Petra and our guest Kevin discuss the various elements that go into getting a freelance business to the next level of growth (if you choose) including systems, marketing, employees (including a few what not to do stories!) and sales. We'll discuss how we overcame certain challenges, and the one secret that caused Kevin's business to go from a team of three to a team of 25 within a short timeframe.Panel Petra Manos Guest Kevin Urrutia Sponsors  Dev Influencers Accelerator  Links The E-Myth Revisited Coding Platform for Kids | Tynker #1 Facebook Ads Agency Twitter: Kevin Urrutia ( @danest ) Picks Kevin- DotCom Secrets  Petra- A Series of Unfortunate Events 

Petra and our guest Kevin discuss the various elements that go into getting a freelance business to the next level of growth (if you choose) including systems, marketing, employees (including a few what not to do stories!) and sales. We'll discuss how we overcame certain challenges, and the one secret that caused Kevin's business to go from a team of three to a team of 25 within a short timeframe.<h2>Panel</h2><ul> <li>Petra Manos</li> </ul><h2>Guest</h2><ul> <li>Kevin Urrutia</li> </ul><h2>Sponsors</h2><ul> <li> <a href="http://devchat.tv/influencers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev I</a><a href="http://devchat.tv/influencers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">n</a><a href="http://devchat.tv/influencers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fluencers Accelerator</a> </li> </ul><h2>Links</h2><ul> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/3g8H7cH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The E-Myth Revisited</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tynker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coding Platform for Kids | Tynker</a></li> <li><a href="https://voymedia.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">#1 Facebook Ads Agency</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/danest?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter: Kevin Urrutia ( @danest )</a></li> </ul><h2>Picks</h2><ul> <li>Kevin- <a href="https://amzn.to/3we2sa3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DotCom Secrets</a> </li> <li>Petra- <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80050008" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Series of Unfortunate Events</a> </li></ul>

Scaling a Freelance Business into an Agency - TFS 390

Chuck dives into the 3 essentials for getting the next successful outcome you want in your career. Whether that's something simple like a raise or something more complex like going freelance, you can achieve it by working on 3 main areas.First, building skills. The most obvious type of skills you'll need is technical skills. However, don't neglect your people skills and your organizational skills as well since you're often paid for how you work with people and enhance their work and how you put your work together in the most efficient ways.Second, building relationships. Often other people will be able to help you find the opportunities or will be the ones to make the decisions that impact your ability to get the outcome you want. Having good relationships is key to having good outcomes.Third, building recognition. Being known for being valuable in important ways allows you to leverage the skills you have to build better relationships and create opportunities to get what you need to get the outcomes you want by giving people what they want. A podcast is a great way to do all three. Chuck explains exactly how that works in this podcast and goes deeper as part of the Dev Influencers Accelerator.Panel Charles Max Wood

Chuck dives into the 3 essentials for getting the next successful outcome you want in your career. Whether that's something simple like a raise or something more complex like going freelance, you can achieve it by working on 3 main areas.First, building skills. The most obvious type of skills you'll need is technical skills. However, don't neglect your people skills and your organizational skills as well since you're often paid for how you work with people and enhance their work and how you put your work together in the most efficient ways.Second, building relationships. Often other people will be able to help you find the opportunities or will be the ones to make the decisions that impact your ability to get the outcome you want. Having good relationships is key to having good outcomes.Third, building recognition. Being known for being valuable in important ways allows you to leverage the skills you have to build better relationships and create opportunities to get what you need to get the outcomes you want by giving people what they want. A podcast is a great way to do all three. Chuck explains exactly how that works in this podcast and goes deeper as part of the <a href="https://devinfluencers.com/apply" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev Influencers Accelerator</a>.<h2>Panel</h2><ul> <li>Charles Max Wood</li></ul>

The 3 Essentials for Successful Job Outcomes - BONUS

Chuck dives into the 3 essentials for getting the next successful outcome you want in your career. Whether that's something simple like a raise or something more complex like going freelance, you can achieve it by working on 3 main areas.First, building skills. The most obvious type of skills you'll need is technical skills. However, don't neglect your people skills and your organizational skills as well since you're often paid for how you work with people and enhance their work and how you put your work together in the most efficient ways.Second, building relationships. Often other people will be able to help you find the opportunities or will be the ones to make the decisions that impact your ability to get the outcome you want. Having good relationships is key to having good outcomes.Third, building recognition. Being known for being valuable in important ways allows you to leverage the skills you have to build better relationships and create opportunities to get what you need to get the outcomes you want by giving people what they want. A podcast is a great way to do all three. Chuck explains exactly how that works in this podcast and goes deeper as part of the Dev Influencers Accelerator.Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator

Chuck dives into the 3 essentials for getting the next successful outcome you want in your career. Whether that's something simple like a raise or something more complex like going freelance, you can achieve it by working on 3 main areas.First, building skills. The most obvious type of skills you'll need is technical skills. However, don't neglect your people skills and your organizational skills as well since you're often paid for how you work with people and enhance their work and how you put your work together in the most efficient ways.Second, building relationships. Often other people will be able to help you find the opportunities or will be the ones to make the decisions that impact your ability to get the outcome you want. Having good relationships is key to having good outcomes.Third, building recognition. Being known for being valuable in important ways allows you to leverage the skills you have to build better relationships and create opportunities to get what you need to get the outcomes you want by giving people what they want. A podcast is a great way to do all three. Chuck explains exactly how that works in this podcast and goes deeper as part of the <a href="https://devinfluencers.com/apply" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev Influencers Accelerator</a>.<h2>Panel</h2><ul> <li>Charles Max Wood</li> </ul><h2>Sponsors</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://devchat.tv/influencers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev Influencers Accelerator</a></li></ul>

Chuck explains what he taught Nathan last week when we asked how to get hired at a FANG (Facebook Apple/Amazon Netflix Google) company. Essentially, it boils down to how to build the skills and knowledge needed to pass the interview. How to build the relationships to get into the door and have the interviewer want you to succeed. And how to build the reputation that has the company wanting you regardless of the outcome. This approach also works for speaking at conferences, selling courses, and other outcomes as well as it's the core of building a successful career as an influencer.Panel Charles Max Wood 

Chuck explains what he taught Nathan last week when we asked how to get hired at a FANG (Facebook Apple/Amazon Netflix Google) company. Essentially, it boils down to how to build the skills and knowledge needed to pass the interview. How to build the relationships to get into the door and have the interviewer want you to succeed. And how to build the reputation that has the company wanting you regardless of the outcome. This approach also works for speaking at conferences, selling courses, and other outcomes as well as it's the core of building a successful career as an influencer.<h2>Panel</h2><ul> <li>Charles Max Wood</li> </ul>

How to Get Hired at a FANG Company - BONUS

Chuck explains what he taught Nathan last week when we asked how to get hired at a FANG (Facebook Apple/Amazon Netflix Google) company. Essentially, it boils down to how to build the skills and knowledge needed to pass the interview. How to build the relationships to get into the door and have the interviewer want you to succeed. And how to build the reputation that has the company wanting you regardless of the outcome. This approach also works for speaking at conferences, selling courses, and other outcomes as well as it's the core of building a successful career as an influencer.Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator 

Chuck explains what he taught Nathan last week when we asked how to get hired at a FANG (Facebook Apple/Amazon Netflix Google) company. Essentially, it boils down to how to build the skills and knowledge needed to pass the interview. How to build the relationships to get into the door and have the interviewer want you to succeed. And how to build the reputation that has the company wanting you regardless of the outcome. This approach also works for speaking at conferences, selling courses, and other outcomes as well as it's the core of building a successful career as an influencer.<h2>Panel</h2><ul> <li>Charles Max Wood</li> </ul><h2>Sponsors</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://devchat.tv/influencers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev Influencers Accelerator</a></li> </ul>

Chuck was on a strategic call with one of his potential coaching clients talking about cryptocurrencies and realized that this is one of the major reasons that people want to become influencers. Or, rather, that many people aspire to make a difference and/or make money and the best way to do that is to become the person people go to for what you do.So, how do you become the first person people think of when they think of that thing you know how to do? Let Chuck tell you.Panel Charles Max Wood

Chuck was on a strategic call with one of his potential coaching clients talking about cryptocurrencies and realized that this is one of the major reasons that people want to become influencers. Or, rather, that many people aspire to make a difference and/or make money and the best way to do that is to become the person people go to for what you do.So, how do you become the first person people think of when they think of that thing you know how to do? Let Chuck tell you.<h2>Panel</h2><ul> <li>Charles Max Wood</li></ul>

Becoming the Go-To Person in Your Technology Area - BONUS

Chuck was on a strategic call with one of his potential coaching clients talking about cryptocurrencies and realized that this is one of the major reasons that people want to become influencers. Or, rather, that many people aspire to make a difference and/or make money and the best way to do that is to become the person people go to for what you do.So, how do you become the first person people think of when they think of that thing you know how to do? Let Chuck tell you.Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator

