Future Is Freelance
Maya Middlemiss
This show is for freelancers, sole traders, solopreneurs, digital nomads, consultants, and anyone who defies categorization while making a living outside the traditional employee-employer relationship — for the fiercely independent operator, wherever you are. The freelancing revolution is already well underway, and we're bringing you insight and inspiration from the frontiers of freelancing, to help you build a borderless business and live life on your terms.
...more
All episodes
Best episodes
Top 10 Future Is Freelance Episodes
Best episodes ranked by Goodpods Users most listened
09/09/22 • 37 min
Life and work have never been more integrated than they are today, and the coliving phenomenon is the ultimate expression of this.
Offering unique opportunities for solopreneurs and all digital nomads to find the right place to live and work in a new environment, coliving centres ensure everything you could possibly need is right at hand - including a community of fellow travellers, to instantly connect with and get to know.
But there's a lot that goes into creating an effortless-looking experience, and today's podcast guest Leah Ziliak has created a bespoke consultancy to help businesses do just this. Digital nomads are not tourists, their needs are very different - but they're looking for quality, reciprocal experiences in new places, and they're bringing an income with them. Get it right, and they'll stay awhile, and tell their friends... So making them welcome in style is a win-win for all.
We loved this case history in designing a unique service around a personal passion and experience, and identifying an under-served and timely niche lifestyle business possibility - so there are lessons for every solopreneur to absorb here about transferable skills and opportunity spotting. Finding new ways to combine established experience with changing global trends, to create a work/life style that truly fulfils personal passions, is insight we can all value.
Leah Ziliak - The Coliving Consultant
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leahziliak/
https://www.instagram.com/colivingconsultant/
www.colivingconsultant.com
www.colivingcompass.com
The Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io - and right now, you can try our flagship Xolo Leap product for free for 3 months! https://www.xolo.io/zz-en/leap - ample time to check out your favourite coliving spot for maximum frictionless solopreneur productivity!
Let us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voice-note, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/
You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too!
Check out the Remote Work Europe community, and if you enjoy Maya's writing, the new Remote Echoes Substack 🌟 ✨ and publications store 📚
Make sure you grab our fabulous LinkedIn Guide to level up your remote freelance success, and we'll see you next week,
Here's to your own freelance future 🤩
09/09/22 • 37 min
Scaling for solopreneurs, with 'Freedom Geek' Imogen Cook
Future Is Freelance
08/26/22 • 41 min
Have you ever wished you had more hours in the day, or that some of the less inspiring, yet essential tasks in your business would go away?
Today's guest Imogen Cook has found a great solution for this, through tactical outsourcing to professional virtual assistants in the Philippines - a solution which not only helped her to grow her original business, it led to a completely new one helping others to do the same.
Through The Freedom Geek, Imogen helps businsesses all over the world to create expert niche teams - while simultaneoulsy creating lucrative careers for Filipino professionals in a wide range of disciplines.
But as well as providing a done-for-you hiring solution through her agency, Imogen also shares lots of excellent advice on how to approach this strategy on a DIY basis - defining a role, creating a robust application and screening process, and training and delegating effectively.
And if you're not sure what you COULD delegate, there's a few ideas to pique your interest over at
The Freedom Geek 500 Tasks You Can Delegate
And don't forget, the best way to remove unnecessary busy work in your business before you delegate, is by trying Xolo Leap! And right now, you can check out the flagship Xolo Leap Pro service for 3 months free, the ultimate business launchpad.
The Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io
Let us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voice-note, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/
You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too!
Check out the Remote Work Europe community, and if you enjoy Maya's writing, the new Remote Echoes Substack 🌟 ✨ and publications store 📚
Make sure you grab our fabulous LinkedIn Guide to level up your remote freelance success, and we'll see you next week,
Here's to your own freelance future 🤩
08/26/22 • 41 min
Creating digital nomad communities, with Gonçalo Hall from NomadX
Future Is Freelance
08/05/22 • 42 min
When your lifestyle means you travel all the time, what do you look for in a destination? And what does it mean to feel like you're 'coming home'?
Today's guest Gonçalo Hall knows that digital nomads seek community and connectedness, alongside their next adventure - and when you don't live in a fixed location, that sense of community matters more than ever.
