Me, before I made a podcast for the first time… (two days ago): Yes, podcasting could help me establish a voice in the market, but I’m a simple person. I prefer writing with pens on wide rule paper. The mess of cords under my desk gives me anxiety. I can’t even figure out the thermostat. Podcasting is probably too…
I have been serving business clients as a creative freelancer (with mixed results) for almost twenty years, and as far as I can tell, there is nothing struggling freelancers like more than complaining about “bad” clients. Clients who offer “exposure” as a substitute for pay. Clients that underpay, pay late, or don’t pay at all. Clients that…
Have you ever thought about how your money beliefs could be hurting your freelance business? While most of us probably don’t aspire to be filthy rich, every freelancer I know wants to make good money on some level. Freedom money. But our methods of doing this are often misguided. We often believe that if we learn X new…
If you've ever felt frozen in the face of important decisions, or exhausted by a project that you haven’t even started, or just creatively fogged, then you know what it's like to be overwhelmed. In his recent episode of The No Pants Show podcast, How To Refocus When Feeling Overwhelmed, Mike Shreeve talks about the four domains…
A quick Google search will turn up a hundred and one things that you supposedly need to make it as a freelancer. A proper working space, a 57-step sales funnel, an undying and burning passion for the work you do… But the reality of successful freelancing has shown us that those lists just aren’t true. In a recent…
Before joining The No Pants Project in 2018, I had never even heard of a sales funnel before. Funnel building? Huh? None of my prior job experience ever required knowledge about marketing or business. That is, until I decided to join a tribe of freelancers, and become a pantsless business owner myself. As I began to learn more…
While writers are often the first group that come to mind, freelancing isn’t just for those with a flair for words. There are as many ways to make money freelancing as there are creative people in the world. Those with a gift for the artistic or the technical (like some of these creative rock stars) will find that…
You feel passionately about the product/service you’re offering. You believe it can help the people in your chosen niche. You’re offering a service that is high demand… You’re sure of it! You’ve built an incredible website! And yet, the prospects you’re trying to serve aren’t buying. You just need to be better at sweet talking clients into buying,…
So, you’ve got a few client-getting strategies in mind to start taking your freelancing business in a more positive, profitable direction. Maybe you’ve decided to cold email your way to freedom. But you’re stuck before you can even start, because you can’t seem to find good leads to reach out to. Freelancing job boards are full of people…
Freelancing isn’t just some weird gig people do anymore. In fact, it’s getting so serious that predictions say freelancing will take up 50% of the workforce by 2027! Perhaps you’ve thought about freelancing. You might even be doing it as a “side hustle” right now. But you haven’t taken the golden leap yet, where your income consists MAINLY…