Chuck was on a strategic call with one of his potential coaching clients talking about cryptocurrencies and realized that this is one of the major reasons that people want to become influencers. Or, rather, that many people aspire to make a difference and/or make money and the best way to do that is to become the person people go to for what you do.So, how do you become the first person people think of when they think of that thing you know how to do? Let Chuck tell you.<h2>Panel</h2><ul> <li>Charles Max Wood</li> </ul><h2>Sponsors</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://devchat.tv/influencers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev Influencers Accelerator</a></li></ul>

Charles talks about the things that get developers stuck when they're trying to start their podcast or other influencer channel. He explains how to get around having those things hamper your journey.Panel Charles Max Wood

Charles talks about the things that get developers stuck when they're trying to start their podcast or other influencer channel. He explains how to get around having those things hamper your journey.<h2>Panel</h2><ul> <li>Charles Max Wood</li></ul>

Don't Let These Things Keep You From Podcasting - BONUS

Charles talks about the things that get developers stuck when they're trying to start their podcast or other influencer channel. He explains how to get around having those things hamper your journey.Panel Charles Max Wood Sponsors Dev Influencers Accelerator

Charles talks about the things that get developers stuck when they're trying to start their podcast or other influencer channel. He explains how to get around having those things hamper your journey.<h2>Panel</h2><ul> <li>Charles Max Wood</li> </ul><h2>Sponsors</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://devchat.tv/influencers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dev Influencers Accelerator</a></li></ul>

Charles Max Wood talks about how to build, grow, and benefit from positive relationships within programming. He talks about how he's built genuine positive relationships with hundreds of programmers and how he and others have grown from those relationships. He also explains that you get out of relationships what you put into them. Finally, he goes into how to begin to build relationships by building a system of influence you can use on behalf of the people you want relationships with.Panel Charles Max Wood

Charles Max Wood talks about how to build, grow, and benefit from positive relationships within programming. He talks about how he's built genuine positive relationships with hundreds of programmers and how he and others have grown from those relationships. He also explains that you get out of relationships what you put into them. Finally, he goes into how to begin to build relationships by building a system of influence you can use on behalf of the people you want relationships with.<h2>Panel</h2><ul> <li>Charles Max Wood</li></ul>

BONUS: Relationships Matter Most

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Go check out Freelance Remote Conf! Freelancers’ Show GitHub Repository: github.com/devchattv/freelancerstopics  02:48 - Luca’s question05:40 - The Right Things To Do in the Right Order: Work on your mindset  Interview potential clients (Identify the expensive problem)      Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers Will Buy by Cindy Alvarez   Build a lead magnet and build social proof Build a landing page for your lead magnet Build a month’s worth of articles; set up an email list Start teaching. Go on forums and point to your lead magnet. 08:34 - Timeframe13:17 - Do you need a blog?14:21 - Social Media Presence (Earn Traffic and Attention)    16:47 - Starting a Business While Still Working at Another Job22:53 - Impostor Syndrome Social Learning Theory 34:46 - Citing No Past Experience SoHelpful Beta Clients 37:48 - Webinars and Micronars45:09 - Your Mailing ListPicksJessica Jones (Reuven) SoHelpful (Philip) Brennan Dunn: How To Start a Freelancing Business That Won't Fail (Philip) The Tim Ferriss Experiment: Derek Sivers Reloaded – On Success Habits and Billionaires with Perfect Abs (Jonathan) 8 Tips For Software Developers Starting Their Own Business (Jonathan) Veronica Mars (Jonathan) CES (Chuck) Las Vegas (Chuck)

Go check out <a href="https://allremoteconfs.com/freelance-2016" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freelance Remote Conf</a>! Freelancers’ Show GitHub Repository: <a href="https://github.com/devchattv/freelancerstopics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">github.com/devchattv/freelancerstopics</a> 02:48 - <a href="https://github.com/devchattv/freelancerstopics/issues/3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Luca’s question</a>05:40 - The Right Things To Do in the Right Order:<ul> <li>Work on your mindset</li> <li> Interview potential clients (Identify the expensive problem) <ul> <li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lean-Customer-Development-Building-Customers/dp/1449356354" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers Will Buy by Cindy Alvarez</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Build a lead magnet and build social proof</li> <li>Build a landing page for your lead magnet</li> <li>Build a month’s worth of articles; set up an email list</li> <li>Start teaching. Go on forums and point to your lead magnet.</li> </ul>08:34 - Timeframe13:17 - Do you need a blog?14:21 - Social Media Presence (Earn Traffic and Attention)    16:47 - Starting a Business While Still Working at Another Job22:53 - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Impostor Syndrome</a><ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_learning_theory" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Social Learning Theory</a></li> </ul>34:46 - Citing No Past Experience<ul> <li><a href="https://www.sohelpful.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoHelpful</a></li> <li>Beta Clients</li> </ul>37:48 - Webinars and Micronars45:09 - Your Mailing ListPicks<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2357547/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Jones</a> (Reuven) <a href="https://www.sohelpful.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoHelpful</a> (Philip) <a href="http://doubleyourfreelancing.com/start-a-freelancing-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brennan Dunn: How To Start a Freelancing Business That Won't Fail</a> (Philip) <a href="http://fourhourworkweek.com/2015/12/28/derek-sivers-reloaded-on-success-habits-and-billionaires-with-perfect-abs/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Tim Ferriss Experiment: Derek Sivers Reloaded – On Success Habits and Billionaires with Perfect Abs</a> (Jonathan) <a href="https://expensiveproblem.com/8-tips-for-software-developers-starting-their-own-business" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">8 Tips For Software Developers Starting Their Own Business</a> (Jonathan) <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412253/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Veronica Mars</a> (Jonathan) <a href="https://www.cesweb.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CES</a> (Chuck) <a href="http://www.lasvegas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Las Vegas</a> (Chuck)

187 FS Starting From Scratch as a Freelancer

Erin Flynn

On today's episode of the Freelancers' Show, Jonathan and Reuven discuss How to Fire Bad Clients with Erin Flynn. Erin is a web designer and developer. She is, however, more popular in helping fellow designers and developers to run their businesses better as well as to communicate well with clients. Listen and learn how to identify bad clients and how to deal with them properly!

On today's episode of the Freelancers' Show, Jonathan and Reuven discuss How to Fire Bad Clients with Erin Flynn. Erin is a web designer and developer. She is, however, more popular in helping fellow designers and developers to run their businesses better as well as to communicate well with clients. Listen and learn how to identify bad clients and how to deal with them properly!

241 FS How to Fire Bad Clients with Erin Flynn

In this episode of The Freelancers Show, the new panel is introduced and they discuss getting into freelancing. Brooks Forsyth is brand new to the show. He is from Connecticut and works mostly with Angular and Ionic. He has consulted for large firms but has recently been doing more independent contracting. Charles Max Wood has been on The Freelancers Show before but it has been a while so he introduces himself as well. Charles is the owner of DevchatTV, before that he did freelancing. They start by discussing how contracting with a large corporation compares to other contracting jobs. They also consider how those compare to moonlighting contract work. As CEO of DevchatTV Charles has hired contractors to help him run the shows, he shares some of the ways that he has found his employees. He and Brooks discuss Upwork and sites like them. They share how they got started in freelancing and how they found their first jobs. Charles tells the listeners that it was worth it and gives them some advice to help with the stress of starting out. The panel gives recommendations on finding clients and Charles shares his method for finding your dream client which has been adapted from his book. They discuss billing hourly or by project and the importance of an emergency fund. Panelists  Charles Max Wood   Brooks Forsyth  Sponsors  Sentry– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan   CacheFly  ____________________________________________________________"The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today!____________________________________________________________ Links  Hourly Billing is Nuts   https://www.facebook.com/freelancersshow/  PicksCharles Max Wood:  The Bishop’s Wife   How The Grinch Stole Christmas   Scrooge  Brooks Forsyth:  Elf 

In this episode of The Freelancers Show, the new panel is introduced and they discuss getting into freelancing. Brooks Forsyth is brand new to the show. He is from Connecticut and works mostly with Angular and Ionic. He has consulted for large firms but has recently been doing more independent contracting. Charles Max Wood has been on The Freelancers Show before but it has been a while so he introduces himself as well. Charles is the owner of DevchatTV, before that he did freelancing. They start by discussing how contracting with a large corporation compares to other contracting jobs. They also consider how those compare to moonlighting contract work. As CEO of DevchatTV Charles has hired contractors to help him run the shows, he shares some of the ways that he has found his employees. He and Brooks discuss Upwork and sites like them. They share how they got started in freelancing and how they found their first jobs. Charles tells the listeners that it was worth it and gives them some advice to help with the stress of starting out. The panel gives recommendations on finding clients and Charles shares his method for finding your dream client which has been adapted from his book. They discuss billing hourly or by project and the importance of an emergency fund. <h3>Panelists</h3><ul> <li> Charles Max Wood </li> <li> Brooks Forsyth </li> </ul><h3>Sponsors</h3><ul> <li> <a href="http://sentry.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sentry</a>– use the code “devchat” for two months free on Sentry’s small plan </li> <li> <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CacheFly</a> </li> </ul><h2>____________________________________________________________</h2>"The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081MBL5C9/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;language=en_US&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;linkId=9d61363241636e2546ef46abba198746&amp;tag=devchattv-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Get Your Copy Today!</a><h2>____________________________________________________________</h2> <h3>Links</h3><ul> <li> <a href="https://jonathanstark.com/hbin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hourly Billing is Nuts</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/freelancersshow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/freelancersshow/</a> </li> </ul><h3>Picks</h3>Charles Max Wood:<ul> <li> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039190/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Bishop’s Wife</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060345/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How The Grinch Stole Christmas</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://scrooge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scrooge</a> </li> </ul>Brooks Forsyth:<ul> <li> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319343/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elf</a> </li></ul>

