This week, Rachel and Lynne are recovering from our first-ever The Content Byte Summit. It was a whirlwind of two and a half days of learnings, connections and aha-moments. This week, before we both take a break, we are going through our favourite tips and tricks from all the speakers and panels - and what we are taking to our own freelance business.

We talk about:

• Ed Gandia's keynote talking about how to charge for the value that you add to your clients - not strategy, but advising
• The panel with Lindy Alexander and Jennifer Goforth Gregory on escaping the low-pay cycle
• Hearing from editors and content chiefs about what they want from freelancers
• Racquel Collard's presentation that covered automating processes, along with Jac Taylor in the Business of Freelancing panel - how important it is to get the right systems and make them talk to one another.
• Susan Reoch in giving a personality to AI apps and making you think totally differently about incorporating AI into your workflow.
• We also loved the connections between the attendees and seeing our community catch up. Many people commented on how lovely everyone was, and how welcoming.

We can highly recommend a detailed summary of the Summit through the excellent Melanie Padgett Powers, and her Deliberate Freelancer podcast. Melanie watched the Summit virtually from Washington DC and has some great thoughts and comments: https://meledits.com/166-smart-advice-from-the-content-byte-summit/

Lynne and Rachel are going to take a break for a couple of weeks now to recover, but the podcast will be back on 16 October.

Find Rachel www.rachelsmith.com.au Find Lynne www.lynnetestoni.com Rachel's List www.rachelslist.com.au

Thanks (as always) to our sponsors Rounded (www.rounded.com.au), an easy invoicing and accounting solution that helps freelancers run their businesses with confidence. Episode edited by Marker Creative Co www.markercreative.co