105. How To Protect Your Work During A Creative Review
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As a follow-on to a recent episode, I go in-depth into why and how it’s important for both our clients and us to ensure our
How To Write Your Freelance Business Plan
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A business plan is a contract you make with yourself. You may not need a business plan to start your freelance business, but once you
How To Care For Your Suppliers
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Take the same level of care in nurturing your vendor relationships as you take with your client relationships. No freelancer ever does a project entirely
A Mindset Reset: Artist To Owner
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Reasons why we choose independence instead of employment, and how to start. How do you start freelancing? A Gallup–Upwork poll discovered there are around 57M
Use Creative Briefs To Build Trust
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Are you using a creative brief in your project development process? The creative brief helps your clients trust you better for a variety of reasons. In this episode I share what a brief is and how your client relationships and freelance business can benefit by using them.
12 Rules For Freelance Success
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Make your rules before you need them. I share a few of my rules and business policies which have helped me build a successful freelance
Planning For A Prosperous Year
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Steps for effective business and whole life planning from a seasoned freelance pro. It’s annual planning season! Where have you come from? Where are you
Pricing Tip: When Should You Name Your Price?
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Negotiating price with low-budget and high-budget clients. Neither speculative nor pro bono work generate income for you. With each, you’re working for free. In this episode
Pricing Your Creative Services
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5 strategies for setting your fees. Pricing creative services is one of the most common conundrums freelancers experience. In episode 53 of the Freelance Road
Let’s Talk About Money
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Two reasons plus a bonus why you shouldn’t fear talking about money and price with your clients. So many of us are afraid to talk
Do You Have A Profit Motive?
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 44 How to prove you’re running a creative business and not pursuing a creative hobby. It’s necessary for self-employed independent creatives to turn
Of Discounts, Charge Backs, and Junk Drawer Design
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 37 Troubleshooting real-life freelance conundrums. What do you do when a client does a charge back? Should you discount during a crisis? How
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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