The Freelancers' Show

00:50 - Managing Multiple Projects & Clients (Context & Experience) 13:46 - Committment Management 16:19 - Communication & Setting Expectations

• Systems & Tools
  • Slack
  • Basecamp
  • Trello
  • KanbanFlow
  • Asana
  • Email
  • Redbooth

30:07 - Avoiding Overwhelm

• The Pomodoro Technique
• Delegation & Automation
  • Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen
• Habits and Routines

45:58 - Managing Requests for Your Time on Multiple Projects and Contracts 47:27 - Calendaring Picks The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo (Eric)
Philip Morgan: 3 Content Marketing Ideas For the Time-Constrained Dev Shop (Eric)
Mojca Mars: Get High-Value Clients With Social Media (Eric)
Android Wear (Jonathan)
Calendly (Jonathan)
Double Your Freelancing Conference (Jonathan)
Connie Chan: When One App Rules Them All: The Case of WeChat and Mobile in China (Reuven)
Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Reuven)
Reuven's Training/Coaching Program (Reuven)
15 Minute Podcast Listener Chat with Charles Wood (Chuck)
The Freelancers' Show Episode #168: Branding with Sunny Bonnell (Chuck)

01:06 - How do you deal with unexpected requests for your time?

• INBOX PAUSE

07:57 - How do you find your first few clients?

• “eBombing”
• Podcast Appearances
  • Incentivization

19:14 - Having trouble finding clients as a junior developer => going freelance    

• Open Source
• Recruiting/Recruiters

28:26 - Is it wise to rely on one big client or many smaller ones?

• Reinventing your business & creating new offerings
• Establish savings for job security

Picks Zapier/Slack Hack (Eric)
IKEA Wireless Chargers (Jonathan)
Cell Phone Tripod Adapter (Chuck)
NeewerHandheld Video Stabilizer for DV GoPro Mini Cameras (Chuck)

01:05 - Sunny Bonnell Introduction

• Twitter
• Motto
  • @wearemotto
  • Ashleigh Hansberger: @ashleighsnotes (Sunny’s Co-Founder)

01:38 - Archetyping

• Is Your Brand the Rebel, Hero or Lover? Discovering Brand Archetypes
• Understanding The Brand Archetype

05:48 - Is archetyping important for the solopreneur?

• Johnny Cupcakes

12:21 - Identifying *Your* Archetype 15:37 - Branding ROI 21:44 - What do you do once you choose your archetype?

• Munk Pack
• Anthony Bourdain

25:12 - Implementing Motto’s Archetype 26:04 - Can you blend archetypes? 28:47 - Finding a Target Audience 33:54 - Changing Brands 42:27 - Client Intake Process/Discovery

• Red Flags/Turning People Down

49:14 - The Audience

• TOMS Shoes

51:51 - Changing Archetypes

• Levi's

  Extras

• Best Advice I Ever Got: Don't Be a Slave to the Ordinary
• 10 Ways to Find Your Purpose as a Designer
• 12 Principles For Leading An Extraordinary Company
• Five questions to get to the heart of your business
• Follow Your “Why,” Not Your “What”

  Picks Circa Notebooks (Jonathan)
Expensive Problem Coaching Call (Jonathan)
Naomi Dunford: What Is Price Anchoring? (And Should You Do It?) (Eric)
Setting a goal, making a plan, and executing a plan (Chuck)
Masters of Sex (Sunny)
Readymag (Sunny)
Niice (Sunny)
Yellow108 (Sunny)

Checkout RailsClips and Angular Remote Conf!   01:03 - Panelist Experiences With Hiring 03:00 - Hiring Virtual Assistants (VAs)

• Mandy = @therubyrep / DevReps
• Virtual Staff Finder

10:02 - Hiring For Design Work / One-Off Projects

• Wet Frog Studios (Aaron Mahnke)
• Podcast Motor
• Elance
• Fiverr
• Odesk => Upwork

16:23 - Hiring Subcontractors

• Infinum

27:58 - Hiring Employees Picks Uber (Reuven)
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat by Bee Wilson (Reuven)
Morgan’s Paradox for Freelancers (Eric)
Marcus Blankenship (Jonathan)
The Mortified Podcast (Jonathan)
Developer On Fire Episode 017 - Charles Max Wood - Get Involved and Try New Things (Chuck)
Elevator Saga (Chuck)

Check out RailsClips and Angular Remote Conf!   01:39 - Purchase Criteria 08:09 - At what point to do you switch/kill off/upgrade services and/or hardware?

• Lost Productivity Costs

21:03 - Justifying Big Equipment/Furniture Purchases 32:58 - Try Before You Buy 37:04 - Travel Expenses 47:33 - Quality = Positive Return On Investment (ROI)

• Self-Representation

     Products and Services Referenced During This Episode:

• BuiltWith
• Edgar
• Buffer
• Basecamp
• Dropbox
• CleanMyMac
• Synology
• Drobo
• Emacs
• Keynote
• IPython Notebook
• Uber

Picks ExpressVPN (Reuven)
Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits by Kevin Roose (Reuven)
CommitStrip: A Very Common Coder’s Youthful Mistake (Eric)
Paul Jarvis: The one thing every aspiring freelancer, college student or person with access to a time machine should know (Eric)
Amazon Echo (Jonathan)
1-877-223-0342 (Chuck)
freelancershow.com/15minutes (Chuck)

00:57 - Do you find it hard to work 40 billable hours in a week? If so, how do you explain it to an outsider? 08:59 - How do you set aside time for admin work? Billing, blogging, etc. 15:41 - How can someone measure when they are "ready" in their skills to break into freelance from a full-time job? Is it better to just dive in and see what happens? 26:26 - Is it still important to niche down right away? Might it be more helpful to wait a little longer until I have more experience to choose a niche from? 32:55 - When do you suggest is an appropriate time to start billing when you’re ramping up a project? Picks Proposal Template PDF (Jonathan)
Existential Comics (Reuven)

