Advanced Freelancing

By Laura Pennington

Business Management & Marketing

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Finances for Freelancers - ...

10.19.2020

Are your finances captured, organized, and planned out for the future? Whether you are a beginner or advanced freelancer, finances are typically the biggest pain point in your business. In this episode, my guest Meagan Hernandez shares her top five ...

Advanced Freelancing episodes:

10.19.2020 Finances for Freelancers - EP 129 Are your finances captured, organized, and planned out for the future? Whether you are a beginner or advanced freelancer, finances are typically the biggest pain point in your business. In this episode, my guest Meagan Hernandez shares her top five ...
10.05.2020 How to Break Out of Imposter Syndrome - EP 128 Do you know your worth? Laura and Ashley discuss why mindset is the most important tool to scale your business. Ashley shares “My worth doesn’t come from the hours that I put towards tasks. My worth and I should be ...
09.28.2020 Creating an Irresistible Offer - EP 127 Are potential clients excited to work with you after presenting them your offer? In this episode you’ll learn how to create an offer that your client cannot refuse, make it a win for you and a win for the client, ...
09.14.2020 Do You Need a VA or an OBM? - EP 126 Are you a solopreneur ready to grow your team? Outsourcing some of the backend tasks of your business to an assistant or strategic partner will allow you to flow in your zone of genius and take your business to the ...
09.07.2020 5 Tips for Sales Calls - EP 125 Do you get nervous about sales calls? I did too as a new freelancer, but now I love them! In this episode, you will learn how to show up to these confidently and effectively. The more you can master sales ...
08.31.2020 Taking Time Off - EP 124 Have you developed a toxic working relationship with yourself? In this episode, I discuss the power of rest and share the importance of time off, both scheduled and unscheduled, where you're able to just decompress from your business. You’ll learn ...
08.24.2020 Convert Clients and Make More Money - EP 123 Are you sending tons and tons of pitches, but converting no clients? I see this so often, and today I am sharing the things that you need to keep in mind when you are talking to clients. You’ll learn why ...
08.17.2020 Updating & Sending Work Samples to Clients - EP 122 Don't underestimate the power of your work samples, and you'll learn why in this episode and how you need to be concerned with your work samples and the way that you send them to clients. I share examples of mistakes ...
08.10.2020 How to Handle Clients Who Want to Drop Projects/Decrease Project Size Are you losing clients? Do you have clients decreasing the packages and projects you are working on? Especially during the pandemic, you have to be adaptable and ready to pivot. Being proactive and communicating with your clients and knowing what ...
08.03.2020 Five Things Your Client Wants You To Know with Anthony Park - EP 120 Have you ever put yourself in your clients shoes to ensure that you are delivering an exceptional experience? You may be making mistakes with your clients that could become problematic. My guest, Anthony Park, shares the following top five things ...
07.27.2020 How to Scale Your Freelance Business Using Thumbtack with Bianca Scott - EP 119 Have you ever considered using Thumbtack to find clients? I confess until I interviewed Bianca Scott I didn’t realize what an awesome opportunity the platform could be for freelancers! This episode is a goldmine for tips and tricks that apply ...
07.20.2020 When You Should Hire A Bookkeeper - EP 118 Do you know how profitable your business really is? Until I hired a bookkeeper, I had no clue how little income I was actually earning! I am thrilled to share financial tips from my guest Ean Murphy who will teach ...
07.13.2020 How To Write A Cold Pitch - EP 117 In this episode my guest Sophia Dagnon teaches you how to write cold pitches that stand out from the crowd. You’ll learn the best practices of writing an email and all the things that you need to research and do ...
07.06.2020 Using SEO to Build Your Freelance Website - EP 116 Are you stumped on the idea of using SEO to build your freelance website? In this episode, my guest Jason Berkotwiz, SEO expert and Founder & SEO Director of Break The Web, shares about SEO for your website, providing SEO ...
06.29.2020 How to Pitch High Profile Clients - EP 115 In this episode, my guest freelancer Jordan Fox teaches you how to pitch, network with, and have ongoing relationships with high profile clients. You’ll learn how to stand out from the crowd and get through to the connections that will ...
06.22.2020 How to Overcome Procrastination - EP 114 In this episode, my guest freelancer Ellen Goodwin shares how she lost clients and almost lost her business due to procrastination. We discuss how to work when no one is watching and being consistent to meet deadlines for clients. You’ll ...
