How To Downshift When Things Go Downhill
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 36 Things you can do to reduce the effects of COVID-19 and AB5 (California) on your freelance business. From finding new ways to
7 Things You Must Do To Start Your Freelance Business
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 35 These crucial steps can turn your gig work into a legitimate business. In addition to your business plan, marketing, website, social media
How To Respond Creatively To Crisis
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 34 Make the most of it when things go sideways. This isn’t about COVID-19. This show is about responding to turbulence and storms,
How To Build a Better Portfolio
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 33 Pro tips for creating a portfolio that will help you get clients and land projects Use your work to get better work.
It’s All In Your Head
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 32 Creativity and success come from your mindset The best mindset for developing a relationship with success and maintaining your creative drive is
How’s That AB5 Thing Goin’ For Ya?
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 31 How Ironic that it’s called the Opportunity to Work Act. California’s AB5 law — the Opportunity to Work Act — was authored
Working For Free Is Not A Sustainable Business Model
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 30 Comparing Spec Work and Pro Bono Work Neither speculative nor pro bono work generate income for you. With each, you’re working for free.
First Impressions Happen on Both Sides of the Table
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 29 What if you went into a client discovery meeting asking, “Is this someone I want to work with?” Not all projects and
Q&A: Sketchy Prospects, Side Gigs, and Getting Paid
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 28 Road-tested advice for freelancers What do you say to a prospective client who won’t commit? How do you manage part-time freelance and
Unpacking the Freelance Contract
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 27 Four things to include in your written agreements. Using written contracts should be routine and a regular part of your creative freelance
Four More Contracts Creative Freelancers Need To Know
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 26 Communicate expectations, create a safety net, get paid. The working relationships you have with your clients should be built on a foundation
Why You Should Always Get It In Writing
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 25 Protect your work and working relationships with written contracts. In this episode we’re continuing the conversation about freelancers and contracts. The work you create
Got Clients? Use Contracts!
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DOWNLOAD Healthy relationships with your clients begin with written contracts. If you’re a freelancer working with clients, one of the best things you can do
A 5-Point Tune-up for Your Freelance Business
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DOWNLOAD Stop regularly to diagnose and fix your creative business to keep it running smoothly. Maintaining your creative passion and creating profit in your freelance
Do You Want To Succeed? Make A Plan!
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DOWNLOAD Planning has within it the means to achieve the success you want. Whether we have actually taken the time to write it down, most
The Difference Between Leads and Referrals
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DOWNLOAD The downside, upside, and best alternative to getting leads and referrals. Both leads and referrals are vital for finding new clients and growing your
020 Are You Idling Or Accelerating?
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DOWNLOAD Four principles of building momentum. Nothing’s accomplished by taking the easy road. We don’t get anywhere simply by deciding. We become ready by taking
019 Word Of Mouth Marketing Is Bad For Business
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DOWNLOAD Don’t make client referrals your main marketing method. Do this instead. Focus on the marketing activities you can control. In Episode 19 I share
018 Stop Believing These Limiting Lies
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We hold ourselves back creatively and in business because of how we think. Success comes from mindset. Each of us has what it takes to
A Vocabulary Lesson For Your Freelance Business
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Ten words you need to know to run your business and help your clients prosper. In this episode we’re talking about using the language of
What Business Owners Do That Most Freelancers Don’t (but should)
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How a conversation about pricing turned into a conversation about ownership. Getting paid what a project is worth is challenging. This is especially true if
The Golden Rule of Freelancing
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We teach our clients how we want them to treat us. If you’re struggling with clients who don’t respect your work or your value to
What California’s AB 5 Means for Your Freelance Business
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Changes to employment law change the landscape for independent contractors in California Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) is an expansion of California law making it
The CASE Act, and Why You Should Avoid Spec Work
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The Copyright Alternative in Small-claims Enforcement Act — The CASE Act (HR 2426) — passed in the House on October 22, 2019, and moves on
Alvalyn Lundgren
Hi! I'm Alvalyn. I'm the founder of Freelance Road Trip and host of the Freelance Road Trip podcast. I'm a designer, illustrator and educator. I send out a free newsletter of tips and tools to help creative freelancers build lasting, fulfilling businesses.
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