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Ask a Freelancer is a podcast series where experienced freelancers
answer questions about freelancing.
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016 - Be You
Bigger clients aren’t always better clients, business resources, and buying back your soul.
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Ask a Freelancer is a new Cushion podcast where experienced freelancers answer questions about freelancing.
This episode's questions include:
- How do you get bigger clients that gave you more job security?
- What are the best resources for getting started with the business side of freelancing?
- Did the money you make buy back your soul?
Hosted by Andy J Miller
Music by Metavari
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015 - Accept Help
Progressing your career, splitting your time, and promoting yourself.
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Ask a Freelancer is a new Cushion podcast where experienced freelancers answer questions about freelancing.
This episode's questions include:
- I have a full schedule, I'm booked for a few months in advance with regular clients, and I enjoy my work. Now what? What should be my next step to progress my career?
- What's a rough estimate of how you split your time promoting yourself, following leads, interacting with clients, and doing billable work?
- How do you increase sales and engagement?
Hosted by Andy J Miller
Music by Metavari
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014 - Take The Plunge
Promoting, rights & usage, and building up client work with a full-time job.
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Ask a Freelancer is a new Cushion podcast where experienced freelancers answer questions about freelancing.
This episode's questions include:
- Do art directors still expect illustrators to snail mail them postcards or do they prefer to see digital work now?
- I was approached by an agency to do some illustration work for a 2-month project on-site and they asked me for my day-rate. I think they want a work-for-hire situation, which seems a bit odd for me. Aren’t there rights, usage, etc., which need to be factored into the cost even if I work on-site?
- How do you build up enough client work to freelance full-time while working a full-time job?
Hosted by Andy J Miller
Music by Metavari
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013 - Strike the Ultimate Balance
Balancing workloads, passion projects versus paying the bills, and maintaining social health.
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Ask a Freelancer is a new Cushion podcast where experienced freelancers answer questions about freelancing.
This episode's questions include:
- How do you strike the balance between too little work and too much work?
- How do you balance doing work that you’re passionate about versus work that pays the bills?
- As an extrovert, the hardest part of freelancing for me is the lack of human contact. In particular, I miss those consistent relationships you build over time with people on your team or in the office. What are your strategies for maintaining your social health?
Hosted by Andy J Miller
Music by Metavari
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012 - The First Year
The ups and downs, entering new markets, and switching to retainers.
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Ask a Freelancer is a new Cushion podcast where experienced freelancers answer questions about freelancing.
This episode's questions include:
- What did your first year look like? How long did it take before you realized you made the right choice?
- How do you enter new markets when your existing clients are in a different market?
- How do you transition from per-project pricing to retainers with larger clients?
Hosted by Andy J Miller
Music by Metavari
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011 - Go Your Own Way
Calming your nerves, freelancing 10 years in, and landing big clients.
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Ask a Freelancer is a new Cushion podcast where experienced freelancers answer questions about freelancing.
This episode's questions include:
- What do you do to calm your nerves about all the things that can go wrong while you’re trying to become a freelancer?
- What does freelancing look like 10 years in?
- How do you land big clients?
Hosted by Andy J Miller
Music by Metavari
Brought to you by cushionapp.com
Customer Reviews
Love the voices!
Andy is great about giving his listeners an honest assessment of the situation. He is so real, without any of the doom and gloom that you may get other places. Also his voices make me laugh every time!