Deliberate Freelancer
205 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsThe show for those who want to build a successful freelance business. We are NOT about the hustle. We are NOT about the feast-or-famine cycle. We are about building a business. Deliberately.
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#187: Offering Video Script Writing and Webinar Moderating, with Kelly McSweeney
April 25, 2024 15:53 - 53 minutes - 31.1 MBToday’s guest is Kelly McSweeney, a content marketing writer. Kelly works from her home office in Massachusetts with a small dog by her side. She has been a self-employed writer for nearly eight years, with clients that include research institutions, big tech companies and marketing agencies. Kelly explains cutting-edge science and emerging technology to intelligent, curious audiences. In recent years, she has added writing video scripts and moderating webinars to her services, which is toda...
#186: Creating a Netflix-like Membership Program for Your Clients, with photographer Annemie Tonken
April 11, 2024 07:00 - 46 minutes - 27 MBToday’s guest is Annemie Tonken. Annemie lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She has been a professional photographer since 2010 and is the owner of Megapixie Photography. She also teaches creative entrepreneurs how to run profitable, sustainable businesses they love, by focusing on how they can develop helpful business systems and strategies. And, she’s the host of a business podcast for photographers called This Can’t Be That Hard and the creator of the Simple Sales System, which is us...
#185: My First Year of Freelancing after Corporate Burnout, with Abby Nieten
April 04, 2024 07:00 - 31 minutes - 18.3 MBToday’s guest is Abby Nieten. Abby lives in the Indianapolis, Indiana, area, with her husband and three sons. A year ago she launched her freelance business, Shining Waters Editorial, where she is a copy editor and proofreader specializing in business content and nonfiction manuscripts. Abby also recently launched a monthly newsletter called Stream of Confidence, which is for authors, writers and other business professionals who want to create and publish content that impacts other humans...
#184: Becoming Comfortable and Knowledgeable with Contracts and Other Legalese, with Lawyer Brionna Ned
March 28, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes - 31.7 MBToday’s guest is Brionna Ned, a former big-law lawyer and in-house counsel for tech companies. She is now a legal educator and a writer. Her company, The Everyday Lawyer, is a legal education and consulting service for small business owners that provides you with the legal knowledge you need to create solid foundations in your business. She also has a course: Contract Foundations for Freelancers. In this episode, we talk about: How Brionna went from lawyer to owning a legal education bu...
#183: The Weird State of Freelancing Right Now
March 22, 2024 15:09 - 39 minutes - 23 MBOn today’s show, I discuss the current state of freelancing, which includes massive layoffs and shuttered clients in the media and tech world. But even if that isn’t affecting you — maybe you’re even having your best year yet — you need to be prepared for the lean times and to set up your business to lessen the risk of feast-or-famine. That includes setting yourself apart, diversifying, always marketing, and more. Here’s what I share with you in this episode: The number of layoffs in the...
#182: A massive pivot from freelancing to owning a business with her husband, with business coach Jenni Gritters
March 14, 2024 07:00 - 53 minutes - 31 MBToday’s guest is Jenni Gritters, from Oregon. She is a business coach for freelancers and creators. She’s also a former journalist, and a current writer who runs a small content and community agency called The Riverwoods Media Group. Jenni is the former co-host of The Writer’s Co-op podcast and workshops. Be sure to check out Jenni’s group coaching program for freelancers, called SUSTAIN. In today’s episode, Jenni shares how she made a massive shift in her business, going from a freelan...
#181: Successful Marketing Tactics from Deliberate Freelancer Listeners
February 29, 2024 08:00 - 23 minutes - 13.9 MBIn today’s episode, I am turning the microphone over to some of you, the listeners. Last fall I asked listeners to share their successful marketing tactics that landed them new clients. Today, eight listeners share their marketing wins with you. While each unique to the freelancer, there are a few themes. Often, the win originated from something simple, something that might not even have felt like marketing … and yet it paid off. Building relationships — which I talk about all the time...
#180: How to Crush Your Fear of Self-Promotion and Get Clients Now, with C.J. Hayden
February 22, 2024 08:00 - 39 minutes - 23.2 MBToday’s guest is business coach and author C.J. Hayden, who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. C.J. Hayden is the author of seven books and hundreds of blog posts, articles, and courses on marketing, self-employment, and productivity. Her bestselling book “Get Clients Now! A 28-Day Marketing Program for Professionals, Consultants and Coaches” has become the marketing bible for thousands of self-employed professionals and freelancers. C.J. has been a business coach for several decades...
#179: My Best Books of 2023
December 27, 2023 14:55 - 35 minutes - 20.5 MBAs we wrap up 2023, please consider donating $25 to this podcast. With more than 175 episodes and almost five years of content, I’m sure you’ve received at least one nugget of information or tactic that has helped your business. If so, please consider donating at Buy Me a Coffee. It really helps offset the costs of producing this show. In today’s episode, I’m counting down my top 10 books of the year — 8 were published in 2023. I’ll start with a few of my reading statistics, share my top 1...
#178: My 2023 Recap and 2024 Goals
December 21, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes - 15.1 MBIt’s the end of the year! On today’s show, I give a recap of my fourth quarter (hint: things are looking up!) and then a recap of my entire 2023. What goals are you setting for yourself? Do you set an annual income goal or a word of the year? What are you most excited about for 2024 in your business? And what do you need to work on? Join me and fellow listeners in the Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group to share your plans and ideas with each other! This is the last business-focused ep...
#177: Your Burning Freelancing Questions Answered
December 14, 2023 08:00 - 46 minutes - 27 MBOn today’s show I share my thoughts and answers to commonly asked questions I hear from freelancers of all levels and in all industries. These are questions that seem to come up time and time again. There is no one right answer, and each question may have different answers depending on the service, the client and so many other variables. That said, I hope my answers to the following questions help you and allow you to make a decision that is supportive of you as a freelance business owner...
#176: How to Use Conscious Language in Content Creation, with Crystal Shelley
December 07, 2023 08:00 - 49 minutes - 28.7 MBListeners, I need your help! Please contribute to an upcoming episode: Email me a voice memo of you describing a specific marketing tactic you did that landed you a client. Provide your name and helpful details of what you did that might have been unique or persistent that worked in securing new work. Email it to me at [email protected] to be considered for a future episode that will include tips from other listeners. Thank you! Today’s episode is from my other podcast, Association Sta...
#175: How to improve your article pitches and land your dream publications, with Ericka Andersen
November 30, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 21.8 MBListeners, I need your help! Please contribute to an upcoming episode: Email me a voice memo of you describing a specific marketing tactic you did that landed you a client. Provide your name and helpful details of what you did that might have been unique or persistent that worked in securing new work. Email it to me at [email protected] to be considered for a future episode that will include tips from other listeners. Thank you! Today’s guest is Ericka Andersen, a freelance writer livin...
#174: Wrap Up Your Year with These 5 Questions
November 22, 2023 15:59 - 20 minutes - 12.3 MBListeners, I would love your help! Please contribute to an upcoming episode: Email me a voice memo of you describing a specific marketing tactic you did that landed you a client. Provide your name and helpful details of what you did that might have been unique or persistent that worked in securing new work. Email it to me at [email protected] to be considered for a future episode that will include tips from other listeners. On today’s show, I share five questions to help you wrap up yo...
#173: How to Rethink — and Land More — Anchor Clients, with Wudan Yan
November 16, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes - 20.2 MBToday’s guest is Wudan Yan, a narrative writer and independent journalist from Seattle. Wudan is also host of The Writers’ Co-op, a podcast, online community and learning academy for freelance creatives. In this episode, we talk about: The different ways to define an “anchor client.” Why and how Wudan is rethinking the concept of an “anchor client.” How the current economy is affecting freelance creatives. The importance of “offboarding” clients. How to turn current clients int...
#172: My Q3 Audit: Better, But Still Room for Improvement
November 02, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 19.1 MBIt’s time for my analysis and reflection on how my third quarter of the year went. Here’s what I share with you in this episode: The many ways tracking my time helps my business. How I use Freshbooks and Toggl to help me analyze my progress. The steps I use to analyze my quarter: Calculated how much I invoiced for that quarter. Counted how many clients I worked for. Used time tracking data to see how many hours I worked on average each week. Did the math to see how much...
#171: Why It’s Time to Rethink Your Freelance “Dealbreakers”
October 26, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 18.5 MBOn today’s show I discuss how I think about freelance “dealbreakers,” which aren’t only the red flags I’ve noticed over time but also may simply be quirks of my personality or assumptions I’ve made. Here’s what I share with you in this episode: Rethinking “strategy” and whether saying “I don’t do strategy” is holding me back. What I learned from Ed Gandia’s thoughts on strategy. Why I like to create “bridge” projects. How I’m rethinking some of my more stubborn dealbreakers. How...
#170: Happy 10 Years of Freelance Freedom!
October 19, 2023 07:00 - 45 minutes - 26.3 MBThis month, I am celebrating 10 years of full-time freelancing! I can’t quite believe it’s been that long, but I’ve loved nearly everything about it. 10 years of freedom! Here’s what I share with you in this episode: What the freedom of freelancing has meant to me and what it has allowed me to do. How I now realize I was never cut out for a desk job. How I adapt my work schedule around my life schedule. The freedom of not having to deal with the drama of a workplace! At least t...
#169: Quick Website Fixes to Attract More Clients, with Brian Hall
October 12, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 15.8 MBToday’s guest is Brian David Hall. Brian is a fellow freelancer who lives in Alabama. He focuses on website strategy for B2B clients. Specifically, he works on conversion optimization, which basically means trying to improve the experience of potential clients going to your website. Brian is the author “Your Website Sucks, Here’s How To Fix It,” and he has run hundreds of experiments across dozens of websites, which has generated millions of dollars in incremental revenue for his clients....
#168: My Q2 Audit: It Can Only Go Uphill from Here, Right?
October 05, 2023 07:00 - 35 minutes - 20.9 MBOn today’s show, I analyze how the second quarter of the year went for me. It’s delayed because of my summer hiatus, but the “delay” doesn’t really mean anything to listeners — just think of it as “how these three months in a row went.” Learn how many clients I had, how much I earned, and how many hours I worked. Here’s what I share with you in this episode: A quick update on a project I talked about in Q1. A sneak peek into something I figured out for my health in Q3. What was a h...
#167: How to Use a “Cornerstone” Piece to Build a Content Marketing Plan, with Cassandra Le
September 28, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes - 21.7 MBToday’s guest is Cassandra Le, owner of The Quirky Pineapple Studio, a brand strategy and content marketing studio that works with Black, Indigenous and people of color, queer folks and intersectional feminists. Cassandra is originally from Virginia in the United States, but she now lives in Spain. For more than 13 years, she has been creating content across all mediums (written, graphics, audio, video, photography), and through her business. She works with mission-driven brands and thoug...
#166: Smart Advice from the Content Byte Summit
September 21, 2023 07:00 - 32 minutes - 19.1 MBOn today’s show I provide a recap of The Content Byte Summit, which was held in Sydney, Australia, September 15-16. I attended virtually and was super impressed with the content, particularly all the discussion around artificial intelligence. There was also a lot of great tactical advice about running your freelance business, so even if you’re not a writer, I think you can learn from some of the advice I’m sharing today. Here’s what I share with you in this episode: A panel about humans...
#165: I’m Back! Time to Get My Act Together
September 14, 2023 07:00 - 33 minutes - 19.5 MBThe podcast is back after my summer hiatus! Thanks for continuing to listen and support the show. Here’s what I share with you in today’s episode: The importance of taking breaks for your mental fitness and for better client work. The types of breaks you should be thinking about and planning for. Why planned and unplanned mental health breaks are important. What happens when you neglect your networking and marketing and slow down too much. Why you have to work at getting referr...
2023 Summer Hiatus Time (June-September)
June 01, 2023 14:02 - 4 minutes - 2.86 MBDeliberate Freelancer is on a summer hiatus and will return toward the end of August or early September. Take this time to listen to some previous episodes or relisten to favorite guests! Or make a playlist of specific topics, like finding clients or pricing projects. The Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group will be active during this time, so please join us over there for great conversations with other listeners. You can ask for advice and share your experiences. If you have benefited...
#164: Using a “freakout” protocol to get work now, with Austin Church
May 18, 2023 07:00 - 44 minutes - 25.8 MBToday’s guest is Austin Church from Knoxville, Tennessee. Austin helps e-commerce founders stand out online with their brand strategy. Lately, he’s been working as a fractional chief marketing officer (CMO), consulting for creator economy companies. He also coaches freelance creatives. Austin was one of the six-figure freelancers I featured on the show in May 2021. We’ve since become friends, and his podcast, Freelance Cake, was in my ears during my recent solo business retreat — because I...
#163: Dealing with Overwhelm and Uncertainty: A Mini Coaching Session, with Helen Jane Campbell
May 11, 2023 05:00 - 41 minutes - 24.3 MBToday’s guest is Helen Jane Campbell. Helen is from Wales and recently moved from Hay-on-Wye, Wales, to Worthing, England. Helen is a life and business coach for ambitious and creative entrepreneurs, bringing authenticity and energy to all she does. Clients turn to Helen when they feel ready to bring more joy, energy, and abundance into their lives and their teams. She helps people create space and reconnect with their self-worth and creative freedom. Prior to becoming a coach, Helen ...
#162: My Solo Business Retreat Reminded Me to Always Be Marketing
May 04, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes - 16.7 MBOn today’s show I share my structure, agenda and my action plan developed during my most recent solo business retreat. Here’s what I share with you in this episode: Please leave a rating and review for Deliberate Freelancer on Apple Podcasts or any other podcast platform. Why I chose Thomasville, Georgia, for my latest solo business retreat. How I structured my retreat and my theme for the two days. What happened when I stopped consistently following my Always Be Marketing rule. ...
#161: Getting Very Specific on Who Your Perfect Clients Are, with Eman Ismail
April 20, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutes - 31.6 MBToday’s guest is Eman Ismail, an email strategist and copywriter who is originally from England and now lives in Finland. She also coaches copywriters. Eman is the person to call when you want to make money from your emails. As an email conversion strategist and copywriter, she helps six-figure-plus online business owners and ecommerce brands fire up their conversions, evergreen their sales and turn fans into superfans. Eman is also the host of the podcast Mistakes That Made Me, which a...
#160: The Dreaded Feast or Famine!
April 13, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes - 15.7 MBOn today’s show, I discuss how I found myself in the dreaded “famine” part of the feast-or-famine cycle and what I’m trying to do about it. Here’s what I share with you in this episode: A few tips when you’re in the “feast” phase. How to tell clients no — and turn down work when you’re too busy. My three-pronged approach to get out of the famine stage. The importance of figuring out where your potential clients are and getting involved in that space. The upcoming Content Marketi...
#159: 20+ Tech Tools to Try in Your Business, with Ernie Smith
April 06, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes - 23.8 MBToday’s guest is Ernie Smith, a longtime writer for nonprofits and membership associations. He also has a lot of experience in graphic design, content strategy, content management systems, newsletter creation, and content. Ernie is also a tech writer — that includes writing about technology for Vice magazine — and Ernie is a self-proclaimed tech nerd. His name and voice might sound familiar because I just had him on the ChatGPT episode a few weeks ago. That was episode 156. So, I though...
#158: My Four Client Wins and One Fail in Q1
March 30, 2023 07:00 - 31 minutes - 18.3 MBOn today’s show I discuss some client wins, a fail and some ongoing challenges in my freelance business so far in 2023. Here’s what I share with you in this episode: A win in which I didn’t dismiss the client because it wasn’t a straightforward proposal and I had to customize it. A “bridge service” win, in which I took an existing service and skill I’m good at and went beyond it a bit, expanded it to create a new, great project. A win in which I fired a client that forced me to ofte...
#157: Pain from Sitting All Day? Here’s How to Get Moving, with Pilates teacher Eva Stabenow
March 23, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes - 21.9 MBToday’s guest is Eva Stabenow, a Pilates teacher and movement coach who helps freelance writers, translators and other desk workers heal their bodies through movement while continuing to pursue the work they love. In the early 2010s, after a successful career as a German medical translator, Eva began to suffer from severe shoulder and wrist pain caused by long hours at her desk. After years of searching, Eva finally found lasting relief through corrective Pilates. This inspired her to see...
#156: The Risks and Opportunities of ChatGPT
March 16, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutes - 31.7 MBToday’s episode features several guests who all have an interest in ChatGPT and generative artificial intelligence (AI). Their varying backgrounds and experiences in tech, writing and editing provide unique insights into the potential and risks of generative AI such as ChatGPT. ChatGPT has risks and opportunities. Most of us are hearing how ChatGPT plagiarizes, how we can’t fact-check what the sources are, and how formulaic and repetitive the writing is. But we also have to remember this...
#155: How to Diversify Your Income—and Protect Against Uncertain Times, with Michelle Jackson
March 09, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes - 26.7 MBToday’s guest is Michelle Jackson of Denver, Colorado. Michelle is a freelance content creator. She has been blogging, writing and talking about personal finance for the past decade—although she will tell us in today’s episode how she’s pivoting her business away from that. But, I’ve been following Michelle on Twitter for a while and learning from what she has to say about earning and managing money as a freelancer. So, I invited her to come on the show to talk about how we can prepare ou...
#154: How to Create Your Own Benefits Package, with Miranda Marquit
March 02, 2023 08:00 - 50 minutes - 29.4 MBToday’s guest is Miranda Marquit. She lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Miranda has been writing and podcasting about money on a freelance basis since 2006. Her work has appeared in various media, including CNBC, NPR, Forbes, and TIME. She has a background in journalism and enjoys telling stories about finances and creating your own financial journey. Miranda has created a successful six-figure freelance career and recently released the second edition of her book about freelancing, “Confession...
#153: My 2022 and Q4 Audit and Six Lessons from Last Year
February 23, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes - 22.1 MBI finally have had a moment to reflect on last year and look at my numbers. I reflect briefly, taking a qualitative look back, but this is mostly a quantitative look. Here’s what I share with you in this episode: My 2023 income goal (big and audacious!) My 2023 word of the year A reflection on how 2022 was for me My Q4 recap, including an analysis of income and time tracking My 2022 total income My weekly average number of hours worked last year The number of weeks of vacat...
#152: How Mary Tindall Began to Earn $200,000 a Year as a Freelancer
February 16, 2023 08:00 - 50 minutes - 29.5 MBToday’s guest is Mary Tindall. Mary launched Mary Tindall Communications in 2018. She is a content marketer and thought leadership strategist in Orlando, Florida. Mary leads a boutique agency team that specializes in healthcare content marketing, working with leading institutions and innovative startups across the U.S. Mary became a six-figure freelancer in 2020, which was a goal of hers. Then she grew even more and began to earn $200K in gross revenue on her own. As revenue continued to ...
#151: My Best Books of 2022
December 20, 2022 20:46 - 44 minutes - 25.6 MBAs the year ends, please consider supporting this free podcast at Buy Me a Coffee. Your support is helpful financially, obviously, but it also boosts my spirits and keeps the show going. Today’s show is my special wrap-up episode where I share my top 10 books of the year. I read 65 books in 2022, as of December 19, and narrowed down my favorite to 10. Eight of the top 10 were published in 2022, while two were published in 2021. Those were two books I didn’t finish in 2021 and purposely sc...
#150: What to Consider Before You Start a Podcast
December 15, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - 16.9 MBPodcast news: After much deliberation, I’m changing the schedule of Deliberate Freelancer slightly. We will stick to weekly Thursday episodes, and the episode format will remain the same. However, I will now publish in two big seasons, with breaks in between. So, after December 22, 2022, the podcast will go on hiatus until February. Then, the schedule will resume through May. I will take a summer hiatus, likely June through August, then return for the fall season. I will take another break...
#149: Evaluate—and Expand or Fire—Your Clients for a Strong 2023
December 08, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 21.7 MBPodcast news: After much deliberation, I’m changing the schedule of Deliberate Freelancer slightly. We will stick to weekly Thursday episodes, and the episode format will remain the same. However, I will now publish in two big seasons, with breaks in between. So, after December 22, 2022, the podcast will go on hiatus until February. Then, the schedule will resume through May. I will take a summer hiatus, likely June through August, then return for the fall season. I will take another break...
#148: How to Line Up January Work Now
December 01, 2022 08:00 - 21 minutes - 13 MBIf you’re like me, you’ve learned the hard way that if you don’t plan for January right now, you might have a very slow start to the new year. A lot of places shut down between Christmas and New Year’s Day, which can make that a great time of year to take off from your freelance business — but it can also be a great time to catch up on work or work on your business, But those last two weeks of the year are not usually a good time to reach out to clients. I highly encourage you to do tha...
#147: My Q3 Audit—Grief, Brain Fog and Better Times Ahead
November 17, 2022 08:00 - 37 minutes - 22 MBThis week I’m excited to recap the third quarter of my business. Some great news first: I’m starting to feel like myself again, after a summer of grief and anxiety. Even before that, I was definitely languishing through the pandemic, and I’m not sure I’ve felt this great since before the pandemic—almost three years ago! As for quarter three, you might have noticed there was no Q2 recap, in the midst of my horrible summer. So, I’ll mention it briefly here, as it relates to Q3. In quarte...