TFS 348: How To Get Into Freelancing

00:30 Chuck leaving the show1:18 Introducing the topic: Knowing when to move on5:40 Leaving a successful podcast15:11 Deciding when to move on19:19 Being spread too thin versus being effective22:54 Improving workflow25:30 Chuck’s focus on online conferences28:30 Overcoming resistance to change in business30:05: Getting through lean times33:22 Hiring help and outsourcing tasks35:09 Future of DevChat.tv podcastsPicks:Selling to Big Companies by Jill Konrath (Reuven)Soundbreaking on PBS (Philip)This American Life: Quitting (Philip)Philip Morgan - Retired page (Philip)2017 Wall Calendar - Neuyear.net (Charles)Amazon Echo Dot (Charles)Hired.com

00:30 Chuck leaving the show1:18 Introducing the topic: Knowing when to move on5:40 Leaving a successful podcast15:11 Deciding when to move on19:19 Being spread too thin versus being effective22:54 Improving workflow25:30 Chuck’s focus on online conferences28:30 Overcoming resistance to change in business30:05: Getting through lean times33:22 Hiring help and outsourcing tasks35:09 Future of <a href="http://DevChat.tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DevChat.tv</a> podcasts<h3>Picks:</h3><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Selling-Big-Companies-Jill-Konrath/dp/1419515624" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Selling to Big Companies by Jill Konrath</a> (Reuven)<a href="http://www.pbs.org/show/soundbreaking/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Soundbreaking on PBS</a> (Philip)<a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/7/quitting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This American Life: Quitting</a> (Philip)<a href="https://philipmorganconsulting.com/retired/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philip Morgan - Retired page</a> (Philip)<a href="http://www.neuyear.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2017 Wall Calendar - Neuyear.net</a> (Charles)<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015TJD0Y4/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon Echo Dot</a> (Charles)<a href="https://hired.com/join/?utm_campaign=q2-16-podcast&amp;utm_content=2k&amp;utm_medium=freelancersshow&amp;utm_source=podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hired.com</a>

231 FS When to Move On (Chuck Leaving)

Panel: Reuven Lerner Jonathan Stark In this episode of the Freelancer’s Show, the panelist, Reuven and Jonathan discuss “The Essential Consultant Library,” or the books you should read for consulting, marketing and business. Jonathan and Reuven share the exact books that helped them in the current area of business. Rather it is consulting, marketing, or entrepreneurship, the Freelancers share their favorites and much more.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:  You should continue learning Books that help in various ways for business  Value-Based Fees by Alan Weiss  The Positioning Manual by Philip Morgan  Selling to Big Companies by Jill Konrath The Secret of Selling Anything by Harry Browne  How to Measure Anything by Douglas  Hubbard Just F  Ship by Amy Hoy  Double Your Freelancing Rates by Brennan Dunn Hourly Billing is Nuts by Jonathan Stark   The Brain Audit by Sean D’Souza Patrick McKenzie website  Getting Things Done by David Allen And much more!      Sponsors/Affilates FreshBooks  Digital Ocean PicksJonathan Little Nightmares Jonathan's Reading List The Pricing Seminar Reuven Lerner We Chat MEET

Panel:<ul> <li>Reuven Lerner</li> <li>Jonathan Stark</li> </ul>In this episode of the Freelancer’s Show, the panelist, Reuven and Jonathan discuss “The Essential Consultant Library,” or the books you should read for consulting, marketing and business. Jonathan and Reuven share the exact books that helped them in the current area of business. Rather it is consulting, marketing, or entrepreneurship, the Freelancers share their favorites and much more.In particular, we dive pretty deep on: <ul> <li>You should continue learning</li> <li>Books that help in various ways for business</li> <li> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Value-Based-Fees-Charge-Youre-Worth/dp/0470275847" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Value-Based Fees</a> by Alan Weiss</li> <li> <a href="http://philipmorganconsulting.com/authority-resource-center/the-positioning-manual-for-technical-firms/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Positioning Manual</a> by Philip Morgan</li> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Selling-Big-Companies-Jill-Konrath/dp/1419515624/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Selling+to+Big+Companies+by+Jill&amp;qid=1535074124&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Selling to Big Companies</a> by Jill Konrath</li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Selling-Anything-Harry-Browne-ebook/dp/B00M19W20Y/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=The+Secret+of+Selling+Anything+by+Harry+Brown&amp;qid=1535074332&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1-fkmr0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Secret of Selling Anything by Harry Browne</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Measure-Anything-Intangibles-Business-ebook/dp/B00INUYS2U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=how+to+measure+anything+by+douglas+hubbard&amp;qid=1535074644&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Measure Anything </a>by Douglas  Hubbard</li> <li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23700819-just-fucking-ship" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Just F  Ship by Amy Hoy </a></li> <li><a href="https://doubleyourfreelancing.com/rate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Double Your Freelancing Rates by Brennan Dunn</a></li> <li><a href="https://jonathanstark.com/hbin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hourly Billing is Nuts by Jonathan Stark </a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Audit-Customers-They-Dont/dp/0473175045" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Brain Audit</a> by Sean D’Souza</li> <li><a href="https://www.kalzumeus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patrick McKenzie website</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity/dp/0670899240/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=Getting+Things+Done&amp;qid=1535076242&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Getting Things Done</a> by David Allen</li> <li>And much more!     </li> </ul>Sponsors/Affilates<ul> <li><a href="https://www.freshbooks.com/invoice?ref=11731&amp;utm_campaign=podcast-influencers&amp;utm_influencer=419364&amp;utm_medium=affiliate-program&amp;utm_source=pbm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreshBooks</a></li> </ul><ul> <li><a href="http://www.digitalocean.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Digital Ocean</a></li> </ul><a href="http://www.apple.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Picks</a>Jonathan<ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOadxZBsPiA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little Nightmares</a></li> <li><a href="https://jonathanstark.com/reading-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonathan's Reading List</a></li> <li><a href="https://thepricingseminar.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Pricing Seminar</a></li> </ul>Reuven Lerner<ul> <li><a href="http://www.wechat.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We Chat</a></li> <li><a href="http://meet.mit.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MEET</a></li></ul>

FS 309: The Essential Consultant Library

Philip Morgan

Get your Ruby Remote Conf tickets and check out the @rubyremoteconf Twitter feed for exciting updates about the conference. 02:09 - Philip Morgan Introduction Twitter Philip Morgan Consulting The Positioning Manual for Technical Firms by Philip Morgan  02:30 - Thinking About Positioning and Communicating What You Do Expensive Problem: The Benefits of Pigeonholing  27:08 - Finding Target Markets35:25 - Acquiring New Skills to Support a New Position39:00 - Refining Your Positioning Marketing, Publicity 56:07 - Positioning ExercisePicksKurt Elster: Email Templates for Freelancers (Jonathan) Expensive Problem: Market Research Cold Email Template (Jonathan) Bryan Harris: How I Made $10,000 in 24-hours With My First Product (Case Study) (Reuven) Jewish guide to visiting China by Reuven Lerner (Reuven) Spark by Readdle (Eric) AmazonSmile (Chuck) Listen to other people’s views (Chuck) Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind by Al Ries (Philip) Rolls MS111 Mic Switch Latching or Momentary Microphone Mute Switch with Passes Phantom Power (Philip) The Consulting Pipeline Podcast (Philip)

