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Freelance Road Trip Podcast with Alvalyn Lundgren 121 How To Thrive In Your Creative Business

121. How To Thrive In Your Creative Business

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Establishing and managing a business so you can make a living from your creative work — your way — isn’t easy and probably not what most of us expected when we started out. With all the competition out there, and now with AI looming as both an asset and a threat to creative work, how will you stand out? How will you make a living? How will you continue to build your business, attract your best clients, and become know for significant work? In this episode I offer 4 ways for your consideration.

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Freelance Road Trip Podcast with Alvalyn Lundgren 120: Impact of AI on Your Creative Business

120. The Impact of AI On Your Creative Business

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AI is disrupting the creative industries in a variety of ways that are both beneficial and detrimental. In this episode we consider the problems and advantages of using AI as a freelance creative and propose answers to these questions, among others: “Why would a client pay me when they can create a thing themself for free using AI?”, “How can I use AI tools to support my business?”, “How can I protect my work from theft?”

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Freelance Road Trip Podcast with Alvalyn Lundgren 117 Sometimes You Have To Pick Up The Phone

117. Sometimes You Have To Pick Up The Phone

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Communication is the foundation of every relationship. In business you want to communicate the right way for the right reasons. Keeping everything in writing is preferred, but sometimes a phone call serves the relationship better.

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Freelance Road Trip Podcast with Alvalyn Lundgren 113 How To Start Freelancing

113. How to Start Freelancing

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Not knowing how to start freelancing is what holds most people back. What are the first and most important things you need to do? Starting is simpler than you think.

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Freelance Road Trip Podcast with Alvalyn Lundgren 112 Reasons To Start Freelancing

112. Reasons To Start Freelancing

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If you’ve been thinking about freelancing but haven’t stepped out, or if you’ve been dabbling part time while working for someone else full time, here are 7 good reasons for you to stop thinking and dabbling, and start doing.

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Freelance Road Trip Podcast with Alvalyn Lundgren 111 Help I Need More Clients

111. Help! I Need More Clients!

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To stay in business freelancers need clients, and we’re commonly asking where to find more clients. The obvious freelance platforms and talent agencies aren’t always the best choice for a variety of reason, and they shouldn’t be your only choice. In the episode I present the case for making client prospecting a regular part of your marketing activities, and offer ways to diversify your prospecting through relationship building.

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Freelance Road Trip Podcast with Alvalyn Lundgren 110: Mindset Shifts Every Freelance Creative Needs To Make

110. Mindset Shifts Every Freelance Creative Needs To Make

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To succeed in business as a freelance creative requires shifting from functioning solely as a creative — an illustrator, a designer, a photographer, a copywriter, an artist — to functioning as the owner of a creative business. In this episode I share half a dozen shifts we need to make in how we think about what we’re doing, and why.

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Freelance Road Trip Podcast with Alvalyn Lundgren 103 When your client treats you like you're their employee

103. When Your Client Treats You Like You’re Their Employee

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What do you do when a client wants to treat you as an employee rather than an independent freelance business owner? I answer two questions from freelancers dealing with this conundrum: the first centers on a retainer agreement and the second is dealing with a performance review. I present the case for why you’re not an employee, and ways you can respond if you find yourself working with a client who wants control. A third question deals with how to protect your work during a creative review.

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Alvalyn Lundgren

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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