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Being Freelance

326 episodes - English - Latest episode: 23 days ago - ★★★★★ - 40 ratings

Freelancing? Being boss of your own life and business can be tough and isolating. But it can also be totally rewarding. Pick up tips, advice and thoughts on how to make it as a freelancer, an entrepreneur, as the owner of your own business, by hearing other freelancers share their experience. Hosted by Steve Folland. Come join us in the Being Freelance Community - You're not alone being freelance. Not anymore. www.beingfreelance.com/community

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Making Connections - Graphic Designer Amber Asay

March 25, 2018 02:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

Working for agencies and studios as a graphic designer since 2012, Amber Asay hated that she couldn’t interact directly with her clients. She also couldn’t show off her work in a personal portfolio, since her creations were the intellectual property of her employers. Even if she could have, she didn’t take much pride in the type of corporate branding work she had been doing. Now she’s connected to her clients and her peers, slogging away at it, but riding a high as she charts her own path. ...

Create Your Own Rules - Brand Strategist Jenni Heffernan Brown

March 18, 2018 02:00 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MB

Jenni Heffernan Brown has had a pretty interesting path to freelancing success. Working for mega corporations, then to graduate school with a bit of freelancing on the side, and now teaming up with another freelancer to form an agency. She’s never been one to thrive under strict rules set by others. A Straight-A student in high school, she was always in trouble for skiving, because she’d rather get the work done well and do other things on her own time, just like a freelancer! Now the co-f...

Bringing Side Projects to the Centre - Developer Mark Steadman

March 11, 2018 02:30 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

Mark Steadman has had a self-described checkerboard career. Freelancing on and off for years in between spells in companies, agencies and even running startups. He's always had side projects. And whether or not they're a 'success', the experience still feeds back into his freelance skills. But now he's bringing his podcasting project in from the side to be centre stage, giving it more 'full time' attention to make it the focus of his business. He can find himself intensely pulled into his ...

Don't Panic - Virtual Assistant Jess Ostroff

March 04, 2018 02:30 - 42 minutes - 42.8 MB

Jess knew she wanted to work on her own terms. What she didn't know, was what a virtual assistant was. And yet when an opportunity came up to be one, to work remotely and become freelance... she jumped at it. As years went by the amount of work started to overwhelm her. So she hired her own virtual assistants to help out... and her company Don't Panic Management was born. Everything 'virtual' had gradually become very real. Jess' story is one of going with the flow, swep along by hard work,...

Untamed Freelancing - Copywriter Karen Marston

February 25, 2018 02:30 - 36 minutes - 36.5 MB

It feels like Karen is being freelance on her terms. With her own voice, her own style. Stress free. Quite possibly in pyjamas. Here we chat about how she got started as a copywriter, how she got started making money from courses helping other writers and how she got finished with trying to be a digital nomad. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this epis...

Creative Mandate - Illustrator Michelle Kondrich

February 18, 2018 07:45 - 38 minutes - 38.4 MB

Through podcasts Michelle gained the knowledge and confidence to quit the 9-to-5 and start being freelance... and now years later her own podcast Creative Playdate is helping herself and others navigate being freelance, whilst also being a parent. From starting out, reaching out and figuring it out as a freelance mum. Since recording this conversation Michelle is on the move again... keep listening right to the end out to find out more. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Chec...

Just keep meeting people! - Podcast producer Matt Hill

February 11, 2018 02:30 - 37 minutes - 37.4 MB

At the heart of Matt's freelance success are other people. Sure, of course he's good at what he does. He's not just made podcasts, he's both made and seized opportunities. But more importantly he's made connections when he's met people. Put simply: the more people you meet, the more chance you have of working with them in the future. Be that fellow freelancers or potential clients. Just keep meeting people! We also chat about building a business and family, great customer experience, prod...

Taking time for yourself - Virtual Assistant Annie Browne

February 04, 2018 03:30 - 32 minutes - 32.9 MB

Tidying her child's room Annie suddenly found a name for a business. With it she found a way to make work fit with family, she found meaningful work in a remote location and found a community of other freelancers to help her along the way. Now all she has to do is find time for herself... Hear Annie's journey as self-employed virtual assistant 'Hello My PA', becoming one of the freelance heroes. We chat co-working, being a freelance parent, managing your time, dealing with isolation and mor...