NomadX is combining the persistence and permanence of a digital community, with a growing network of physical communities - places that digital nomads can find the accommodation and infrastructure they need to do their work, but can also find those less tangible things we all need. Other people who understand you, events which immerse you in the local culture, and ways to connect, share, and give back. As Gonçalo has memorably explained it, "people don't move from one place to another, they move from one community to another" - and NomadX make that easy, sustainable, and enjoyable.
From Madeira to Cape Verde, via Brazil, Switzerland, and a dozen more pins on the map, you can find your tribe wherever you go. And that tribe is changing, differentiating, and growing all the time.
Keep up with Gonçalo wherever he goes, at
https://www.nomadx.com/ and on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/goncalohall/
The Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io - and right now, you can try our flagship Xolo Leap product for free for 3 months! https://www.xolo.io/zz-en/leap.
Meanwhile, this show is taking a 4-week break now, and returning to your podcast queue on September 9th. So, make sure you subscribe or follow in your app of choice, so you don't miss the start of Season Two 😎
Let us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voice-note, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/
You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too!
Check out the Remote Work Europe community, and if you enjoy Maya's writing, the new Remote Echoes Substack 🌟 ✨ and publications store 📚
Make sure you grab our fabulous LinkedIn Guide to level up your remote freelance success, and we'll see you next week,
Here's to your own freelance future 🤩
08/05/22 • 42 min
Financially sustainable travel, with 'The Professional Hobo' Nora Dunn
Future Is Freelance
07/29/22 • 36 min
At this time of year we may all be dreaming of exotic destinations - but for Nora Dunn travel is a way of life.
Her almost 17 years on the road have taken her to some incredible places, and you definitely need to check out her website and socials if you're getting itchy feet. But the most important thing is that Nora has figured out how to do all of this while balancing the budget - adapting her destinations, lifestyle, and activities, to ensure she can do everything she wants, without overspending or debt.
So if you've ever contemplated the digital nomad lifestyle but considered it out of reach, or have no idea how to really live like a local and not a tourist whatever your destination, you'll find Nora's advice invaluable. From technical tricks to mindset shifts, every freelancer will learn something new from the Professional Hobo...
Just remember to send us a virtual postcard, wherever you end up!
Keep in touch with Nora at:
https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/freegift/
https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com
https://www.youtube.com/NoraDunn
https://www.facebook.com/TheProfessionalHobo
https://twitter.com/hobonora
https://www.instagram.com/theprofessionalhobo/
Let us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voice-note, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/
You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too!
Check out the Remote Work Europe community, and if you enjoy Maya's writing, the new Remote Echoes Substack 🌟 ✨ and publications store 📚
Make sure you grab our fabulous LinkedIn Guide to level up your remote freelance success, and we'll see you next week,
Here's to your own freelance future 🤩
07/29/22 • 36 min
Business minimalism for productive calm, with Saskia Mardi
Future Is Freelance
07/22/22 • 40 min
Minimalism. The very word feels serene, and an antidote to stress and busy-ness.
But what is BUSINESS minimalism, and why does it matter?
Today's guest, Saskia Mardi, was described by a client as 'The Marie Kondo' of business, and she helps her coaching clients defeat overwhelm and move from chaos to calm. Working with online entrepreneurs worldwide individually and in groups, she provides accountability and motivation, alongside practical strategies and reflective exercises.
It all starts with getting to the heart of your purpose, and getting rid of what does not serve you - and Saskia not only creates and shares a lot of excellent free content to support everyone on their journey to business minimalism, she offers some great tips to listeners today.
So, ignore Maya's croaky voice (that virus is definitely not 'sparking joy'), and listen to Saskia's wise words, to help you achieve more of what matters in your business and your life.
Follow Saskia at:
https://www.instagram.com/saskiamardi/
www.saskiamardi.com
Lose the friction in your business by trying Xolo Leap! The Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io - and right now, you can try our flagship Xolo Leap product for free for 3 months! https://www.xolo.io/zz-en/leap
Let us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voice-note, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/
You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too!
Check out the Remote Work Europe community, and if you enjoy Maya's writing, the new Remote Echoes Substack 🌟 ✨ and publications store 📚
Make sure you grab our fabulous LinkedIn Guide to level up your remote freelance success, and we'll see you next week,
Here's to your own freelance future 🤩
07/22/22 • 40 min
Get a black belt in TikTok, with ‘Modern Samurai’ Matt Stait
Future Is Freelance
07/15/22 • 41 min
Matt Stait transformed his life through martial arts - but like so many in our amazing Xolopreneur community, his freelance career has taken him in various unanticipated directions. From his own championship achievements, he has found new ways to inspire audiences beyond those who can attend his gym in the UK, by mastering online publishing.
