One of the biggest problems for creatives is figuring out how much do I charge?
In this post I am going to break down the traditional guidance about pricing and teach you a non-conventional pricing strategy that will rock your bank account.
Read MoreA few months ago I adopted a new proposal system and I have been astonished by the results.
I am closing twice as many clients and at higher budgets than ever before.
In this post I outlined the proposal process in it's entiretey and also include an example proposal for reference
Read MoreFor many creatives, sales can feel sleazy.
For others, they simply don't know what to do and botch every potential sale they come across.
In this post, I am going to cover a sales technique that is extremely easy to learn and that will help you turn sales from something intimidating, to something fun.
Read MoreMany people get completely overwhelmed when they try to learn online marketing.
The truth is, online marketing for freelancers is extremely simple.
In this post, I am going to teach you a simple online marketing strategy that will generate an endless supply of new leads.
Read MoreThere is a lot of talk these days about building a career or company that you can run from anywhere.
The idea of designing your life so that you can travel now, instead of waiting for years until you retire is quite an appealing one.
Yet many people completely overcomplicate the matter.
It is easier than you think and in this post I share three resources that helped get me in the mindset .
Read MoreIn the first seven months of my freelance career, I managed to close $12,030 of business from a few batches of cold e-mails.
In my past creative ventures, I have landed deals with Fortune 500 clients that have stemmed from cold e-mails.
My goal with this post is to share with you the methods and tactics behind how to actually land clients through cold e-mailing.
Read MoreMany creatives who are getting started in their freelance careers run into the same problem.
They struggle to get those first few clients.
My goal with this post is to teach you a few ways that you can land your early clients and motivate you to stick with it.
Read MoreOne of the most powerful way to increase your chances of turning prospects into customers is to create convincing case studies.
Yet many creatives don't ever create case studies, and often those that do approach them the wrong way.
The goal with this blog post is to explain the proper way to create case studies that will convert prospects into customers.
Read MoreOne of the biggest problems that I see many creatives face is this decision of what skills that they should market.
This problem is stopping many creative's in their track, before they ever even get started.
My goal with this post is to teach you how to choose what skills you should be marketing and then help you position yourself accordingly.
Read MoreAt the core of any creative career are two essential building blocks.
These building blocks determine everything else about a creatives ability to succeed, work on interesting projects, and make a good living from their craft.
Yet many early stage creative's don't spend enough time on these two essentials.
My goal with this post is to explain to you the two building blocks behind every successful creative career and teach methods on how you can improve them.
Read MoreMany creatives look down on the outsourcing platform Upwork. I know when I started my freelance career, I did as well.
Yet with Upwork, you also have the ability to use their marketplace to jumpstart your career and provide a continual flow of projects for your freelancing business.
Early on, I began landing small projects of a few hundred dollars at a time, and within a few weeks I was generating $1,000-$1,300 per week just on oDesk.
My goal with this post is to teach you the basics of how to get up and running on Upwork, and how to quickly get to a point where you are generating over $1,000 per week.
Read MoreToday I am excited to announce The Creative's Guide to Launching Your Career: Do what you love, work for yourself and grow your income
This guide has been in the works for a few months now and I am excited about finally announcing it to the world.
My goal with this post is to share who this guide is for, the purpose of the guide and how it can help you in your life.
Read MoreAbout a month ago, I announced a new creative project that I was working on for my quarter two goal. Today I am excited to finally launch this project publicly
Read MoreJust over a week ago, one of my best friends from high school, Dan Beerman set out on an amazing journey.
He paired up with a photo journalist and they are hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.
My goal with this post is to share a simple method that you can use to live an extraordinary life.
Read MoreFor the past 30 days, Elisabeth and I have been living in the Philippines. While I wish I could say it is has all been perfect, it truthfully hasn't.
Read MoreSince making the jump to working remotely, a lot of people have been asking me questions about what it is like, and how it actually works.
They all have the same fears of getting work, communication and wondering if they can realistically make the jump.
My goal with this post is to share with you some surprising realities about what working remotely is actually like.
Read MoreOver the course of my career I have started companies, left them, and failed at others. I have invested time, energy and money into each of those with little to nothing to show for them years later.
All of the time, money and energy that I put into those companies yielded me little to no long term gain.
But there is one investment that has been worth every penny and every second. ...
Read MoreOver the past six months I have several huge mistakes with the marketing, niching and positioning of my consulting practice.
While I made these mistakes early on, recently I struck gold.
My goal with this post is to share three massive mistakes I made in the past six months while launching my consulting practice in hopes that you won’t make the same.
Read MoreEven if you don’t have a company, everyone is a marketer. You are at minimum, a marketer of themselves.
My goal with this post is to explain the importance of marketing and help redefine it in your mind.
Read MoreThis is a project I have subtly been thinking about for the past few months and I am excited to finally announce it and share it with this world.
My goal with this post is to share with you my project for Quarter 2 and also inspire you to jumpstart your own.
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