Take yourself seriously - Photographer Natalie Field

January 28, 2018 03:30 - 33 minutes - 33.8 MB

If you don't take yourself seriously, why would your clients? South African photographer and digital artist Natalie chats about making connections, hiring other freelancers, expanding her services and wrestling with being a workaholic learning when to say 'no'. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's beingfreelance.com Like VIDEO? - Check...

"I feel like I know you" - Social Marketing Consultant Sam Burgess

January 21, 2018 03:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

'Social Mouth' Sam has a story of reinvention, investment, belief and community. We hear about the power of Instagram Stories and her Small & Mighty podcast in helping people get to know her. The benefits of a business coach. And the impact that ill health, a dog and a dad can have on your future. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's be...

Reinvent Yourself - Illustrator/Designer Dan Bramall

January 14, 2018 07:30 - 34 minutes - 34 MB

When Dan was made redundant two weeks before his second child was born, he knew failure wasn't an option. He had to make a success of being freelance. We chat about how he's made that happen - his coworking studio, networking and adapting to a changing world - always learning new skills, reinventing.. and never with his shirt tucked in. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find...

Secrets of Sharing - Social Media Consultant Uli Schulz

December 17, 2017 07:00 - 40 minutes - 39.5 MB

For German freelancer Uli, it all started with sharing. Using Twitter to share and make reality her dream of living and working in London. Since then she's been sharing work spaces, sharing in communities, sharing thoughts, groups, content, challenges, knowledge and now she shares it with us. From leaving agency life to nurturing (or naturing) an entrepreneurial adventure with her company Secrets of Green. Maybe the real secret is in the sharing. Love learning from other freelancers like t...

Freelancing on the side - Web Developer Carson Shold

December 03, 2017 09:00 - 30 minutes - 30.4 MB

Carson has always freelanced on the side. Chasing the cash and the creativity that freelance opportunities would bring whilst still studying or working full time. He's learned how to find the good clients, set expectations, communicate and avoid work overload (eventually). Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's beingfreelance.com Like VI...

Whatever it takes - Composer Grant Kirkhope

November 19, 2017 14:20 - 39 minutes - 38.6 MB

Composer Grant Kirkhope has spent the past 20 years not just making video games music, but making a name for himself. From the lessons and habits learned as an in-house composer, to breaking out as a freelancer in a new country: looking for opportunities, an agent and a day off. 
It may seem like a series of ‘happy accidents’ but it’s a tale of persistence, creativity and professionalism. Doing whatever it takes to get the job. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out th...

Finding Funding & Belief - Photographer Nisha Haq

November 12, 2017 08:05 - 36 minutes - 35.8 MB

Nisha was the winner of the IPSE UK Freelancer of the Year Aspire 2017 award. 'Aspire' is all about recognising and supporting young, up and coming self-employed talent. We hear a snapshot of how Nisha got started as a photogapher: finding funding (without a loan in sight), and with it, finding community, clients and self belief. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful ...

Finding Balance - Freelance Illustrator Holly Exley

November 05, 2017 10:20 - 29 minutes - 29.4 MB

Holly chats about first finding enough freelance work to hang up her waitress apron... and now finding balance from all of that work. We chat about the mental challenges, relocating, making YouTube videos and... dogs. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's beingfreelance.com Like VIDEO? - Check out the Being Freelance vlog - YouTube.com/...

Get out and meet people - Infographics Designer Caroline Beavon

October 22, 2017 02:30 - 36 minutes - 35.8 MB

Redundancy isn't the end. It's a new beginning. For Caroline that meant retuning and retraining from radio to design. Key to surviving both business and relocation has been Caroline's ability to get out there and meet people. Not networking. It's meeting people. One person can make a difference. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's b...

Hype a Loop - Animator Chris Phillips

October 15, 2017 07:00 - 31 minutes - 31.3 MB

Chris Phillips, or 'crispe' is an illustrator and animator based in Sydney, Australia. Chris' gif loops have been viewed millions of times on the likes of Giphy, Dribbble, Behance, and Instagram. That side project led to big projects after an agent came knocking. We chat about dealing with clients, being paid, switching off and getting out - or not. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'...

Time is money - Editor Rose Parkin

October 08, 2017 05:00 - 38 minutes - 37.7 MB

As an editor in publishing Rose is used to reshaping people's words. She's also done it with her life. Cutting out the full time job for flexibility as a working mum. Stripping out the management role to focus on the work she enjoys. Reforming her hourly rate and rejecting the projects that won't hit it. Whilst creating The Freelancer's Cookbook.. well, that's a whole new tasty chapter in itself. (Who know how she'd edit this nonsense?) Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check ...

