038: Building a marketing consulting career with Brian Honigman

Brian Honigman is a marketing consultant and writer. After leaving his job at Ecko a few years back, Brian went out on his own as a freelance marketing consultant.

In this episode he shares his story of how he got started, landed his first clients, and built his business up to the point where it is today.

Brian is also a master of PR, guest blogging and content syndication. In this episode we talk in detail about how he has landed writing opportunities at Inc, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, The Next Web and much more.

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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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