"The Creative Freelancer Show" is now called "Working without pants"
In this first episode of the newly rebranded podcast, I dive deep into my story and explain how I started my creative career, got my first clients and how my business has evolved.
This episode is based on requests from several listeners who wanted to hear me tell a bit more about my career and my story.
Read MoreWe are lead to believe that the price of creativity is driven by quality.
We believe that the best work deserves the highest price.
Unfortunately, that isn't true.
In this episode, I discuss the true drive of the price of creativity.
Read MoreThis is the final episode in this series on my book The Creative's Guide to Freelancing.
In this episode I cover working remotely. I talk about why you want to do it, the benefits that it can bring to your life and the different ways to approach it.
Then I explain the one thing that is absolutely necessary for you to build a remote income.
Read MoreThis is another episode in the series on my book The Creative's Guide to Freelancing.
For the most part, creative's seem to hate sales. They feel sleazy about it, or don't enjoy the process. But it doesn't have to be that way.
In this episode I cover sales strategy and a different approach on how to think about sales. You can turn sales from something you hate into something you truly enjoy.
Read MoreThis episode is specifically about pricing. Now many of you may have listened to my previous episode Unconventional Pricing for Creatives. If you haven't I actually recommend that episode as a precursor to this episode.
In this episode, I dive into some of the concepts from my unconventional pricing episode in even more detail.
Read MoreHere is another episode in the series for my upcoming book The Creative's Guide to Freelancing.
This episode is all about marketing. It's about building demand, how to handle marketing properly and set yourself up so that you have a steady flow of work.
Read MoreIn this second episode of the series on my upcoming book The Creative's Guide to Freelancing, I cover positioning.
In this episode I talk about:
Hey Creatives, this episode marks the start of a series of episodes that I will be releasing in preparation of my upcoming book The Creative's Guide to Freelancing.
I am going to be going through the book, chapter by chapter, and explaining key concepts from each chapter.
In this episode, I cover:
Drew Binkley runs Grand Palace Silkscreen and is partner in Monkey Ink Design. In this weeks episode, I interview Drew about the absolute incredible quality of his work, and how he has elevated the quality of his output over the past few years.
Drew also talks about:
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This week I have an incredible guest Kaleigh Moore from WeAreLumen.com. Kaleigh has just recently made the jump to freelancing full time over the past couple years.
In this episode, Kaleigh talks about:
Today I am honored to have Bryce Bladon, the Editor-in-Chief of ClientsFromHell.net.
This episode is jam packed with valuable information that will help any aspiring copywriter or creative professional.
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In this episode, Danny shares how he reached the level he did and what others can do to supplement their income or launch their careers with eLance.
Mentioned in this episode:
Software applications are all the rage these days, but the truth is there is a much easier and quicker route to building a scaleable business.
That route is called productized services and in this episode of The Creative Freelancer Show, Brian Casel of Restaurant Engine and creator of the course Productize shares with us his expertise on building a productized service.
This episode was extremely valuable and had me thinking in ways that I can products some of my own services.
Read MoreThis is one of my favorite episodes to date.
Paul Jarvis is an absolutely incredible writer and web designer. His weekly newsletter has inspired me for quite sometime and I am honored to have him on the show.
Talking to Paul in this episode revealed some insights that have dramatically changed how I look at my business, I know hearing this interview will do the same for you as well.
Read MoreTristan King is the founder of Shopify Ninjas, a web design agency focused exclusively on the Shopify platform.
Read MoreIlise Benun is the creator of Marketing-Mentor.com where she focused on helping freelancers and creative professionals learn how to market themselves.
In this episode, Ilise shares what she calls a marketing machine.
This is a fundamental strategy that I have used in my business since the day I first learned it. My hopes are that it can help you in your business as well.
Read MoreKurt Elster is a co-founder of the web design agency EtherCycle. In this episode, Kurt and I cover:
A few weeks ago, I was spending some time in Berlin, Germany. While I was there I was introduced to an illustrator named Mars Dorian.
In this episode of The Creative Freelancer Show Mars and I discuss:
Preston D Lee is the creator of GraphicDesignBlender.com, a blog that focuses on helping designers and freelancers build better businesses.
In this episode you will learn:
Pricing isn't just about the money.
It is about the quality of life.
In this episode, I cover everything I know about pricing and share with you the methods that have helped me triple my income over the past six months.
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