In demand as a speaker, consultant, and author, Matt has achieved great success recently with short-form video content, which is the perfect medium for him to educate and share the skills he has developed - on Youtube Shorts, Reels, and TikTok.
Today, Matt generously shares his insights into mastering this new medium, and unpacks the skills he teaches other businesses, when they want to create and grow a TikTok presence from scratch. So, if you're even remotely curious about what all the fuss is about, and/or whether you should be on TikTok yourself, you'll want to listen hard to today's episode.
Matt is definitely not a lipsyncing teenager, but there's a lot more to this fast-growing platform than that these days.
Catch up with Matt online:
https://www.facebook.com/matt.stait.5/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-stait/
https://www.tiktok.com/@modernsamuraima?lang=en
www.differentthink.co.uk
www.modernsamurai.online
And remember that the Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io - and right now, you can try our flagship Xolo Leap product for free for 3 months! https://www.xolo.io/zz-en/leap
Support the showLet us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voice-note, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/
You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too!
Check out the Remote Work Europe community, and if you enjoy Maya's writing, the new Remote Echoes Substack 🌟 ✨ and publications store 📚
Make sure you grab our fabulous LinkedIn Guide to level up your remote freelance success, and we'll see you next week,
Here's to your own freelance future 🤩
07/15/22 • 41 min
Freelancing in a crisis: Tactics for resilience and agility, with Maya Middlemiss
Future Is Freelance
07/08/22 • 35 min
Freelancing as a company-of-one is a great way to live - flexible, versatile, and autonomous.
But, as a solopreneur, you have different vulnerabilities, when unexpected change happens. Have you ever thought about how you'd cope, if something came up and you simply couldn't work as normal, if your whole world shifted overnight?
Or what if your client had a crisis, which directly impacted on your work together? What kind of relationship have you really established? Because there are other kinds of crises that affect the whole world at once, as we all know. If you can't prepare for unknown unknowns, how can you future-proof your income and lifestyle, when there's no in-house team to have your back?
As freelancers, we are usually more diversified than employees, in terms of our income and activities, and we're also used to change. That's a superpower we can use, to keep up with a changing world, and support our clients and associates through changes too.
Your podcast host Maya Middlemiss has rolled with some big shifts during her freelance career, from the global ones you all know about to individual family challenges, and she's learned a thing or two about positioning a solopreneur career for resilience - not just because she writes and researches future tech trends.
Nobody knows what the future holds, but you can face better than most, if you expect a state of flux, and keep one eye on the horizon.
You can keep up with Maya's projects and publications here,
The Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io - and right now, you can try our flagship Xolo Leap product for *free* for 3 months - the perfect home for your resilient, future-proof, location-independent business.
Let us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voice-note, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/
You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too!
Check out the Remote Work Europe community, and if you enjoy Maya's writing, the new Remote Echoes Substack 🌟 ✨ and publications store 📚
Make sure you grab our fabulous LinkedIn Guide to level up your remote freelance success, and we'll see you next week,
Here's to your own freelance future 🤩
07/08/22 • 35 min
Success on Upwork: Freelance platform strategies, with Kelley Kemple
Future Is Freelance
06/30/22 • 42 min
Many freelancers are drawn to platform like Upwork to find success at the start of their solopreneur journeys, but many fail to crack the code: ending up disillusioned with a race to the bottom on costs, or finding it impossible to successfully pitch for gigs - never mind reaching the point of having the right work (at the right price) come to find them directly.
Today’s guest, graphic designer Kelley Kemple, has worked out viable strategies for making Upwork work - and today she generously shares them with listeners, to help you succeed too, whatever your hustle. By shifting mindset to recognise the potential of Upwork as a market full of people who are ready to hire, she approaches things differently to many suppliers. And her actionable tips will be invaluable for anyone striving to do what she has done (and will be equally applicable on other similar platforms too,)
Kelley also shares her story of transitioning from working in a corporate job, turning her side hustle into her main job, and the role Upwork played in her being able to do that. She now runs her own business, Hidden Path Creative, a company specialised in brand identity, packaging and web design.
Find Kelley and her company here:
https://www.hiddenpathcreative.com/
https://www.pinterest.com/hiddenpathcreative/
https://www.facebook.com/HiddenPathCreative
https://www.instagram.com/hiddenpathcreative/
The Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io - and right now, you can try our flagship Xolo Leap product for *free* for 3 months! https://www.xolo.io/zz-en/leap
Let us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voice-note, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/
You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too!
