Hosted by Melanie Padgett Powers · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 224 episodes
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The 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.
Melanie Padgett Powers hosts Deliberate Freelancer, a business show with 224 episodes published.
On today's show I share two timely new resources: Introducing Deliberate Freelancer Clarity Calls! These are 45-minute Zoom video chats to talk through 1-2 challenges with podcast host Melanie Padgett Powers. Are you fee
Today's guest is Michelle Rafter, who lives in Portland, Oregon. Michelle is the owner of WordCount Editorial Services. She is a former journalist who is now a ghostwriter of books, research reports and articles for CEOs
Download transcript of episode 205. Today's guest is Sara Kobilka, who lives in New York state. Sara is the owner of Renaissance Woman Consulting. Sara has an insatiable curiosity that has driven her career in many diffe
In today's episode, I recap what my business looked like in January and February. This includes: Why I got a slow start to 2025. Why I've been focusing only on current clients and not marketing. How much I earned in Janu
Today's guest is Matthew Fenton, who lives in Oregon wine country with his wife and two cats. Matthew is the founder of Three Deuce Branding, a one-man consultancy with a simple mission: "to help good people build great
Today's guest is Alan Heymann. Alan is the owner of Peaceful Direction. He is an executive coach and facilitator and is the author of two books on leadership analogies: "Don't Just Have the Soup" and "Embrace Your Inner
On today's show I discuss my favorite books I read in 2024 and share my most anticipated books of 2025, plus some popular authors coming out with new books this year. A few statistics first. In 2024: I read 67 books. I d
On today's show I discuss the rough start to 2025 and share my 2024 end-of-year review, which includes: My gross and net income for 2024 My expenses for 2024 My income goals and whether I hit those each quarter How I lan
Today's guest is Rosanna Campbell, a freelance content writer who writes "non-boring content" for B2B SaaS clients like Dock, Lattice, and monday.com. She lives in Madrid, Spain, with her husband, son, and their beagle w
In today's episode, I recap what my business looked like in November. This includes: How much I worked in November. Why I got behind and how I dealt with it. The types of work I did and how I charged. My total monthly ea
Today's guest is Melissa Hobson, who does business as The Ocean Writer Ltd. Her writing focuses on marine science and conservation. Melissa lives in Hastings, England. She has written for National Geographic, Scientific
I'm excited about Bluesky! Are you on the platform too? Let's create a Deliberate Freelancer starter pack — more on that in this episode — but follow me at @MelEdits. On today's show, I share five questions to help you w
On today's show, I talk about how hiring a business coach for a few months helped me get excited about my business again. Here's what I share with you in this episode: Why I hired a coach. The initial goals I had with co
On today's new regular monthly episode I recap what my business looked like in October. This includes: How much I worked in October. The types of work I did and how I charged. Why a lower-paying passion project can be wo
Today's guest is Reyna Gobel, MBA, MPH, a New Yorker who is a purpose-driven freelance writer. She writes journalism and content on personal finance, travel, pets, and health and nutrition. Reyna is a personal finance an
I am finally back! I know, I know — this was way longer than that a "summer" hiatus. I'm sorry for the delay, but to be honest, I wasn't sure I was coming back. I'll talk about that in today's episode and share why I did
I will be on summer hiatus from June to September. This episode gives you a quick update about my summer plans and provides a sneak peek into what I'm looking forward to talking about in September. Resources: Support Del
Today's guest is Austin L. Church, who returns to the show to talk about his book "Free Money." Austin lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. He helps e-commerce founders stand out online with their brand strategy. Lately, he's
Today's guest is Rachel Meltzer. Rachel lives in Massachusetts after doing the "van life" thing for a few years. She is a freelance writer for software as a service companies or SaaS. She's written for Lenovo, Grammarly,
Today's guest is Louis Tinsley, a DC-based commercial photographer. Louis has been working in the industry professionally for more than 10 years and sits on the board of the DC chapter of American Photographic Artists, w
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Deliberate Freelancer is hosted by Melanie Padgett Powers. The show is categorised under business (careers) and has published 224 episodes.
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