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JFDI with The Two Lauras - For Freelance Social Media Managers — 190 episodes
187: Do This Quarterly To Reduce Overwhelm And Increase Profit As A Social Media Freelancer
186: How to create a group offer in one day
185: Tired of Chasing Clients for Money? Do These Three Things to Get Paid on Time
184: BIG News in The Two Lauras World
183: Hubsy 101: Your Questions Answered!
182: The Real Difference Between Working with High Paying and Low Paying Clients as a Social Media Manager Freelancer [Re-Release]
181: Social Media Marketing is Not an Admin Job [Re-Release]
180: How to Create CTAs That Actually Boost Engagement & Sales
179: WTF Should I Post on Social Media to Get a New Client?
178: Q4’s Most Profitable Niches in Social Media Management
177: The 10-Minute Friday Ritual All Social Media Managers Need
176: Make More Money From People You Already Know
175: Stop Burning Out! How Social Media Managers Can Reduce Overwhelm & Save Their Sanity
174: Behind the Scenes of Hubsy: Our All-In-One Platform for Social Media Managers
173: Let’s Plan Your Best Q4 Ever!
172: Pricing Your Services to ACTUALLY Make Money as a Social Media Manager
171: Starting a Membership as a Social Media Manager: Ideas, Tips for Success & What to Avoid
170: Our WORST Discovery Call Ever… Here’s How You Can Avoid Their Mistakes
169: 3 Ways to Make the Most of Your Lead Magnet
BONUS: Instagram's new features and the CURVEBALL no one saw coming!!
168: Boosted Posts: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly!
167: Reduce Your Tax Bill By Claiming These 6 Expenses
166: The 3 Types of Content You Need to Pin on Social Media
165: 4 Secret Places to Find Content Ideas
164: 3 Critical Ways to Legally Protect Your Business as a Freelancer
163: 8 Essentials a Social Media Manager Needs on Their Website
162: Our Three Biggest Takeaways from Atomicon 2025
161: How to Get New Clients When You Only Have a Small Audience on Social Media [Re-Release]
160: Manage Your Client Relationships for a Stress-Free Summer
159: Get Ready for Summer! Why You Need to Plan Your Content NOW
158: Use Tracking to Prove Your ROI to Clients
157: 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Looking for Ads Management Clients [Re-Release]
156: Why the Algorithm Isn’t Showing Your Content
155: Your Messaging is Confusing Your Audience.
154: Identify Red Flag Clients… Before You Start Working Together!
153: How to Create a Perfect Ad
152: 3 Easy Ways to Maximise Your Best Performing Content
151: Should You Make Controversial Content as a Social Media Manager?
150: BTS: Our Business Retreat & How to Plan Your Own
149: You’re Missing Out on Money by Not Using This Social Media Strategy
148: Make Content Creation Easier
147: Stop Setting Social Media Goals That Don’t Work
146: How to Find Clients In Your Local Area
145: What Happened at Our Recent Roundtable (No, We Weren’t on The Traitors)
144: 7 Ways to Make Sure Your Leads Buy From You
143: Everyone is Bitching About Trial Reels!
142: Can’t Afford to Turn Down Low-Budget Leads? Here’s What to Do
141: Get Your Time Back as a Freelancer
140: We’ve Been Keeping a Secret – It’s the End of an Era
139: Overcome the Fear of Rejection
138: Why You’re Not Attracting Four-Figure Budget Clients
137: What Are You Going to Start/Stop/Continue Doing on Social Media in 2025?
136: Trigger Emotions to Get More Engagement on Your Content
135: Make Life Easier By Using This FREE Tool with Your Clients
134: Social Media Management Will Look Different in 2025: Get Ready For It!
133: Our Life-First Approach to Goal Setting: Get Everything You Want in 2025!
