Where Successful Freelancers and Agency Owners Share the Details of How their Business Works

Trying to start or grow a sustainable freelancing business? Want a podcast where guests aren't permitted to omit the secret sauce?

Past guests have shared:

  • Exactly how they find clients.
  • How they price their services.
  • How their entire business model operates.

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image for post - FT 173: Build Relationships and Win Clients with Kirk Williams

FT 173: Build Relationships and Win Clients with Kirk Williams

Kirk Williams, owner of Zato Marketing, will be the first to tell you that you don’t absolutely need to use an expensive sales funnel to attract clients to your business. Kirk is a paid search marketer who started his career on Twitter. His online presence on Twitter and through online forums helped him generate leads and create a client pool he loves to work with!

image for post - FT 172: What Is Your Client Contract Missing with Abbey Woodcock

FT 172: What Is Your Client Contract Missing with Abbey Woodcock

Abbey Woodcock is a copywriter and freelancer coach who has learned first-hand from her own business mistakes. In the beginning, Abbey focused more on her craft than her business, and it ended up costing her thousands of dollars. Abbey shares why project management, legal protection, and financial planning should be some of the most important aspects of running your own freelance business.

image for post - FT 171: Be Clear on Who You Target with Lianna Patch

FT 171: Be Clear on Who You Target with Lianna Patch

Lianna Patch is a conversion copywriter and conference speaker who uses her amazing sense of humor to create interactive content for her clients. She’s injecting personality into her business and working with clients she genuinely likes. Her advice today will loosen you up and help you build the client list you actually want to work with.

image for post - FT 170: From Virtual Assistant to 18 Person Agency Owner in 3.5 Years with Emily Hirsh

FT 170: From Virtual Assistant to 18 Person Agency Owner in 3.5 Years with Emily Hirsh

If you make the right moves, you can build an agency in just three years. Think it’s impossible? Think again! We have Emily Hirsh on the show today just to prove that it is entirely possible to build your brand and your business in only three years.

 

image for post - FT 169: Breaking Out of Banking to Become a Coach with Merideth Bisiker

FT 169: Breaking Out of Banking to Become a Coach with Merideth Bisiker

Less than a year ago, Merideth left her full-time job to become Merideth the Money Coach. She helps clients with money management techniques and helps them recover from financial crisis. She’s on Freelance Transformation today to talk about the work-life balance that is sometimes hard to manage when working for yourself. She shares how to pull off the transition from full-time to self-employment and how she balances her career in order to be there for her family.

image for post - FT 168: How to Book $156K in Client Work from Upwork with Tom Casano

FT 168: How to Book $156K in Client Work from Upwork with Tom Casano

Tom Casano is an SEO consultant and founder of the Sure Oak consulting firm. He ramped up his business over the past 16 months by optimizing his availability on Upwork.com. On this episode, Tom discusses what cues you can look for when filtering through clients, and his proposal strategy might just change the way you look at job board sites! 

image for post - FT 167: Find and Help Clients in a Cool Niche with Sophie Bujold

FT 167: Find and Help Clients in a Cool Niche with Sophie Bujold

Sophie Bujold is the creator of Cliqueworthy, an agency that connects clients with their ideal online communities. Sometimes her clients are starting from scratch, but most of the time these clients already have a community; they just don’t know what to do with it. You can use your online community to carry your message and build your brand. Sophie shares some tips on this episode to help us find clients and build relationships online that are both sincere and successful.