06.15.2020 How to Become a Successful Freelance Translator - EP 113 In this episode, you’ll hear from freelance translator Maeva Cifuentes. We discuss where to find clients, how to market your services, and networking on LinkedIn. The principles discussed here apply to any freelance business, no matter your services. You’ll learn ...
06.08.2020 How to Repurpose Content and Take the Guesswork Out of Posting on Social Media - EP 112 In this episode, you’ll learn about content repurposing from expert Amy Woods. We discuss how to take the guesswork out of posting on social media and show up consistently. By focusing on quality over quantity you can become an industry ...
06.01.2020 Confidentiality and Non-disclosure Agreements - EP 111 In this episode freelance copywriter and screenwriter Marc Isaacs shares what to look for in non-disclosure agreements, the legal implications, and how to grow your freelance business around the confidentiality restrictions. You’ll learn how to leverage the work you’ve done ...
05.25.2020 Being Resilient in the Time of Uncertainty - EP 110 In this episode Michael Diettrich-Chastain, the CEO of Arc Integrated, talks about being resilient in times of change and uncertainty, and the questions that you need to ask yourself to create momentum in your business. You’ll learn the one thing ...
05.18.2020 How to Launch Your Virtual Career In this episode Kimber Hill, the Founder and CEO of VirtForce, shares why she pivoted to remote work, and how she now coaches her military community to invest in their career and personal development that launches them into successful Virtual ...
05.11.2020 How to Use Your Helper Mentality as a Freelancer-EP108 In this episode, you’re hearing from another former teacher, Brittany. She’s now a pro in the online service world and helps other teachers break free of working in the long, slow grind that is a career for so many in ...
05.04.2020 Should You Become a Freelance Grantwriter?-EP107 If you’ve always wanted to work with nonprofits or if you’re a writer who wants to broaden your skillset, have you ever considered grantwriting? It’s a different form of copywriting when compared with things like sales copy, but nonprofits frequently ...
04.27.2020 Should Freelancers Retire Their Spouse?-EP106 In this episode, we chatted all things Facebook ads and how Brandi grew her business from service provider to rockstar empire owner. Brandi has does a lot of this without a team. Although there’s definitely a point where you need ...
04.20.2020 Pricing & Positioning with Confidence as a Freelancer-EP105 Do you know some of the things that are holding you back from getting great results? Are you nervous about claiming the right pricing? Too many freelancers who are new to working for themselves automatically downgrade what they want to ...
04.13.2020 Building a Freelance Job Platform with Guest Lesley Pyle-EP104 In this episode, I talk with someone who founded a job board. We often interact with job boards when we’re applying to different gigs, but have you ever thought about what goes into setting up a freelance job board? Today’s ...
04.06.2020 Freelance Partnerships and Running an Agency with Jason Martin and Patrick Falvey-EP103 In this episode, you’ll hear from two expert web developers and agency owners Jason Martin and Patrick Falvey. You’ll learn about how they made the decision to partner up and why a partnership and agency is the right choice for ...
03.30.2020 Freelancing as a Side Hustle with a Day Job with Janine Kelbach-EP102 Did you know that you don't have to scale your freelance business up to a full-time job? Plenty of Freelancers have a goal of scaling their business to be able to replace their day job income, but others are perfectly ...
03.23.2020 Let's Fix Your Lead Gen Process with Juliet Clark-EP101 It's time for your weekly dose of inspiration and strategy from the Advanced Freelancing podcast. Before I kick off today's episode, if you love this show and listen every week, please hop on over to iTunes and consider leaving the ...
03.09.2020 Top 10 Episodes of This Podcast-EP100 After starting podcasting several years ago, I had no idea where my podcasting journey would take me. And it's still an excellent opportunity to refine and grow my process as I explore podcasting further in 2020. All that being said, ...
03.02.2020 How Much Should Freelancers Pitch Each Week?-EP099 I’m so glad you're tuning in for another episode of the Advanced Freelancing podcast. Now this episode was inspired by a handful of one on one clients and strategy session clients who come to me because they feel like they're ...
02.24.2020 Passive Income Projects For Freelancers with Rachel Richards-EP098 Can you believe we're just a couple of episodes away from hitting 100 on the Advanced Freelancing, and previously known as Better Biz Academy podcast? I'm very excited to chat with today's guest, Rachel Richards. She really has an amazing ...
02.10.2020 Pitching with Abbi Perets-EP097 It's rare that I find someone else whose advice on freelancing I really trust. But that's not the case for my guest today. Because it's very easy to take and trust her advice. My guest today is Abbi Perets. She ...
