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Being Freelance

Freelancing? Being boss of your own life and business can be tough and isolating. But it can also be totally rewarding. Pick up tips, advice and thoughts on how to make it as a freelancer, an entrepreneur, as the owner of your own business, by hearing other freelancers share their experience. Hosted by Steve Folland. Come join us in the Being Freelance Community - You"re not alone being freelance. Not anymore. www.beingfreelance.com/community

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00:36:51

Graphic Designer & Illustrator Sam Minton

Being Freelance ·

2023/10/08

Sam was drawn to freelancing when the bar he pulled pints for, asked him to design a poster.The writing was on the wall. Well, it wouldn’t have been a great poster otherwise. Sam became known as a designer/illustrator for bars, pubs and clubs.And then covid hit. Overnight all those places shut. But Sam’s happiest when he’s working…You'll find full show notes and transcript for this episode at beingfreelance.com EPISODE SPONSORThis episode is sponsored by Freelancer Magazine - SUBSCRIBE today and get

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00:45:04

Brand & Web Designer Kayleigh Hall

Being Freelance ·

2023/09/24

For a long time Kayleigh didn’t even see what she had as a 'business'. She was trading time and skills for money.But a few years ago she embraced outside help. Coaches. Group coaching. Working with a strategist, a photographer and copywriter. She polished her brand and found her niche. With this new confidence and focus, her rate quadrupled. As did her satisfaction. Working with clients with the right vibe for her and them.She wasn’t an island. With help, her business thrived. And she was Queen of

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00:43:59

Copywriter Franky Shanahan - Revisited

Being Freelance ·

2023/09/10

8 years after Franky first appeared on the podcast, it’s time to catch up.Still a freelance copywriter. Still in Bristol. But so much has changed. Not just her kids getting taller.In this episode, Franky shares how she had to reshape her business around a chronic illness, diagnosed less than a year after we last spoke.And how she found a co-mentor in the back in the taxi. It’s been one heck of a journey. Not just the one back to their homes.Franky’s business has evolved around her family, her

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00:37:31

BONUS - LIVE Q&As with Prerna Malik, Beth Gladstone...

Being Freelance ·

2023/07/23

In this special bonus episode of the Being Freelance podcast we take a selection of the regular Live Q&As that we host in the Being Freelance Community and let you soak up the wisdom once more.You can catch full video replays of all of our Live Q&As in the Being Freelance Community.In this episode, we've got:- Freelance content marketing and SEO strategist Beth Gladstone- Tom Garfield who creates websites alongside his wife Ellie, as ‘Brand New Notebook’- Conversion copywriter Prerna Malik of

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00:52:05

Graphic Designer Liz Mosley

Being Freelance ·

2023/03/26

When Liz left uni, she was adamant she didn’t want to be a freelancer. And yet here we are, via starting a stationery business and a family. A 9 year gradual process which has resulted in her switching from treating her freelancing like a hobby, to firmly treating it like a business.Starting a podcast. Working with Adobe. Diversifying her income and having fun along the way.This is Episode 300 of the Being Freelance podcast - recorded live in the Being Freelance Community - join us!There is also a

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00:57:15

Lettering Artist Jackson Alves

Being Freelance ·

2023/03/19

This is actually the fourth time Jackson’s been freelance. He’s not just quit jobs, he even once quit his own company.But whereas the other times he was a ‘regular’ graphic designer, this time he’s spent a decade as a specialist: a lettering artist and calligrapher.Regularly posting to Instagram and Behance got him noticed and grew an audience as commissions from around the world reached him at his home in Brazil.He’s since launched online courses, prints, fonts and NFT collections, building his

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00:53:07

Copywriter Anna Rogan

Being Freelance ·

2023/03/12

Anna had built a career across corporate and government comms in Melbourne. But if she wanted to move her family out of the city and that meant first meant transforming the way she worked.Anna set out to prove she could match her past income, now as a freelance copywriter. The seeds she planted in the city are now bearing fruit. From a farm in rural Victoria she’s reaping the rewards - a business that feels good and that runs around her kids.Today she’s questioning the external pressures that tell

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00:50:17

Motion Designer Alex Liou

Being Freelance ·

2023/03/05

Alex trained as a musician. He followed a drumming dream to Nashville along with an internship at a 'mom & pop' business.There, they had him creating graphics and videos - those two things came together when Alex discovered motion graphics. He took to studying and developing as a motion designer. Self taught, he’s always been constantly trying to learn and improve.He didn't want to be the best in his company. He wanted to learn from the best...Finding an internship in LA working on big Hollywood

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00:40:37

Marketing Consultant Ayo Abbas

Being Freelance ·

2023/02/26

Spring 2020. A pandemic lockdown. Doesn’t sound like the ideal time to build a business, but Ayo had 20 years of marketing experience as her foundations. And a love of marketing that she’d put to good use on herself.Specialising in the ‘built environment’ - think construction, engineers, architects - Ayo launched a podcast that raised her profile and brought her clients. Repurposing content across socials and her newsletters, Ayo put the same plans, systems & processes she uses with clients to boost

