Still Moving Dominic Döring & Toby Mitchell

On this seasons final episode, Dom and Toby have a chat about gear acquisition, why hiring is a genius move to growing and how lockdown haircuts are just never really the vibe.

The chaps also discuss ideas and experiences around remaining in a place of inspiration and how to manage motivation through the waves of freelance life.

Thank you so much for listening! We are excited to take a break for a few weeks to plan our next season and come back strong during the Spring.

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The words ‘self promotion’ can either have a positive or a negative effect. As freelancers, avoiding the obnoxious ‘look at me’ and aiming for a strategic, tasteful promotion of our work takes intention to get right.

This week Toby & Dom chat about marketing yourself, using tools like Instagram and they also discuss assisting photographers and the novelty of Premier Inn room in 2021.

Thank you for listening, we hope you enjoyed this episode!

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Managing your headspace and internal world when it comes to anxiety in relation to creating can be really challenging. Our mental health as freelancers is a subject that is not frequently discussed and this week Dom & Toby chat about their experiences with managing anxiety, client feedback, rejection and fear in context to the work they produce. They also touch on not booking the last flight out of the UK before a shoot as that can go horribly wrong.

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This week we talk with our close friend, @joshualukesmith. Josh is a musician, spoken word artist, creative director and producer. He has over a decade of carving his own path as a freelancer and has a well of wisdom to offer in regards to the constructs that surround the day to day of working that we do as freelancers.

Looking at subjects such as self-discipline, routine, rhythms, emotional health and rest, this hour is packed with meaningful conversation about sustaining a career of longevity.

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Knowing your worth as a freelance creative is at some stage, a guessing game for almost everyone who chooses to create their own path. This week we talk about our journey with establishing day-rates, our experiences with making and presenting treatments as well as some of your expected anecdotes and stupid stories, such as why the 7pm train from London Paddington to Bath is a risky choice.

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Managing your money as a freelancer is a skill that no one teaches you. Unless you have a parent who is particularly on the ball and instills great wisdom of old into you at an early stage. Both of us, in various ways have walked this journey of finance and business day by day; making mistakes along the way and there’s a bunch we wish someone would have told us at an earlier stage.

This week we have a chat about some of our experiences with failing to prepare in our business finances and touch on other subjects such as Masterchef, Justin Bieber and how generous of a friend Toby is to Dom.

Enjoy.

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