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Freelance Road Trip Podcast — 148 episodes
Why I Freelance
Are The Riches In The Niches? (and changing the podcast title)
Using the Creative Brief as a Roadmap in Your Creative Process (and avoid scope creep)
The Risks Every Freelancer Has To Take
Using AI Ethically In Your Creative Work
Will AI Make You Obsolete?
You Can't Make A Living From Your Talent (or Skills)
Don't Overthink It
Applying Tips, Tactics, and Strategies In Your Freelance Business
Do You Want To Be The Cheapest Option?
When To Walk Away. A Q&A.
Self Promotion Essentials
12 Things They Don't Teach In Design School
Productivity, Time, & Work-Life Integration
Scams and Other Money Traps
Recordkeeping For Freelancers
Task Management Tactics
Professional Practices For Freelance Creatives
Establish Your Value Proposition
An Attitude For Success
Upgrade Your Portfolio With Case Studies
Not Using Contracts? What Could Go Wrong?
Freelancers and Financial Crimes
Up All Night
There Are No Guarantees
How To Negotiate With Clients
What's the Difference Between Marketing and Branding?
How To Thrive In Your Creative Business
The Impact Of AI On Your Creative Business
How To Sell Expertise When You Don't Have Expertise
Form An LLC For The Right Reasons
Sometimes You Have To Pick Up The Phone
Define Your Own Success
Get Your Pricing Structure In Order
How to Have Better Client Meetings
How To Start Freelancing
Reasons To Start Freelancing
Help! I Need More Clients
Mindset Shifts Every Freelance Creative Must Make
Resumés and Portfolios For Freelancers
Are You A Freelancer Or A Business Owner?
Who's In Control?
Sales Taxes, Income Taxes, and Freelance Creatives
How To Protect Your Work During A Creative Review
Make Your Marketing Easier
When Your Client Treats You Like You're Their Employee
How To Crush Those Freelancing Fears
The Value Of Our Creative Work
Helping You Navigate A Changing Landscape
3 Criteria Creatives Use To Solve Business Problems
How To Say No To Problem Clients, Scope Creep, and Bad Ideas
4 Time Management Principles To Transform Your Work Week
What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate
The Designer, the Infographic, and the Unhappy Client
Mark-ups, Minimums, and Managing Money
How To Craft Your Professional Portfolio
Make Your Portfolio A Marketing Tool
Master the Client Discovery Call
10 Red Flag Warnings Freelancers Shouldn't Ignore
Detours Are Not Your Destiny
How To Write Your Business Plan
How To Care For Your Suppliers
Why Strategy Trumps Tactics
Your Client Is Not Your Enemy
5 Practical Steps To Shift From Artist To Owner
Use Creative Briefs To Build Trust
Cultivating Limitless Success
How The PRO Act Will Make Life Worse For Freelancers
Budgeting Smarts For Freelancers
Contracts, Spec Work, and the Friends & Family Plan
Does Formal Design Education Matter?
Why the PRO Act Should Scare You
Things They Don't Teach You In Design School
For Better Results Add Pliability To Your Planning
Should Freelancers Work With Family and Friends?
Better Clients Through Filtering
Aesthetics, Your Clients, and You
How Setting Goals Helps You Succeed
Don't Fall For This Scam
12 Rules For Freelance Success
7 Things You Must Do To Start Freelancing
Is It Time For A Rest Stop?
How To Listen To Your Clients
Planning For A Prosperous Year
Why Clients Don't Pay
Project Management For Creative Freelancers
Why Clients Leave
This Will Keep You Going
4 Keys To Success for Freelance Creatives
Ethics, Motives, and Responsible Creativity
Are You Idling? Or Accelerating?
Do Freelancers Have The Right To Work?
This Is Entirely The Wrong Approach
Pricing Tip: When Should You Name Your Price?
Price, Value, and Anchoring
Pricing Your Creative Services
Are Creativity and Business Really Compatible?
You Can't Enforce Boundaries You Haven't Set
3 Questions To Ask In Your Marketing Reset
Let's Talk About Money
Why Freelancers Need To Go Bold
You're Never Really Out Of Ideas
Are You Your Client's Cheapest Option?
Is It Demeaning To Call Yourself A Freelancer?
Do You Have A Profit Motive?
How To Communicate Your Value To Get Better Clients
Self-Promotion Strategies for Freelance Creatives
Are Local Business Listings Good For Getting Business?
Should You Charge for Your Work During a Crisis?
When Clients Ask For Your Working Files
10 Items On My Don't-Do-It List
Of Discounts, Charge Backs, and Junk Drawer Design
How To Downshift When Things Go Downhill
7 Things you must do to start your freelance business
How To Respond Creatively To Crisis
How To Build a Better Portfolio
It's All In Your Head
How's That AB5 Thing Goin' For Ya?
Working For Free Is Not A Sustainable Business Model
First Impressions Happen On Both Sides of the Table
Q&A: Sketchy Prospects, Side Gigs, and Getting Paid
Unpacking the Freelance Contract
Four More Contracts Creative Freelancers Need To Know
Why You Should Always Get It In Writing
Got Clients? Use Contracts!
A 5-Point Tune-up for Your Freelance Business
Do You Want To Succeed? Make A Plan!
The Difference Between Leads and Referrals
Are You Idling Or Accelerating?
Word Of Mouth Marketing Is Bad For Business
Stop Believing These Limiting Lies
A Vocabulary Lesson For Your Freelance Business
What Business Owners Do That Most Freelancers Don't (but should)
The Golden Rule of Freelancing
What California's AB 5 Means For Your Freelance Business
The CASE Act plus Why You Should Avoid Spec Work
Do Business, Not Favors. Make Scope Creep Work In Your Favor.
The Designer and the Relief Pitcher
How To Go From Being A $25/hour Freelancer to Being a $100/hour Freelancer
Business Networking For Introverts and Everyone Else
10 Ways To Keep Good Clients
How To Get Clients To Pay You
5 Stages of Client Loyalty
Are You Making These Contract Mistakes?
Some Questions Really Are Stupid plus Essentials for an Effective Portfolio
Practices, Principles, Passion, and Profit
Do You Want Fries With That?
Change Your Mindset