Freelance Transformation

If you've never considered cold-calling as a way to grow your freelance business, Olivier Lambert is going to open your mind to this approach. Olivier, of TactikMedia, worked hard to perfect his cold outreach tactics and now his cold calls account for nearly 40% of his client base.

Olivier has since expanded his business to become a consultant for freelancers just like you. He creates resources and tactics for up-and-coming entrepreneurs who want to use cold outreach as part of their marketing plan. He's here today to share some of these tactics and get you connected with the right outreach tools to build your dream client base.

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Growing your business isn't always a good thing. Not if it's the wrong kind of growth. Paul Jarvis talks about why he's never grown his business in the way you'd expect that he would. His new book, "Company of One," breaks down the how and why it can actually be beneficial to run your business as lean as possible.

Paul questions the stereotypical views of business growth and challenges freelancers to think outside of the box. Working for yourself really does mean you're responsible for everything, but you can divvy that responsibility up however you want. Paul's trick to working for himself is always doing the things he loves while avoiding the tasks he doesn't.

https://freelancetransformation.com/episode139

Today's episode is brought to you by Harpoon!

Harpoon is the all-in-one financial management solution built specifically for freelancers like yourself. Harpoon is the first online invoicing and time tracking tool, at least that we've seen, that helps you actively predict if your freelance finances are on track to meet your goals, instead of just reporting them in hindsight.

Try Harpoon completely risk-free for 14 days. And if you love it use the coupon code TRANSFORMATION to receive 20% off the first 3 months of your subscription!

Today's episode is about finding and connecting with your perfect niche. Jonathan Stark is on the show for the second time to talk about what it's like to find the right niche and reframe your brand around your new clients.

Jonathan is a mobile consultant, advisor, and coach who recently shifted his position. He still helps clients increase their mobile engagement, but he focuses specifically on credit unions. Before, he was working with businesses all across the board. He had so many different clients in his rolodex that he was getting lost in the crowd. The leads stopped coming in because there was nothing that made him stand out.

Today's episode is brought to you by Harpoon. Harpoon is the all-in-one financial management solution built specifically for freelancers like yourself. Harpoon is the first online invoicing and time tracking tool, at least that we've seen, that helps you actively predict if your freelance finances are on track to meet your goals, instead of just reporting them in hindsight.

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It's not impossible to work with your dream clients, even if that client list seems impossible to obtain. Steve Sims, a consultant and concierge to the daydreams of his clients, works with the kind of people who want to get married at the Vatican or spend 10 days in the International Space Station. Steve built his network of clients by working with the type of people he really wanted to work with, and by being honest and transparent with what he calls 'old school values.'

So, if you're trying to find out how you can work with the types of clients that you daydream about, tune in now. Steve is sharing his secrets for winning over your favorite clients and building the kind of business you wish to have.

https://freelancetransformation.com/episode137

Freelancers know how important it is to stand out from the crowd. If you can brand yourself successfully, you're guaranteed to outshine the other dime-a-dozen freelancers. You can start attracting the kind of clients you really want to work with. But how do you brand yourself? Where does one even start on that journey?

Today's episode features Sarah Hart, an epic web designer who teaches her clients how to develop their own personal brand and use it to build their business. Freelancers succeed when they can successfully brand themselves and their talents. Sarah discusses with us how using your personality can outclass the competition.

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Find out what it's really like to start a freelance business and what goes into making that freelance lifestyle truly successful. All the way from Australia, our guest Sian Richardson speaks of going through the ups and downs of freelancing and loving every second of it.

Sian Richardson is a graphic designer who left her professional career to pursue something more creative. Her freelance business has evolved from client work to digital publications. On this episode, Sian talks about what she learned from the pitfalls and what she's proud of today.

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If you're a solo freelancer or consultant there's a good chance that at some point you've at least considered hiring someone. Perhaps a contractor that you can delegate some pieces of the client work to, or a virtual assistant to help you with administration, bookkeeping, project management or any number of seemingly endless tasks involved in being your own boss.

Nathan Hirsch, is the founder of FreeeUp, a marketplace that specializes in pairing up freelance business owners with their ideal remote worker from anywhere around the world. He created a four-step vetting process based on his own hiring strategies in order to help other freelance entrepreneurs build and manage their own remote team. Whether you've just decided to scale your business or you've been working with a remote team for years, Nathan has advice for every stage of your business – starting with how to hire.

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One of the best ways to find out if a freelancer is going to be successful is to see if they have implemented a repeatable system for finding clients, so they can always bring more business through the door as they need it. In this episode, Kurt Bullock discusses how to develop the skills to create perfect marketing funnels and how you can make Facebook's algorithms work for you.

Kurt Bullock is the founder of The Produce Department where he helps Shopify store owners develop their technical marketing and sales skills. He used to be a record producer for MTV, so how did he get involved with Shopify? Freelance careers can take you on all sorts of professional adventures, but Kurt found his niche in marketing.

Tune in now and learn how you can build your own customer funnels and transform your freelance career for good!

https://freelancetransformation.com/episode133

Kurt Elster appeared on the show two years ago when it was just getting started. In Episode 8, Kurt shared how he was building a business as an e-commerce developer on Shopify. Now, two years later, Kurt is known as the "Shopify guy". He's tapped into a niche and content marketing in such a way that his business has vaulted to the next level, and Kurt has since worked with big-name clients like Penn & Teller and Jay Leno.

As is so often true, success and profit come from simplifying down and doing a few things really well, rather than trying to do everything for everyone. On today's episode, Kurt is going to update us on how you can specialize in a niche to find the right kind of clients that will help you build your brand and your business.

https://freelancetransformation.com/episode132

Hannah Lowe Corman left her cushy corporate job as an investment banker to become the artist she always wanted to be. Today she creates beautifully tranquil paintings to de-stress her corporate peers.

Hannah paints a picture of what it's like to start a creative freelance business from scratch. Not only does she have tips for things like pricing, budget, and marketing, she also shares exactly what it feels like to leave the comfort of a corporate job to take on the unpredictable exhilaration of freelancing.

https://freelancetransformation.com/episode131