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Being Freelance

Steve Folland

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 strategies on how to make it as a freelancer, a solopreneur, a fractional this, a self-employed that, as the owner of your own independent creative business - by hearing other freelancers share their experience.

Hosted by fellow freelancer Steve Folland. Serving the world's self-employed with episodes and support since 2015.

Come join us in the Being Freelance Community - You're not alone being freelance. www.beingfreelance.com/community

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373 episodes

  1. Networking Can Work! How Andre De Almeida built his freelance business on conversations 39:06
  2. From Burnout to Balance: Pacing Your Business as a Neurodivergent Freelancer with Celie Nigoumi 54:19
  3. Embracing The Weird: How Quirky Outreach Built a Copywriting Business with Helen Carrie 44:46
  4. 5 Ways AI Could Be Tripping Up Your Freelance Business - Bonus - with lawyer Ingrid Fernandez 32:36
  5. The Blogs Became Books... Became Clients - David Airey 49:02
  6. Freelancer BTS - Not rushing on 3:04
  7. Freelancing Through Every Tech Shift Since the 90s - Lisa Emmington 46:17
  8. Chase the Happiness: Meaningful Freelancing - Filmmaker Zoe East 46:42
  9. The Recipe Is Always the Same: Reach Out, Follow Up - Émilie Chen 50:39
  10. Freelancing as an Unpaid Carer - Adrian Ashton 48:02
  11. Her Niche Is Fishe - Becoming The Ocean Writer - Melissa Hobson 59:45
  12. Becoming a Freelance Illustrator for Marvel, Disney and DC: Doaly 50:59
  13. Business Name vs Your Own Name: Which is Better for Freelancers? 22:55
  14. Becoming the go-to freelancer in your niche - Jessi Illustrates 43:42
  15. Freelancer BTS - Some things are more important 3:41
  16. Stop Waiting for Clients. Start Making - Charles Commins 1:06:04
  17. Field Trip Fridays and Four Bank Accounts - Illustrator Perryn Ryan 47:15
  18. Chase Those Late Payments - Graphic Designer Laura Whitehouse 55:13
  19. How to Find Your Freelancing Niche 19:02
  20. When Freelancing Goes Quiet: Getting Proactive with Mark Grainger 40:06
  21. Freelancer BTS - What happens when they click? 6:08
  22. From Freelancer To Studio - The Power Of Positioning 56:18
  23. Cold Outreach: What Actually Works for Freelancers 15:34
  24. How Katie Chappell Built (and Unbuilt) a Scalable Freelance Illustration Business 54:28
  25. How These Freelancers Work ON Their Business All Year 14:37
  26. Graphic Designer & Illustrator Itzel Islas 34:45
  27. I’m Not a Machine - Freelancing Balance & Bandwidth with Katie Tucker 50:03
  28. Slow Down - Lineo's Intentional Freelancing 47:07
  29. Surgeries, Grief, & a Six-Figure Business - Jess Bruno 49:15
  30. No Suit, No Broccoli: Escaping Corporate Life with André Spiteri 47:42
  31. 20 years freelancing as Ben The Illustrator 40:14
  32. Your Handy Dandy Brandy Gal: Hollie Arnett 55:29
  33. Collaborating, Not Competing - Jerel Ramsey’s Freelancer Story 36:01
  34. Communications Specialist Dee Primett 50:32
  35. Using Creative Skills For Good - Conservation Illustrator Styngvi 38:50
  36. Freelance Freedom: How Rebecca Rosenberg Balances Work and Wanderlust 35:30
  37. Animation Director Dave Anderson 46:08
  38. Antisocial Socialite Yolanda Sissing 50:07
  39. Illustrator Helen Ridley 51:52
  40. Photographer Xavier Buendia 41:54
  41. Podcast Producer Kate Taylor 52:45
  42. Laughs for Leads on LinkedIn - Freelancer Dave Officer 54:43
  43. Graphic Designer Angela Lyons 47:51
  44. Copywriter & Creative Director Thomas Kemeny 39:41
  45. Purpose Driven Illustrator Hazel Mead 47:07
  46. Sustainability Copywriter Raymond Manzor 51:48
  47. Illustrator Mariery Young 50:16
  48. Voiceover Emma Clarke 47:43
  49. Web Designer Phil Matthews 42:57
  50. Passion over Profit: Desire Lacap's Freelancing Philosophy 39:26