02.03.2020 Burnout and Your Freelance Business: Part 2-EP096 Welcome back to another episode of the advanced freelancing podcast. This is part two of a small series, just two episodes about how to deal with burnout. So if you're listening to this episode, and you haven't yet heard the ...
01.06.2020 Burnout and Your Freelance Business: Part 1-EP095 Welcome back to another episode of the Advanced Freelancing podcast. As you're listening to this, it is already 2020. It's a great opportunity to reflect back on all the things you've done over the past year as a freelancer or ...
12.30.2019 Contracts 101 for Freelancers with Mariam Tsaturyan-EP094 TL:DR: You need legal contract templates and disclaimers. Mariam did the work for you. Check out her store here. So you know you need a contract with most of your freelance clients. But you get tripped up when the client ...
12.23.2019 Working Remotely with Expert Maryellen Stockton-EP093 One of these questions I see coming up all the time for people who are just thinking about making the leap into working from home is whether working remotely and freelancing are the same thing. It can get really confusing ...
12.16.2019 Is Honesty the Best Policy in Firing Freelance Clients?-EP092 Should you really be honest when firing freelance clients? Does it make sense to tell someone up front that their management style is terrible or that you've really hated working on the project? You're going to learn more in this ...
12.09.2019 Freelancers Guide to Raising Your Rates-EP091 Welcome back to another episode of the advanced freelancing podcast. This episode is being recorded towards the end of 2019 with this particular topic because it tends to come up halfway through the year and at the end of year ...
12.02.2019 Get Out of Your Home Office and to the Freelance Conference in 2020 with Emily Leach!-EP090 Welcome back to another episode of the advanced freelancing Podcast. I am very excited about my guest today. I wish I had discovered her and everything that she's doing much sooner. And that's part of the reason I wanted to ...
11.25.2019 Freelance Book News: Two More Books & National Award-EP089 It's time for another episode of the Advanced Freelancing podcast. Now this episode might be a little shorter than usual. But that's because I'm sharing some news that I didn't have planned out in my content calendar. So, I am ...
11.18.2019 From Freelance in Theater to Full-Time Job: Lessons on Balance & Burnout from Dani Belvin-EP088 I’m coming to you today with another guest who's going to share her great insight into how to make freelancing work for you. She’s also going to share when to decide that maybe it's not the right fit, and you ...
11.11.2019 Why I’m Not Freelancing Full Time Anymore If you know me, you know I love doing batch work. So if you're listening to this episode, know that I have recorded several podcast episodes, at the same time. All with the content previously outlined that I did in ...
11.04.2019 From Freelancer to Remote Worker to Hybrid-EP086 This is episode 86 of the Advanced Freelancing podcast. I'm doing a separate introduction here because this is the first time that I've interviewed a guest in this new format and reboot of my podcast. I was super excited to ...
10.28.2019 When Your Per Piece Rate is Not Really a Freelance Per Piece Rate-EP085 Charging a Freelance Per Piece Rate Can Make Things Easier… with One Caveat! This is episode 85 of the Advanced Freelancing podcast. In this episode, I'll be talking about a recent experience I had with a client that I completed ...
10.21.2019 Creating a Mental Health Plan for a Freelance Business-EP084 Today, I'm steering a little bit away from some of the traditional strategies I love to talk about when growing your business to think a little bit more big picture. Have you ever created a mental health plan for your ...
10.14.2019 My Favorite Tools for Keeping Track-EP083 In this episode, I am going to nerd out with some of my favorite strategies, systems, and software that will help keep you organized. When I first launched my freelance writing business in 2012, it was okay to be a ...
10.07.2019 How to Use Test Projects As A Freelancer-EP082 It's time for another episode of the advanced freelancing podcast. And thanks for finding me here. Whether you're in my facebook group, Mastering Your Freelance Life with Laura, discovered my freelance services on LinkedIn, or found me through my website ...
09.30.2019 Scheduling Tips for Advanced Freelancers-EP081 Here's what's really cool about freelancing...what it looks like is based on your needs. The ideal set point and type of clients and projects that you work on will vary from one freelancer to another. So it's a really great, ...
09.23.2019 10 Habits of Successful Six Figure Freelancers-EP080 This episode specifically is for those of you who are thinking about scaling your freelance business to six figures. I recognize that that's not necessarily everyone. Everyone has different goals for their freelance business. For you, it might make sense ...

