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The Freelance Economy

The Freelance Economy

Kim Merritt, The URL Dr.

Learn how to make six figures plus from home, doing what you love. The Freelance Economy is for freelancers, entrepreneurs and small business owners who want to be more successful online. Serial entrepreneur, Kim Merritt, The URL Dr., shares strategies to start and grow your freelancing efforts and small business. She is a Top Rated Plus freelancer on Upwork and will give you the secret tips and tricks for dominating the online freelance platforms. Guests include freelancers, entrepreneurs, consultants, CEOs, and much more. Episodes are 30 minutes long and released every Monday. Also available to view as a Vlog on YouTube.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best The Freelance Economy episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to The Freelance Economy for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite The Freelance Economy episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

The Freelance Economy - Female Freelancers Over 50

Female Freelancers Over 50

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11/16/20 • 34 min

Are you a woman over 50 who would love to start her own business or side hustle? Today's podcast is for you. Kim talks to Susan Tormollen, a marketer with decades of experience working in corporate America, who took the plunge recently to start her own businesses. Kim and Susan discuss how the pandemic and other factors are contributing to workers over 50 losing their mainstream jobs and being forced into early retirement. Freelancing and starting a side hustle is about financial freedom and empowering women (and men) to take control of their future. Learn the benefits of being over 50 and starting your own business, including taking advantage of the network of friends, family, and colleagues you've built for decades. It's never too late to start something new.

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Bill Litster, founder of Better Biz Info, and a Master Level Certified Profit First professional talks to Kim about the biggest problems small business and freelancers have with money management.
The Profit First system, created by Mike Michalowicz, combines a unique process of paying out profit to the business owner first and dividing remaining cash into multiple bank accounts to pay bills and save money for tax time, similar to the envelope system your grandmother used to run her household. Bill talks about the danger in using bank balance accounting to get a pulse on a business' finances and how much money they have to spend.
Bill combines 25 years of real-world business and accounting experience having owned and operated several small businesses, in addition to consulting with hundreds of small and large companies, including NASA, Boeing, Dow Chemical, and the US Navy. More on Bill and Better Biz Info can be found at https://betterbizinfo.com/

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The Freelance Economy - Website Accessibility: What You Need To Know
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03/08/21 • 31 min

When your website is designed to be accessible to all people, you will reach more customers, reduce liability, and increase conversion rates. Amber Hinds joins Kim to discuss how not to get sued over ADA compliancy issues and how to create a great website experience for your visitors. Learn about accessibility requirements and how to protect yourself with Equalize Digital's free Accessibility Checker. A free WordPress plugin is available to help web developers and content mangers stay in compliance. Website accessibility affects every freelancer and small business owner that has a website. Don't miss this episode! Visit https://equalizedigital.com/ for more information on the Accessibility Checker and WordPress plugin.

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The Freelance Economy - When You Don't Know What to Expect Next
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10/05/20 • 34 min

What do you do when the unexpected happens? A market disappears. A new competitor shows up and takes your business away. A pandemic happens and your sales dry up. It's time to pivot and pivot quick. Today's episode features Kim x 2 with guest Kim Sherman-Labrum of the Boise Idaho SBDC. Kim has been helping small business pivot and build new markets as an SBDC counselor for more than a decade. Get ideas on how to thrive during difficult times and grow your business instead of losing it. Kim shares different methods of selling products and services online to increase market share. She also discusses Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) and how they can help small businesses and freelancers get started and grow through a variety of free services and free counseling.

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The Freelance Economy - Tales of a Freelancing Newbie

Tales of a Freelancing Newbie

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01/25/21 • 34 min

When Lexie Robles lost her job during the pandemic, things could have gotten dire. Instead, she turned it into an opportunity to start her own business and start freelancing. If you've ever thought of freelancing as a part or full-time job, you're going to want to listen to this episode of "The Freelance Economy." Kim and Lexie talk about her experiences as a "freelancing newbie" and what her list of to-do's were when she was just starting out. Kim discusses initial marketing ideas and social media networks to promote your freelancing activities on. Freelancing has really worked for Lexie and she's a great inspiration to others new to freelancing.

