By Melanie Padgett Powers
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On today’s new regular monthly episode I recap what my business looked like in October. This includes:
What I Learned This Week: I am not as young as I used to be.
The Bookshelf: “The Flatshare” by Beth O’Leary
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Today’s guest is Reyna Gobel, MBA, MPH, a New Yorker who is a purpose-driven freelance writer. She writes journalism and content on personal finance, travel, pets, and health and nutrition.
Reyna is a personal finance and health expert and award-winning author. Her articles and quoted advice have appeared in over 300 publications and websites, including Forbes, Money, Reuters, NPR, Harvard Health, and The Atlantic. Michelle Singletary selected three of her books as the book of the month in The Washington Post. Reyna co-created the 30-Day Precision Nutrition Challenge and recently authored the fourth version of Graduation Debt : How to Manage Student Loans and Live Your Life.
In this episode, we talk about:
What I Learned This Week:
How AI super users are getting ahead at work
The Bookshelf: “Worst Case Scenario” by TJ Newman
Resources:
30-Day Precision Nutrition Challenge
Book: “Graduation Debt : How to Manage Student Loans and Live Your Life”
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I am finally back! I know, I know — this was way longer than that a “summer” hiatus. I’m sorry for the delay, but to be honest, I wasn’t sure I was coming back. I’ll talk about that in today’s episode and share why I did come back (mainly because of you, my wonderful listeners).
Here’s what I share with you in this episode:
What I Learned This Week:
The types of Zoom backgrounds that are most and least likely to cause Zoom fatigue.
The Bookshelf: “Everyone But Myself” by Julie Chavez
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Episode #182 of Deliberate Freelancer: A massive pivot from freelancing to owning a business with her husband, with business coach Jenni Gritters
I will be on summer hiatus from June to September. This episode gives you a quick update about my summer plans and provides a sneak peek into what I’m looking forward to talking about in September.
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Today’s guest is Austin L. Church, who returns to the show to talk about his book “Free Money.”
Austin lives in Knoxville, Tennessee. He helps e-commerce founders stand out online with their brand strategy. Lately, he’s been working as a fractional chief marketing officer, consulting for creator economy companies. He also coaches freelance creatives.
Austin returned to the podcast to talk about his new book, “Free Money,” which I have read and highly recommend for all freelancers.
In this episode, we talk about:
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Today’s guest is Rachel Meltzer. Rachel lives in Massachusetts after doing the “van life” thing for a few years. She is a freelance writer for software as a service companies or SaaS. She’s written for Lenovo, Grammarly, Loom, FarOut, Six Moon Designs and more in the tech and outdoor recreation industries.
She’s also a coach. She’s coached over 100 freelance writers on launching their businesses and getting clients and then scaling their businesses. She loves the freedom that freelancing gives her to thru-hike, live in a van, move whenever she wants, and spend time with her loyal cat, Bonnie.
In this episode, we talk about:
Biz Bite: Use ChatGPT to create your weekly schedule.
One of several tips on how to use AI she learned from TikToker SuperHumanCo
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Today’s guest is Louis Tinsley, a DC-based commercial photographer.
Louis has been working in the industry professionally for more than 10 years and sits on the board of the DC chapter of American Photographic Artists, where he runs the annual Photo Assistant Workshop. He also recently joined the Northern Virginia Community College Photography & Media Curriculum Advisory Board. His clients have included General Dynamics Corporation, the TED organization, local news station WTOP, and DASH Alexandria Transit Company in Virginia.
In this episode, we talk about:
Biz Bite: Try to control the flow of time as best you can.
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Today’s guest is Kelly McSweeney, a content marketing writer. Kelly works from her home office in Massachusetts with a small dog by her side. She has been a self-employed writer for nearly eight years, with clients that include research institutions, big tech companies and marketing agencies. Kelly explains cutting-edge science and emerging technology to intelligent, curious audiences. In recent years, she has added writing video scripts and moderating webinars to her services, which is today’s topic.
In this episode, we talk about:
Biz Bite: Use mind mapping to brainstorm.
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Today’s guest is Annemie Tonken. Annemie lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She has been a professional photographer since 2010 and is the owner of Megapixie Photography.
She also teaches creative entrepreneurs how to run profitable, sustainable businesses they love, by focusing on how they can develop helpful business systems and strategies. And, she’s the host of a business podcast for photographers called This Can’t Be That Hard and the creator of the Simple Sales System, which is used by thousands of photographers worldwide to create in-person sales-level income and service in an automated way.
In this episode, we talk about:
Biz Bite: Conduct an audit of your business systems — with the goals of automation and outsourcing.
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Today’s guest is Abby Nieten. Abby lives in the Indianapolis, Indiana, area, with her husband and three sons. A year ago she launched her freelance business, Shining Waters Editorial, where she is a copy editor and proofreader specializing in business content and nonfiction manuscripts.
Abby also recently launched a monthly newsletter called Stream of Confidence, which is for authors, writers and other business professionals who want to create and publish content that impacts other humans. It offers a steady stream of encouragement, inspiration, connection and quality assurance tips to help you publish your work with confidence.
In today’s episode, Abby and I talk about:
Biz Bite: Explore the technology you’re already paying for before buying the new “shiny object.”
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