
Scaling Freelance by Devscale
Our guest today is Heather Deveaux - an experienced adult-learning specialist. She has designed and delivered programming an a ton of different topics. She works as a full-time freelance writer and business coach that teaches others to make money as a freelancer.
Freelancer Fav Five:
1. Revenue: $18k
2. The Big Leap, You are a Badass
3. Canva, Buffer
4. KA Social Media
heatherdeveaux.com
thefreelancewritingschool.com
Apr 15, 2020
29 min

Scaling Freelance by Devscale
Our guest today is Jennah Lear, the owner of Blue Loui Studio - a brand strategy studio that helps purpose driven female entrepreneurs create a brand to attract clients.
Freelancer Fav Five:
1. Best Month: $21k
2. Big Magic, You Are a Badass, You Are a Badass at Making Money
3. Adobe Suite, PayPal, Zoom, Moonclerk
4. Andy J. Pizza
bluelouistudio.com
Apr 8, 2020
26 min

Scaling Freelance by Devscale
Josiah is an iOS developer, consultant, and bass player that helps e-commerce Shopify stores convert more sales. He's helped multiple clients scale to 5x their conversion rates.
Freelancer Fav Five:
1. Best month of revenue: $8k-ish
2. The War of Art, Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit
3. Calendly, Todoist
4. Phillip Morgan, Jonathon Stark
Apr 1, 2020
31 min

Scaling Freelance by Devscale
Freelancer Fav Five:
1. Best month revenue: $20k
2. Book Recs: Traction by Gino Wickman
3. Software Recs: Hubspot, InfusionSoft, Zapier
4. People to Follow: Greg Jenkins at MonkeyPod Marketing
Ronnie Kassiff
rkinboundmarketing.com
[email protected]
Mar 25, 2020
28 min

Topics we covered:
The biggest step in any freelancers career is the step into full-time
How RJ figured out how to freelance full-time with no plan
How a fake job-listing led to meeting his business partner
What it means to scale out instead of scaling up
How RJ implements retainer contracts
The benefits of having an accountant and being an S-corp
Freelancer Fav Five:
Bests month of revenue: $18k
Book Recommendations: None
Software Tools: Buddy (deployments)
People to Follow: Justin Jackson
Guest Info:
RJ McCollam
The Freelance Podcast
Feb 19, 2020
30 min

Our guest on the show today is Kat Boogaard! Kat is full-time freelance writer and focuses on crafting online content related to careers, productivity, and entrepreneurship.
Topics we cover:
Full-time freelance writer for 5 years!
Transitioning from full-time job to full-time freelancing
How to boost referrals to land project
Cold email and cold pitching
How Kat sets her rates as a freelance writer
The importance of having a niche
Freelance Fav Five:
Best month of revenue: $12,000
Book Recommendations: Tell Me More
Software: Quickbooks Online, Mailchimp, Toggl
Inspirations: Abby Wolfe, Kaleigh Moore, Maddy Osman
Guest Info:
Kat Boogaard - KatBoogaard.com
Feb 12, 2020
29 min

Show Notes
Our guest today is Jon Wons! John is a Digital Marketing Enabler. He helps family-owned businesses to brand, market and ignite their digital footprint.
Topics we cover:
Chicago neighborhoods ;)
Team structure for his freelance business
Transitioning from full-time job to full-time freelance
2-3 month plan for his freelance business
Why Jon asks for 1-year commitments from his clients
Why doing good work is invaluable to growing your freelance business.
Freelancer Fav Five:
Revenue
$75k (April 2019)
Books
Company of One by Paul Jarvis
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Quench your thirst by Jim Koch
Software
WebFlow to build all websites
Canva
QBO
Dropbox
Nearbynow for SEO
People
Business and Biceps Podcast
Focus Three Podcast
Younger self
Always move forward!
Guest Info:
John Wons
designwons.com
IG: @ontheroadwithwons
Feb 5, 2020
33 min

Show Notes
Our guest today is Raj Nathan. Raj is a hype-consultant, keynote speaker and rap artist. Basically, he consults with startups to help them pitch better.
Topics we cover
How Raj helps startups not suck
How he got into consulting
Why it's so dangerous to NOT label things as failures
Freelancer Fav Five
Revenue
$15k (maybe $45k 😉)
Books
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
Software
Calendly, Zoom, Mailtrack.io
People
Daniel DiPiazza
Guest Info
Raj Nathan
http://startuphypeman.com
https://www.startuphypeman.com/podcast
Jan 22, 2020
30 min

Our guest freelancer today is Noelle Steegs! She's a full-time wordpress web developer focusing on the Divi theme. Her work supports her digital nomad lifestyle as she travels all around the world.
Topics we cover:
How Noelle made the shift to working remote and eventually completely nomadic.
Her recommendations on how to transition into full-time freelancing.
How joining facebook groups changed her freelancing career.
Value-based pricing vs hourly based pricing
Freelancer Fav Five:
$5k
Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss
Freshbooks for Time Tracking and Invoicing
Rodolfo Melogli from businessbloomer.com
Guest Info:
Noelle Steegs
http://noellesteegs.com
Jan 15, 2020
28 min

Our guest freelancer today is Christine Lieu! She is a graphic designer that traded in climbing the corporate ladder for climbing mountains around the world.
Topics we cover:
Started out owning an apparel brand
Importance of transparency with clients
What it's like quitting a great job
How she found her first few clients
How she's getting conversions on instagram
Value-based pricing vs Hourly
Eat the Frog!
Work out of co-working spaces to beat loneliness
Freelancer Fav Five:
Best monthly revenue: $13k!!
Book Recommendations:
Happiness Equation
Software Recs:
Asana
Adobe
Influences:
Make Lemonade Co-working
Connection Collective Co.
Katy the copywriter
Guest Info:
Christine Lieu
https://www.christineldesigns.com
https://instagram.com/_clieu
Jan 8, 2020
31 min
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