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Hit Subscribe Freelancer Q&A episodes
- How to Market Yourself as a Freelancer
If you're a relatively new freelancer, how do you go about marketing yourself? The answer is simple, but not easy. Marketing is about being memorable, and being a generalist isn't memorable, so one of the most powerful things you can do is identify a niche. But, if you haven't done that or don't know how, I have some tips you can use while still in generalist-land.
Join us to learn more.
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Picks:
- As someone who (reluctantly) spends a good bit of time in Slack, I like what Wrangle has to offer, which is automation around Slack ticketing and workflows.
- In producing this podcast, I've been getting a lot of mileage out of this free tool, that you can use to extract the audio from YouTube videos.
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18 min - Dealing with Lawyers as a Freelancer
If you're just getting started as a freelancer, you might wonder what you need a lawyer's help with. Do you need a contract? Help setting up an LLC? In this video I offer a take based on my experience setting up multiple businesses of what you do and don't need a lawyer for.
Join us to learn more.
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- For the content work we do, web performance is an important subject, so check out this guide on synthetic testing and real user monitoring.
- Speaking of content, shameless plug for my DaedTech series about, well, SEO, called "SEO for non-scumbags."
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17 min - How Do Taxes Work When You Start a Business?
Are you thinking about hanging out your shingle and don't know how taxes work? Maybe you've never thought about how taxes work (you should, though). In this video, I walk you through how taxes work for freelancers in the US.
Join us to learn more.
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Picks this episode:
- A while back, one of our authors, Carlos, wrote an article about Git statistics, which I, as a connoisseur of static analysis, can appreciate.
- Speaking of which, if you're a .NET engineer and like you some static analysis, check out NDepend.
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These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe, a digital marketing partner in the tech space.
19 min - How Do You Get Clients for Your New Business?
Are you just starting out as a freelancer or moonlighter, and wondering how to go about finding clients? In this video I lay out a series of fairly specific tactics freelancers can use for finding clients.
Join us to learn more.
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Picks this episode:
- This is a little older, but here's an article from a Hit Subscribe author about the test data manager role.
- If you ever need a good way to automatically filter out background noise when recording audio, give krisp.ai a look.
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These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe, a digital marketing partner in the tech space.
17 min - Setting Your Rate as a New Freelancer
How do you set your rate as a freelancer? I offer two things in this video:
- A detailed explanation of the philosophical with the idea of "having a rate"
- A super actionable piece of easy advice for setting it, if you insist on doing this.
Join us to learn more.
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Picks this episode:
- I'm always one for a little orchestration, so check out this guide to orchestrating microservices.
- I've been enjoying using ClickUp for quick and easy documentation of my personal SOPs.
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These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe, a marketing partner in the tech space.
17 min - Starting a new Freelance Business: Dos and Donts
In this edition, I tackled the subject of dos and don'ts for starting a new business. Join me for a list of things that I think you ought to do, and a list of things I don't think you should bother with -- some of those might surprise you.
Join us to learn more.
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Picks this episode:
- One of HS's longest established authors, Peter Morlion, created this guide on iOS unit testing.
- In a self-referential, meta-concern, I'm really enjoying Podbean, which I'm using to generate this podcast.
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These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe, a marketing partner in the tech space.
21 min - One of HS's longest established authors, Peter Morlion, created this guide on iOS unit testing.
- Should You Incorporate to Moonlight or Freelance?
I tackle the question that everyone asks sooner or later: should I create some kind of business or just do business as myself?
These episodes are courtesy of Hit Subscribe, a content shop.
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