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The Freelance Economy - The Challenges of Freelancing As A Parent
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01/18/21 • 32 min

Tiffany Jones began freelancing after she had a baby and realized that she needed much more freedom and flexibility in her schedule. When she realized how freelancing positively impacted her life and her family's, she decided to teach other parents how to make the transition from traditional employment. Tiffany cofounded The Kenza Collective, a platform designed to inspire, empower, and educate parents who work for themselves. Kim and Tiffany discuss the challenges in 2021, freelancing from home as a parent. Having children in your work space brings a whole new set of challenges to freelancing. They talk about setting boundaries, time management, finding support, and running a freelancing business. Tiffany also talks about her new course for freelancing parents, "You Can Do This" that lays out a workable plan to get started. If you're a parent and you work from home, you won't want to miss this episode of The Freelance Economy!

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The Freelance Economy - Reimagining Yourself With Purpose
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12/02/20 • 33 min

Kim welcomes her self-confessed soul sister, Gila Kurtz, co-founder and President of Dog Is Good, to the podcast to discuss reimagining yourself and your business in times of chaos. Kim and Gila have together spent more than fifty years in the retail industry, and currently both have retail businesses in the pet space. With newly imagined lifestyles and changed consumer buying habits due to COVID-19, the retail industry has faced challenges. Hear how Kurtz has pivoted her company to create new revenue streams and ways of doing business, while maintaining a zest for life and a super positive attitude with DIG Direct. She also shares how she transformed her best selling book, "Fur Covered Wisdom," into a new business model that focuses on empowering women through awareness, letting go, pursuing with purpose, habits, and accelerating the process. Don't miss a conversation that will excite the entrepreneur and freelancer in all of us.

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The Freelance Economy - How to Bring Your Goals to Fruition
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11/24/20 • 33 min

If you feel overwhelmed with work and the isolation of working alone has got you crawling the walls, join Kim as she talks to organization and project strategy expert, Sarah Duran, CEO of Fruition Initiatives. Sarah is a certified Disruption Advisor Coach and works with educators, entrepreneurs, and leaders to help them turn their ideas into action. She specializes in helping people who work remotely get more organized and productive. Kim and Sarah discuss how to take control of work/life balance using time management, email management, automation, and utilizing freelancers. Sarah talks about some of her favorite productivity tools that can transform email inbox nightmares and can eliminate you asking clients for the same things, over and over again. She also discusses her new course, "Running Your Business Instead of Letting It Run You," available on her website FruitionInitiatives.com.

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Kyle Dammann has propelled several brands to become industry leaders and has produced over $10M in direct sales for his clients. His Growth Factor Network is helping small business and freelancers build successful brand recognition and digital marketing companies. He discusses with Kim what a new or established business needs to build a bigger presence online. 90% of digital growth rests in the brand story, narrative and content/offer sequence. Learn the five steps you need to have in place to grow a digital business model quickly and successfully. Kyle and Kim discuss content sequences, landing pages, video and the importance of knowing who your prospective customer is.

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The Freelance Economy - Marketing Magic To Get Your Business Found Online
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11/02/20 • 35 min

Cameron Hemphill had built and sold several multi-million dollar companies by the time he was 35. With an extensive background in technology and marketing, Cameron currently heads up Growth99, a leader in the online marketing space, specializing in Medical Spas. Cameron and Kim discuss all things online marketing related like how to get found on Google, the importance of reputation management and online reviews, social media and the rise of Instagram, and the remaining importance of websites and email. They also delve into routines and what Cameron calls the Million Dollar Morning Routine that is part of his new online course, "How To Scale Your Medical Spa to a Multi-Million Dollar Business." You can catch Cameron's new podcast, "Medical Millionaire," and the new Growth99 University at Growth99.com.

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FAQ

How many episodes does The Freelance Economy have?

The Freelance Economy currently has 16 episodes available.

What topics does The Freelance Economy cover?

The podcast is about Freelancing, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Freelance, Podcasts, Business, Freelancer and Careers.

What is the most popular episode on The Freelance Economy?

The episode title 'Website Accessibility: What You Need To Know' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Freelance Economy?

The average episode length on The Freelance Economy is 32 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Freelance Economy released?

Episodes of The Freelance Economy are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.

When was the first episode of The Freelance Economy?

The first episode of The Freelance Economy was released on Sep 23, 2020.

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