053: Blair Enns on how to win without pitching
I am honored to have Blair Enns of WinWithoutPitching.com with me on today's episode. Blair has been a long time influence of mine back since I read his Win Without Pitching Manifesto several years ago.
In this episode, Blair talks about some of the biggest mistakes that agencies make when selling their services and how to remedy those mistakes. He also shares more information about his own entrepreneurial journey and how he got to where he is today.
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052: Liam Veitch on evolving your creative business
Liam Veitch of freelancelift.com completely changed my mindset on freelancing when I read his book 'Stop thinking like a freelancer'.
In this episode we discuss some of the key points from his book and how freelancers should be approaching their business.
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051: Greg Hoy on over 15 years of running a digital agency
Greg Hoy has been running Happy Cog for over 15 years, and as you can imagine he has quite a few lessons learned throughout those years. In this episode, Greg shares some of his experiences growing the agency, as well as some lessons learned.
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050: Jon Schumacher on quitting your job and becoming an entrepreneur
In this episode of the Working Without Pants Podcast, I have Jon Schumacher of Hangouts that Convert.
Jon spent several years working at a full time job while consistently hustling on the side trying to get his own business started. Over the past year, Jon has seen success with Hangouts that Convert and has now been able to quit his job and dive into being an entrepreneur full time.
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049: Landing $10k+ Projects with Brent Weaver
In this episode, I am honored to have Brent Weaver of Ugurus.com on the show.
In this episode Brent dives into what it takes to sell those large projects as well as how he has built his business and where he is wanting to take it.
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048: Finding development leads with Philip Morgan
In this episode I am honored to have Philip Morgan on the show. Philip is a consultant that focuses on helping development shops get more leads.
In this episode he talks about positioning, building up a productized service and content marketing strategies that can help you find more clients.
Philip is also the author of The Positioning Manual for Technical Firms which is great resource for any development shops struggling with how to position themselves.
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047: Tucker Max on changing the way books are made
In this episode Tucker talks about:
- How Book in a Box came to be
- Why he has such a unique and raw voice in his writing style
- How he sees the future of book publishing changing
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046: Building a remote video agency with Nick Piscitello
In this episode I have Nick Piscitello on the show who has built up Completion Web Studios which is a video agency that specializes in explainer videos.
Nick has not just built up a succesful agency, he has built up an agency that allows him to work remotely and travel the world. As you will hear in this episode, this company has enabled Nick to travel throughout the world and have some incredible experiences.
In this episode NIck shares how he got started and how he attracts clients.
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045: Pursuing a mission with Jennifer Schwartz
In this episode of the podcast I am honored to have Jennifer Schwartz of Crusade for your Art on the show.
Jennifer is an incredibly driven individual who during the show you will find has many different projects going on.
The most amazing thing is how relentlessly Jennifer is focused around pursuing a mission. We talk about how she came up with her mission and how she lives that mission everyday.
This episode is one that left me inspired. Seeing Jennifer's pursuit of a mission has inspired me to take more initiative in finding my own and living it.
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044: Staying authentic with Allie Lehman
If there were one word to sum up this interview it would be “Authenticity”.
In this episode I bring on Allie Lehman. Allie is a co-Founder of Death To the Stock Photo, partner in The Wonder Jam and author of the book Charge Up: Build a business and manage your energy with your introversion superpowers.
What is amazing about Allie isn’t just the accomplishments that she has made, but the intentionality and authenticity that has gone into sculpting a life of meaningful work.
This is one of those interviews that will shake up your mind and make you think twice about the work that you are doing.
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043: Building a consultancy while living in Japan with Keith Perhac
Today I am honored to have an incredible guest on the show Keith Perhac.
Keith runs a digital marketing agency called Delfi-Net, and best of all, he runs the agency while living in Japan!
For the past 12 years Keith has been living in Japan while building up a business primarily with US based clients.
In this episode, we dive into Keith’s journey, how he got started and built the agency to the point where it is today.
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042: Charging $20k+ per week with Brennan Dunn
In this episode I am honored to have Brennan Dunn as a guest on the show.
Brennan has built up an absolutely incredible consulting career charging rates of $20k+ for a single week of work!
In this episode, Brennan shares how he built up a consulting career to justify charging those rates.
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041: Building passive income streams with Ben Dolgoff
Ben’s story is an inspiration to any entrepreneurial individuals. He has managed to start and sell multiple businesses all before the age of 30. Ben's latest venture Shopwin is one of the many businesses Ben has launched in the past several years.
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040: Lessons from a failed digital agency with Marcus Blankenship
Sometimes we learn more from our failures than our successes. In this episode Marcus Blankenship takes us through his experience building up a successful agency and then experiencing it fail and fall apart.
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039: Building up a consulting career with Kai Davis
Kai Davis has evolved his career time and time again over the past several years, each time growing to a better, higher value offering. On his journey he has learned some invaluable insights on how to build up a successful consulting career.
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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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037: Devon Reehl on charging for the discovery process
In this article, we dive more into discussion around charging for the paid discovery as well as a bit of background on Devon and how he built up his agency Enginate.
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036: Writing great proposals and building a software product with Nathan Powell of Nusii
Nathan Powell has been working in the design industry for quite some time. In this episode he shares with us his early starts of handing out flyers for design work at a local pub, all the way to building up a flourishing career.
He then talks about his current transition from a full time designer to buildling and working on his new proposal software product Nusii.
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035: Authentic Form & Function on building a remote agency
In this episode I interview Chris & Bryant of Authentic Form and Function on what they have learned from building a remote creative agency.
They have great insights in this episode on starting an agency, attracting clients and handling a remote work culture.
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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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