From part-time, on-the-side freelancer to founding an agency that employs over a dozen people, Ross has spent the last eight years building his reputation and his business.
“If you can come in with value,” says Ross, “you’re less intimidating. Add value before you ask for it.”
Read MoreAfter Marge took some time out to reflect on ten years being freelance, she discovered the power of choice. The choice to work with clients who have the same values. To take a month off every summer. To start a second business that fills a creative hole.
She chats to Steve about how she made those changes and what else she’s learned along the way, including how to adapt to the market, find a better work-life blend and keep the work coming in.
Read MoreRafal moved from Poland to the United States at 18 and landed a job as a developer. He progressed within the company all while freelancing on the side, until, eventually, he left to focus on his business and his personal brand full time.
He chats to Steve about finding clients, growing his email list, selling digital products and courses, figuring out what to say no to and focusing on what he loves to do.
Read MoreWhen Christian set out freelance for the third time, he was determined to bring in his own clients rather than set up in the corner of an agency.
He chats to Steve about how he’s made that happen, what working at home with his wife (a fellow freelancer) is like, and why he spends his Fridays playing on tractors at the local nature reserve.
Read MoreLina began freelancing in college, where she founded a feminist communications agency with a friend, and she’s worked independently since then.
She chats to Steve about the speaking gigs that make her anxious for weeks, the time she nearly hit a wall from working too much, and the community she created for women and non-binaries within the creative industry.
Read MoreSkiing photographer Reuben graduated during the 2008 financial crash and he’s found his own way since then, learning as he went along, without a staff job or an apprenticeship.
He talks about managing the seasonality of his business and how he finds work, including networking, pitching, making a film and forming a production company with other freelancers.
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