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Episode 185: Stop Sucking at Sales as a Freelancer
If there’s one thing that makes all the difference in your business as a freelancer, it’s having sales skills. Yet most of us don’t have…
Online Business Owners: Can We Stop Pretending Already?
Over the last few months, my love/hate relationship social media has intensified to the point where I find myself actively avoiding social media. When I…
Episode 184: The Recap: August 2019
It’s time for the recap! In this episode, we’re going behind-the-scenes, and I’m sharing what happened in August — the good, the uncomfortable, and the…
Episode 183: FreshBooks’ Matt Baker on Value-Based Pricing
Most freelancers struggle BIG time with pricing — and with good reason. There’s so much more to pricing than the money. This year, we’ve talked…
Episode 182: 10 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way as a Freelancer
Back in 2005, when I decided to quit my job and start my own business, little did I know how much owning my own business…
Episode 181: The Freelance Business Model
All month long, we’ll be talking about the freelance business model — the good, the bad, the ugly — and business fundamentals that are relevant…
Episode 180: Sarah Von Bargen on the Prosperity Gospel
We’ve all seen the messages plastered all over social media and in our inbox about how we can make more money. But what happens when…
Episode 179: Stop Obsessing Over Scale
In the online world, we’ve been brainwashed to believe that scale equals success, and the result is a constant quest to make more and more…
Episode 178: The Recap: July 2019
I’m in the throes of summer around here, but July has been anything but lazy. In this episode, I’m sharing what happened at Scoop Studios…