The Business of Freelancing
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Getting Freelancing Leads 101
The Business of Freelancing
11/17/20 • 47 min
Episode Summary
Where can you find leads in the short term if you're in need of work now? What are strategies you can use to find better quality leads? We answer those questions and share resources to help you on your journey to building leadflow and a sustainable business.
Links Mentioned
- The Brain Audit by Sean D'Souza
- Get Clients Now by C. J. Hayden
- Ultimate Sales Machine by Chet Holmes
- The Positioning Manual by Philip Morgan
- Get More Leads by Kai Davis
- Fix This Next by Mike Michaelowicz
- The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan
- Range by David Epstein
Panelists
- Kai Davis
- Marg Reffell
- Meg Cumby
Panel Picks
Each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource, or something else that they're enjoying and recommend you check out:
- The Brain Audit: Why Clients Buy (and Why They Don't) by Sean D'Souza (Kai)
- The One Thing (Marg)
- Freelance Camp (Meg)
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Decision Making with Annie Duke
The Business of Freelancing
10/13/20 • 86 min
Episode Summary
We chat with Annie Duke about her new book How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices, in which she teaches how you can improve your decision making process to ****feel more confident, second-guess yourself less, and ultimately be more decisive and be more productive.
Guest
This episode, we talk with Annie Duke. Annie is a former professional poker player and now a consultant in the decision-making space and the author of Thinking in Bets and the newly released How to Decide.
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Panelists
- Kai Davis
- Jeremy Green
- Meg Cumby
- Reuven Lerner
Panel Picks
Each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource, or something else that they're enjoying and recommend you check out:
- Exist.io app (Kai Davis)
- NYT Cooking subscription (Reuven Lerner)
- Split keyboards (Jeremy Green)
- The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking but Oliver Burkeman (Meg Cumby)
- Cook Unity (Annie Duke)
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Diving into the World of RFPs with Dave Hulsen
The Business of Freelancing
09/01/20 • 52 min
Episode Summary
We talk with Dave Hulsen about the wild world of responding to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and why you may (or may not) want to consider diving into it.
Links
- https://rfp360.com/resources/
- https://twitter.com/rfp360
- Professor Mark Wolters: https://www.youtube.com/c/ProfessorWolters/featured
Guest
This episode, we talk with Dave Hulsen, Co-Founder and the Chief Operating Officer of RFP360, which offers software to streamline the RFP process. Dave has an extensive history of issuing and responding to RFPs as a technology consultant and is "one of the few people that makes a living by loving RFPs."
Panelists
- Reuven Lerner
- Margaret Reffell
- Meg Cumby
Panel Picks
Each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource, or something else that they're enjoying and recommend you check out:
- My Passport Portable External Hard Drive (Margaret Reffell)
- Calendly (Dave Hulsen)
- Max for Live (Jeremy Green)
- The Secret History of the Future and Cautionary Tales (Reuven Lerner)
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Positioning 101 for Freelancers w/ Philip Morgan
The Business of Freelancing
09/13/22 • 48 min
Episode Summary
We talk with Philip Morgan, coach & author of 'The Positioning Manual for Indie Consultants', about specialization & positioning - building a defensive advantage around your business by cultivating rare & valuable expertise.
Links
Guest
Our guest this week is Philip Morgan — He helps indie consultants build an expertise moat through experiential learning. He's got a lot of hands-on experience with:
- Hybrid revenue models that blend digital products with services,
- Writing and publishing books that have generated in excess of $100,000 in direct revenue,
- Using publishing to cultivate a strong point of view, expertise, and authority
- Small-scale research.
Panelists
- Erik Dietrich
- Reuven Lerner
Panel Picks
In each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource, or something else that they're enjoying & recommend you to check out:
- Electric Bike (Philip)
- HitSubscribe Community (Erik), This Article about User Acceptance Testing (Erik)
- Beginners: The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning (Reuven)
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Planning to Scale Your Practice to a Business
The Business of Freelancing
12/13/22 • 50 min
In our final episode, our panel talks about scaling up, whether you should and how to do it:
- Pros and cons of scaling
- What you can do to prep
- Actionable quick tips
Panelists
- Erik Dietrich
- Reuven Lerner
Panel Picks
In each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource or something else that they're enjoying & recommend you to check out:
- Erik: Business Profit 101: A Primer for Freelance Software Developers - DaedTech, The All-In-One People Platform for Payroll, Benefits, HR (gusto.com)
- Reuven: Workona Tab Manager
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Using Profit First in Your Freelancing Business with Baz Baruah
The Business of Freelancing
08/11/20 • 49 min
Our panel talks with Baz Baruah about Profit First — a cash-management system for your business designed by author and entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz. We discuss using the methodology of Profit First to build a reliable business, being a freelancer versus a business owner, and Baz's journey to becoming a Profit First coach.