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Advanced Freelancing episodes:

Finances for Freelancers - EP 129

How to Break Out of Imposter Syndrome - EP 128

Creating an Irresistible Offer - EP 127

Do You Need a VA or an OBM? - EP 126

5 Tips for Sales Calls - EP 125

Taking Time Off - EP 124

Convert Clients and Make More Money - EP 123

Updating & Sending Work Samples to Clients - EP 122

How to Handle Clients Who Want to Drop Projects/Decrease Project Size

Five Things Your Client Wants You To Know with Anthony Park - EP 120

How to Scale Your Freelance Business Using Thumbtack with Bianca Scott - EP 119

When You Should Hire A Bookkeeper - EP 118

How To Write A Cold Pitch - EP 117

Using SEO to Build Your Freelance Website - EP 116

How to Pitch High Profile Clients - EP 115

How to Overcome Procrastination - EP 114

How to Become a Successful Freelance Translator - EP 113

How to Repurpose Content and Take the Guesswork Out of Posting on Social Media - EP 112

Confidentiality and Non-disclosure Agreements - EP 111

Being Resilient in the Time of Uncertainty - EP 110

How to Launch Your Virtual Career

How to Use Your Helper Mentality as a Freelancer-EP108

Should You Become a Freelance Grantwriter?-EP107

Should Freelancers Retire Their Spouse?-EP106

Pricing & Positioning with Confidence as a Freelancer-EP105

Building a Freelance Job Platform with Guest Lesley Pyle-EP104

Freelance Partnerships and Running an Agency with Jason Martin and Patrick Falvey-EP103

Freelancing as a Side Hustle with a Day Job with Janine Kelbach-EP102

Let's Fix Your Lead Gen Process with Juliet Clark-EP101

Top 10 Episodes of This Podcast-EP100

How Much Should Freelancers Pitch Each Week?-EP099

Passive Income Projects For Freelancers with Rachel Richards-EP098

Pitching with Abbi Perets-EP097

Burnout and Your Freelance Business: Part 2-EP096

Burnout and Your Freelance Business: Part 1-EP095

Contracts 101 for Freelancers with Mariam Tsaturyan-EP094

Working Remotely with Expert Maryellen Stockton-EP093

Is Honesty the Best Policy in Firing Freelance Clients?-EP092

Freelancers Guide to Raising Your Rates-EP091

Get Out of Your Home Office and to the Freelance Conference in 2020 with Emily Leach!-EP090

Freelance Book News: Two More Books & National Award-EP089

From Freelance in Theater to Full-Time Job: Lessons on Balance & Burnout from Dani Belvin-EP088

Why I’m Not Freelancing Full Time Anymore

From Freelancer to Remote Worker to Hybrid-EP086

When Your Per Piece Rate is Not Really a Freelance Per Piece Rate-EP085

Creating a Mental Health Plan for a Freelance Business-EP084

My Favorite Tools for Keeping Track-EP083

How to Use Test Projects As A Freelancer-EP082

Scheduling Tips for Advanced Freelancers-EP081

10 Habits of Successful Six Figure Freelancers-EP080

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