The other day, a designer friend and I were chatting over coffee. “I have no idea what I should be saying when I meet with a new potential client.” She’d read my case study that laid out exactly how I closed a recent client, but was a bit unsure about how she could translate my success into something she…
We’re continuing to share a different story every few 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 the last one we did with Reuven Lerner). If you feel your story would be a good fit, share…
We’re continuing to share a different story every few 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 the last one we did with Jeff Daigle). If you feel your story would be a good fit, share…
We’re continuing to share a different story every few 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 the last one we did with Lance Miller). If you feel your story would be a good fit, share…
Since 2012, I’ve been writing annual reports and making them public. In these reports I do my best to sum up what went well over the last year, what didn’t, and what’s next for me. I write these reports for myself—they serve as time capsules that I can look back on to see how the business…
I don’t know about you, but I’m always full of hope and optimism at the end of the year. This is going to be the year I finally make going to the gym a routine. This is the year I finally write that new book. This is the year I finally run my freelancing business like a…
My guest today is Kelsey Kreiling, co-founder of Presence Agency and creator of Week of the Website, a productized website design business. Kelsey is a designer and website builder who has grown multiple businesses from the ground up. Her newest business, Week of the Website, builds amazing websites for their customers in only five days….
My favorite talk from the 2016 DYFConf North America wasn’t about some new, highly profitable marketing strategy or automation technique. It was “a cautionary tale about the awesomeness of being a superhero.” My friend, Dr. Sherry Walling, spoke about some of the risks that affect us as freelancers and independent business owners. Anxiety. Isolation. Failure. These…
This week I’m in South Florida spending the Thanksgiving holiday with my family, but I’ve been getting a LOT of feedback and questions about the Expert Roundtable. In case you missed that email, Expert Roundtable is a daily coaching platform that we’ve now made accessible outside of the DYF Academy. Unlike traditional coaching or mentoring, where you…
Today I’m talking with Joanna Wiebe, the founder of CopyHackers.com. CopyHackers is an online resource for everything you need to know about copywriting, including many informative case studies. Her new project, Airstory, is a fantastic content production tool for high-performance writing teams. Joanna taught me how to write effective sales copy and on today’s episode we…