Check out RailsClips!   00:58 - Marie Poulin Introduction

• Twitter
• Blog
• Digital Strategy School
• Doki

01:42 - Marie’s Background and Digital Strategy School Evolution 04:57 - Working with Breanne Dyck

• The Freelancers' Show Episode #164: Teaching and Learning Courses wit Breanne Dyck

06:55 - Freelancer => Strategic Business Owner

• “Everything that’s on your plate is there because you said yes to it.” -- Danielle LaPorte

09:33 - Mindset: Looking At Your Business as a Business (Getting Serious) 14:55 - Business Audit: Why are you doing what you are doing? What do you want to accomplish with your business?

• Tara Gentile: Know Where You’re Headed (Your Chief Initiative)
• Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly Check-ins
• Changing Your Business Takes Time

21:38 - Execution 24:27 - Accountability and Discipline

• BJ Fogg
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg 
• What’s happening now? What’s happening later?
• “Work with your energy”
  • Track Tasks
    • [Skillshare] Get Stuff Done Like A Boss: Design Your Workflow and Double Your Productivity in 21 Days with Tiago Forte
• What is at stake? (F This Moment)

29:13 - Making Tough Decisions 35:18 - Mastermind Groups

• Entreprogrammers

44:44 - Doki Picks Vornado 530 Compact Whole Room Air Circulator (Eric)
Paracord (Chuck)
Soto Pocket Torch (Chuck)
The Strategic Designer: Tools & Techniques for Managing the Design Process by David Holston (Marie)
Creative Confidence by Tom and David Kelley (Marie)
[TED Talk] Brene Brown: The Power of Vulnerability (Marie)

Check out RailsClips and RemoteConfs!   01:14 - Breanne Dyck Introduction

• Twitter
• My Name Is Breanne: Master the Business of Teaching Online

02:13 - Transitioning: Contracting => Teaching Courses

• Content Marketing

05:59 - Structuring Content

• Deep vs Wide Business Model

10:19 - Where do you start? 13:05 - Getting Results

• Levels of Mastery
  • Surface-Level Learning
  • Higher-Level Mastery
• Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra
• Spectrum of Confidence/Competence     
  • The Backwards Brain Bicycle

24:15 - Setting People Up to Succeed

• Pilots, Alpha and Beta Phases
• Outcomes and Objectives
  • 80/20 Rule (Pareto Principle)    

33:57 - Should I charge for pilots? (Pricing)

• Ramit Sethi

35:39 - Experimentation > Textbook/Traditional Learning 43:22 - Selecting Content For Your Course

• The 5 Whys Technique
• Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by Steve Krug

52:50 - Getting and Keeping People Interested in Your Courses Through Completion

• Massive Open Online Course (MOOCs)
• Passive Participants
• The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg
• Planning For Success

Picks The Art of Outbound Lead Generation by Blair Enns (Eric)
Is Positioning Professional Services Different Than Products? Al Ries Explains (Eric)
Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra (Eric)
remoteconfs.com (Chuck)
God (Chuck)
Jesus Christ (Chuck)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Chuck)
Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina (Breanne)
Brilliance by Design: Creating Learning Experiences That Connect, Inspire, and Engage Kindle Edition by Vicki Halsey (Breanne)
Quiet Power Strategy by Tara Gentile (Breanne)
Your Perfect Participant: Unlock What Buyers Want & Need From You by Breanne Dyck (Breanne)

01:47 - Context For Discussion 05:13 - Getting That Last Check 08:03 - When Things Aren’t Working Out…

• Business Value

11:26 - Pricing Features (Billing) 18:20 - “Offboarding”: The Handoff Phase/Transitioning

• Client Mailing List
• Screencasts/Video Tutorials
  • Transcripts

27:30 - Parting Ways on a Good Note 30:44 - Asking For Referrals, Gaining Introductions 37:59 - Horror Stories? Uncertainty Sucks

• Working With Startups

45:47 - “Offboarding” Cont’d Picks Podcast for America (Reuven)
HRV4Training (Eric)
Terrifying Robot Dog (Jonathan)
Bartesian: the Ultimate Home Cocktail Machine (Jonathan)
Mandy's Fiancé's Video Game Fund (Chuck)
Downcast (Chuck)
Aftershokz AS500 Bluez 2 Open Ear Wireless Stereo Headphones (Chuck)

01:23 - Matt Inglot Introduction

• Twitter
• Tilted Pixel
  • @tiltedpixel
• Freelance Transformation
  • Podcast

02:22 - Transitioning (Mistakes Made)

• Scaling
• Generalization
• Fixed Overhead

04:13 - Specialization, Positioning, and Targeting Clients and Customers

• Virtualization

08:30 - Pivoting to Being a Remote Agency

• Getting Clients
  • Networking and Referrals
  • Inbound Marketing
  • Direct Outreach

13:34 - Running a Remote Team

• Contractors, Subcontractors

16:55 - Company and Team Identity

• Adding Overhead

26:57 - Scale 28:10 - Pricing and Billing; Recurring Revenue 30:18 - Recurring Services

• Campaign Management
• SEO
• Building Email Marketing Services

31:16 - Prompting Change in a Business 34:52 - Specialization (Cont’d) 39:49 - Being a “Web Agency” / Calling Yourself ____ 49:05 - Choosing a Niche Picks aText (Jonathan)
Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are (Eric)
Sonic Pi (Chuck)
Freelance Transformation (Matt)
Kirk Parsley: America's Biggest Problem | TEDxReno (Matt)