Ep. 89: Matt Dowling, Founder of Freelancer Club

Leaders, the freelance economy is shifting from being dominated by large, horizontal marketplaces to small, niche, hyper relevant communities of freelancers. We call this freelance first, and Matt's 8+ year old community of 60,000 freelancers is the epitome of this. Built with education, mentoring, and opportunities as the three pillars, it is the epitome of how winning freelance networks will look in the next few years. There are a couple themes we want you to listen out for: Myths of the freelance economy, what's changed in the last 10 years, and what will change in the next 5 years How finding freelancers and freelancers finding work is going from push to pull thanks to the increasingly advanced search capabilities that can find the exact match of skillset/industry/levels of experience needed. What branding means for freelancers, why it's integral, and why blitzing social media is a damning strategy Only 1 in 5 individuals is succeeding in their first year of freelancing (this number is definitely higher) If you can master above, you can lead hyper-engaged, high quality, successful freelancer networks. Learn More: https://humancloud.work/matt-dowling