Freelance Radio Episode 2
The second FreelanceSwitch podcast is now online and ready for your listening. This week we cover lots of issues, but the highlight has to be Dickie’s amazing strategy for pitching to new clients. All the panelists were very impressed by this one. So if you’re looking to expand your client base then don’t miss this episode!
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The Shownotes:
- Money Matters/Legalese: Kristen goes into more detail about contracts, answering some questions and comments about contracts, and we go off on perhaps the most content-filled tangent ever.
- Word of Mouth: We talk about how we should refer to ourselves in marketing materials–???we??? or ???I???…or something else entirely?
- Fantastic Forum Post and Mailbag: The panel reads through a great forum post and reads some listener mail.
- Good Client/Bad Client story: Kristen shares a good client story with everyone.
- Review of the Week: Our review this week is of the Crumble, Crackle, Burn: 120 Stunning Textures for Design and Illustration
, by Von R. Glitschka
- Giveaway: We announce the winner of last week???s giveaway and stipulate how you can win the giveaway for this episode (to receive a copy of Crumble, Crackle, Burn:120 Stunning Textures for Design and Illustration, signed by Von).
- Freelance Radio Recommends…: Each panelist recommends a freelancing tool. John goes with Robin Williams???s (no, not that Robin Williams) Design Book for Non-Designers, Cyan suggests Tim Ferris???s The 4-Hour Workweek, Kristen recommends The AP Stylebook and Dickie suggests something a little on the lighter side — The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass for the Nintendo DS.
- Outro: This week???s song is by Adrien Gardiner and is called Words Unsung. The song can be purchased as a loop on Flashden.
. You can see more and download the free samples here.
And that’s the second episode (marathon length!)! If you like it, please feel free to rate it in iTunes or your favorite podcast aggregator, and don???t forget to email your questions/comments via the Freelance Radio form. If you???d like to record a question/comment or submit an original outro song, you can upload them via this form!
Original post by John Brougher