We’re kicking off a two-part series on pitching best practices. Today is all about how to make cold pitches warmer.

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I have an awesome guest interview for you this month with Tiffany White, the owner and editor behind Writers Untapped. Tiffany and I have known each other for a couple of years now, ever since we were on a webinar panel and Q&A for a writing group, which I think was in 2019. We spent more time together—digitally, of course—this fall, when she was part of the first group coaching cohort for Financial Freedom for Freelance Editors. I have Tiffany on the show today because she’s a wealth of information and advice for freelancers looking to book their schedules further out. As we all know, being booked further out means at least slightly more financial stability, which is always a good thing.

English Majors Making Money is a podcast produced by Hatch Editorial Services in association with its Flourish Freelance initiative. For more information and free tips, follow us on Instagram at @hatch.editorial. For more information and to enroll in our courses to help creative entrepreneurs not just survive, but thrive, visit www.FlourishFreelance.com.

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What is sales psychology? What’s the psychology of choice?

There’s been a lot of research into the psychology of choice, especially as it applies to industrial and organizational concepts like success in business. This field is broad, spanning every niche and vertical, and can help everyone from hypercapitalistic corporate culture to the smallest vendor at a flea market in many ways, from improving an organization’s operational efficiency to increasing the amount of sales made in a quarter. Today we’re going to talk specifically about a psychological concept you can use when you’re pitching new clients: the psychology of choice!

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English Majors Making Money is a podcast produced by Hatch Editorial Services in association with its Flourish Freelance initiative. For more information and free tips, follow us on Instagram at @hatch.editorial. For more information and to enroll in our courses to help creative entrepreneurs not just survive, but thrive, visit www.FlourishFreelance.com.

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When you were growing up, did you ever hear the nursery rhyme, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me”? What a crock of bologna that was, huh? By the time you hit high school, you must have realized that words can definitely hurt and they can do so in lasting ways that may be affecting you now and that may even affect how you conduct yourself as a freelancer or small business owner. 

English Majors Making Money is a podcast produced by Hatch Editorial Services in association with its Flourish Freelance initiative. For more information and free tips, follow us on Instagram at @hatch.editorial. For more information and to enroll in our courses to help creative entrepreneurs not just survive, but thrive, visit www.FlourishFreelance.com.

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In English Majors Making Money's first ever guest interview, I sat down with Hana and Sean Ferguson of Ferg Creative to discuss how they launched a marketing and design firm as a married couple and how they juggle their roles as business partners and spouses on a daily basis.

Helpful Links:

• Check out Ferg Creative at www.FergCreative.co.
• You can follow Hana, Sean, and their business on Instagram at @fergcreative.co, @hanaferg, and @mescolit0.

English Majors Making Money is a podcast produced by Hatch Editorial Services in association with its Flourish Freelance initiative. For more information and free tips, follow us on Instagram at @hatch.editorial. For more information and to enroll in our courses to help creative entrepreneurs not just survive, but thrive, visit www.FlourishFreelance.com.

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What is a brand story? And how do you use yours to get you more clients, specifically, the kinds of clients that you are delighted to work with? 

Tune in to the rebooted first episode of English Majors Making Money to learn more!

English Majors Making Money is a podcast produced by Hatch Editorial Services in association with its Flourish Freelance initiative. For more information and free tips, follow us on Instagram at @hatch.editorial. For more information and to enroll in our courses to help creative entrepreneurs not just survive, but thrive, visit www.FlourishFreelance.com.

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A lot of you have requested that I talk about time management on the podcast, and I get it! Time management is a big concern for freelancers. 

For one thing, we get the somewhat false statement, “Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life” shoved down our throats regularly. The truth is that when you do what you love, especially if you’re working by yourself, the boundaries between work and personal life are more porous, easier to transgress. Before you know it, you’re spending all the time you worked hard to make your own by working on your business, and you feel exhausted, wrung-out, like you have nothing left to give your clients, much less yourself. 

English Majors Making Money is a podcast produced by Hatch Editorial Services in association with its Flourish Freelance initiative. For more information and free tips, follow us on Instagram at @hatch.editorial. For more information and to enroll in our courses to help creative entrepreneurs not just survive, but thrive, visit www.FlourishFreelance.com.

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A lot of you have requested that I talk about time management on the podcast, and I get it! Time management is a big concern for freelancers. 

In Part 1 we discussed the building blocks of time management hygiene; now we'll talk about setting firm boundaries, using email as an example, and how to stay healthy even when your work hours spill over into your nights and/or weekends.

English Majors Making Money is a podcast produced by Hatch Editorial Services in association with its Flourish Freelance initiative. For more information and free tips, follow us on Instagram at @hatch.editorial. For more information and to enroll in our courses to help creative entrepreneurs not just survive, but thrive, visit www.FlourishFreelance.com.

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Taxes aren't always so "1040 EZ" once you become a freelancer! In today's episode, I break down what 1099 forms are and what they have to do with US-based freelancers, as well as some best practices freelancers can put in place year round so they aren't left in the lurch come April.

Topics discussed include:

• How to know which clients might want to file a 1099-NEC for payments made to you;
• Three ways to calculate quarterly estimated taxes;
• And there’s even a link that gives you 50% off your first six months of QuickBooks Self-Employed in the show notes!

English Majors Making Money is a podcast produced by Hatch Editorial Services in association with its Flourish Freelance initiative. For more information and free tips, follow us on Instagram at @hatch.editorial. For more information and to enroll in our courses to help creative entrepreneurs not just survive, but thrive, visit www.FlourishFreelance.com.

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