Creating stuff is hard. After all, why create when consuming is so much easier? Distractions are everywhere. On a daily basis, I’m told about another 9-season series I need to binge on Netflix. Twitter and Facebook want any excuse to ding my phone. I could sit in front of my computer and write something like what…
Today I’m talking with Barry O’Kane on niching down and creating a location independent business. He’s a Double Your Freelancing Academy student who has been working with Philip Morgan for the past few months while living in Edinburgh, Scotland and running his online business: Happy Porch. Barry has over 15 years experience in the web…
Today we have a very special article from Austin Church, one of the speakers at Double Your Freelancing Conference: Europe, 2016. In this article, Austin talks about how to effectively build client relationships — take it away Austin! You love freelancing. You can work from anywhere. You get to make your own schedule. You’re boss-less….
I used to think of myself as a developer. I’d go to conferences and code retreats with other developers. I’d buy books detailing new frameworks and languages that I could use to keep myself relevant. And when talking to and pitching clients, I’d rely on my developer-ness to win the project. But as I grew my agency,…
My guest today is Todd Tresidder, a former hedge fund manager and founder of FinancialMentor.com. He is a personal finance and investing expert coach who teaches how to grow wealth and reach financial independence. He emphasizes the importance of personal development and fulfillment in attaining the goal of financial freedom.
Today I’m talking with Michael Port, author of Book Yourself Solid and four other bestselling books. I came across Book Yourself Solid at a bookstore when I first started freelancing, and loved the online marketing techniques he describes. He has been running Book Yourself Solid programs around the world and training freelancers for the past…
When I first created my Drip account, there was no billing code written yet to actually charge users and support meant Skyping the founder. Since then, Drip’s growth — both as a company and as a product — has been massive, and just recently they were acquired by Leadpages. And the product has matured to…
We’re continuing to share a different story every couple of weeks of how a past student has been able to significantly grow their freelance business by applying the concepts they learned from Double Your Freelancing (check out our last one with Jorge Vergara). If you feel your story would be a good fit, share why….
We’re continuing to share a different story every couple of weeks of how a past student has been able to significantly grow their freelance business by applying the concepts they learned from Double Your Freelancing (check out our last one with Beth Perrou). If you feel your story would be a good fit, share why….
I was really worried about DYFConf Europe. For one thing, I had a hard time getting people to go to it. I thought I’d be able to hit 100 attendees, and budgeted accordingly (we had 61 registrations.) And unlike the US conference, outside of a few of the speakers I hardly knew anyone who was…