Get your <a href="https://rubyremoteconf.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruby Remote Conf</a> tickets and check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/rubyremoteconf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@rubyremoteconf</a> Twitter feed for exciting updates about the conference. 02:09 - Philip Morgan Introduction<ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Philip_Morgan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://philipmorganconsulting.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Philip Morgan Consulting</a></li> <li><a href="http://philipmorganconsulting.com/authority-resource-center/the-positioning-manual-for-technical-firms/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Positioning Manual for Technical Firms by Philip Morgan</a> </li> </ul>02:30 - Thinking About Positioning and Communicating What You Do<ul> <li><a href="https://expensiveproblem.com/the-benefits-of-pigeonholing" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Expensive Problem: The Benefits of Pigeonholing</a> </li> </ul>27:08 - Finding Target Markets35:25 - Acquiring New Skills to Support a New Position39:00 - Refining Your Positioning<ul> <li>Marketing, Publicity</li> </ul>56:07 - Positioning ExercisePicks<a href="http://kurtelster.com/emails-for-freelancers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kurt Elster: Email Templates for Freelancers</a> (Jonathan) <a href="https://expensiveproblem.com/market-research-cold-email-template" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Expensive Problem: Market Research Cold Email Template</a> (Jonathan) <a href="http://blog.videofruit.com/make-money-blogging/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bryan Harris: How I Made $10,000 in 24-hours With My First Product (Case Study)</a> (Reuven) <a href="https://gumroad.com/l/jewishchina" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jewish guide to visiting China by Reuven Lerner</a> (Reuven) <a href="https://readdle.com/products/spark" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spark by Readdle</a> (Eric) <a href="http://smile.amazon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AmazonSmile</a> (Chuck) Listen to other people’s views (Chuck) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0071373586/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0071373586&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;linkId=3UHNZZ6W2HTMFWYV&amp;tag=chamaxwoo-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind by Al Ries</a> (Philip) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001GMXFW6/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B001GMXFW6&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;linkId=NRZ6ADNBWWKGRGKB&amp;tag=chamaxwoo-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rolls MS111 Mic Switch Latching or Momentary Microphone Mute Switch with Passes Phantom Power</a> (Philip) <a href="http://consultingpipelinepodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Consulting Pipeline Podcast</a> (Philip)

160 FS A Deep Dive on Positioning Yourself As a Specialist with Philip Morgan

Freelancers' Answers -- Go here to submit questions for The Freelancers’ Live Q&amp;A shows! Check out RailsCasts on Kickstarter!!02:19 - Lifestyle Choice and Changes03:09 - Clients That Have Run Their Course05:29 - Having More Work Than You Can Handle  Hiring Subcontractors       Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs   Seasonal Highs and Lows  Disappearing Clients      12:40 - Non-Résumé Worthy Work13:33 - Getting Bad Vibes From Potential Clients Just Tell Julie 21:44 - Transitioning to New Kinds of Work Splitting Your Focus Moving to Product Building 37:14 - Management39:13 - Reopening Doors to Previous OffersPicksCarbon Copy Cloner (Reuven) Vivis™ Knight V3 13000mAh Dual USB Portable Charger External Battery Pack (Jonathan) Gin Gins® Spicy Apple Chewy Ginger Candy (Eric) YouTube (Chuck) FFmpeg (Chuck) Ruby Remote Conf (Chuck) Developer’s Box Club (Chuck)

<a href="http://freelancersanswers.com/webinar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freelancers' Answers</a> -- Go here to submit questions for The Freelancers’ Live Q&amp;A shows! Check out <a href="http://devchat.tv/kickstarter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RailsCasts on Kickstarter</a>!!02:19 - Lifestyle Choice and Changes03:09 - Clients That Have Run Their Course05:29 - Having More Work Than You Can Handle<ul> <li> Hiring Subcontractors <ul> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow's_hierarchy_of_needs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Seasonal Highs and Lows</li> <li> Disappearing Clients     </li> </ul>12:40 - Non-Résumé Worthy Work13:33 - Getting Bad Vibes From Potential Clients<ul> <li><a href="http://justtelljulie.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Just Tell Julie</a></li> </ul>21:44 - Transitioning to New Kinds of Work<ul> <li>Splitting Your Focus</li> <li>Moving to Product Building</li> </ul>37:14 - Management39:13 - Reopening Doors to Previous OffersPicks<a href="http://bombich.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carbon Copy Cloner</a> (Reuven) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Vivis-trade-Knight-V3-Smartphones/dp/B00LJCI53M" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vivis™ Knight V3 13000mAh Dual USB Portable Charger External Battery Pack</a> (Jonathan) <a href="http://gingerpeople.com/gin-gin-candies/spicy-apple-ginger-chews.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gin Gins® Spicy Apple Chewy Ginger Candy</a> (Eric) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> (Chuck) <a href="https://www.ffmpeg.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FFmpeg</a> (Chuck) <a href="http://www.rubyremoteconf.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ruby Remote Conf</a> (Chuck) <a href="http://devboxclub.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Developer’s Box Club</a> (Chuck)

149 FS When To Turn Down Work

Panel: Reuven Lerner Kai Davis In this episode of the Freelancers’ Show, the panelists discuss common mistakes that they have made in their freelancing and consulting history to help you learn from their mistakes. They talk about mistakes when it comes to raising rates, hiring employees, having a home office or not, and much more and how you can avoid them in the future. They also stress the fact that communication is key when it comes to keeping a health client relationship.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:  Common foibles When raising rates, make sure to give your clients some advanced notice Want to make sure you don’t ruin your relationship with your client Put yourself in the client’s shoes How to properly raise your rates Communication is key Don’t get caught up in the illusion that you must hire other people to succeed Don’t discount your ability to sell yourself Only hire on an hourly basis not a full-time basis Don’t be afraid to fire people if you have to in order to survive as a business Hire people as sub-contractors Having an office outside of the house pros and cons Importance of having a separation of spaces in a home office The importance of following up with past clients to see if they have new needs Value-based follow-up Always start with a contract! You will be scammed by people in your career And much, much more!  Picks:Reuven The Daily podcast Kai Apple Home Pod

Panel:<ul> <li>Reuven Lerner</li> <li>Kai Davis</li> </ul>In this episode of the Freelancers’ Show, the panelists discuss common mistakes that they have made in their freelancing and consulting history to help you learn from their mistakes. They talk about mistakes when it comes to raising rates, hiring employees, having a home office or not, and much more and how you can avoid them in the future. They also stress the fact that communication is key when it comes to keeping a health client relationship.In particular, we dive pretty deep on: <ul> <li>Common foibles</li> <li>When raising rates, make sure to give your clients some advanced notice</li> <li>Want to make sure you don’t ruin your relationship with your client</li> <li>Put yourself in the client’s shoes</li> <li>How to properly raise your rates</li> <li>Communication is key</li> <li>Don’t get caught up in the illusion that you must hire other people to succeed</li> <li>Don’t discount your ability to sell yourself</li> <li>Only hire on an hourly basis not a full-time basis</li> <li>Don’t be afraid to fire people if you have to in order to survive as a business</li> <li>Hire people as sub-contractors</li> <li>Having an office outside of the house pros and cons</li> <li>Importance of having a separation of spaces in a home office</li> <li>The importance of following up with past clients to see if they have new needs</li> <li>Value-based follow-up</li> <li>Always start with a contract!</li> <li>You will be scammed by people in your career</li> <li>And much, much more!</li> </ul> Picks:Reuven<ul> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/podcasts/the-daily" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Daily podcast</a></li> </ul>Kai<ul> <li><a href="https://www.apple.com/homepod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple Home Pod</a></li></ul>

FS 289: Freelancing Foibles

The panelists continue their "Preparing For Freelancing" series and discuss finding a niche.

The panelists continue their "Preparing For Freelancing" series and discuss finding a niche.

The Freelancers' Show 118 - Preparing For Freelancing: Finding a Niche

Panel: Reuven Jonathan Stark Jeremy Green In this episode of the Freelancer’s Show, Reuven and Jonathan discuss “Keeping Your Skill Shape,” with Jeremey Green. The panelist discuss ways to improve their game to keep ahead of the curb in freelancing. This is a great episode to learn the different avenues of sharpening your skill with technologies, applications, courses,  project, and literature to stay consistent with an ever-changing industry.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:  Keeping your skill sharp Doing a mix of things to stay ahead Students and questions Teaching, Education, and Training Strategy to learn new things Doing Side Project to keep ahead Blog, Teach a Course, Write a book If you know more about it then everyone else, you are the expert Learning other technologies Becoming specialized in a specific technology Knowing how to finding information when you need it Crafting the right Google query Social Learning Theory And much more!      Picks:Jonathan Revenue Lerner’s Git Course  Understanding and Mastering Git ValuePricingBootcamp.com Reuven Podcasts -  Pod Save The World  Podcasts - Chompers   Jeremy Green Ableton Live 

Panel:<ul> <li>Reuven</li> <li>Jonathan Stark</li> <li>Jeremy Green</li> </ul>In this episode of the Freelancer’s Show, Reuven and Jonathan discuss “Keeping Your Skill Shape,” with Jeremey Green. The panelist discuss ways to improve their game to keep ahead of the curb in freelancing. This is a great episode to learn the different avenues of sharpening your skill with technologies, applications, courses,  project, and literature to stay consistent with an ever-changing industry.In particular, we dive pretty deep on: <ul> <li>Keeping your skill sharp</li> <li>Doing a mix of things to stay ahead</li> <li>Students and questions</li> <li>Teaching, Education, and Training</li> <li>Strategy to learn new things</li> <li>Doing Side Project to keep ahead</li> <li>Blog, Teach a Course, Write a book</li> <li>If you know more about it then everyone else, you are the expert</li> <li>Learning other technologies</li> <li>Becoming specialized in a specific technology</li> <li>Knowing how to finding information when you need it</li> <li>Crafting the right Google query</li> <li>Social Learning Theory</li> <li>And much more!     </li> </ul>Picks:Jonathan<ul> <li><a href="https://lerner.co.il/introduction-to-git/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Revenue Lerner’s Git Course </a></li> <li><a href="https://store.lerner.co.il/understanding-and-mastering-git" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding and Mastering Git</a></li> <li><a href="http://ValuePricingBootcamp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ValuePricingBootcamp.com</a></li> </ul>Reuven<ul> <li>Podcasts -  <a href="https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-world/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pod Save The World</a> </li> <li>Podcasts - <a href="https://www.gimletmedia.com/chompers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chompers </a> </li> </ul>Jeremy Green<ul> <li><a href="https://www.ableton.com/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ableton Live </a></li></ul>

