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034: Working without pants - My entrepreneurial journey

"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. 

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033: The price of creativity

We 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. 

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027: Creatives Guide to Freelancing - Getting Started

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:

  • Why I personally got into freelancing
  • Why freelancing isn't as risky as you think
  • How to get started and get your first clients
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026: Drew Binkley on doing incredible work and becoming an artist

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:

  • How to make a relationship work when you are married to another designer
  • How to balance running a print shop and a design business
  • How he built up the reputation to work with artists such as Dave Matthews Band and Ray Lamontagne

 

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025: Kaleigh Moore on freelancing full time

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:

  • Her journey leaving her full time job to working on her own as a freelancer
  • How she built up a client base for her business before ever quitting her job
  • How she makes a living as a social media consultant and copywriter
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022: Brian Casel on creating productized services

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. 

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021: Paul Jarvis shares experience from over 20 years as a creative professional

This 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.

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015: Unconventional Pricing

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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