Freelance Road Trip Podcast
By Alvalyn Lundgren: Designer, illustrator, and instructor
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The intersection of inspired creativity and common business sense for freelance designers, illustrators, and photographers who want to have fulfilling, successful businesses. Hosted by Alvalyn Lundgren.
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When To Walk Away. A Q&A.
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Self Promotion Essentials
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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12 Things They Don't Teach In Design School
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Productivity, Time, & Work-Life Integration
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Scams and Other Money Traps
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Recordkeeping For Freelancers
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Task Management Tactics
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Professional Practices For Freelance Creatives
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May 28, 2024 |
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Establish Your Value Proposition
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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An Attitude For Success
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Upgrade Your Portfolio With Case Studies
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Not Using Contracts? What Could Go Wrong?
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Freelancers and Financial Crimes
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Up All Night
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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There Are No Guarantees
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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How To Negotiate With Clients
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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What's the Difference Between Marketing and Branding?
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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How To Thrive In Your Creative Business
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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The Impact Of AI On Your Creative Business
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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How To Sell Expertise When You Don't Have Expertise
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May 30, 2023 |
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Form An LLC For The Right Reasons
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May 02, 2023 |
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Sometimes You Have To Pick Up The Phone
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Define Your Own Success
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Get Your Pricing Structure In Order
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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How to Have Better Client Meetings
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Feb 17, 2023 |
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How To Start Freelancing
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Reasons To Start Freelancing
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Help! I Need More Clients
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Jun 25, 2022 |
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Mindset Shifts Every Freelance Creative Must Make
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Resumés and Portfolios For Freelancers
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May 21, 2022 |
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Are You A Freelancer Or A Business Owner?
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May 01, 2022 |
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Who's In Control?
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Sales Taxes, Income Taxes, and Freelance Creatives
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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How To Protect Your Work During A Creative Review
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Make Your Marketing Easier
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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When Your Client Treats You Like You’re Their Employee
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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How To Crush Those Freelancing Fears
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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The Value Of Our Creative Work
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Helping You Navigate A Changing Landscape
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Aug 14, 2021 |
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3 Criteria Creatives Use To Solve Business Problems
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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How To Say No To Problem Clients, Scope Creep, and Bad Ideas
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Jul 31, 2021 |
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4 Time Management Principles To Transform Your Work Week
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Jul 24, 2021 |
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What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate
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Jul 17, 2021 |
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The Designer, the Infographic, and the Unhappy Client
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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Mark-ups, Minimums, and Managing Money
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Jul 03, 2021 |
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How To Craft Your Professional Portfolio
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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Make Your Portfolio A Marketing Tool
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Jun 19, 2021 |
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Master the Client Discovery Call
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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10 Red Flag Warnings Freelancers Shouldn't Ignore
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Detours Are Not Your Destiny
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May 29, 2021 |
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How To Write Your Business Plan
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May 22, 2021 |
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How To Care For Your Suppliers
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May 14, 2021 |
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Why Strategy Trumps Tactics
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May 07, 2021 |
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Your Client Is Not Your Enemy
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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5 Practical Steps To Shift From Artist To Owner
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Use Creative Briefs To Build Trust
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Cultivating Limitless Success
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Apr 10, 2021 |
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How The PRO Act Will Make Life Worse For Freelancers
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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Budgeting Smarts For Freelancers
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Contracts, Spec Work, and the Friends & Family Plan
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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Does Formal Design Education Matter?
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Why the PRO Act Should Scare You
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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Things They Don't Teach You In Design School
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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For Better Results Add Pliability To Your Planning
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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Should Freelancers Work With Family and Friends?
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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Better Clients Through Filtering
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Aesthetics, Your Clients, and You
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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How Setting Goals Helps You Succeed
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Don't Fall For This Scam
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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12 Rules For Freelance Success
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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7 Things You Must Do To Start Freelancing
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Is It Time For A Rest Stop?
