Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow Can You Go from Employed to Freelancing with Low Risk?
Episode 96
Plenty of employees entertain the idea of going freelance. But one of the biggest barriers to entry is the perceived risk of doing so. Is there a way…
6 months, 1 week ago
Should I Gain Leadership Experience Before Freelancing Programming?
Episode 95
In this installment, a question submitter wonders whether it would be better to earn promotions into leadership before leaving the salaried world, or…
7 months, 1 week ago
Can You Avoid Having Your Efficiency Questioned by Having Flat Rates?
Episode 94
Occasionally, you might find yourself with a whale client, or at least a profitable one, that treats you poorly and shows no trust in you. How should…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
How to Handle a Lucrative Client with No Trust in You
Episode 93
Occasionally, you might find yourself with a whale client, or at least a profitable one, that treats you poorly and shows no trust in you. How should…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
How to Avoid Giving Away Consultative Services as a Throw-In?
Episode 92
Sometimes a client is looking for labor and expects you to bundle in the strategic piece. For instance, they expect architecture to come along with a…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Setting Up and Filling Your Funnel with Leads to Avoid Gaps
Episode 91
Depending on fate to bring you business can lead to gaps between projects. How do you setup some kind of sales funnel and get leads into it to avoid …
11 months, 4 weeks ago
How To Handle a Client Wanting Work When You're Sick?
Episode 90
You're collaborating with your client on a time-sensitive deadline and you get sick. How should you handle that? Whose problem is it, ultimately?
J…
1 year ago
How to Calculate Runway When You Have an Initial Contract
Episode 89
You've got a full-time job but want to go indie, and you line up your first contract. How do you think about how much runway you need to create betwe…
1 year, 1 month ago
How to Build a Marketing Funnel with an Audience on Another Platform
Episode 88
If you've built an audience on a platform other than your own website, how do you go about turning that following into a marketing funnel for somethi…
1 year, 2 months ago
What Should You Do When Asked to Implement a Bad Idea?
Episode 87
It will sometimes come up that a prospect or client asks you to implement something that's either too vague to work or a flat-out bad idea. What shou…
1 year, 2 months ago