What to remember when things get tough - Filmmaker Ben Warburton

October 01, 2017 20:30 - 38 minutes - 37.9 MB

Early on, London based filmmaker Ben started juggling life as a freelancer and studying. Here, he chats about working for free and how he transitioned that to paid gigs. How collaborating with others can inspire him both creatively and in business. Plus, coping with cashflow and the pressures of travelling for work... and knowing when to say 'no'. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You...

Blogging Boost - Graphic Designer Lauren Hooker

July 23, 2017 07:00 - 42 minutes - 41.5 MB

After six months of struggling to get her freelance career off the ground, Lauren started blogging. Every day. For a year. It took off. Her diary booked up months ahead and a waiting list of clients for her business Elle & Company. We chat about using a business coach, content marketing, hiring assistants, evolving a passive income stream and more. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You...

Don't let Freelance fill all your time - Graphic Designer Jon Hicks

July 16, 2017 03:32 - 48 minutes - 47 MB

After 15 years of being freelance has given Jon plenty of thoughts to share. the benefits of long term gigs versus variety the way he found other freleancers to set up a coworking space from freelancing as a dad with babies to when their teenagers along with portfolio polishing, book writing, conference speaking, side project creating and payment chasing He also talks about the guilt you can feel when you're not working, hence: don't let Freelance fill all your spare time. At least let...

Start A Cowork Group - Squarespace Developer Katy Carlisle

July 09, 2017 01:30 - 38 minutes - 37.9 MB

After six months of working remotely from home on her company, Katy realised she needed company. Eventually she founded a weekly pop-up co-work group called Freelance Folk. And that's exactly who she found as fellow freelancers heard about it and joined her. We also chat about taking on her niche, taking risks and taking the train with a forest of cardboard furniture. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to th...

It takes time - UX Designer Anton Sten

July 02, 2017 08:00 - 35 minutes - 34.9 MB

It's our 100th episode! It's taken time to get this far and that's something Swedish freelancer Anton knows all good, long lasting things need. Be it a newsletter, a business, a reputation.... Anton shares his story - through finances, workloads, positioning... mastering freelance. Taking time. Anton's book 'Mastering Freelance' is available now at antonsten.com - use promo code BEINGFREELANCE for 20% off. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelanc...

Adapt to your clients - Photographer Tara Sura

June 25, 2017 02:30 - 35 minutes - 34.9 MB

Adapting her services to what her clients need. Meeting them. Listening to them. Partnering with other freelancers to collaborate or refer work. While finding community and support in these relationships. This is the studio of Fork & Dram - tuck into the freelance experience of Tara Sura. Oh. And it can't hurt when you're marrying an accountant. All adds up. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsl...

Strip it back - Web Developer Matthew Brennan

June 18, 2017 02:30 - 35 minutes - 35.1 MB

After starting out portraying himself as an agency that covered everything graphic & web design, Matthew's discovered a) his natural niche of web development and b) that clients prefer knowing they're working with an individual. He's stripped it back: dropped the 'everything' offering, refocused, rebranded and revoiced as 'I'. When Matthew started out he soon got up and running using freelance work market places like PeoplePerHour - he believes there are good clients and projects on these ...

Being every role - Illustrator Emmeline Pidgen

June 11, 2017 08:30 - 37 minutes - 36.9 MB

Since leaving university Emmeline has been freelance, building her online presence and her business. In 2016 she was named as the UK's Freelancer of the Year by IPSE - here she chats about her side projects, making the most of the quiet spells and how she enjoys being every role in the business. Even the accounts. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this e...

Fitting work around life - Copywriter Rachel Ramsay

June 04, 2017 02:30 - 29 minutes - 29.6 MB

Rachel always wanted to work for herself. Once she decided to' take the plunge and make a success of it' there was still plenty to learn, like pricing, getting paid, client relationships and, you know, helicopters. Hear how she fits work around life, instead of the other way round. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's beingfreelance.com...

Fitting work around life - Copywriter Rachel Ingram

June 04, 2017 02:30 - 29 minutes - 29.6 MB

Rachel always wanted to work for herself. Once she decided to' take the plunge and make a success of it' there was still plenty to learn, like pricing, getting paid, client relationships and, you know, helicopters. Hear how she fits work around life, instead of the other way round. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's beingfreelance.com...

