Solopreneurship 2023: Looking forward to the freelancing year

01/06/23 • 33 min

As we transition from 2022 to 2023, the future is bright, for the Future is Freelance show.
Thanks to all the amazing guests who were part of our first year journey, and to the exceptional infrastructure provided by Xolo, we know that solopreneurs are poised to have their most exciting year ever.
This time of year is when we plan, we set intentions, we focus on what means most: what we are grateful for, what we value, what we hope for, for ourselves and the wider world. We explore trends, and relate them to what we have to offer, to how we can differentiate ourselves while simultaneously collaborating as part of a broader movement.
Because we are the changemakers, the wave riders, the trend setters. We have tools at our disposal, like Estonian e-Residency, platforms like Xolo, and a globally connected world in which to operate. While that world faces many challenges today, we have never been better placed to make the best of it.
The future is freelance, and we are it!

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Storytelling for solopreneurs, with Lidia Rumley

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Gather round the campfire everybody, come closer. Because Lidia Rumley wants to tell you a story...

To help you tell YOUR unique story in fact, as a freelancer, a solopreneur - there's something about you which is different from everybody else out there.
Lidia "The Brand Storyteller" can help you find your own individual fairytale.
As freelancers, we're sometimes too close to our own work to find that golden thread, and that's where a branding consultant can be helpful, at any stage. But this conversation with Lidia will leave you with plenty to mull over on your own, as you seek to draw out what makes YOUR brand unique and memorable. When you find the right narrative, you can unlock the true power of story as a universal human need - which transports us to a new world of the imagination.

From two little girls who secretly devoured storybooks when they were supposed to be doing something else, enjoy this conversation between two women who have made storytelling for business part of their chosen life's work, and don't forget to connect with Lidia for further inspiration about defining your freelancing brand:

www.thebrandstoryteller.co.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lidia/
The Brand Storyteller (@thebrandstorytelleruk)

And don't forget that a great business homecoming story awaits your brand at https://xolo.io - the best place to start your Estonian e-Resident business hero's journey, with the support of top tools and a fabulous team 📚

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Freelancing and the tech industry 2023: Forging opportunity from crisis

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In today's show we dig in to the world of tech hiring, in a time where the whole sector has been very unstable.
So many freelancers not only offer tech-related skills, yet more of us work for tech startups and enterprises in other roles, because this industry has always had a broad open mindset to working flexibly and innovatively. But 2022 saw mass layoffs and funding crises, and a flood of new talent on the freelancing scene at least temporarily. Where does this leave us?
Levin Wense , the brains behind specialist hiring platform MVP Match
is optimistic however, and believes that experienced freelancers will contribute significantly to the sector in the year ahead.
Flexibility, pragmatism, and a focus on results, are all things Xolopreneurs bring to the table already. Today, Levin shares some great ideas on how to really optimise your appeal to recruiters, and highlight the attributes needed in the blended workforce, as the industry rebuilds itself and embraces the changes going on in the world at large.
Every freelancer, whatever your skillset, will find this conversation full of insightful gems to boost your business in 2023.

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