Freelance to Founder

Today, I (Preston) got a text from Clay. "I just let my entire team go." It took me completely by surprise, but also got me thinking about what it would take to start all over.On today’s episode, Clay and I answer the question: “what would we do differently if we had to start freelancing from scratch today?”We think you'll be pleasantly surprised by some of what we share. Have a listen.ATTENTION: We Need YOU!We're currently casting new guests for our upcoming season and we want to feature your business. Come on the show and we'll offer some free pro-level advice for scaling your service business. To join us on the air, click here.Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts:If you enjoy the show, can you do us a favor and leave us an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts? We'll love you forever. Click here to leave a review.Support our sponsors so we can keep airing new episodes: Vidyard - Leverage the power of video to scale your business. Blinkist — Acquire knowledge from top non-fiction and podcasts, so you can learn anytime, anywhere. Milk&Bull - save 20% off your first design contract when you mention this podcast. Creative Elements - tells the stories of how your favorite creators broke through. Indeed - If you’re hiring, you need Indeed. Justworks - Manage your remote team and run your business with confidence. Dripify - Premium learning platform for entrepreneurs. SolidGigs - Get more freelance jobs. Canva: Templates for absolutely anything Talkspace: Feeling better starts with a single message ButcherBox: Get our meat delivered, for free, right to your door. BetterHelp: Affordable, private therapy with BetterHelp.Anytime, anywhere. Links mentioned in the show: Joe's website: https://jpda.co Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-babi-seo/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/jpda_seo/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/JPDADetroit More Recommended Listening:This show is a part of the Podglomerate, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter.We suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about entrepreneurship, business, and creativity such as Rocketship.fm and Creative Elements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, we’re joined by Chad who’s working on building his agency in Utah, USA. Chad works with clients all over the world. They hire him because they like and trust him. But now, Chad is beginning to hire some freelancers to help get the work done in his business and he's wondering: how can I get my clients to trust my team?Building trust in your team can help take some work off your shoulders and free you up to continue growing your business. But transferring trust can be fragile and difficult at times.We’ll share our best advice plus some great additional tips from Chad at the end of the show.ATTENTION: We Need YOU!We're currently casting new guests for our upcoming season and we want to feature your business. Come on the show and we'll offer some free pro-level advice for scaling your service business. To join us on the air, click here.Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts:If you enjoy the show, can you do us a favor and leave us an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts? We'll love you forever. Click here to leave a review.Support our sponsors so we can keep airing new episodes: Vidyard - Leverage the power of video to scale your business. Milk&Bull - save 20% off your first design contract when you mention this podcast. Creative Elements - tells the stories of how your favorite creators broke through. Indeed - If you’re hiring, you need Indeed. Canva: Templates for absolutely anything Talkspace: Feeling better starts with a single message Creative Elements - tells the stories of how your favorite creators broke through. Justworks - Manage your remote team and run your business with confidence. Dripify - Premium learning platform for entrepreneurs. SolidGigs - Get more freelance jobs. More Recommended Listening:This show is a part of the Podglomerate, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter.We suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about entrepreneurship, business, and creativity such as Rocketship.fm and Creative Elements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, we chat with Kendrick who is building a video production agency in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Kendrick’s a talented videographer with a highly-skilled team, but he’s feeling stuck when it comes to building a process to generate new business on a regular business.Kendrick and his former partner went their separate ways recently, leaving Kendrick without someone to handle all the business development full-time.So Clay and I walk him through a few options for filling in the lead generation gap.ATTENTION: We Need YOU!We're currently casting new guests for our upcoming season and we want to feature your business. Come on the show and we'll offer some free pro-level advice for scaling your service business. To join us on the air, click here.Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts:If you enjoy the show, can you do us a favor and leave us an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts? We'll love you forever. Click here to leave a review.Support our sponsors so we can keep airing new episodes: Vidyard - Leverage the power of video to scale your business. Milk&Bull - save 20% off your first design contract when you mention this podcast. Issuu - Start converting, creating, sharing and embedding better content today with Issuu. Use promo code: FREELANCE Talkspace: Feeling better starts with a single message Canva: Templates for absolutely anything Creative Elements - tells the stories of how your favorite creators broke through. Indeed - If you’re hiring, you need Indeed. Justworks - Manage your remote team and run your business with confidence. Dripify - Premium learning platform for entrepreneurs. SolidGigs - Get more freelance jobs. Links mentioned in the show: Joe's website: https://jpda.co Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-babi-seo/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/jpda_seo/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/JPDADetroit More Recommended Listening:This show is a part of the Podglomerate, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter.We suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about entrepreneurship, business, and creativity such as Rocketship.fm and Creative Elements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, we have a coaching call with Denise, a freelancer from South Carolina, USA. Denise works in higher education and is happy with the way her freelance business is going. But after finding some early success in e-learning thanks to Covid and other factors, Denis is ready to branch out and grow other segments of her business.Throughout the call, we keep coming back to two critical themes: the importance of building your brand and the power of opportunity costs.If you want to build new revenue streams into your business but you’re not sure how to go about it without burning out or losing a handle on your current revenue streams, have a listen to this coaching call it’ll be just what you need.ATTENTION: We Need YOU!We're currently casting new guests for our upcoming season and we want to feature your business. Come on the show and we'll offer some free pro-level advice for scaling your service business. To join us on the air, click here.Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts:If you enjoy the show, can you do us a favor and leave us an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts? We'll love you forever. Click here to leave a review.Support our sponsors so we can keep airing new episodes: Vidyard - Leverage the power of video to scale your business. Milk&Bull - save 20% off your first design contract when you mention this podcast. Blinkist - Understand books & podcasts in 15 minutes Canva: Templates for absolutely anything Compiler - Demystifying tech, one question at a time. BetterHelp: Affordable, private therapy with BetterHelp.Anytime, anywhere. Creative Elements - tells the stories of how your favorite creators broke through. Indeed - If you’re hiring, you need Indeed. Issuu - Start converting, creating, sharing and embedding better content today with Issuu. Use promo code: FREELANCE Justworks - Manage your remote team and run your business with confidence. Dripify - Premium learning platform for entrepreneurs. SolidGigs - Get more freelance jobs. More Recommended Listening:This show is a part of the Podglomerate, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter.We suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about entrepreneurship, business, and creativity such as Rocketship.fm and Creative Elements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, our guest Nouman slams us with more questions than any guest before and we do our best to deliver some good answers. Nouman has quickly grown his agency from 3 partners to over 20 employees in just a couple years.But most of Nouman’s clients still come from Upwork or Fiverr and he’s unsure how to break into more legitimate, bigger clients—particularly in countries where cultures are so different.We talk about how to hire the right people, how to overcome cultural barriers, where to find bigger clients, and lots more.ATTENTION: We Need YOU!We're currently casting new guests for our upcoming season and we want to feature your business. Come on the show and we'll offer some free pro-level advice for scaling your service business. To join us on the air, click here.Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts:If you enjoy the show, can you do us a favor and leave us an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts? We'll love you forever. Click here to leave a review.Support our sponsors so we can keep airing new episodes: Vidyard - Leverage the power of video to scale your business. Milk&Bull - save 20% off your first design contract when you mention this podcast. Blinkist - Understand books & podcasts in 15 minutes Compiler - Demystifying tech, one question at a time. Creative Elements - tells the stories of how your favorite creators broke through. Issuu - Start converting, creating, sharing and embedding better content today with Issuu. Use promo code: FREELANCE BetterHelp: Affordable, private therapy with BetterHelp.Anytime, anywhere. Justworks - Manage your remote team and run your business with confidence. Dripify - Premium learning platform for entrepreneurs. SolidGigs - Get more freelance jobs. Links mentioned in the show: Joe's website: https://jpda.co Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-babi-seo/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/jpda_seo/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/JPDADetroit More Recommended Listening:This show is a part of the Podglomerate, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter.We suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about entrepreneurship, business, and creativity such as Rocketship.fm and Creative Elements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, we have a conversation with Rachel Cooke who designs high-ticket training experiences for massive clients.Rachel’s business is doing well. She’s happy with the amount of money she’s making and where her business is headed. But she doesn’t necessarily like the fluctuation in revenue and not knowing exactly how much she’ll make in the coming months or years.So Clay and I walk her through a few ideas including how to diversify her product offering in a way that might bring in some more predictable revenue in addition to her high-ticket offering.ATTENTION: We Need YOU!We're currently casting new guests for our upcoming season and we want to feature your business. Come on the show and we'll offer some free pro-level advice for scaling your service business. To join us on the air, click here.Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts:If you enjoy the show, can you do us a favor and leave us an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts? We'll love you forever. Click here to leave a review.Support our sponsors so we can keep airing new episodes: Vidyard - Leverage the power of video to scale your business. Milk&Bull - save 20% off your first design contract when you mention this podcast. Blinkist - Understand books & podcasts in 15 minutes Compiler - Demystifying tech, one question at a time. Creative Elements - tells the stories of how your favorite creators broke through. Indeed - If you’re hiring, you need Indeed. Issuu - Start converting, creating, sharing and embedding better content today with Issuu. Use promo code: FREELANCE Justworks - Manage your remote team and run your business with confidence. Dripify - Premium learning platform for entrepreneurs. SolidGigs - Get more freelance jobs. Links mentioned in the show:Our 5-Day Recurring Revenue Challenge More Recommended Listening:This show is a part of the Podglomerate, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter.We suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about entrepreneurship, business, and creativity such as Rocketship.fm and Creative Elements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To listen to more episodes or subscribe to Compiler, click here.Technology can be bold. But it can also be complicated. Compiler breaks down the big questions about tech and the tech industry in this new original podcast.On today's bonus episode, I share with you a brand new podcast called 'Compiler', an original podcast from Red Hat.Becoming a manager can be a triumphant milestone of working life. It’s often a recognition of leadership and, in the tech industry, technical skill. Many argue those skills necessarily become casualties to the management track. But it’s hard to let go of your creative side to make room for managing others. Can they do both? Should managers code? It’s an old question that never seems to receive a clear answer.From the Red Hat offices to the moons of Jupiter, Compiler explores why it’s such a complex issue. We spoke with Red Hatters who are vocal about what role, if any, managers have in the code base—and why they fight to keep their hands on keys for as long as they can.Featured guestsChris BredesenLaurie KrebsMark LittleBob McWhirterShoshana CollinsSupport our sponsors so we can keep airing new episodes: Compiler - Demystifying tech, one question at a time. Blinkist - Understand books & podcasts in 15 minutes You can search for Compiler anywhere you get your podcasts. A big thank you to Compiler for their support of Freelance to Founder.***This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to Freelance to Founder, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding entrepreneurship, business, and careers like Rocketship.fm and Creative Elements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looping yourself out of every aspect of your business can be a bit terrifying. But it's also incredibly liberating. Hear why on today's show.On today’s show, I talk with Joe Babi who’s building his own SEO agency. Not long ago, Joe found himself overworked and missing out on important life events. That’s when he realized he HAD to make a change. So over the last year or two, Joe has scaled his agency in a way that loops him out of his business more and more.Being okay with being "out of the loop" can be a real challenge, but it also opens up all kinds of freedom, opportunity, and growth for your business.If you ever feel burned out or like you’re a bottleneck in your own business, this episode is for you.Get your own on-air coaching callWe'd love to feature your business and offer some free pro-level advice for scaling your service business. To join us on the air, click here.Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts:If you enjoy the show, can you do us a favor and leave us an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts? We'll love you forever. Click here to leave a review.Support our sponsors so we can keep airing new episodes: Vidyard - Leverage the power of video to scale your business. Milk&Bull - save 20% off your first design contract when you mention this podcast. Blinkist - Understand books & podcasts in 15 minutes Compiler - Demystifying tech, one question at a time. Creative Elements - tells the stories of how your favorite creators broke through. Indeed - If you’re hiring, you need Indeed. BetterHelp: Affordable, private therapy with BetterHelp.Anytime, anywhere. Issuu - Start converting, creating, sharing and embedding better content today with Issuu. Use promo code: FREELANCE Justworks - Manage your remote team and run your business with confidence. Dripify - Premium learning platform for entrepreneurs. SolidGigs - Get more freelance jobs. Links mentioned in the show: Joe's website: https://jpda.co Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-babi-seo/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/jpda_seo/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/JPDADetroit More Recommended Listening:This show is a part of the Podglomerate, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter.We suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about entrepreneurship, business, and creativity such as Rocketship.fm and Creative Elements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can you get agency-level leads (big budgets, long timelines) when you're just a freelancer?On today’s show, we chat with Ilias a Shopify developer from Morocco. Ilias has been freelancing for over two years and thinks it might be time to move from freelancing to building an agency.He hits us with a lot of great questions, including: "how can I find agency-quality leads?" Projects with big budgets, established companies, and larger scopes or timelines.Clay and I do our best to answer that and many other questions in this jam=packed episode.Get your own on-air coaching callWe'd love to feature your business and offer some free pro-level advice for scaling your service business. To join us on the air, click here.Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts:If you enjoy the show, can you do us a favor and leave us an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts? We'll love you forever. Click here to leave a review.Support our sponsors so we can keep airing new episodes: Vidyard — Leverage the power of video to scale your business. Milk&Bull - save 20% off your first design contract when you mention this podcast. Compiler - Demystifying tech, one question at a time. Creative Elements - tells the stories of how your favorite creators broke through. Indeed - If you’re hiring, you need Indeed. Issuu - Start converting, creating, sharing and embedding better content today with Issuu. Use promo code: FREELANCE BetterHelp: Affordable, private therapy with BetterHelp.Anytime, anywhere. Justworks - Manage your remote team and run your business with confidence. Dripify — Premium learning platform for entrepreneurs. SolidGigs — Get more freelance jobs. More Recommended Listening:This show is a part of the Podglomerate, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter.We suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about entrepreneurship, business, and creativity such as Rocketship.fm and Creative Elements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, we share over 10 free or inexpensive marketing tactics you can use in your own business right away.And no, we’re not talking about posting on Instagram and crossing your fingers—these are real-world, high ROI marketing tactics we’ve used or continue to use to build our own businesses.Get your own on-air coaching callWe'd love to feature your business and offer some free on-air advice for growing your business. To see if you're a good fit, click here.Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts:If you enjoy the show, can you do us a favor and leave us an honest rating and review on Apple Podcasts? We'll love you forever. Click here to leave a review.Support our sponsors so we can keep airing new episodes: Vidyard — Leverage the power of video to scale your business. Milk&Bull - save 20% off your first design contract when you mention this podcast. Creative Elements - tells the stories of how your favorite creators broke through. Compiler - Demystifying tech, one question at a time. Indeed - If you’re hiring, you need Indeed. Issuu - Start converting, creating, sharing and embedding better content today with Issuu. Use promo code: FREELANCE Hubstaff - Spend less time tracking and more time growing BetterHelp: Affordable, private therapy with BetterHelp.Anytime, anywhere. Justworks - Manage your remote team and run your business with confidence. Dripify — Premium learning platform for entrepreneurs. SolidGigs — Get more freelance jobs. More Recommended Listening:This show is a part of the Podglomerate, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter.We suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows about entrepreneurship, business, and creativity such as Rocketship.fm and Creative Elements. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices