Deliberate Freelancer
209 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months 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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#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...
#139: A Solo Biz Retreat After a Struggling Summer
September 08, 2022 07:00 - 38 minutes - 22.3 MBTrigger warnings: pet death, pet euthanasia, pet illness, grief over the death of a loved one, anxiety, bike accident I’m back! Back from my extra-long summer hiatus—longer than I expected or planned for. In this episode, I explain why it took me so long to return and share the grief, anxiety and other mental health struggles I’ve been dealing with this summer. If you are dealing with grief or anxiety or similar feelings, scroll down for some links to previous Deliberate Freelancer epis...
Time for a Summer Hiatus (May 20–August)
May 19, 2022 07:00 - 5 minutes - 3.67 MBDeliberate Freelancer is on a summer hiatus and will return toward the end of August. 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 financial tips. The Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group will still 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. Also, please consider supporting the...
Time for a Summer Hiatus (May 20–July)
May 19, 2022 07:00 - 5 minutes - 3.67 MBDeliberate Freelancer is on a summer hiatus and will return toward the end of July. 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 financial tips. The Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group will still 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. Also, please consider supporting the s...
#138: Rejecting Corporate Culture and Becoming Your Own Boss, with Jasmine Smith
May 12, 2022 07:00 - 33 minutes - 19.6 MBIn April 2021, Jasmine Smith quit her full-time job to pursue freedom and creativity through self-employment. She is the Founder of SmithCo, an experiential marketing agency, and co-founder of Open Door Concept, a rental space centered around community, conversation and creativity in Washington, D.C. Motivated to share her experience and the experience of other Black entrepreneurs, Jasmine launched the podcast Built To Quit in February 2022. Jasmine centers both her life and business ve...
#137: I’m Grieving. How Can I Keep My Business Running?
May 05, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes - 21.5 MBTrigger warnings: pet death, pet euthanasia, pet illness, grief over the death of a loved one. On April 25 my cat Bella died. We had to make the agonizing choice to humanely euthanize her. And I was heartbroken and full of guilt. But I still had a freelance business to run. So, how did I do that when I could not think or concentrate clearly? In this episode, I share what led up to Bella’s death and how I coped in the immediate days after when I had several client commitments and ...
#136: Money, Money, Money, with Finance and Pricing Mentor Susie Jackson
April 28, 2022 07:00 - 55 minutes - 31.9 MBToday’s guest is Susie Jackson, a finance and pricing mentor for freelancers from the U.K. Susie helps freelancers figure out how much to charge and how to manage the financial side of our businesses so we can earn a decent living doing what we love. Susie is also a freelance copy editor and a Spanish-to-English translator specializing in academic texts for the social sciences. Susie likes that she’s able to build her business around her energy levels. She also builds in one weekday per ...
#135: Listeners Share Their Smart Processes and Tools
April 21, 2022 07:00 - 26 minutes - 15.7 MBOn today’s show, five Deliberate Freelancer listeners are sharing their tips. Specifically, they share the systems, processes and tools they use that have helped them create a successful freelance business. Some of these listeners are previous guests. See the resources below for links to their previous guest appearances. You will hear from: Amy Ragland Treasa Edmond Poornima Apte Danna Lorch Clare Hastings I hope you find their experiences helpful! Biz Bite: H...
#134: My Q1 Audit—A Slow Start & 4 Big Decisions
April 14, 2022 07:00 - 37 minutes - 22.1 MBHow did your first quarter of the year go with your business? I’m recapping my Q1 in this episode, but I’d love to hear about your Q1 also. Please share in the Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group your successes, challenges, lessons and any questions you have for your fellow Deliberate Freelancers. As I talked about in January, I had a slow start to the year because my mental health was struggling. I was definitely languishing. Things perked up in February and March, so I began to do a...
#133: My Big Failure of 2022 (So Far)
March 24, 2022 07:00 - 29 minutes - 17.4 MBOn today’s episode, I want to be open and candid about a failure I had this year. Here are three main thoughts or lessons around failure that I’m trying to always keep in mind: #1. Failure is not necessarily a bad word. There can be times when you completely mess something up, but there can be times when something just didn’t work out or the client failed, but you feel like a failure anyway. It sounds cliché, but I think it’s important to learn from our failures. Do a candid debrief ...
#132: How to Choose Projects Using the 3 P’s Model, with Katherine Reynolds Lewis
March 17, 2022 07:00 - 30 minutes - 18 MBToday’s guest is Katherine Reynolds Lewis, an independent journalist based in the DC area. After Katherine was laid off in 2008, she started freelancing in the middle of the Great Recession. What does Katherine love about freelancing? Being self-sufficient, being able to write on a variety of topics and having control over her schedule. Katherine shares her 3 P’s model that she uses when assessing whether to take on a project: pay, portfolio and passion. Any project or assignment we say ...
Send Me Your Best Organizational Tips!
March 10, 2022 08:00 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MBPlease email me your favorite organizational tips, tools, systems and processes for an upcoming episode! What are the processes and systems that you have implemented that have improved your business? What tactic or app or software program can you not get enough of? Let’s share with each other and help each other out! Here’s all you need to do: Use the voice memo app on your smartphone to record a short message, maybe 1–7 minutes, explaining your favorite system or process or ap...
#131: Building a Successful Content Marketing Agency, with nurse Portia Wofford
March 03, 2022 08:00 - 47 minutes - 27.7 MBToday’s guest is Portia Wofford, an award-winning nurse, writer and content marketer who lives in Alabama. After dedicating her nursing career to creating content and solutions for employers, Portia now runs a content marketing agency, The PW Agency. Her agency empowers health and nursing brands to grow their communities through engaging content that connects and converts. As part of her mission to help nurses earn extra income, beyond the bedside, Portia teaches nurses how to get paid an...
#130: Find Support and Accountability with Mastermind Groups, with Laura Poole
February 24, 2022 08:00 - 36 minutes - 21.5 MBToday’s guest is a freelance editor from Durham, N.C. Laura is the owner of Archer Editorial Services. She exclusively provides editing to university presses. She also develops and conducts training for editors and publishers. As defined by the Success Alliance, mastermind groups offer a combination of brainstorming, education, peer accountability and support to sharpen your business and personal skills. A mastermind group helps you and your group members achieve success. Members chall...
#129: A Script for Tough Client Conversations, with Treasa Edmond
February 17, 2022 08:14 - 43 minutes - 25.4 MBIn today’s episode, writer Treasa Edmond walks us through several client scenarios many of us struggle with—scope creep, treating us like an employee, not paying us on time—and gives us the script for what to say and how to say it. This episode is like Treasa is handing us all templates on great client management. Treasa is the owner of Edmond Editing and Writing. She is a ghostwriter and content creator in Missouri. She gets straight A’s for knowing how to communicate with clients—as ...
#128: New Organization Supports Freelance Journalists of Color, with Chandra Thomas Whitfield and Katherine Reynolds Lewis
February 10, 2022 08:00 - 41 minutes - 24.2 MBThe Center for Independent Journalists, aka The CIJ, is a new organization—launched in September 2021—to provide advocacy, education and support to freelance journalists of color and those from other underrepresented groups in the media. Programming is open to anyone, and white journalists can also join the organization. It’s open to all freelance journalists, not only writers. Currently, membership for the first year is included when you register for The CIJ’s March 11–12 virtual conf...
#127: Embrace LinkedIn to Improve Your Business, with Atlas Katari
February 03, 2022 08:00 - 43 minutes - 25 MBAtlas Katari is the owner of Katari Creative, a B2B organic content marketing agency focused primarily on LinkedIn marketing with some SEO and content creation. Atlas is a self-described “LinkedIn nerd” and walks us through the latest LinkedIn offerings and how to best use LinkedIn for our businesses. They say that LinkedIn has an incredible organic reach you can use to promote your content. So many people have only posted their profile on LinkedIn (ages ago) and haven’t looked a...
#126: A Real Talk About Mental Health—and Languishing
January 27, 2022 08:00 - 28 minutes - 16.6 MBToday’s show is all about how I’m feeling right now—that blah feeling of languishing. If you feel like that too, or are dealing with any mental health challenges right now, please listen to this episode and then join us in the Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group, where we’ll be talking about this and solutions that might help each of us. Resources: Join the Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group. Support Deliberate Freelancer at Buy Me a Coffee. Subscribe to the Deliberate Freelancer ...
#125: Why You Need a Virtual Assistant and How to Hire One, with Molly Rose Speed
January 20, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 20.3 MBToday’s guest is Molly Rose Speed, founder of Virtual Assistant Management, which provides trusted virtual assistant (VA) solutions and flawless tech execution for busy entrepreneurs. Molly Rose is the go-to professional for some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the speaker/author and content creator industry. She is also an awarded military spouse and solo world traveler who believes in creating a career and a life that allows you to do more of what you love. Molly’s company trains...
#124: How to Create Better Habits (and my Word of the Year)
January 13, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 23.2 MBOn today’s show, I talk about my word (phrase) of the year and what I’m hoping to do in 2022. Then, I talk about the importance of habit formation and give several strategies to build better habits. As I begin to work on developing better habits this year, I want to point out that if you try to introduce too much change into your daily life, you’re setting yourself up for failure. Humans are not great at reorganizing their entire day all at once. We have to start small (so don’t make 1...
#123: My 2021 Business Review and Questions to Help You
January 06, 2022 08:00 - 39 minutes - 22.8 MBFACEBOOK UPDATE: The Deliberate Freelancer Facebook group is now live! Please join at www.facebook.com/groups/deliberatefreelancer. In today’s episode, I look back at my time tracking for 2021’s Q4 briefly and then I dive into analyzing the entire year. At the end, I share some questions that can help you evaluate last year and plan for this year. My average weekly time in Q4 was similar to the previous quarters. I was really proud of myself that I stuck to my “absolutely no work” plan D...
#122: My Best Books of 2021 (and Anticipated 2022 Releases)
December 09, 2021 08:00 - 37 minutes - 22.1 MBThis episode is all about books! And it’s the last episode of the year. My next episode will be January 6, 2022. Happy holidays! As of December 5, I read 51 books this year. I will likely finish book #52 this week, but I probably won’t hit my goal of 60 books in 2021, which is OK. I set a goal just because I have fun tracking my books along the way. In this week’s episode, I rank my top 10 books of the year — all were published in 2021. I then give you two extras that I loved this year t...
#121: Identify the Right Clients with Value-Based Decision-Making, with Ashlee Sang
December 02, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 20.5 MBOn today’s episode, Ashlee Sang talks about how you can work with purpose-driven solopreneurs and service providers. She also explains how you can base everything you do in your freelance businesses around a set of core values—and how that will help you make decisions, find the right clients and grow your business. Ashlee lives in Central Illinois. She owns Ashlee Sang Consulting, where she works with visionary founders who want to grow their impact and their business in a way that’s roote...
#120: 7 Things I’m Thankful for in My Business
November 26, 2021 00:30 - 40 minutes - 23.4 MBOn today’s episode, I’m leaning in to the theme of the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. and sharing seven things I am thankful for in my business. Beyond just telling you about these things, I’m sharing why I’m thankful and asking questions to you that I hope will prompt you to think about how to improve your business life. Thinking about my business this way got me thinking about how I should be building a joyful business in all things that I do. So, as I go through my list, I hope i...
#119: Why and How to Pare Down Your Network
November 18, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 17.5 MBOn today’s show, I want to talk about simplicity and how to pare down your network. I talk a lot about building business relationships, which is a different way of considering how to build your network. Former podcast guest Anna Hetzel talked about this also, how to build community intentionally. By definition, a community will be smaller than a network. A network is often vast and you can’t make personal connections with everyone in your network. A community should be made up of people yo...
#118: Crash Landing and Being Forced to Restart Your Business, with Danna Lorch
November 11, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 24.7 MBToday’s guest is Danna Lorch from Brookline, Massachusetts. Danna has been a freelance writer for 11 years, mostly focusing on journalism. She has covered the visual arts, design, architecture, the trades and parenting. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Architectural Digest and many other publications. Before becoming a writer, she managed nonprofits in the Middle East and Africa. Then, she covered the emerging art scene in the United Arab Emirates for seven year...
#117: My Time Tracking, Money and Client Audit for Q3
November 05, 2021 00:33 - 26 minutes - 15.3 MBIt’s time for my third quarter roundup. Each quarter I review and analyze my time tracking, hours worked, money earned and client mix. My hours in Q3 were similar to Q2. I worked an average of 28 hours a week in Q2 and an average of 27 hours a week in Q3 when you take out my vacation. However, I made less money, so I have to analyze that a bit more. Nothing like time tracking to show you when you are not committing to being unplugged during a vacation. I really wanted to take a full week...
REPLAY: #86: What I Wish for Your Freelance Business in 2021
October 21, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 22.7 MBI’m replaying this January 2021 episode to hopefully motivate you, inspire you and encourage you to do some of these things if you haven’t already yet this year. The year is starting to wind down, incredibly enough, so let’s embrace these concepts and set up our businesses for success now. This episode might also be a good reminder of how to think like a business owner and how now to take time to improve your business. This episode goes through seven areas that I would love for you to im...
#116: How to Create Case Studies to Land New Clients, with Emma Siemasko
October 14, 2021 07:00 - 34 minutes - 20 MBToday’s guest is Emma Siemasko, the founder of Stories By Us, a content marketing business. Emma, who lives in San Jose, California, also offers freelance writing coach and is co-host of the Freelance Writing Coach podcast. Emma has been a solopreneur for six years. She is an expert on writing case studies to promote our businesses. She created the DIY Case Study Kit and has created dozens of case studies and customer stories for tech companies and solopreneurs. Emma’s clients include Fig...
#115: Time Tracking Lessons from Deliberate Freelancer Listeners
October 07, 2021 07:00 - 21 minutes - 12.6 MBToday’s show is all about the benefits of time tracking. But it’s not about my experience today. Instead, five Deliberate Freelancer listeners sent in audio files about their time-tracking experiences and explained the various ways time tracking has helped their freelance business. Information is power. I believe if you know how you’re really spending your time—rather than making assumptions or incorrectly guessing—you can begin to figure out where you want to make changes and make better ...
#114: Building a Successful Business with ADHD, with Courtney Chaal
September 30, 2021 16:10 - 43 minutes - 25.1 MBToday’s guest is Courtney Chaal. Courtney is an American now living in Vancouver in Canada. Courtney helps creatives, coaches and consultants stop being broke and start getting more clients by creating an irresistible service that they can eventually turn into a scalable offer. End goal? Freedom! Courtney is a copywriter turned business coach obsessed with making complex concepts (like business models and sales copy) simple and tangible to help regular people get big results. Over the ...
#113: How to Build Relationships, Not a Network, with Anna Hetzel
September 23, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes - 22.9 MBToday’s guest is Anna Hetzel, from Columbus, Ohio. Anna is the owner and founder of Strange Birds, a business they started five years ago in which they convert copywriting and strategy for websites and community design and strategy. Anna works with service providers and entrepreneurs who are trying to expand their reach and figure out how to talk to their ideal clients and build more scalable offers through paid online communities. Hear the fun story about how Anna named their bu...
#112: How and When to Say No
September 16, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 19.5 MBI am really good at saying no. Today, I’m going to walk you through nine common scenarios freelance business owners experience and tell you how I say no to these questions and situations. Even if the language I use doesn’t resonate with you, I hope it will get you thinking, encourage you to say no more often and help you figure out how to say no in your own words. “No” is a complete sentence. You’ve heard that, right? But in business there usually needs to be a bit more finesse than that. ...
#111: Offering Courses and Coaching, with Translator Madalena Sanchez Zampaulo
September 09, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 33.8 MBToday’s guest is Madalena Sanchez Zampaulo. Madalena lives in Southern California and owns a boutique translation agency called Accessible Translation Solutions, which she opened in 2010. She continues to do freelance translation work as well, specializing in medicine and life sciences. Madalena shares her knowledge and years of research to help freelance translators and interpreters improve their online presence—from their websites and LinkedIn profiles to SEO and copywriting. She does th...
#110: Getting Stuff Done in Indiana
September 02, 2021 07:00 - 10 minutes - 6.51 MBThis week is a short episode because I’m supposed to be on vacation. Tune in to hear how this part-working vacation, part unplugged real vacation is going so far. Biz Bite: Schedule a Monthly Self-Care Reminder The Bookshelf: “Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir Resources: Subscribe to the Deliberate Freelancer newsletter.
REPLAY #43: 33 Ways to Find More Clients
August 26, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 22.6 MBOn today’s show I go over 33 ways you can find new clients. This is a replay of episode #43, which came out January 23, 2020, before we knew what was in store for us. A couple of my recommendations refer to in-person conferences and in-person networking, which is not happening for most us right now during the pandemic. However, just imagine that I’m saying “virtual conference” every time because I’ve found virtual conferences these page 18 months to be great for networking, providing prese...
#109: How to Recognize and Overcome Perfectionism, with Suzy Bills
August 19, 2021 07:00 - 49 minutes - 28.6 MBToday’s guest is Suzy Bills from Utah. Suzy is an editor and author and a faculty member in the editing and publishing program at Brigham Young University (BYU). She was previously a lead editor for the Joseph Smith Papers, and she’s owned a writing and editing business for more than a decade. Suzy’s book, “The Freelance Editor’s Handbook” is being published this fall by the University of California Press. She is also starting to offer business consulting and coaching for freelancers. S...
#108: Should I Keep It Simple or Scale Up?
August 12, 2021 07:00 - 23 minutes - 14.1 MBFor the past several years, I’ve chosen a word (or words) of the year in January, a theme to keep me focused on a particular goal or area. In 2021, my word was simplicity. I think I needed that after 2020. Plus, in January 2021, things were still looking a bit bleak. COVID numbers were high, I hate winter, a bunch of traitors tried to destroy our U.S. Capitol and harm lawmakers. Whew. “Simplicity” was quite different from my planned 2020 words of “Explore + Act” (that changed once the ...
#107: Firing Clients and Taking Control of Your Schedule, with Sarah Greesonbach
August 05, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 21.3 MBToday’s guest is Sarah Greesonbach from Richmond, Virginia. Sarah is a B2B content marketing writer and has been freelancing since 2013. She operates the B2B Content Studio, a freelance consultancy that helps agencies and Fortune 500 technology companies in the HR, retail/e-com and higher education space develop B2B content marketing assets such as white papers, thought leadership articles, case studies and more. Sarah is also the founder of B2B Writing Institute, which is developing a wor...
#106: How to Use Video to Connect with Your Audience, with Anita Kwan
July 29, 2021 07:00 - 35 minutes - 21 MBToday’s guest is Anita Kwan, from Columbus, Ohio. Anita is the owner of a video production company called Reel Hoot. Her mission is to hold a safe and inclusive space in video production while having fun. She helps women, people of color and LGBTQ+ businesses thrive with video strategy and marketing content. Connection is important to Anita. She co-runs an online community called PB&Qs, which stands for Professional, Business and Queers. This community hosts monthly events for women, t...
#105: My Procrastination Struggle and Potential Solutions
July 22, 2021 07:00 - 33 minutes - 19.8 MBOn today’s episode I am talking through my embarrassing business secret: procrastination. It’s my biggest struggle in my business and the thing I hate the most about my business self. I feel like it makes me look lazy or unreliable. I’m a big fan of time tracking, and time tracking has showed me that I don’t get a lot done on most Fridays unless I have a meeting scheduled or a deadline. But, because I have every intention of doing some work on Fridays and then it doesn’t happen, I end up ...
#104: Best Books of 2021 So Far—and New Releases This Fall
July 15, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 25 MBToday’s episode is all about books and reading! I talk book podcasts and tell you about a great book list app. I also recommend the seven best fiction books and one best nonfiction book I’ve read so far in 2021. My new favorite book podcasts, which I also support on Patreon to get the extra podcast content, are: Sarah's Bookshelves Live From the Front Porch podcast (from a bookstore called The Bookshelf in Thomasville, Georgia) The Currently Reading Podcast (Love ...
#103: My Time Tracking and Client Analysis for Q2
July 08, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 26.3 MBAt the end of every quarter I’m going to conduct an analysis of my time tracking, income and clients and projects. I use Toggl to track my time, and it is particularly helpful to let me know how much I am earning per hour for projects in which I’m paid per word or per project. It also tells me how much time it takes me to do certain types of projects, instead of just guessing. That is valuable information the next time I create a similar proposal and set a project rate for a potential client...
#102: Freelancer Survival Skills + a Pep Talk about Boundaries, with Sarah Townsend
July 01, 2021 19:09 - 42 minutes - 24.9 MBToday’s guest is Sarah Townsend from the city of Gloucester in the UK. Sarah has been a freelance marketing copywriter for more than 20 years and is the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller “Survival Skills for Freelancers: Tried and Tested Tips to Help You Ace Self-Employment Without Burnout.” Sarah uses clever copy to help businesses become more successful, and she’s on a mission to raise awareness about the importance of mental health and wellbeing for freelancers and the small busine...
#101: Combining social justice and inclusion with freelancing, after surviving brain cancer, with Bianca Gonzalez
June 24, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 19 MBBianca Gonzalez is a marketing writer from New York state who specializes in corporate social responsibility; diversity, equity and inclusion insights; and multicultural consumer insights. Bianca was preparing to graduate college in the spring of 2020 when the pandemic hit. Because of her health risks as a brain cancer survivor, she turned to freelancing and working from home. Bianca has been able to combine her love of writing with her commitment to social justice and activism. She id...
#100: Lessons from a Pandemic Year, with Jennifer Goforth Gregory
June 17, 2021 07:00 - 56 minutes - 33 MBIt’s my 100th episode! For this very special episode, I invited back my very first guest (in episode 4), Jennifer Goforth Gregory. Jennifer focuses on B2B technology content marketing writing. She is a leader in the content marketing writing world—she literally wrote the book “The Freelance Content Marketing Writer”—but like so many of us, the pandemic brought many challenges. She went from working home alone to having her husband and two teenage kids around all the time. And she lost a anch...
An Extended Memorial Day Hiatus
May 20, 2021 07:00 - 2 minutes - 1.63 MBUPDATE: I have extended my podcast hiatus until Thursday, June 17. Now could be a perfect time for you to catch up on the 99 (!!) previous episodes. I also encourage you to scroll through the show notes on your podcast app or at deliberatefreelancer.com. The show notes read like blog posts and include a ton of resources at the end. I will be back on Thursday, June 17, with a brand-new and very special 100th episode! And I have several other guests lined up as well for the summer that I ...