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TFS 370: Staying Relevant on Social Media with Italina Kirknis

Jun 09, 2020 · Episode 370
Italina Kirknis has been running a social media management company for the last 8 years. She talks to the panel about how to frame the conversation, how to be vulnerable, and how to increase your reach and stay relevant on social media.
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TFS 369: Marketing for Freelancers with Tess Ball

Jun 02, 2020 · Episode 369
Tess Ball is an expert in marketing for small businesses. She walks the panel through doing content, social media, and other types of marketing and how to build relationships that will ultimately lead to business.
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TFS 368: How to do Personalized & Relevant Ecommerce Marketing with Rytis Lauris

May 26, 2020 · Episode 368
Rytis Lauris joins the panelists of The Freelancers Show to discuss the use of automation tools that can personalize your contact with visitors on your website.
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TFS 367: Bookkeeping and Finances with Paul Kogan

May 19, 2020 · Episode 367
Paul Kogan from LessAccounting joins the Freelancers' Show panel this week to discuss bookkeeping and finances. They discuss bookkeeping, hiring a bookkeeper, what to look for in your finances, taxes, and much more...
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TFS 366: How to Go Freelance when You've Been Laid Off with Scott Jones

May 12, 2020 · Episode 366
Scott Jones is the author of The Free Agent Mindset. He talks us through building a list of your skills and building a brand to find clients if you've been laid off and decide to go freelance. We also go into other strategies behind building up your new freelance practice.
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TFS 365: Making vs Marketing – Where is Your Freelance Time Spent?

Apr 28, 2020 · Episode 365
The panelists discuss different business approaches for freelancing, and how moving from a model where most of your time is spent implementing for clients into a model where most of your time is spent marketing your business has pros and cons and unexpected challenges.
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TFS 364: Working From Home

Apr 28, 2020 · Episode 364
Petra, Joel, and Charles talk about how to get started with and succeed at working from home. All three are veterans of working from home and explain the things that will help you make it work and the things that will make it hard.
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TFS 363: What Do You Do in an Unexpected Downturn

Apr 21, 2020 · Episode 363
Petra starts us out talking about some of the clients she has that have needed to pause their work with her. The panel brainstorms on ideas that for dealing with unexpected slowdowns as Petra discusses her approaches to things showing down.
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TFS 362: Healthcare Hacks with Scott Heiser

Apr 14, 2020 · Episode 362
Scott Heiser joins the panel to talk about healthcare hacks for freelancers. We start out joking about the COVID-19 quarantine situation. Healthcare and health insurance turns out to be a major headache for freelancers because it's usually tied to employment.
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TFS 361: Moving in and out of Freelancing with Will Bunker

Apr 07, 2020 · Episode 361
This week's guest of The Freelancers' Show, Will Bunker has had a long career in programming and has moved several times between freelancing and full time work. We discuss how he finds clients, his strategy for getting referrals, and how he spots what the next 5-7 year wave of popular technology will be and how he prepares for it. We also discussed a non-niche approach to being a freelancer and what kind of person might enjoy that and how to be successful at it.
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TFS 360: Time Tracking and Billing with Marc Summe

Mar 31, 2020 · Episode 360
Marc Summe and the freelancing panel discuss the ins and outs of tracking time and billing for your time. Time tracking seems deceptively simple, but it gets complicated when you actually try to do it. You also have to decide what you are tracking time for and billing for and how to get your timesheet transferred to an invoice. This episode will answers all your questions about how to track your time and get paid for it.
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TFS 359: Don’t Do Hourly Billing with Mike Volkin

Mar 24, 2020 · Episode 359
Mike Volkin joins the panel to discuss the pros and cons to hourly billing. The panel discusses their challenges with value based and fixed-price pricing and get recommendations from Mike and the rest of the panel.
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TFS 358: Building Your Freelancing Pipeline with Podcasts

Mar 17, 2020 · Episode 358
This episode Brad, Chuck and Brooks go over what it looks like getting a podcast started for lead gen. everything from positioning strategy to tactics and hosting this is a great overview on podcasting basics.
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TFS 357: Pros and Cons of Hiring Remote Help for Freelancers with Petra Manos

Mar 10, 2020 · Episode 357
Petra Manos joins the Freelancers' Show to talk about hiring and managing remote workers and subcontractors. Petra runs a consultancy that manages Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Google Ads. She hires and manages people to help manage the workload for her clients. Chuck has also hired VA's. The panel dives into the ins-and-outs of growing teams, hiring consultants, and working with people who don't necessarily start out with the skills you need.
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TFS 356: How Creative Visualization Can Skyrocket Your Business with Mike Volkin

Mar 03, 2020 · Episode 356
Creative visualization can help reduce stress, envision possibilities, and stay motivated. Mike Volkin talks us about how he's upped his game in several facets of life by practicing creative visualization and meditation.
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