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EP 25:  Every website needs to have an about page or a bio description for your potential clients.  What information needs to be there, and what points of emphasis should be highlighted?  In this episode, I'll talk about 5 things to consider as you revise or build your website bio so that you can make your message more customer-centric.  

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EP 24:  At what point does a hobby become a business?  Is it when you get the first check?  Is it when you get your first client?  Your first repeat client?  What does the IRS say about this?  Does it even matter?  In this episode, I will leave you with 9 questions to ask yourself to determine whether your ventures can be categorized as a legitimate business or a fun hobby.   

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EP 23:  The majority of small businesses fail within the first 5 years of launching.  For creative professionals branching off on their own, the reality may be very similar.  There is a myth that if you understand the technical work of a business, then you understand the business that does the technical work.  This is not true.  For all business owners, we hold 3 different personality traits that need harmony and balance; the entrepreneur, the manager, and the technician.  Citing Michael E. Gerber's book, "The E-Myth Revisited", I'll talk about how we can apply this concept to our own creative businesses and create greater self-awareness.

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EP 22:  Collecting payments can be one of the most frustrating aspects of being self-employed.  It is easy to run into clients who frequently ignore deadlines and pay you after the due date.  But nobody likes being the "heavy", so what can we do to improve our chances of getting paid faster so that we have a healthy cash-flow for our business?  In this episode, we'll go over 7 simple practices that can expedite your checks so you can keep creating.

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EP 21: How do profitable businesses run out of money?  This is a concept that was foreign to me when I first started freelancing, but soon enough I discovered the value of understanding how a healthy cash flow acts as the lifeblood to a self-employed business.  In this episode, we dive into what cash flow is, how it relates to profit, and how to identify the cash-flow killers that could leave your business vulnerable.    

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EP 20:  Every photographer, amateur or professional, needs to have a repeatable system for organizing and managing their images.  From ingesting, to culling, to keywording; they all make up the foundation of a good backend workflow.  In this episode, we talk with the director of marketing at Camera Bits, Mick Orlosky, on the essentials of a good digital process.

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EP 19:  When you start your creative career, the big first hurdle is convincing people to trust you even though you have no experience.  It's a classic "chicken and the egg" scenario.  You need the work to get the experience, and you need the experience to get hired to do the work.  So what can we do to kickstart our career that requires no industry experience?   In this episode, I talk about 3 simple principles to start implementing now to accelerate your confidence as a professional. 

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EP 18:  Not having a system for your leads is a sure-fire way to lose sight of who you need to contact and how to market to them.  Starting with a client list or a lead list is important for every freelancer to chart where they are now and where they want to go.  In this episode, I'll break down what information needs to be on your client list so you can hit more of your freelancing goals.

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EP 17:  Saving money is a goal for everyone, but few seem to have a system in place to do it.  When left up to our own motivation or self-discipline, we find ourselves highly unreliable.   The system in which we use is what will allow us to grow our savings for big life expenses and retirment.  In today's episode, I'll be talking about the what, why, and how of paying yourself first.  

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EP 16:  Depression might hit each person differently.  For some, it might be short-lived, whereas others might experience a wave that lasts years, robbing them of joy and creativity.  In this episode, I talk about my history with depression and some of the tools I use to combat it. 

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