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Student Success Story with Lance Miller

by on November 22, 2016

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 Stephen Godfrey).  If you feel your story would be a good fit, share…

The End of Overdue Invoices

by on November 11, 2016

Today we have a very special article from Julie Elster, founder of Just Tell Julie, a service that helps you turn your overdue invoices & failed payments into customer services opportunities. Julie spent over 10 years in Corporate America working with accounts receivable and she certainly knows her way around debt collection tactics. Today she is…

6 Traits Shared By Successful Freelance Consultants

by , on October 23, 2016

There are a lot of horror stories out there about freelancing. Freelancers are getting screwed over on websites like Upwork, they’re driving their prices lower when competing against others, and they’re investing hours into writing proposals — and only closing around 25% of those they pitch. (And often even less than that.) This isn’t sustainable,…

Double Your Freelancing Podcast, Episode 62: Meryl Johnston on Growing a Six-Figure Productized Service

by on October 17, 2016

My guest today is Meryl Johnston, founder of the international accounting agency Bean Ninjas. She has a background in accounting and began her first business as a consultant. She has grown her current business from the ground up and is now generating over $100,000 in recurring revenue through monthly productized bookkeeping services. We discuss her…

Slaying Self-Doubt

by on September 19, 2016

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…

Double Your Freelancing Podcast, Episode 61: Barry O’Kane on How He Chose a Niche and Went Location Independent

by on September 19, 2016

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…