132: A Non-Woo Way to Get Realigned and Have an Epic 2025
131: How to Use a Real-Time Google Doc to Get More Clients
130: 2024’s Social Media Icks: Our (Strong) Opinions on Shoddy Behaviour, Dodgy Trends & Crap Marketing
129: Need More Money? When to Put Your Prices Up as a Social Media Manager
128: How to Find Clients Who Can Pay High Prices
127: Don’t Make These 8 Freelancer Money Mistakes
126: Our Three Secrets to Passive Income Success
125: Behind the Scenes of The Social Media Managers’ Toolkit (+ A Time-Sensitive Bonus!)
124: BTS: Our Instagram Audit Strategy
123: 7 Services to Sell to Make Extra Money from B-Roll Videos
122: Stop Making “How-To” Posts – Create One of These 6 Value-Based Content Types Instead!
121: You’ve Just Signed a New Client - Now WTF Do You Do?
120: Starting a Brand New Social Media Account: What Would We Do?
119: Make Money Creating the One Document All Businesses Need (But Most Don’t Have)
118: Make Money Out of Being Rejected
117: Create Another Revenue Stream by Selling Social Media Group Training and Workshops
116: Run Out of Content Ideas? Here’s 6 Things to Try to Inspire Yourself Again
115: Grow Your Clients’ (and Your Own!) Visibility in 9 Different Ways
114: Should You Start Offering a Threads Service as a Social Media Manager?
113: Three Simple Tweaks to Get More Clients
112: Finding Your Niche to Stand Out More as a Social Media Manager
111: Instil Confidence in Potential Clients Without Guaranteeing They’ll Go Viral
110: Taking Time Off this Summer as a Social Media Manager: Part 2 - Client Relationships and Conversations
109: Taking Time Off this Summer as a Social Media Manager: Part 1 - Content Planning and Getting Ahead
108: Why We Suggest You Dump “Social Media Content Dumps” in the Bin
Everything we know about Meta's new 'pay to play' options & how it affects social media managers
107: Write Better Copy so People Stop the Scroll and Engage with You Instead
106: Use Our Simple Framework to Make More Money as a Social Media Manager
105: Why You Might Want to Rethink Hosting a Giveaway on Social Media
104: Buying Habits Have Changed… Here’s How to Influence Buyers’ Decisions as a Social Media Manager
103: Ethically, Should You Use AI as a Social Media Manager?
102: Win More Clients with a High-Converting Proposal
101: Handling Social Media Backlash and Negative Comments on Your Content
100: Arguments, JFDI Attitudes and Big Business Mistakes
99: Stop Sliding into DMs with Cold Pitches
98: Exactly How to Get Started as a Social Media Manager
97: Increase Your Income Significantly This Year With This One Underrated Change
96: How We Built a Highly Engaged Community in a Facebook Group Without Ever Using the @everyone Tag
95: Dishing the dirt on the “Faceless Marketing” Instagram Trend
94: How to Improve Your Instagram Content to Drive More Engagement and Reach More Customers
93: Why Your Lead Magnet Isn’t Working and What to Do About It
92: Navigating Life and Business with a Breast Cancer Diagnosis with Allison Christie
91: The real difference between working with high paying and low paying clients as a social media manager freelancer
90: How to get new clients when you only have a small audience on social media
89: Can we PLEASE not take these social media icks into 2024?
88: Has this year been a success for you? Let's find out!
87: How to navigate the new era of privacy on social media as a marketer
86: Four common questions social media freelancers have when it comes to Meta ads... and our frank and honest answers!
85: The realities and practicalities of being a freelancer when you have a disabled child - Laura Davis interviews Laura Moore in this behind the scenes episode
84: What should you call your social media business? We discuss your options for naming your business!
83: Stop playing small & have more impact in 2024
82: Don't risk losing your business! Follow these steps to secure your income for the future.
81: How to prove your ROI as a social media freelancer so your clients keep paying you for longer!
80: Where is Your next Client Hiding? 8 Places to Find Your Ideal Social Media Clients
79: How to take time off and still make $$$ in your social media business
78: To Charge or Not to Charge? Navigating the 'Work for Free' question as a freelance social media manager.