Instagram Stories - Designer Jimmy Bryant

May 28, 2017 02:30 - 39 minutes - 38.8 MB

Second time round at freelancing Jimmy knew he needed to put himself out there and found a use for Instagram. Since then, people around the world have found him and his work - and he's found his voice. Hear the lessons he's learnt as he set out to diversify his income from band merch to his own products and beyond. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this ...

Little Things Every Day - Digital Marketer Josh Hoffman

May 21, 2017 02:30 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

US digital marketer Josh took his skills, took his definition of success and took his passport as he travelled the world on a journey of epic freelancing. Currently in Bangkok he shares how acting locally whilst thinking globally transformed his business. Doing the little things every day of creating, networking and... living.

Little Things Every Day - Digital Marketer Josh Hoffman

May 21, 2017 02:30 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

US digital marketer Josh took his skills, took his definition of success and took his passport as he travelled the world on a journey of epic freelancing. Currently in Bangkok he shares how acting locally whilst thinking globally transformed his business. Doing the little things every day of creating, networking and... living. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful lin...

Wise Words - Marketer Luan Wise

May 14, 2017 02:30 - 38 minutes - 37.9 MB

After years of agency and in-house experience, Luan stepped out into being freelance. A story of spotting opportunities, maintaining relationships and self development underlines her solo career. She shares her experience hiring coaches, writing a book, speaking, making courses by herself and alongside LinkedIn - and above all, thinking like a business. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. ...

My work is my life - Illustrator Tatsuro Kiuchi

May 07, 2017 02:30 - 27 minutes - 27.1 MB

Tokyo based illustrator and painter Tatsuro has been freelance since leaving art college 25 years ago. Working remotely with clients around the world long before the internet made it the norm. He chats about adapting his style to get the work he wanted, being fine with being a workaholic and the need to look after ourselves. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links...

Bouncing Back - App Developer Jason Kneen

April 30, 2017 08:20 - 42 minutes - 41.1 MB

In 2000 Jason and (his now wife) Hannah started 'Bouncing Fish'. Working first as freelancers it grew into an agency with a big team, big office and when the financial crash at the end of the decade came... a big problem. Hear how Jason bounced back as a freelancer vowing never to let it happen again. Working from home with his four children (and a Tardis toilet) not too far away - we chat work/life balance, side projects, speaking, writing, a freelancer website and more... Love learning f...

Draw on your experience - Illustrator Jess Engle

April 23, 2017 02:30 - 42 minutes - 40.8 MB

Jess spent the first decade of her career in the corporate world. She did branding, marketing and advertising for global businesses . Now, she's a freelance illustrator, documenting her creative business journey on YouTube as 'Studio Jess' in Austin, Texas. Hear how she finally managed to make the move into following (and earning from) her passion whilst still drawing on her experience. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to ...

For The Hell Of It - Writer Bryce Bladon

March 19, 2017 02:30 - 34 minutes - 34.2 MB

Bryce is the freelance writer behind the Clients From Hell blog and podcast... but how the devil did he get to where he is today? He takes us through the isolation, the daily marketing habit of reaching out and how actually - maybe getting a job with an agency might have been a good idea. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's beingfreela...

Daily Vlogging - Designer Ran Segall

March 12, 2017 02:30 - 31 minutes - 31.5 MB

Ran is a designer working amongst the start-up community of Tel Aviv. As part of that he also works on his own start-up and products. For a year Ran's been documenting his freelance life with a daily YouTube vlog purely for the joy of creating. What really brings him work... is making friends. And a lot of lunches. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this...

The Code Guy - Software Engineer Paul Allington

March 05, 2017 02:30 - 32 minutes - 32.4 MB

Paul shares his journey from agency life, to freelance life... to forming an agency... to losing it... to going solo as The Code Guy and becoming IPSE Freelancer of the Year. And that's not even all of it... did we mention the digital product yet? So grab a cup of tea (it's what he'd want) and enjoy! Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's...

Freelance Mum - Voiceover Artist Faye Dicker

February 19, 2017 02:30 - 33 minutes - 33.3 MB

Faye is a radio presenter turned freelance voiceover artist. Borrowing money to build her own studio, she's since built her reputation, her business and now her family too. With that she's also created 'Freelance Mum' - part of which is networking events where it's okay to bring your kids. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. That's beingfree...