FS 293: Keeping Your Skills Sharp

Marc Summe

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 14th to 15th - register now!Marc Summe and the freelancing panel discuss the ins and outs of tracking time and billing for your time. Time tracking seems deceptively simple, but it gets complicated when you actually try to do it. You also have to decide what you are tracking time for and billing for and how to get your timesheet transferred to an invoice. This episode will answers all your questions about how to track your time and get paid for it.Panelists  Brad Large   Brooks Forsyth   Petra Manos   Charles Max Wood  Guest  Marc Summe  Sponsors  LessAccounting | An easy to use software plus a bookkeeping service done by a real human   CacheFly  ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________Links  Clockify   Hubstaff   TimeFlip   Xero   MYOB   FreshBooks  PicksBrooks Forsyth:  Forestry  Brad Large:  James Bond Books by Ian Fleming  Petra Manos:  Disney Plus  Charles Max Wood:  Devchat Conferences   Kim Possible   Chronicles of Narnia  Marc Summe:  20 Minute Walks   Rockin' the Suburbs   Seriously.....walking. It's fun! Just do it. 

<h1><a href="https://devchat.tv/conferences/javascript-remote-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JavaScript Remote Conf 2020</a></h1><h1><a href="https://devchat.tv/conferences/javascript-remote-2020/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">May 14th to 15th - register now!</a></h1>Marc Summe and the freelancing panel discuss the ins and outs of tracking time and billing for your time. Time tracking seems deceptively simple, but it gets complicated when you actually try to do it. You also have to decide what you are tracking time for and billing for and how to get your timesheet transferred to an invoice. This episode will answers all your questions about how to track your time and get paid for it.<h3>Panelists</h3><ul> <li> Brad Large </li> <li> Brooks Forsyth </li> <li> Petra Manos </li> <li> Charles Max Wood </li> </ul><h3>Guest</h3><ul> <li> Marc Summe </li> </ul><h3>Sponsors</h3><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.lessaccounting.com/bookkeeping/?source=thefreelancershow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LessAccounting | An easy to use software plus a bookkeeping service done by a real human</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CacheFly</a> </li> </ul><h2>____________________________________________________________</h2><blockquote> "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon.<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081MBL5C9/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;language=en_US&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;linkId=9d61363241636e2546ef46abba198746&amp;tag=devchattv-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Get Your Copy Today!</a> </blockquote><h2>____________________________________________________________</h2><h3>Links</h3><ul> <li> <a href="https://clockify.me/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clockify</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://hubstaff.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hubstaff</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://timeflip.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TimeFlip</a> </li> <li> <a href="xero.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Xero</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.myob.com/au" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MYOB</a> </li> <li> <a href="freshbooks.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FreshBooks</a> </li> </ul><h3>Picks</h3>Brooks Forsyth:<ul> <li> <a href="https://forestry.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forestry</a> </li> </ul>Brad Large:<ul> <li> James Bond Books by Ian Fleming </li> </ul>Petra Manos:<ul> <li> <a href="https://www.disneyplus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Disney Plus</a> </li> </ul>Charles Max Wood:<ul> <li> Devchat Conferences </li> <li> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278866/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kim Possible</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://amzn.to/32MMYfe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chronicles of Narnia</a> </li> </ul>Marc Summe:<ul> <li> 20 Minute Walks </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34u_3Z9_LUw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rockin' the Suburbs</a> </li> <li> Seriously.....walking. It's fun! Just do it. </li></ul>

TFS 360: Time Tracking and Billing with Marc Summe

Jonathan Stark

The panelists welcome back Jonathan Shank to talk about how to attract clients without doing sales.

The panelists welcome back Jonathan Shank to talk about how to attract clients without doing sales.

148 FS How to Attract Clients Without Doing Sales with Jonathan Stark

Sponsors  Sentry use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan CacheFly Panelists: Erik Dietrich Jeremy Green Kai Davis Episode Summary:In this episode of the Freelancers' Show, the panel talks about good practices and habits to build in freelance business in the year 2019. The panel gives examples of what they focused on while building their own freelance business and share how they approached areas such as self-care, financial planning and client acquisition goals in their business.They discuss what strategies to follow during “feasting” cycle and “famine” cycle of business and share tips on how to save for retirement during each cycle. Listen to the show to find out more on which tools to use for bookkeeping and how to communicate with former clients for repeat business and much more!Links: Company of One by Paul Jarvis Free CRM for Small Businesses - HubSpot The Positioning Manual for Technical Firms by Philip Morgan https://devchat.tv Picks:Erik Dietrich: Free CRM for Small Businesses - HubSpot It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson Jeremy Green: Bench Splice  The Positioning Manual for Technical Firms by Philip Morgan Company of One by Paul Jarvis Kai Davis: Calm - Meditation Techniques for Sleep and Stress Reduction

<h2>Sponsors</h2><ul> <li> <a href="http://sentry.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sentry </a>use the code “devchat” for 2 months free on Sentry small plan</li> <li><a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CacheFly</a></li> </ul><h3>Panelists:</h3><ul> <li>Erik Dietrich</li> <li>Jeremy Green</li> <li>Kai Davis</li> </ul><h3>Episode Summary:</h3>In this episode of the Freelancers' Show, the panel talks about good practices and habits to build in freelance business in the year 2019. The panel gives examples of what they focused on while building their own freelance business and share how they approached areas such as self-care, financial planning and client acquisition goals in their business.They discuss what strategies to follow during “feasting” cycle and “famine” cycle of business and share tips on how to save for retirement during each cycle. Listen to the show to find out more on which tools to use for bookkeeping and how to communicate with former clients for repeat business and much more!<h3>Links:</h3><ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Company-One-Staying-Small-Business/dp/1328972356" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Company of One by Paul Jarvis</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free CRM for Small Businesses - HubSpot</a></li> <li><a href="https://philipmorganconsulting.com/the-positioning-manual-for-technical-firms/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Positioning Manual for Technical Firms by Philip Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="https://devchat.tv/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://devchat.tv</a></li> </ul><h3>Picks:</h3>Erik Dietrich:<ul> <li><a href="https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free CRM for Small Businesses - HubSpot</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Doesnt-Have-Be-Crazy-Work/dp/0062874780" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson</a></li> </ul>Jeremy Green:<ul> <li><a href="https://bench.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bench</a></li> <li><a href="https://splice.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Splice </a></li> <li><a href="https://splice.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Positioning Manual for Technical Firms by Philip Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="https://splice.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Company of One by Paul Jarvis</a></li> </ul>Kai Davis:<ul> <li><a href="https://www.calm.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Calm - Meditation Techniques for Sleep and Stress Reduction</a></li></ul>

FS 319: Building Your Better Freelance Business in 2019

Panel:Reuven LernerKai DavisJonathan StarkIn this episode of the Freelancer’s Show, Kai, Reuven, and Jonathan discuss outreach to potential clients. Each of the freelancers talk about their strategy for outreach to acquire clients. The discussion covers the pain points of outreach, audience, target market, connecting online or other platforms, stimulating conversation, not coming off as a spammer and many other areas. This is a great episode to learn the best practice for market put reach and building business relationships.In particular, we dive pretty deep on:  Reaching out to locate Credit Unions Online searching Looking for Chief Marketing Manager An online place to connect, email, etc. Goals to not look sleazy Building a leads list Outreach via LinkedIn The value you offer is it worth the time? Market research Looking into people who are already doing it Qualification process Personalize emails Value proposition Getting on their radar How many people to connect before a response How long before followup properly And much more! Picks:Kai Blade Runner freeoutreachcourse.com outreachblueprint.com Jonathan Web Cam  - Logitech C920 howtobuildyourfirstproductizedservice.com Reuven The Beautiful Country and Middle Kingdom  Training

