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indie business club

A podcast for independent creatives. Packed with tips, advice, and food for thought for freelancers, founders, and business owners in creative industries. indiebusinessclub.substack.com

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16:16

b-side: training and CPD

indie business club ·

2025/10/30

This is the last episode I recorded with Ben before he left the podcast. If you didn’t want to do your CPD homework you just had to say so, Ben 😏This will be the last indie business club episode for a little while. I’m going to take some time off to plan out how to move forward with it. But whatever the format ends up being, I’ll definitely have…indie business insightsguest co-hosts andmy sound guy (and sound guy) AntAnywayyyy, back to today's b-side: training and CPD (that’s Continuous

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16:02

b-side: awards, revisited

indie business club ·

2025/10/14

When we covered the topic before (in episode 14 Handbags and Gladrags), we set ourselves the goal of becoming an award-winning podcast.And if you want to be award-winning, you have to actually enter awards. Even Oscar winners have to be put before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences “for your consideration”. So we stuck in our application. Indie business club got shortlisted in the Podcast Jingle Of The Year (well done, Ant!) and Podcast Of The Year in the business and money categories

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59:27

33 Freelancing - indie business club x TMM

indie business club ·

2025/10/02

Ben and I are on our way to Manchester today for CopyCon 🤩 I spoke at the event last year and the year before that, our Copy Or Die pal Dave Harland spoke. Dave’s meeting us there and this time, we're looking forward to a totally talk-responsibility-free CopyCon with lots of learning, loadsa laughs, and hopefully a sizeable karaoke sesh. We do love giving an event talk, though. Last week we spoke together at Nottingham Digital Summit all about how you can “shorten the gap” by using three

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38:46

32 All These Things That I've Done: portfolios

indie business club ·

2025/09/18

This episode is called All These Things That I’ve Done and it’s all about how to put together a portfolio to show off what you can do. We look at…creative ways to give a good account of yourselfwhy it’s best to get something out there, even if it’s just “for now”the importance of making your portfolio as “you” as you canMake sure you subscribe to the channel to get your bell poked when the YouTube video goes live. VoicenotedToday’s voicenote is from long-time (day-one listener!) friend of the show,

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41:06

31 Moving Pictures: using video in your marketing

indie business club ·

2025/09/04

This episode is called Moving Pictures and it’s all about using video to market yourself and your business. We look at…why some people would rather poo in their hands and clap than record themselvesreasons you might want to consider choosing videos over doing the abovehow to get over yourself and get startedI’m currently editing the video version of this episode, which will go on YouTube by the end of the week. Make sure you subscribe to the channel to get your bell poked when it goes live

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40:06

30 Where Is My Mind: marketing psychology with Phill...

indie business club ·

2025/08/07

Want to trick people into buying from you? Then read on!Jokes, that’s deeply unethical, please don’t do that.Today’s pod episode is a bit special. Firstly, it’s episode 30 (toot toot 🎺) and secondly, we’ve got a guest! He’s the host of the UK’s #1 marketing podcast and he’s also probably the UK’s #1 “marketer who could trick you into buying something from him” (but he won’t coz he’s a nice guy) it’s…👏 Phill Agnew from Nudge 👏The episode is called Where Is My Mind and it’s all about principles of

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53:22

29 We Want The Airwaves: starting a podcast

indie business club ·

2025/07/24

This episode is brought to you by Copy Or Die, the copywriting agency we work at, which Ben co-founded with Dave Harland. If you say you listen to the podcast we’ll probably give you I dunno, 0.05% off or something. Subscribe nowHi, Mel here,Today’s episode is all about starting a podcast. In our first attempt at recording our last episode (on starting something new), we rambled on and on about indie business club. It felt too self-indulgent (even for us) so we re-recorded that episode and made

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40:07

28 Roll With It: starting something new

indie business club ·

2025/07/10

This episode is brought to you in partnership with Nikki Pilkington - SEO expert, copywriter, legend, and friend of the show. You can get 20% off Nikki’s full SEO course and on-page SEO toolkit with our code IBC20. Learn more at nonwankyseo.comToday’s episode is all about starting something new. It’s called Roll With It (we promise we aren’t just jumping on the Oasis bandwagon…) In the episode, we talk about- why you should follow your gut when something keeps “winking” at you- shiny object syndrome

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48:59

27 Music Sounds Better With You: audio branding

indie business club ·

2025/06/26

Hi, Mel here,Today’s episode is all about audio branding. And so, we’ve brought in the expert! Of course, it’s sound guy (and sound guy) our producer and theme composer Ant Henderson *insert big cheering noises here - it’s what he’d want* Subscribe nowWe talk aboutwhy audio branding workshow to insert a little audio magic into your businessour favourite jingles (maybe we mentioned yours?) though sadly Ant was reluctant to sing despite being a literal rockstar (we’ll link to that story another day if

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34:42

26 You Get What You Give: outsourcing

indie business club ·

2025/06/12

Today’s episode is all about outsourcing. Are you an outsourcer? Or an outsourceee? Or both? Did I just make up those words? At least one of them. Either way, to keep it easy we’re using “outsourcing” to cover any projects that are done by someone who’s not on the payroll. We discuss the pros and cons, what to watch out for if you’re outsourcing, how to be a good outsourceee (we should use more triple-Es in made-up words) and highlight how outsourcing can help you scale your business both up and

