he and his co-host wrote a new book called The Sh*T They Never Taught You.

In this episode, you will learn:

- why doing the work is the best way to learn

- how there are different types of paid podcasting projects

- why existing work is the best "proof of work"

As always, this episode with notes is available on my website.

Excited for you to Build and Grow your Portfolio Career!

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