Panel:Reuven LernerKai DavisJonathan StarkIn this episode of the Freelancer’s Show, Kai, Reuven, and Jonathan discuss outreach to potential clients. Each of the freelancers talk about their strategy for outreach to acquire clients. The discussion covers the pain points of outreach, audience, target market, connecting online or other platforms, stimulating conversation, not coming off as a spammer and many other areas. This is a great episode to learn the best practice for market put reach and building business relationships.In particular, we dive pretty deep on: <ul> <li>Reaching out to locate Credit Unions</li> <li>Online searching</li> <li>Looking for Chief Marketing Manager</li> <li>An online place to connect, email, etc.</li> <li>Goals to not look sleazy</li> <li>Building a leads list</li> <li>Outreach via LinkedIn</li> <li>The value you offer is it worth the time?</li> <li>Market research</li> <li>Looking into people who are already doing it</li> <li>Qualification process</li> <li>Personalize emails</li> <li>Value proposition</li> <li>Getting on their radar</li> <li>How many people to connect before a response</li> <li>How long before followup properly</li> <li>And much more!</li> </ul>Picks:Kai<ul> <li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blade Runner</a></li> <li><a href="http://freeoutreachcourse.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">freeoutreachcourse.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://outreachblueprint.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">outreachblueprint.com</a></li> </ul>Jonathan<ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/?hvadid=177357216400&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9028554&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvpos=1t1&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=e&amp;hvrand=5392906183360862065&amp;hvtargid=aud-397161105788%3Akwd-42514759173&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;index=electronics&amp;keywords=logitech+c920&amp;ref=pd_sl_7vu480a21x_e&amp;tag=googhydr-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Web Cam  - Logitech C920</a></li> <li><a href="http://howtobuildyourfirstproductizedservice.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">howtobuildyourfirstproductizedservice.com</a></li> </ul>Reuven<ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Country-Middle-Kingdom-America-ebook/dp/B01EROYPFK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=beautiful+country+middle+kingdom&amp;qid=1515269626&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Beautiful Country and Middle Kingdom </a></li> <li>Training</li></ul>

FS 279: Outreach To Potential Clients 

Introduction Productized services Definition 9:50: Copywriting Understand the problem your service solves. Pricing 15:30: Testing with productized service Draft Ethercycle  Website Teardowns (Kai Davis and Kurt Elster) 19:30: Mobile Onboarding Blair Enns 28:30: Freelancers just starting out Hourly billing Screening out clients Website Rescue 38:10: Word of mouth Part of marketing Niches Expensiveproblem.com 45:50: Downsides to productized services Pricing Start small Low level of collaboration Minimize risk Give options Picks:Building the Perfect Sales Page (Jonathan)Internet Archive Wayback Machine (Philip)Examples of Productized Services:* https://draft.nu/revise/ * http://websiterescues.com/ * https://doubleyouraudience.com/pricing/outreach/ * https://memberup.co/membership-roadmap/ * http://sessions.superspicymedia.com/ * http://uibreakfast.com/services/ hired.com/freelancershow

Introduction<ul> <li>Productized services</li> <li>Definition</li> </ul>9:50: Copywriting<ul> <li>Understand the problem your service solves.</li> <li>Pricing</li> </ul>15:30: Testing with productized service<ul> <li><a href="https://draft.nu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Draft</a></li> <li><a href="https://ethercycle.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ethercycle</a></li> <li> <a href="http://kurtelster.com/products/websiteteardowns/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website Teardowns</a> (Kai Davis and Kurt Elster)</li> </ul>19:30: Mobile Onboarding<ul> <li><a href="http://www.winwithoutpitching.com/about/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blair Enns</a></li> </ul>28:30: Freelancers just starting out<ul> <li>Hourly billing</li> <li>Screening out clients</li> <li><a href="http://websiterescues.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website Rescue</a></li> </ul>38:10: Word of mouth<ul> <li>Part of marketing</li> <li>Niches</li> <li><a href="https://expensiveproblem.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Expensiveproblem.com</a></li> </ul>45:50: Downsides to productized services<ul> <li>Pricing</li> <li>Start small</li> <li>Low level of collaboration</li> <li>Minimize risk</li> <li>Give options</li> </ul><h3>Picks:</h3><a href="https://expensiveproblem.com/building-the-perfect-sales-page" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building the Perfect Sales Page</a> (Jonathan)<a href="https://archive.org/web/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Internet Archive Wayback Machine</a> (Philip)Examples of Productized Services:* <a href="https://draft.nu/revise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://draft.nu/revise/</a> * <a href="http://websiterescues.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://websiterescues.com/</a> * <a href="https://doubleyouraudience.com/pricing/outreach/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://doubleyouraudience.com/pricing/outreach/</a> * <a href="https://memberup.co/membership-roadmap/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://memberup.co/membership-roadmap/</a> * <a href="http://sessions.superspicymedia.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sessions.superspicymedia.com/</a> * <a href="http://uibreakfast.com/services/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://uibreakfast.com/services/</a> <a href="http://hired.com/freelancershow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hired.com/freelancershow</a>

234 FS Productized Services

Pippin Williamson

PanelPippin Williamson (twitter github Pippins Plugins) Curtis McHale (twitter github blog) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:28 - Pippin Williamson IntroductionPippins Plugins Easy Digital Downloads Restrict Content Pro 01:53 - Making Money Making PluginsProduct Development Custom Development 02:57 - GPLv2 LicensingThemeForest Support Disabling Features 11:45 - Building a business around open-sourceAudience 12:48 - Transitioning from freelance to product workGraduality 072 – Saying NO Doing products during spare time Brian Casel The Bootstrapped Web Podcast 19:10 - Starting with products vs consulting 22:38 - Occasional Consulting 23:41 - Marketing ProductsPersonal Brand Word-of-Mouth Referrals 25:42 - Customer Support 27:17 - Advice for people getting into commercial developmentGo the extra mile for your first customers 28:01 - Deciding what products to buildBuilding what you need Best Practices 31:30 - Pippin’s PluginsCodeCanyon Easy Digital Downloads 34:26 - Pippin’s Support Team 36:45 - Tools to Run the BusinessGithub WordPress Skype WordPress-GitHub-Plugin-Updater HALL Ronin Twitter Picks1Keyboard (Curtis) Radium (Curtis) Episode 148 | Online Marketing Trends with Special Guest Clay Collins (Eric) The Online Marketing Makeover Training Course (Chuck) Bloons Tower Defence 5 (Chuck) SearchWP (Pippin) FacetWP (Pippin) Next Week Our Stories Transcript[Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at bluebox.net.][You're fantastic at coding, but do you have an action plan to take it to the next level? The upcoming book, Next Level Freelance, will help you optimize your freelance business for happiness. The book is packed with actionable steps to make more money, case studies, tips to find more clients, and exercises for you to establish your desired lifestyle. Extras include: 9 interviews with freelancers who make great money while enjoying great work-life balance, videos on strategies to find quality subcontractors, and videos on making more free time by outsourcing your daily tasks. Check it out today at nextlevelfreelance.com!][This episode is sponsored by Planscope. Planscope is a project management and collaboration net built for freelancers in the way they work with clients. It makes it easy to price out new estimates and once you’re underway and help answer the question, these get done on time and under budget. I’ve been using Planscope to do my estimates and manage my projects and I really, really like it. It makes it really easy to keep things in order, and understand when things will get done. You can go check it out at Planscope.io.]CHUCK: Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 79 of The Freelancers' Show! This week on our panel, we have Curtis McHale.CURTIS: Hello!CHUCK: Eric Davis.ERIC: Hi!CHUCK: I’m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.tv. We also have a special guest, and that is Pippin Williamson.PIPPIN: Hi everybody!CHUCK: Since you haven’t been on the show before, do you want to introduce yourself?PIPPIN: Sure! As he said, my name is Pippin Williamson. I’m a WordPress plugin developer. I spend my days writing plugins, supporting plugins, and generally running a business around commercial plugins. I have a couple of large plugins out there. One called “Easy Digital Downloads” and another one called “Restrict Content Pro” that I’ve considered my main ones. That’s pretty much what I do day-to-day.CHUCK: I’m a little curious, generally, when you’re making money writing plugins for WordPress, are you writing the kind that people pay for and then they download the code and stick it in the WordPress installation? Or, are you doing custom development for people? Or, both? How does that work?