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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How To Listen To Your Clients
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Planning For A Prosperous Year
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Dec 05, 2020 |
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Why Clients Don't Pay
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Project Management For Creative Freelancers
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Nov 21, 2020 |
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Why Clients Leave
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Nov 14, 2020 |
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This Will Keep You Going
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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4 Keys To Success for Freelance Creatives
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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Ethics, Motives, and Responsible Creativity
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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Are You Idling? Or Accelerating?
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Oct 17, 2020 |
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Do Freelancers Have The Right To Work?
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Oct 10, 2020 |
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This Is Entirely The Wrong Approach
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Oct 03, 2020 |
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Pricing Tip: When Should You Name Your Price?
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Price, Value, and Anchoring
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Sep 19, 2020 |
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Pricing Your Creative Services
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Sep 12, 2020 |
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Are Creativity and Business Really Compatible?
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Sep 05, 2020 |
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You Can't Enforce Boundaries You Haven't Set
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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3 Questions To Ask In Your Marketing Reset
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Let's Talk About Money
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Why Freelancers Need To Go Bold
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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You're Never Really Out Of Ideas
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Are You Your Client's Cheapest Option?
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Jun 13, 2020 |
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Is It Demeaning To Call Yourself A Freelancer?
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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Do You Have A Profit Motive?
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May 30, 2020 |
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How To Communicate Your Value To Get Better Clients
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May 24, 2020 |
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Self-Promotion Strategies for Freelance Creatives
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May 16, 2020 |
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Are Local Business Listings Good For Getting Business?
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May 09, 2020 |
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Should You Charge for Your Work During a Crisis?
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May 01, 2020 |
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When Clients Ask For Your Working Files
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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10 Items On My Don't-Do-It List
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Of Discounts, Charge Backs, and Junk Drawer Design
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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How To Downshift When Things Go Downhill
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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7 Things you must do to start your freelance business
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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How To Respond Creatively To Crisis
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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How To Build a Better Portfolio
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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It's All In Your Head
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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How's That AB5 Thing Goin' For Ya?
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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Working For Free Is Not A Sustainable Business Model
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Feb 22, 2020 |
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First Impressions Happen On Both Sides of the Table
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Feb 15, 2020 |
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Q&A: Sketchy Prospects, Side Gigs, and Getting Paid
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Feb 08, 2020 |
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Unpacking the Freelance Contract
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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Four More Contracts Creative Freelancers Need To Know
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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Why You Should Always Get It In Writing
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Jan 18, 2020 |
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Got Clients? Use Contracts!
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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A 5-Point Tune-up for Your Freelance Business
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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Do You Want To Succeed? Make A Plan!
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Dec 28, 2019 |
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The Difference Between Leads and Referrals
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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Are You Idling Or Accelerating?
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Word Of Mouth Marketing Is Bad For Business
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Stop Believing These Limiting Lies
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Dec 01, 2019 |
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A Vocabulary Lesson For Your Freelance Business
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Nov 23, 2019 |
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What Business Owners Do That Most Freelancers Don't (but should)
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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The Golden Rule of Freelancing
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Nov 09, 2019 |
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What California's AB 5 Means For Your Freelance Business
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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The CASE Act plus Why You Should Avoid Spec Work
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Do Business, Not Favors. Make Scope Creep Work In Your Favor.
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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The Designer and the Relief Pitcher
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Oct 10, 2019 |
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How To Go From Being A $25/hour Freelancer to Being a $100/hour Freelancer
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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Business Networking For Introverts and Everyone Else
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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10 Ways To Keep Good Clients
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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How To Get Clients To Pay You
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Sep 14, 2019 |
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5 Stages of Client Loyalty
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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Are You Making These Contract Mistakes?
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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Some Questions Really Are Stupid plus Essentials for an Effective Portfolio
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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Practices, Principles, Passion, and Profit
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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Do You Want Fries With That?
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Aug 03, 2019 |
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Change Your Mindset
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Jul 13, 2019 |