Check out the Remote Work Europe community, and if you enjoy Maya's writing, the new Remote Echoes Substack 🌟 ✨ and publications store 📚
Make sure you grab our fabulous LinkedIn Guide to level up your remote freelance success, and we'll see you next week,
Here's to your own freelance future 🤩
06/30/22 • 42 min
Taking off with TEFL: Niche success in teaching English, with Russ Pearce
Future Is Freelance
06/24/22 • 43 min
Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) is an attractive route to freelancing - and an easy option for anyone who was lucky enough to be born a native speaker of the global tongue for business and communications.
But making a decent hourly rate is challenging, with a proliferation of platforms and marketplaces, and varied levels of qualification and experience required.
Today we talk to a solopreneur who has not only made a career success of specialised English teaching, he has created a great lifestyle as well, and travelled the world. Combining unique niche industry knowledge with a commitment to professional development, Russ Pearce is proof that TEFL can truly take you places, in every sense.
What could you do, to leverage native linguistic advantage, alongside personal career experience and subject matter expertise? The sky's the limit (especially if, like Russ, you're an aviation specialist.). He even has time to write a great travel blog too - www.anythingbutpaella.com - as he explores the lesser known parts of his chosen home in Spain.
The Future Is Freelance podcast is brought to you by https://xolo.io - and right now you can try our flagship Xolo Leap product for *free* for 3 months! https://www.xolo.io/zz-en/leap
Let us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voice-note, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/
You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too!
Check out the Remote Work Europe community, and if you enjoy Maya's writing, the new Remote Echoes Substack 🌟 ✨ and publications store 📚
Make sure you grab our fabulous LinkedIn Guide to level up your remote freelance success, and we'll see you next week,
Here's to your own freelance future 🤩
06/24/22 • 43 min
Financial freedom for freelancers, with financial coach Shlomo Freund
Future Is Freelance
09/23/22 • 35 min
Are you a freelancer who is totally on top of your finances, from cashflow to long-range planning and investments? What about your net worth?
If so, congratulations and scroll on by - you'll learn nothing, from this conversation with Shlomo Freund, creator of Free Financial Self!
But for the rest of us, listen up, because Shlomo specialises in helping freelancers, remote workers, and digital nomads get a grip on their money - and make sure they have enough of it to achieve their goals in the long term, and master day-to-day income and expenditure in the meanwhile.
Overcoming your financial hangups and getting to grips with this stuff will alter your mindset to, towards a longer-term focus - something all of us gig-driven freelancers could learn from,
Here are Shlomo's socials and links:
https://www.freefinancialself.com.
https://shlomofreund.gumroad.com/l/lmkyv
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shlomofreund
https://www.facebook.com/shlomo.freund
https://twitter.com/FreundShlomo
https://youtube.com/freefinancialself
https://instagram.com/freefinancialself
So you can get started on the new financially-sorted you, as soon as you finish listening.
Let us know what you think, and what subjects you'd enjoy hearing about in future, just message our host Maya Middlemiss, or drop us a message, review, or voice-note, over at https://www.futureisfreelance.xyz/
You can support the Future is Freelance podcast by leaving a rating and review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. It’s a chance to tell us what you love about the show, and it helps others discover it, too!
Check out the Remote Work Europe community, and if you enjoy Maya's writing, the new Remote Echoes Substack 🌟 ✨ and publications store 📚
Make sure you grab our fabulous LinkedIn Guide to level up your remote freelance success, and we'll see you next week,
Here's to your own freelance future 🤩
09/23/22 • 35 min
Show more
Show more
FAQ
How many episodes does Future Is Freelance have?
Future Is Freelance currently has 59 episodes available.
What topics does Future Is Freelance cover?
The podcast is about Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Freelance, Podcasts, Business and Careers.
What is the most popular episode on Future Is Freelance?
The episode title 'A vision for better life-work experiences, with Coliving Consultant Leah Ziliak' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Future Is Freelance?
The average episode length on Future Is Freelance is 39 minutes.
How often are episodes of Future Is Freelance released?
Episodes of Future Is Freelance are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Future Is Freelance?
The first episode of Future Is Freelance was released on Apr 28, 2022.
Show more FAQ
Show more FAQ
Comments
0.0
out of 5
No ratings yet