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I'm back with a new season!

In this first episode of season 3, I'll be sharing where I find work as a freelancer.
Work is something that we all want to do, especially if you are a creative freelance because doing your job often means doing your passion.

So where do you find work nowadays as a freelancer? I'll let you in on a little hint.... your own network!

Yep, most freelancers still find the majority of the projects throughout their own networks. Think of referrals, word of mouth, or even getting a bunch of your connections together and starting something yourselves.

But there are other ways to find work too! Listen to the podcast and discover ways to find your next project as a freelancer!

PS: On October 9th, we are officially launching The Freelancer Talk platform! We will launch our Freelancers Social Network, Freelancer Talk App, and Freelancer Talk Academy! 
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Today's episode is something different, to say the least!

Alix Reigner, host of the DancersFAQ podcast, and I teamed up for a joined episode of both of our podcasts! What does that mean? Well, we both prepared questions for each other and interviewed each other at the same time. And it worked because our double interview turned out to be a really cool and dynamic episode!

It was really awesome to do this episode with Alix, as Alix is a freelance dancer like myself. And just like I did, Alix started her podcast back at the beginning of the pandemic to help others out and offer education and resources.

I'm not going to reveal too much because we both shared our stories of why we started our podcasts, how our podcasts helped us launch our businesses, and how we've navigated our freelance careers through the past year.

Now let's get listening!

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It’s been a minute but The Freelancer Talk podcast is back! We’re kicking Season 2 off with an incredible valuable episode on goal setting together with Lauren from Nelly Marketing.

After contemplating what the first episode should be about, I figured that we could all get some goal setting advice. We’re still in the first month of 2021 and even if you’ve already set all your goals, there’s still some time to make some readjustments and little tweaks. 
Last year, Lauren started her own marketing agency named Nelly Marketing. She is a marketing consultant with over 8 years of professional experience. So, I thought, she needs to be on The Freelancer Talk! I invited her to join me on the podcast for not just 1 but for 2 episodes! We’re starting off with our talk on goal setting. 
There’s no doubt in the importance of having a goal for yourself or for your freelance business. But how do you set goals? Especially when you are just starting a new business, setting SMART goals is big must! SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time.
But as a freelancer just having SMART goals isn’t really going to be enough. Lauren developed her own theory on goal setting and added another 4 extra letters to the SMART-theory. I call it Lauren’s SMART+ theory! But what are those extra 4 letters and what do they stand for? 
Listen to the first episode of season 2 and dive into goal setting for freelancers with Lauren and I!
I promise you, you’ll want to listen to this because Lauren’s SMART+ theory is incredibly helpful for us freelancers!
Let’s get listening!

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Today we are continuing our two-part season premiere together with Lauren from Nelly Marketing. In this week’s episode, we are touching on the topic of establishing your online presence. But let’s have a quick recap of last week’s podcast episode!
Last week we discussed how to set goals as a freelancer using the SMART method. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-sensitive. But besides using the SMART method, Lauren has come up with an additional method when it comes to goal setting for us freelancers. If you haven’t listened to the episode, make sure to check it out here!

As we mentioned before, today we are discussing everything regarding establishing your online presence for your business. How do you establish one? Where can you show up? And what is important when establishing your online presence for your business? 
We’re talking Websites, SEO, and Social Media. Plus, we’re giving you a very valuable formula that you can easily adapt to your online strategy when it comes to establishing an online presence for your business. 
Let’s get listening!
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As freelancers, we often struggle to fully understand what we are invoicing for and what we are worth.

Our financial system works differently than when you work on payroll. We pay our own taxes, pension, and social securities. But besides the technical side of our finances, we often find ourselves in complicated positions when we are asked to work for less or even for free.

For today's episode, I've asked Bilal Bachir from De Kunstenbond to join me on the podcast and talk about knowing your worth.

Bilal is a board member of the Theater and Dance Department of De Kunstenbond in the Netherlands and teaches workshops for De Kunstenbond on knowing your worth/value to students of various Universities/Academies around the Netherlands. De Kunstenbond is a Union based in the Netherlands which is a Union for people working in the Arts.

In today's episode, we are diving into the art/dance world where Bilal sheds some light on what you should include in your worth, how you know what you are worth, how we need to fight the current system, and why a Union like De Kunstenbond is so valuable to you as a freelancer working in the Arts.

Today's episode is special to me as I myself am a freelance dancer that has encountered many incidents in which I was severely underpaid/undervalued.  The Freelancer Talk podcast started as a podcast for freelancers working in the arts but has since grown and expanded to all kinds of freelancers. I am aware that not all of our audience works in the Arts field but still urge you to listen to this episode as there is some general knowledge to be taken from. 

During the episode, Bilal mentioned the European Dancer's Passport. Check out here what it is and how you can get one if you are a freelance dancer!

Enjoy listening!

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Let’s be honest. Most freelancers get anxious when they think of negotiating! But negotiating shouldn’t be something scary and more importantly, somebody who’s not self-confident isn’t going to be able to negotiate on anything! Don’t worry if you are one of those freelancers who gets anxious about negotiating, we got you!
Head over to thefreelancertalpodcast.com, choose your favorite streaming platform, and listen to the episode with Merel van der Wouden!

For today’s episode, we asked Negotiating Coach Merel van der Wouden to join us on The Freelancer Talk podcast to share her expertise and views on Negotiating. 
Merel is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and business influencer. After working as a business consultant for a period of time she exchanged her corporate life in Toronto to start her own company named Blackbird Negotiations in 2017.
She mainly coaches ambitious women to gain the confidence, knowledge, and skills to successfully negotiate what they deserve. Her main focus is on teaching negotiation skills regarding salaries and fees. 
Since the creation of Merel’s coaching business, she has helped over 200+ women negotiate better salaries and has established herself as a public speaker sharing her journey and her passion for negotiating.
You understand why we had to ask her for a Freelancer Talk right?

In this week’s episode, we are really diving deep into the topic of negotiating. Merel provides us with incredible valuable answers to questions like: “Is there harm in negotiating”, “How do I make the money talk less awkward?”, and “When do I know it’s appropriate to negotiate?”.  
But besides answering these questions, Merel shares her story of why she started her negotiating coaching business and gives us a little sneak peek into her “Pro-Active Method”!

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