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Hosted by Panel: Reuven, Margaret, Kai, Meg, Jeremy, Erik · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 37 episodes
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If you're a freelancer, then you're not just an expert in your field. You're also a business owner, responsible for everything from bookkeeping to marketing to customer satisfaction to business development. On the Business of Freelancing, our panel of experienced freelancers discuss the issues that they have encountered while building up their business — and give you practical, actionable advice to take your career to the next level. We also invite expert guests to provide their opinions and perspectives on how you can better succeed in your freelance career.
Panel: Reuven, Margaret, Kai, Meg, Jeremy, Erik hosts The Business of Freelancing, a business show with 37 episodes published.
In our final episode, our panel talks about scaling up, whether you should and how to do it: Pros and cons of scaling What you can do to prep Actionable quick tips Panelists Erik Dietrich Reuven Lerner Panel Picks In eac
In this episode, our panel talks about how to improve your career when you're working on your own: Career development for freelancers vs employees What is career development, really? Self-evaluation – taking time to be d
In this episode, our panel talks about knowing when to fold, knowing when to stop freelancing, and try full-time.: Advantages of a full-time job How often should you ask yourself this question/evaluate whether to keep go
In this episode, our panel will be discussing everything you need to know about handling conflict with clients: Sources of conflict Horror stories Tactical conflict management best practices Avoiding conflicts Panelists
In this episode, our panel will be discussing everything you need to know about Customer Service and Client Retention: Why is customer service relevant? Upselling Best practice & more Panelists Erik Dietrich Reuven Lerne
In this episode, our panel will be discussing everything you need to know about accounting & finance: What does business finance involve in the early days for a freelancer? Should you pay someone to help? If so, when, an
In this episode, we will be discussing everything you need to know about pricing with our guest, Jonathan Stark. Guest Our guest this week is Jonathan Stark — He is a former software developer who is on a mission to rid
In this episode, our panel will be discussing everything you need to know about contracts and negotiating over them: When does negotiation begin (in the sales/marketing pipeline)? What is negotiation like with different
Once you're done with marketing, how do you actually start the sales funnel with a client? Today, our panel takes a deep dive into everything you need to know about sales. Panelists Erik Dietrich Reuven Lerner Panel Pick
In this episode, our panel takes a deep dive into marketing for freelancers. All your questions will be answered: What is marketing? Where does marketing stop and sales begin? What are the prerequisites for marketing? Wh
Episode Summary We talk with Philip Morgan, coach & author of 'The Positioning Manual for Indie Consultants', about specialization & positioning - building a defensive advantage around your business by cultivating rare &
In this episode, our panel takes a deep dive into preparing your freelance practice and discusses: Their stories of how they got started What they would do differently, and The things to keep in mind when you're actually
Welcome to the first episode of season 3! In this episode, our panel takes a deep dive into freelancing: What does it mean to be a freelancer? Is it for you? Panelists Erik Dietrich Reuven Lerner Panel Picks In each epis
Episode Summary How can you grow your business as a freelancer? Our panel discusses the different paths to grow your business, hiring a team, climbing the value chain, and aligning your growth goals with what you want ou
Episode Summary We talk with Brian Casel, entrepreneur and creator of ProcessKit and Productize & Scale, about how to create systems that bring order to your business and how to productize your services. Links ProcessKit
Episode Summary Thinking about using YouTube for marketing, promotion and audience growth? Our panel talks about our experiences using this channel and what we'd recommend for people considering adding this channel into
The Elusive Work-Life Balance Episode Summary We talk about the struggles we face with the ever-present puzzle of balancing work and life as freelancers and indie consultants and the strategies and mindsets we've develop
Episode Summary Where can you find leads in the short term if you're in need of work now? What are strategies you can use to find better quality leads? We answer those questions and share resources to help you on your jo
Episode Summary We talk with Alex Hillman about lessons for freelancers and indie consultants from his recently released book, the Tiny MBA. Alex drops a lot of wisdom in this episode about how to tackle and unpack some
Episode Summary Today we'll be discussing sales and marketing and how to use marketing to improve the sales experience as a freelancer. Links Mentioned Cold Email Podcast Sales 101 for Freelance Devs — Avoiding the Pain
Jonathan Stark
author of Hourly Billing Is Nuts · TrueNorth Companies
1 appearance on this show
Professor Philip Morgan
Project Lead of the Healthy Dads Healthy Kids program · The Morgan Group
1 appearance on this show
Brian Casel
Founder of Audience Ops · Instrumental Products
1 appearance on this show
Alex Hillman
co-founder · Stacking the Bricks
1 appearance on this show
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The Business of Freelancing is hosted by Panel: Reuven, Margaret, Kai, Meg, Jeremy, Erik. The show is categorised under Business (Careers) and has published 37 episodes.
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