Stop Being So Available! - Communications Strategist Emelie Fågelstedt

February 12, 2017 02:30 - 38 minutes - 37.9 MB

An offer of a freelance project whilst Emelie was still at uni kicked off a 7 year journey. From managing Social to strategising and forming a 'networked agency'. From Stockholm, to Tokyo, to London. Exploring the world, expanding her business. Learning to not always be 'so available' - there's more to life than work. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for t...

The Adventures of Superlogoboy - Branding Designer Paddy McGrath

February 05, 2017 02:30 - 36 minutes - 36 MB

Paddy spent 10 years in agency life working his way towards the top... and then looked down at the view and decided to take a leap into being freelance. He'd grown too far from the actual creativity. He couldn't control what his day looked like. He wanted to grow a beard. A really big beard. Through dedicated learning, taking action and, well, working 6 days a week - Superlogoboy is soaring to success. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com,...

Vlog Like A Boss - Amy Landino

January 29, 2017 02:30 - 35 minutes - 34.8 MB

Hear how Amy went from being the person in town who knew about Facebook... to being a YouTuber, international speaker, video consultant and influencer. Look, when Gary Vaynerchuk is giving you a quote for the front of your book - you know you're doing something right. She shares her freelance story including the latest chapters of forming a company with her fiancé and writing 'Vlog Like A Boss'. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, sub...

People, Process, Product - Motion Designer Adrian Thompson

January 22, 2017 02:30 - 32 minutes - 32.4 MB

Having started out as a freelance motion designer, creating videos in the San Francisco Bay area, Adrian realised all the things he didn't like about the industry and set out to create a studio of his own that would change that. Putting people and process at the heart of his team's creations. From there he sought 'passive income', building digital products - Adrian thinks every freelancer should think about doing the same. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the websi...

You're A Startup - UX Designer Katrin Suess

January 15, 2017 02:30 - 34 minutes - 34.2 MB

Katrin has used life as a freelancer to travel from her native Germany and is currently based in Sydney, Australia. Having founded her own Startups she now treats herself as the product, herself as the Startup. Katrin shares her journey and lessons learned in her work as a UX Designer and Startup mentor. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful links for this episode. Th...

Career Reboot - Illustrator Kirk Wallace

December 18, 2016 08:30 - 32 minutes - 32.4 MB

Having trained in computer science, Kirk came to realise it was the visual design of software and sites that he most enjoyed. So he rebooted his career - self-taught how to develop as an illustrator, designer and businessman. He shares his journey including the results of experiments with working space, social media and pricing. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful...

6AM Side Projects - Femke van Schoonhoven

December 11, 2016 02:30 - 34 minutes - 33.8 MB

Femke manages to fit in a lot alongside her full time remote design job. Freelance clients, a podcast, speaking, blogging, conferences, a social life. And a cat. She shares her story: from New Zealand to Amsterdam, forming a 'studio' with her boyfriend, dispanding a studio with her boyfriend, growing in confidence, growing an audience. The power of connection. The power of reflection. Making goals. Making time. Listen. Just do it. Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check ou...

The Value of Value - Data Visualisation Specialist Andy Kirk

December 04, 2016 02:30 - 35 minutes - 35.1 MB

In 2010 Andy started a blog exploring his passion for data visualisation. It led to a huge multi-national knocking on his door as his first client and that gave him the confidence to visualise life being freelance. Hear Andy share his story, discussing the value of his service and the pressures of pricing, the value of hiring others and the value of writing books on your subject. Good value in this chat! Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.c...

Creative Block - Illustrator Emma Block

November 27, 2016 02:30 - 38 minutes - 37.4 MB

When a 16 year old Emma started sharing her artwork on her blog, she had no idea how quickly she'd turn from teenager to freelancer and ultimately from freelancer into 'influencer'! Hear the way she's diversified her income, copes with an RSI and shares tips on social marketing (including great success with Instagram Stories). Love learning from other freelancers like this? Check out the website beingfreelance.com, subscribe to the podcast and to the newsletter. You'll also find useful li...

Taking The Plunge - Photographer Matt Porteous

November 20, 2016 02:30 - 34 minutes - 33.5 MB

How does a builder from Jersey end up photographing a future King? Hear how Matt took the plunge, followed his passion, knocked on doors and took every job that came his way. Nowadays Matt's joined forces with other freelancers to form a studio that allows them to be creative and take on even more work. His passion for travel and underwater photography still shines through and it's all going swimmingly. Episode sponsored by The Podcast Host - use the promo code FREELANCE for 10% off - ble...

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