Panel<code>Pippin Williamson (twitter github Pippins Plugins) Curtis McHale (twitter github blog) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) </code>Discussion 01:28 - Pippin Williamson Introduction<code>Pippins Plugins Easy Digital Downloads Restrict Content Pro </code>01:53 - Making Money Making Plugins<code>Product Development Custom Development </code>02:57 - GPLv2 Licensing<code>ThemeForest Support Disabling Features </code>11:45 - Building a business around open-source<code>Audience </code>12:48 - Transitioning from freelance to product work<code>Graduality 072 – Saying NO Doing products during spare time Brian Casel The Bootstrapped Web Podcast </code>19:10 - Starting with products vs consulting 22:38 - Occasional Consulting 23:41 - Marketing Products<code>Personal Brand Word-of-Mouth Referrals </code>25:42 - Customer Support 27:17 - Advice for people getting into commercial development<code>Go the extra mile for your first customers </code>28:01 - Deciding what products to build<code>Building what you need Best Practices </code>31:30 - Pippin’s Plugins<code>CodeCanyon Easy Digital Downloads </code>34:26 - Pippin’s Support Team 36:45 - Tools to Run the Business<code>Github WordPress Skype WordPress-GitHub-Plugin-Updater HALL Ronin Twitter </code>Picks<code>1Keyboard (Curtis) Radium (Curtis) Episode 148 | Online Marketing Trends with Special Guest Clay Collins (Eric) The Online Marketing Makeover Training Course (Chuck) Bloons Tower Defence 5 (Chuck) SearchWP (Pippin) FacetWP (Pippin) </code>Next Week Our Stories Transcript[Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at <a href="http://bluebox.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bluebox.net</a>.][You're fantastic at coding, but do you have an action plan to take it to the next level? The upcoming book, Next Level Freelance, will help you optimize your freelance business for happiness. The book is packed with actionable steps to make more money, case studies, tips to find more clients, and exercises for you to establish your desired lifestyle. Extras include: 9 interviews with freelancers who make great money while enjoying great work-life balance, videos on strategies to find quality subcontractors, and videos on making more free time by outsourcing your daily tasks. Check it out today at <a href="http://nextlevelfreelance.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nextlevelfreelance.com</a>!][This episode is sponsored by Planscope. Planscope is a project management and collaboration net built for freelancers in the way they work with clients. It makes it easy to price out new estimates and once you’re underway and help answer the question, these get done on time and under budget. I’ve been using Planscope to do my estimates and manage my projects and I really, really like it. It makes it really easy to keep things in order, and understand when things will get done. You can go check it out at <a href="http://Planscope.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Planscope.io</a>.]CHUCK: Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 79 of The Freelancers' Show! This week on our panel, we have Curtis McHale.CURTIS: Hello!CHUCK: Eric Davis.ERIC: Hi!CHUCK: I’m Charles Max Wood from <a href="http://DevChat.tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DevChat.tv</a>. We also have a special guest, and that is Pippin Williamson.PIPPIN: Hi everybody!CHUCK: Since you haven’t been on the show before, do you want to introduce yourself?PIPPIN: Sure! As he said, my name is Pippin Williamson. I’m a WordPress plugin developer. I spend my days writing plugins, supporting plugins, and generally running a business around commercial plugins. I have a couple of large plugins out there. One called “Easy Digital Downloads” and another one called “Restrict Content Pro” that I’ve considered my main ones. That’s pretty much what I do day-to-day.CHUCK: I’m a little curious, generally, when you’re making money writing plugins for WordPress, are you writing the kind that people pay for and then they download the code and stick it in the WordPress installation? Or, are you doing custom development for people? Or, both? How does that work?

The Freelancers’ Show 079 – WordPress Plugins with Pippin Williamson

Leslie Samuel

The Freelancers interview Leslie Samuel of the Become A Blogger Blog and The Learning With Leslie Podcast.

The Freelancers interview Leslie Samuel of the Become A Blogger Blog and The Learning With Leslie Podcast.

The Freelancers Show 088 - Blogging with Leslie Samuel

Travis Northcutt

The panelists talk to Travis Northcutt about finding your confidence as a small agency and/or freelancer.

The panelists talk to Travis Northcutt about finding your confidence as a small agency and/or freelancer.

134 FS Finding Your Confidence as a Small Agency/Freelancer with Travis Northcutt

PanelAshe Dryden (twitter github blog) Reuven Lerner (twitter github blog) Curtis McHale (twitter github blog) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 04:12 - The Writing ProcessOutlines X number words per day goal 07:59 - Picking and Pulling Relevant InformationMake a blog post 09:30 - Getting FeedbackHiring an Editor Crowdsourcing 13:20 - Cover Art 17:35 - Tool ChainMarkdown LeanPub Scrivener InDesign Kitabu 22:55 - Panelist BooksDon't Be An Idiot: Learn how to run a viable business by Curtis McHale Becoming a WordPress Development Professional by Curtis McHale The Diverse Team by Ashe Dryden The Freelancer's Guide To Long-Term Contracts by Eric Davis Core Perl by Reuven Lerner 24:27 - Gauging Crowd Interest 25:29 - Technical Reviews 26:04 - Marketing BooksMailing Lists Nathan Barry: How To Launch Anything Authority by Nathan Barry 27:32 - Launch PagesEric's Launch Page 28:26 - LeanPub 29:17 - Content for Email SubscribersAweber MailChimp Constant Contact 35:20 - Making Money 39:59 - Twitter Accounts for Books 40:25 - Why LeanPub? 45:26 - Competition 47:22 - How much money should you expect to make off of writing a book?Indiegogo PicksCory Miller's eBooks (Curtis) Mophie Juicepak Air (Curtis) Kitabu (Eric) The Noun Project (Eric) Bullet Journal (Eric) 1Password (Reuven) Modeling Commons (Reuven) Writing to authors you like (Reuven) RubyWarrior (Ashe) The Internet Wishlist (Ashe) Urbanears: Medis Black (Ashe) 4 Pics 1 Song (Chuck) Pluralsight (Chuck) PeepCode Play by Play: Katrina Owen (Chuck) Book Club Book Yourself Solid with Michael Port! He will join us for an episode to discuss the book on September 24th. The episode will air on October 3rd. Next Week Recurring Revenue for Freelancers with Brennan Dunn Transcript REUVEN: So the secret to finishing a dissertation after 10 years is ignoring family and work!ASHE: [Laughs]CHUCK: Oh, is that all?[Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at bluebox.net.][You're fantastic at coding, but do you have an action plan to take it to the next level? The upcoming book, Next Level Freelance, will help you optimize your freelance business for happiness. The book is packed with actionable steps to make more money, case studies, tips to find more clients, and exercises for you to establish your desired lifestyle. Extras include: 9 interviews with freelancers who make great money while enjoying great work-life balance, videos on strategies to find quality subcontractors, and videos on making more free time by outsourcing your daily tasks. Check it out today at nextlevelfreelance.com!]CHUCK: Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 76 of The Freelancers' Show! This week on our panel, we have Ashe Dryden.ASHE: Hi everyone!CHUCK: Reuven Lerner.REUVEN: Hello!CHUCK: Curtis McHale.CURTIS: Good day!CHUCK: Eric Davis.ERIC: Hello!CHUCK: And I’m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.tv. This week, we’re going to be talking about “Ebooks”, and if we have time, we’re going to talk about Launching and Marketing them. I think I’ve listened to a few other authors. From what I understand, writing the book is 10% of the work, and then marketing, it is the other 90%.CURTIS: I thought it was 5% of the work, but okay!CHUCK: Okay.ERIC: I’ve heard 4.8, too.[Laughter]CURTIS: Eric’s probably right, actually.REUVEN: Take it from the accounting guy.CHUCK: Yup. Eric, you just launched your book, didn’t you?ERIC: Yeah. Last Wednesday, I launched – I guess it’d be 2 weeks ago when this comes out, but yeah.CHUCK: And Curtis, you will have launched by the time we launched the podcast? Or, pretty close?CURTIS: As we’re recording, I guess it will be next week,

Panel<code>Ashe Dryden (twitter github blog) Reuven Lerner (twitter github blog) Curtis McHale (twitter github blog) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) </code>Discussion 04:12 - The Writing Process<code>Outlines X number words per day goal </code>07:59 - Picking and Pulling Relevant Information<code>Make a blog post </code>09:30 - Getting Feedback<code>Hiring an Editor Crowdsourcing </code>13:20 - Cover Art 17:35 - Tool Chain<code>Markdown LeanPub Scrivener InDesign Kitabu </code>22:55 - Panelist Books<code>Don't Be An Idiot: Learn how to run a viable business by Curtis McHale Becoming a WordPress Development Professional by Curtis McHale The Diverse Team by Ashe Dryden The Freelancer's Guide To Long-Term Contracts by Eric Davis Core Perl by Reuven Lerner </code>24:27 - Gauging Crowd Interest 25:29 - Technical Reviews 26:04 - Marketing Books<code>Mailing Lists Nathan Barry: How To Launch Anything Authority by Nathan Barry </code>27:32 - Launch Pages<code>Eric's Launch Page </code>28:26 - LeanPub 29:17 - Content for Email Subscribers<code>Aweber MailChimp Constant Contact </code>35:20 - Making Money 39:59 - Twitter Accounts for Books 40:25 - Why LeanPub? 45:26 - Competition 47:22 - How much money should you expect to make off of writing a book?<code>Indiegogo </code>Picks<code>Cory Miller's eBooks (Curtis) Mophie Juicepak Air (Curtis) Kitabu (Eric) The Noun Project (Eric) Bullet Journal (Eric) 1Password (Reuven) Modeling Commons (Reuven) Writing to authors you like (Reuven) RubyWarrior (Ashe) The Internet Wishlist (Ashe) Urbanears: Medis Black (Ashe) 4 Pics 1 Song (Chuck) Pluralsight (Chuck) PeepCode Play by Play: Katrina Owen (Chuck) </code>Book Club Book Yourself Solid with Michael Port! He will join us for an episode to discuss the book on September 24th. The episode will air on October 3rd. Next Week Recurring Revenue for Freelancers with Brennan Dunn Transcript REUVEN: So the secret to finishing a dissertation after 10 years is ignoring family and work!ASHE: [Laughs]CHUCK: Oh, is that all?[Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at <a href="http://bluebox.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bluebox.net</a>.][You're fantastic at coding, but do you have an action plan to take it to the next level? The upcoming book, Next Level Freelance, will help you optimize your freelance business for happiness. The book is packed with actionable steps to make more money, case studies, tips to find more clients, and exercises for you to establish your desired lifestyle. Extras include: 9 interviews with freelancers who make great money while enjoying great work-life balance, videos on strategies to find quality subcontractors, and videos on making more free time by outsourcing your daily tasks. Check it out today at <a href="http://nextlevelfreelance.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nextlevelfreelance.com</a>!]CHUCK: Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 76 of The Freelancers' Show! This week on our panel, we have Ashe Dryden.ASHE: Hi everyone!CHUCK: Reuven Lerner.REUVEN: Hello!CHUCK: Curtis McHale.CURTIS: Good day!CHUCK: Eric Davis.ERIC: Hello!CHUCK: And I’m Charles Max Wood from <a href="http://DevChat.tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DevChat.tv</a>. This week, we’re going to be talking about “Ebooks”, and if we have time, we’re going to talk about Launching and Marketing them. I think I’ve listened to a few other authors. From what I understand, writing the book is 10% of the work, and then marketing, it is the other 90%.CURTIS: I thought it was 5% of the work, but okay!CHUCK: Okay.ERIC: I’ve heard 4.8, too.[Laughter]CURTIS: Eric’s probably right, actually.REUVEN: Take it from the accounting guy.CHUCK: Yup. Eric, you just launched your book, didn’t you?ERIC: Yeah. Last Wednesday, I launched – I guess it’d be 2 weeks ago when this comes out, but yeah.CHUCK: And Curtis, you will have launched by the time we launched the podcast? Or, pretty close?CURTIS: As we’re recording, I guess it will be next week,

