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…
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…
In my last post, I shared with you how I question my new clients prior to hosting a Roadmapping engagement. Today, I’m going to continue from where I left off and share with you an in-depth case study of a recent Roadmapping engagement of mine, including all the financials, proposal snippets, and more that I’m legally…
I get an email or two a week from someone who just sold their first Roadmapping session. Usually, the email includes something like… “HOLY CRAP THIS WORKS. They loved it! Not only do they want to move forward with the project, but they let me know a few days later how appreciative they were….
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,…
Today we have a very special article from Chelsea Baldwin, a former CMO who gave up that swanky corporate career to get away from 9-hour Saturdays & to help awesome people like you do more good in the world… and get the customers (and cash) you deserve. In this article, Chelsea talks about how to effectively…
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…
A few years ago, I was prepping to release my most ambitious project to date: Double Your Freelancing Clients (which is now Sell Yourself Online: The Blueprint) As a solo entrepreneur, I was used to doing most things on my own. I code my own site, write my own content, do most of my own designs, set up…
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…