REPLAY #45: You Need to Set Boundaries
November 10, 2022 08:00 - 32 minutes - 19.2 MBI have been at a client’s conference all week, so I wanted to share a previous episode that I hope you find it valuable. I originally recorded this episode in February 2020, but it’s definitely relevant today—we all need reminders from time to time on the importance of setting boundaries in your personal and work life. In this episode, I aim to give you a mix of a pep talk, tactical advice on how to set boundaries, and actual language on what to say to people. I hope you find it helpful. ...
#146: How to Build a Team of Contractors, with Erin Brenner
November 03, 2022 07:00 - 43 minutes - 25.6 MBToday’s guest is Erin Brenner, an editor in Massachusetts. Erin is the owner of the editorial services agency Right Touch Editing, which specializes in providing small and midsized organizations with writing and editing teams. Erin also offers training in writing and editing, particularly for editors and for professionals who write. Today, Erin talks about how she is building a team of contractors for her editorial agency. I believe her advice and the lessons she’s learned will be helpful...
#145: Scared (Uncomfortable, Intimidated) and Doing It Anyway, with Lauree Ostrofsky
October 20, 2022 07:00 - 49 minutes - 28.7 MBToday’s guest is Lauree Ostrofsky, who is a coach and speaker living in the Hudson Valley of New York state. Her business is called Simply Leap. Lauree’s clients are A-students and introverts wanting to feel more confident putting themselves out there in a bigger way, including in their own businesses. Lauree has written two books: a happy how-to called “Simply Leap: Seven Lessons on Facing Fear and Enjoying the Crap out of Your Life,” and “I’m scared & doing it anyway,” about reinventing...
#144: How I Succeed and Fail at Self-Discipline
October 13, 2022 07:00 - 35 minutes - 20.6 MBIn the Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group I asked listeners: What questions do you want to know about how I run my six-figure freelance business? One listener replied: I know you achieve an incredible amount in a relatively short period of time. What’s the secret to this? Do you use a timer? Do you have to shut down distractions? So, in today’s episode, I talk about self-discipline—how I achieve it, how I strive to achieve it and how I often fail at it. I think self-discipline is ...
#143: 7 Ways to Make a Fresh Start with Your Business
October 06, 2022 16:54 - 31 minutes - 18.2 MBA recent “escape” or vacation, and big family news are both helping me get through this summer’s grief, languishing and brain fog. So, in today’s episode, I am thinking about ways we can learn to love our business again when we need a fresh start in business or in life. I want to embrace this “fresh start” concept starting in October and for this final quarter of the year. You might not be ready for a fresh start right now. Maybe you’re doing fine or you’re in the middle of some struggle ...
#142: Get Very Specific About Your Niche—and Make More Money, a Conversation with Austin Church
September 29, 2022 07:00 - 57 minutes - 33.5 MBIn today’s episode, I talk about the power of finding and really zeroing in on your very specific niche and how that’s unique to you. I think there are a lot of benefits to knowing exactly what your niche is and not getting sidetracked by other work—getting to the point where you turn down other work and not just say “yes” because someone asked you to work for them. Today’s conversation is actually from November 2021. At that time, fellow writer Austin Church invited me to speak about nich...
#141: Real Talk on Managing Your Money and Paying Taxes, with Bookkeeper Sabrina St. Peter
September 22, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBToday’s guest is Sabrina St. Peter, founder of SmartSpark Business Solutions, a bookkeeping firm that supports brand builders and storytellers, such as professionals in public relations, marketing and advertising. Sabrina, who is based in Chicago, is passionate about small businesses in every form—from the freelancer to agencies with multiple employees. Understanding that most people did not start their business to pour over their bookkeeping, SmartSpark Business Solutions launched in Februa...
#140: Melanie’s Six-Figure Low-Stress Freelancing, from the Hustle & Grace Podcast with Hilary Sutton
September 15, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 15.8 MBThis week’s episode is unique in that it’s a cross-post episode. What that means is that I, Melanie, was invited on Hilary Sutton’s Hustle & Grace podcast recently. Not only does that episode debut on Hilary’s podcast this week, but I agreed to share it here on Deliberate Freelancer. Hilary is a writer, speaker and consultant. And she has become a real-life friend who lives here in the DC area near me. I encourage you to check out her podcast for great interviews from entrepreneurs and ot...