The Freelancers’ Show 076 – Writing Books

PanelCurtis McHale (twitter github blog) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Reuven Lerner (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) Discussion 01:30 - Panelist Training &amp; Coaching Experience 02:40 - Traveling for In-Person Training 05:52 - Rates 08:35 - Teaching College Courses 10:43 - Online TrainingRecorded Videos Live Sessions Forums/Discussion Groups GoToMeeting Skype tmux Pair Programming 17:15 - The Value of TrainingExpense vs Investment 19:54 - Structuring ExercisesCanvas Working in Pairs 27:58 - ScreencastingThe Freelancers’ Show 071 – Recording Video 29:32 - In-Person Training vs Online TrainingNon-Verbal Communication Asking Questions 34:53 - Teaching Preparation 38:51 - Charging What You’re WorthPicksJoshua Clanton: A Drip of JavaScript (Reuven) Sensei (Curtis) Curtis McHale: Don't be an Idiot: Learn to run a viable business (Curtis) Zite (Eric) Civilization IV (Chuck) Discourse (Chuck) Book Club Book Yourself Solid with Michael Port! He will join us for an episode to discuss the book on September 24th. The episode will air on October 3rd. Next Week Freelancers Show: WordPress Plugins with Pippin Williamson Transcript CHUCK: [Stretching][Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at bluebox.net.][You're fantastic at coding, but do you have an action plan to take it to the next level? The upcoming book, Next Level Freelance, will help you optimize your freelance business for happiness. The book is packed with actionable steps to make more money, case studies, tips to find more clients, and exercises for you to establish your desired lifestyle. Extras include: 9 interviews with freelancers who make great money while enjoying great work-life balance, videos on strategies to find quality subcontractors, and videos on making more free time by outsourcing your daily tasks. Check it out today at nextlevelfreelance.com!][This episode is sponsored by Planscope. Planscope is a project management and collaboration net built for freelancers in the way they work with clients. It makes it easy to price out new estimates and wants you on their way and help answer the question just to get done on time and under budget. I’ve been using Planscope to do my estimates and manage my projects and I really, really like it. It makes it really easy to keep things in order, and understand when things will get done. You can go check it out at Planscope.io.]CHUCK: Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 78 of The Freelancers' Show! This week on our panel, we have Curtis McHale.CURTIS: Hello!CHUCK: Eric Davis.ERIC: Hi!CHUCK: Reuven Lerner.REUVEN: Hi there!CHUCK: I’m Charles Max Wood from DevChat.tv. This week, we’re going to be talking about “Training and Coaching”.  Just to start this off, how many of you guys have done much training or coaching?CURTIS: I do run a blog that does coaching or training all the time for WordPress stuff, and then I do it with clients as well.REUVEN: I do a ton of training. Probably 2-4 days a week is a good estimate where I go to companies and I train them in person. And then I’ve done a fair amount of coaching as well where I go to companies and I sort of move around and sit with their people and do pair programming and look over their shoulder.CHUCK: I’ve done a fair bit. I haven’t done like on-site, stand up in front of people kind of training except maybe at users groups. But I’ve done a bunch of coaching. I’ve had several people come to me, “Can you sit down and help solve this problem?” Or, “Can you sit down and basically teach me these things that I don’t understand?” and I just get on and kind of pair program with them over the internet to do the coaching.CURTIS: I’ve done stuff at local user groups as well where they’re teaching really basic stuff. Or,

Panel<code>Curtis McHale (twitter github blog) Eric Davis (twitter github blog) Reuven Lerner (twitter github blog) Charles Max Wood (twitter github Teach Me To Code Rails Ramp Up) </code>Discussion 01:30 - Panelist Training &amp; Coaching Experience 02:40 - Traveling for In-Person Training 05:52 - Rates 08:35 - Teaching College Courses 10:43 - Online Training<code>Recorded Videos Live Sessions Forums/Discussion Groups GoToMeeting Skype tmux Pair Programming </code>17:15 - The Value of Training<code>Expense vs Investment </code>19:54 - Structuring Exercises<code>Canvas Working in Pairs </code>27:58 - Screencasting<code>The Freelancers’ Show 071 – Recording Video </code>29:32 - In-Person Training vs Online Training<code>Non-Verbal Communication Asking Questions </code>34:53 - Teaching Preparation 38:51 - Charging What You’re WorthPicks<code>Joshua Clanton: A Drip of JavaScript (Reuven) Sensei (Curtis) Curtis McHale: Don't be an Idiot: Learn to run a viable business (Curtis) Zite (Eric) Civilization IV (Chuck) Discourse (Chuck) </code>Book Club Book Yourself Solid with Michael Port! He will join us for an episode to discuss the book on September 24th. The episode will air on October 3rd. Next Week Freelancers Show: WordPress Plugins with Pippin Williamson Transcript CHUCK: [Stretching][Hosting and bandwidth provided by the Blue Box Group. Check them out at <a href="http://bluebox.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bluebox.net</a>.][You're fantastic at coding, but do you have an action plan to take it to the next level? The upcoming book, Next Level Freelance, will help you optimize your freelance business for happiness. The book is packed with actionable steps to make more money, case studies, tips to find more clients, and exercises for you to establish your desired lifestyle. Extras include: 9 interviews with freelancers who make great money while enjoying great work-life balance, videos on strategies to find quality subcontractors, and videos on making more free time by outsourcing your daily tasks. Check it out today at <a href="http://nextlevelfreelance.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">nextlevelfreelance.com</a>!][This episode is sponsored by Planscope. Planscope is a project management and collaboration net built for freelancers in the way they work with clients. It makes it easy to price out new estimates and wants you on their way and help answer the question just to get done on time and under budget. I’ve been using Planscope to do my estimates and manage my projects and I really, really like it. It makes it really easy to keep things in order, and understand when things will get done. You can go check it out at <a href="http://Planscope.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Planscope.io</a>.]CHUCK: Hey everybody and welcome to Episode 78 of The Freelancers' Show! This week on our panel, we have Curtis McHale.CURTIS: Hello!CHUCK: Eric Davis.ERIC: Hi!CHUCK: Reuven Lerner.REUVEN: Hi there!CHUCK: I’m Charles Max Wood from <a href="http://DevChat.tv" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DevChat.tv</a>. This week, we’re going to be talking about “Training and Coaching”.  Just to start this off, how many of you guys have done much training or coaching?CURTIS: I do run a blog that does coaching or training all the time for WordPress stuff, and then I do it with clients as well.REUVEN: I do a ton of training. Probably 2-4 days a week is a good estimate where I go to companies and I train them in person. And then I’ve done a fair amount of coaching as well where I go to companies and I sort of move around and sit with their people and do pair programming and look over their shoulder.CHUCK: I’ve done a fair bit. I haven’t done like on-site, stand up in front of people kind of training except maybe at users groups. But I’ve done a bunch of coaching. I’ve had several people come to me, “Can you sit down and help solve this problem?” Or, “Can you sit down and basically teach me these things that I don’t understand?” and I just get on and kind of pair program with them over the internet to do the coaching.CURTIS: I’ve done stuff at local user groups as well where they’re teaching really basic stuff. Or,

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