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39:53

25 Frankly, Mr Shankly: testimonials

indie business club ·

2025/05/29

Today’s episode is all about testimonials. But just before we get into it… we’re incredibly excited about this 👇We’re doing a Marketing Meetup webinar with Michelle L P Boland all about how to grow your marketing freelance / consultancy business in 2025. Doing a TMM webinar is major #Goals so please help us make it a success by coming along! 😄We’ll talk all about how we’ve each built our businesses and give allll the indie business intel and tips. It’s not until 17th June but you can sign up here

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44:12

24 Let's Go Surfing: LIVE Q&A episode at Creator Day...

indie business club ·

2025/05/19

This earlier-than-expected episode is called Let’s Go Surfing* and it’s a LIVE Q&A episode recorded at FOUNDRY Poole as part of Creator Day 2025. Extra special thanks to Mark Masters at You Are The Media for organising the space and inviting us to record our first live episode *TV announcement voice* recorded in front of a live studio audience. Thank you to the team at FOUNDRY as well for taking such great care of us. BTW the video version of the live recording won’t go up for a little while yet -

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39:22

23 Separated by motorways: working with friends

indie business club ·

2025/05/15

This episode is called Separated by Motorways and it's all about working with your friends. We’re at Creator Day today. So the YouTube video will be up in the next week or so. Here we are at last year’s event, which was only the second time we’d met in person. This photo was taken at FOUNDRY, where we’re recording a live podcast Q&A episode tomorrow morning. Let us know your indie business/freelancer questions on show@indiebusinessclub.com and we’ll answer as many as we can.Could you work with your

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32:51

22 Bloc Party: celebrating wins

indie business club ·

2025/05/01

Episode 22 is called Bloc Party and it's all about celebrating your wins as a freelancer, founder, or indie business owner. Subscribe nAre you good at celebrating wins? Lots of freelancers, founders and indie business owners are rubbish at it. You hit a goal, you tick it off, you move on. Rinse, repeat. But if you don’t stop to enjoy the wins (however small) it can make everything feel like an endless slog.In this episode we discuss ways to mark the milestones, what we’re going to do to celebrate

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45:21

21 Got Your Money: pricing your work

indie business club ·

2025/04/17

Episode 21 is called Got Your Money and it's all about pricing work as a freelancer, founder, or indie business owner. If you enjoy the show, you can chip in on our production costs with a £3 contribution at ko-fi.com/indiebusinessclub please and thank you 💖Pricing was the first topic we ever covered way back in episode one, released 27th June 2024. No need to listen to that one. Our sound quality and (professional podcast conduct) has come a long way since. On this new episode, we discuss:what to

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35:35

20 Joy Division: work/life balance

indie business club ·

2025/04/03

Episode 20 (TWENTY! 🥳) is called Joy Division and it's all about work-life balance. If you enjoy the show, you can chip in on our production costs at ko-fi.com/indiebusinessclub please and thank you 💖We first discussed the topic way back on our LinkedIn lives (we should bring those back). At the time, I had a lot going on and found the subject quite triggering. On the show, we discuss:whether it’s actually possible to find balance as an indie business ownerways to switch offthe “email fear”apps

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21:12

19 Daytripper: Conferences part deux

indie business club ·

2025/03/20

Episode 19 of indie business club podcast is coming at you faster than usual. We recorded a second episode on conferences, called Daytripper, so we could include feedback we got from LinkedIn. If you missed our first conferences episode, The Day We Caught The Train is here. If you enjoy the show, you can chip in on our production costs at ko-fi.com/indiebusinessclub please and thank you 💖VoicenotedWe’ve got a voicenote in from the inimitable Susie Palmer-Trew. Susie is a change consultant and

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36:30

18 The Day We Caught The Train: conferences

indie business club ·

2025/03/06

Episode 18 of indie business club podcast is called The Day We Caught The Train and it’s all about going to conferences, networking, and events as an indie business owner.In it, we cover:the CPD benefits of attending industry conferencesthe other reasons it’s well worth goinghow to decide which events to attendIf you enjoy the show, you can chip in on our production costs at ko-fi.com/indiebusinessclub please and thank you 💖VoicenotedWe’ve got a voicenote in from lovely Nick Crawford, marketing

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32:51

17 Hanging On The Telephone: ghosting

indie business club ·

2025/02/20

Episode 17 of indie business club podcast is called Hanging On The Telephone and it’s all about professional ghosting.In it, we cover:reasons why prospective clients might ghost youways to try and prevent it happeningwhat to do if you do get ghosted andif you’re ghosted on payment, this blog from FreeAgent might be usefulIf you enjoy the show, you can chip in on our production costs at ko-fi.com/indiebusinessclub please and thank you 💖VoicenotedWe’ve got a voicenote in from cat-daddy Will Slater,

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21:54

16 Heart Shaped Box: niching

indie business club ·

2025/02/06

Hello, If you enjoy the show, you can chip in on our production costs at ko-fi.com/indiebusinessclub please and thank you 💖In episode 16 “Heart Shaped Box”, we talk about…how and why to nicheikigai (Mel had written it down wrong, no wonder she couldn’t say it)VoicenotedWe’ve got a voicenote in from marketer Ayo Abbas, an award-winning strategic marketing consultant who specialises in working with construction and built environment firms. Ayo also has a podcast (podcast pals!) called The Built

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