Podcast Episodes

Is Strategic Advice a Good Up-Sell for a Programmer?

Episode 86

If you're a programmer (or, generally, a labor-based freelancer), is it a good idea to sell strategic advice as a kind of "up-sell" to your normal of…

1 year, 4 months ago

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How Should I Price an Hour-Long Training Session?

Episode 85

I do a lot of theory in this series, but here's something practical. How would I recommend someone price an hour-long training session to teach socia…

1 year, 5 months ago

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How Should I Handle a Non-Compete Agreement from a Client?

Episode 84

Sometimes, a client may ask you to sign a non-compete agreement as a prerequisite for engaging with them. Should you do it? How should you handle thi…

1 year, 6 months ago

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How Can You Move to Niching and Value Pricing?

Episode 83

The default with freelancing is to charge by the hour and do generalist work. You might have, however, heard of value pricing and heard the idea that…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Does Having More Leads Mean You Can Raise Your Rates?

Episode 82

As you grow your business successfully, you'll have more demand for your work and, thus, more leads. Does that naturally mean you can raise your rate…

1 year, 8 months ago

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Is It Worth It to Bring in Subcontractors?

Episode 81

If you establish a practice and start to earn a good bit of business, sooner or later you'll have to contend with the decision of whether or not to b…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Will ChatGPT Replace Freelance Programming?

Episode 80

I resisted talking about ChatGPT as long as humanly possible, but I did wind up getting a question in the backlog about it. So, will ChatGPT replace …

1 year, 9 months ago

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Freelancer or Self Employed: What Should You Call Yourself?

Episode 79

If you go into business for yourself, what should you call yourself? Freelancer? Self-employed? Something else?

 

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1 year, 9 months ago

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What Bookkeeping Software Should I Use to Freelance?

Episode 78

If you're thinking of hanging out your shingle or have just done so, you might wonder whether to use bookkeeping software and, if so, what to use. I …

1 year, 9 months ago

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How Freelancers Can Avoid Self Employment Tax

Episode 77

When you go off on your own, at least in the US, you might be in for a rude tax awakening. In this video, I talk about what self-employment tax is, a…

1 year, 10 months ago

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