Links
- https://clientrobot.com
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahoulb/
- https://clientrobot.com/product/how-to-write-proposals-that-convert-into-sales/
- https://profitfirstbook.com
Guest
Baz (Rahoul) Baruah learned many lessons about the mechanics of running a sustainable business during his own journey as a freelance software developer (which included a detour of taking an investment of a half a million pounds). Today, Baz is a Profit First Professional who helps coaches and consultants escape the anxiety and build a business that supports them so they can live their best life.
Panelists
- Kai Davis
- Erik Dietrich
- Meg Cumby
Panel Picks
Each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource, or something else that they're enjoying and recommend you check out:
- Clockwork by Mike Michalowicz (Baz Baruah)
- Hire a financial professional! (Meg Cumby)
- The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber (Erik Dietrich)
- Blog post series on being a business owner as a freelancer (Erik Dietrich)
- Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss (Kai Davis)
- Tribe of Mentors by Tim Ferriss (Kai Davis)
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Preparing Your Freelance Practice: Laying the Groundwork
The Business of Freelancing
09/06/22 • 48 min
In this episode, our panel takes a deep dive into preparing your freelance practice and discusses:
- Their stories of how they got started
- What they would do differently, and
- The things to keep in mind when you're actually starting up your practice
Panelists
- Erik Dietrich
- Reuven Lerner
Panel Picks
In each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource, or something else that they're enjoying & recommend you to check out:
- Books - The Lean Startup, Profit First (Erik)
- Articles - This article about cycle time in software development (Erik)
- Keyboard - The CODE Keyboard (Reuven)
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Building Processes & Productized Services with Brian Casel
The Business of Freelancing
12/08/20 • 51 min
Episode Summary
We talk with Brian Casel, entrepreneur and creator of ProcessKit and Productize & Scale, about how to create systems that bring order to your business and how to productize your services.
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Guest
Our guest this week is Brian Casel — an entrepreneur and product designer who has built multiple self-funded businesses since 2008. Brian runs ProcessKit, a process-driven project management software for client services. He's also Productize & Scale, a community where client services founders learn and grow with productized services.
Panelists
- Kai Davis
- Meg Cumby
Panel Picks
Each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource, or something else that they're enjoying and recommend you check out:
- Guide to new client onboarding (Brian)
- Smartless - podcast (Brian)
- Quickbooks Online - Canada; United States; Choose your country (Meg)
- Audiobooks Norse Mythology and American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Kai)
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Accounting and Finance 101 for Freelancers
The Business of Freelancing
10/26/22 • 44 min
In this episode, our panel will be discussing everything you need to know about accounting & finance:
- What does business finance involve in the early days for a freelancer?
- Should you pay someone to help? If so, when, and for what?
- Taxes, and more
Panelists
- Erik Dietrich
- Reuven Lerner
Panel Picks
In each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource or something else that they're enjoying & recommend you to check out:
- Erik: FreshBooks
- Erik: This post we did for DevZero about cycle time in agile.
- Reuven: Bad Blood: Secrets & Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup | The Shrink Next Door
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Money Psychology & Playing the Long Game with Alex Hillman
The Business of Freelancing
11/10/20 • 68 min
Episode Summary
We talk with Alex Hillman about lessons for freelancers and indie consultants from his recently released book, the Tiny MBA. Alex drops a lot of wisdom in this episode about how to tackle and unpack some of the issues we face with money psychology, playing the long game of business, and more.
Links Mentioned
Guest
This episode we talk with Alex Hillman. For more than 10 years, Alex and his business partner Amy Hoy have run Stacking the Bricks, where they teach creative people how to bootstrap their own businesses and become sustainably independent. Alex is also the co-founder of Indy Hall, Philadelphia's first coworking space. He's always thinking about the intersection of people, relationships, trust and business. Find Alex on Twitter at https://twitter.com/alexhillman
Panelists
- Kai Davis
- Meg Cumby
- Reuven Lerner
Panel Picks
Each episode, the panel (and guest) share their picks: a book, app, service, resource, or something else that they're enjoying and recommend you check out:
- Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra (Meg)
- How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets by Felix Dennis (Kai)
- Lulu - online self-publishing and print-on-demand company; Lulu Xpress - their express print-on-demand service (Alex)
- Land of the Giants podcast (Reuven)
- Make Me Smart podcast (Reuven)
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Business of Freelancing have?
The Business of Freelancing currently has 37 episodes available.
What topics does The Business of Freelancing cover?
The podcast is about Freelancing, Consulting, Entrepreneurship, Freelance, Podcasts, Business and Careers.
What is the most popular episode on The Business of Freelancing?
The episode title 'Building Processes & Productized Services with Brian Casel' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Business of Freelancing?
The average episode length on The Business of Freelancing is 50 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Business of Freelancing released?
Episodes of The Business of Freelancing are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Business of Freelancing?
The first episode of The Business of Freelancing was released on Jul 8, 2020.
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