77: How to feel more confident going into a discovery call
76: This Month's 'Must-Share' Social Content (Based on a Proven Framework)
75: Maximise Your Black Friday Profits: Proven Strategies to Cash In!
74: How to add affiliate income to your business as a freelance social media manager
73: Do these things BEFORE you launch your course!
72: A simple way to get people on your email list
71: How to generate additional cash in your business
70: What should you actually say in your emails!?
69: Threads! What is it & how to use it as a social media manager.
68: Are you giving off these red flags and putting off potential clients?
67: How to work in social media without it taking over your life.
66: How to choose the perfect scheduling tool
65: How exactly should a freelance social media manager structure their prices?
64: How much money can you make as a freelance social media manager
63: Four ways to get clients (even when you have no experience as a social media manager)
62: Do social media managers need a formal qualification?
61: Building a business as an Instagram coach with Milla Richardson from Pink Storm Social
60: How to stay sane when you work in social media
59: Using TikTok as a service based business with Penny Walker
58: Unlocking Pinterest Potential with Faye Strange
57: Make your website a strong business asset with Tom Garfield
56: Inside intel: 5 Mastermind Retreat Conversations to Elevate Freelancer Growth
55: How to offer content creation as a service with Georgia Williams
54: How to create a 4-week programme
53: Working in a partnership with Marielle Bayliss and Claire Smith
52: Make time & get leads on LinkedIn with Gus Bhandal
51: How and when freelance marketers should fire a client
50: Social media SEO, what is it and why do you need to do it?
49: How to create shareable content for any platform
48: 5 mistakes to avoid when looking for ads management clients
47: Not getting leads? Try these quick tweaks!
46: What to do now to be able to pay yourself a bonus at the end of the year
45: How will AI affect social media managers?
44: How to have an endless supply of content inspiration - for any industry!
43: Why you? The importance of social proof in marketing.
42: Big lessons we're taking from 2022 to take us into 2023
41: 4 strategies to help your business to be discovered in 2023
40: How to get paid on time - with Jemma Crouch
39: Marketing strategies for 2023 from 13 guest experts
38: How to set goals you can actually achieve in 2023
37: How to get more clients without social media marketing!
36: How to build better connections with potential clients so they can't wait to work with you
35: One service you should offer to add an extra £100 to your bank balance every month!
34: How to keep children safe on social media [Interview]
33: Social media marketing is not an admin job
32: 5 Steps To Revolutionise Your Pricing As A Freelance Marketer
31: A simple reporting strategy for retaining clients
30: What happens in Barcelona stays in Barcelona [apart from when it's on a podcast]
29: How to get more potential clients to say YES!
28: Make more money as a social media manager (without having taking on more management clients)
27: We were wrong about LinkedIn!
26: How to sell on social media
25: How to make money in an economic downturn
24: The right way to scale YOUR social media business
23: Scaling your social media business by launching a course
22: Scaling your social media business with a membership
21: Scaling your social media business with digital products
20: Scaling your social media business with an agency model
19: Best (and worst) social media moments of 2021
18: Perception V reality... are people the same online as they are in real life?
17: Should freelance social media managers have a Facebook group?
16: Introducing the no-faff plan
15: Quick cash ideas for social media managers
14: Sell like Adele!
13: Why aren't you getting engagement on your client content?
12: How can you position yourself as the expert when there are so many 'experts' already?
11: The things we wish we could say to those annoying clients (but can't!)
10: Overcoming the fear of starting a business... where we began.
09: How social media managers can prepare for the Christmas period
08: Pricing mistake to avoid as a social media manager
07: How important are aesthetics to a social media marketing strategy?
06: We changed our facebook ads course!
05: The answer to the most commonly asked question in our Facebook group
04: We are OBSESSED with Reels!
03: Our biggest business regret revealed
02: Overcome Your Instagram Hashtag Headaches
01: Welcome to the podcast!
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