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00:39:36

Graphic Designer Victoria O'May

Being Freelance ·

2023/02/19

Brazilian creative Victoria was working in advertising in London when in 2013 she fancied a change.A change of pace, country and language, and to help her do that she figured she’d go freelance in Spain.After 3 years she took a job in an agency. Four years on she felt ready to freelance again. A pandemic and motherhood making the flexibility of working from home even more appealing.Second time around Victoria felt much more prepared. In her positioning, her processes, her dealings with clients… in

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00:49:19

Fashion Photographer Marcelle Adrianna

Being Freelance ·

2022/12/11

It’s quite a winding route that’s taken Marcelle to be known as a fashion photographer. But from working in shops on London’s Oxford Street as a teenager, now her photos can be seen in those windows instead.Marcelle did lots of work for free early on but it built a network, a portfolio and a reputation that has since served her well. Whilst her training as a graphic designer has kept her working at times when she didn’t have a camera in her hand.She loves her job and is a self professed workaholic,

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00:46:15

Motion Designer Kyle Hamrick

Being Freelance ·

2022/12/04

Kyle left agency life and started his self-employed journey working with friends as a collective. 8 years on though, he’d built his own name through hosting meet-ups and speaking at events to the point where it made sense to go solo.From small meet-ups he ended up speaking on some of the biggest stages with the likes of Adobe as clients. Yet in 2020 decided to switch from being a freelancer to becoming a Creative Director in-house.Now, full-time at School Of Motion, a fully remote company, he still

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00:37:14

Market Researcher Jenna Kang-Graham

Being Freelance ·

2022/11/27

When Korean Hyunjin, or ‘Jenna’ as she’s also known, met her American husband, she moved to be with him and needed to find work in small town USA.Whilst blogging tips about international relationships, Jenna found readers started to approach her for help with their own written English requirements like cover letters and applications. Her freelance journey had begun.Years later she joined Elance, that became Upwork, and worked her way up to be one of the top 1% professionals on the freelancer job

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00:54:22

Graphic Designer Luke Tonge

Being Freelance ·

2022/11/20

Luke needn’t have been scared of going freelance. He’d spent 10 years of agency life making great work and making a name for himself. Through writing, speaking and community, people knew he’d be a great freelancer even if he didn’t.And whilst all of his income is derived from client work, that’s definitely not where all his time is spentLuke devotes huge amounts of energy to Birmingham Design. Joining forces with his friend Dan to organise events, workshops, a shop, website, directory, mentorship

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00:44:11

Editor & Proofreader Robyn Santa Maria

Being Freelance ·

2022/11/13

When Australian Robyn quit her job working in comms for a French yacht company, she wasn’t expecting her boss to be so keen to keep her that he’d offer her a 2-day-a-week retainer if she went freelance.So she did. Finding work through her network and referrals along the way. 6 years later Robyn still has no website.But working solo also gradually sent Robyn into her shell. So now, she’s proactively seeking out connection once more. Making online dates with other freelancers and working with a

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00:31:40

PPC Consultant Ryan Scollon

Being Freelance ·

2022/11/06

While working in his first job at a small agency, Ryan started a website. He didn’t think much of it. Until its local SEO started bringing him leads and the chance to do extra work on the side.A year on, working evenings and weekends, he’d reached capacity. This was it. Time to go full time freelance. With no network of his own, he needed his site to continue to bring him clients. And it really did.In the past year Ryan’s grown a team of two fellow freelancers. Able to make the most of the leads,

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00:45:50

Marketing Consultant Nadine Campbell

Being Freelance ·

2022/10/30

Already established in her marketing career, Nadine went freelance in order to ‘stretch’ herself professionally. And stretch she has!Her natural networking style served her well. Nadine has been freelancing for 10 years with big name clients and still doesn’t have a website of her own. LinkedIn and her trusty Rolodex of business cards keep her ‘booked and busy’.And in the past couple of years, she’s decided to use her own success and knowledge to give back. Starting a community and investment fund

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00:45:15

Writer Momina Asif

Being Freelance ·

2022/10/23

Momina realised traditional office life didn’t fit with taking care of her mental health. Sh'e’d go freelance and be a better boss to herself.Having quickly built up a personal brand and relationships on Twitter, work soon came her way.This was in January 2022. So when she spoke for the podcast in July of that year, she’d really not been freelancing long. But that doesn’t mean she didn’t have a lot to share. A lot for us to learn from.Having already experienced and dealt with burn out, the issues

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00:40:47

Web Developer Stephen Adams

Being Freelance ·

2022/10/16

Stephen wasn’t looking to go freelance, but when redundancy came 10 years ago, he took on a contract for a few months. And here is all those years later saying he’d never go back.In between he’s evolved specialisms, written a book that became a course and started working remotely. Stephen takes time out on side projects and courses to always stay on top of trends, tech and skills - thinking about what his clients might want now and in the years to come.And what about what he wants? As he nears the

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00:38:02

Sound Designer David Jeffers

Being Freelance ·

2022/10/09

In 2011, taking a family holiday from his job as a Ford engineer, changed David’s life forever. An accident on the beach left him paralysed from the chest down. Quadriplegic.When David was ready to work again, an old friend remembered their shared love of music. He suggested David create audio tracks for the animated videos his company were creating. His freelance business ‘Quadriphonic Sound’ was about to make some serious noise.Without the flexibility of being freelance, David wonders if he’d be

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