Creative Class, a podcast for freelancers

It feels good to talk about goals, but it feels even better to crush them. We’ll talk about how to set realistic goals for your freelance business and how to make even the most daunting task feel less intimidating. Season 4 is sponsored by our friends at FlyWheel, a amazing WordPress hosting platform built for freelancers. https://getflywheel.com/friends/cc/

Phone calls have a reputation for being a time-suck (especially when you don’t have a roadmap that guides the conversation.) We dive into how to streamline your processes so that you spend less time on meandering phone calls and more time getting actual work done. Season 4 is sponsored by our friends at FlyWheel, a amazing WordPress hosting platform built for freelancers. https://getflywheel.com/friends/cc/

As a person with an internet-based freelance business, it can be tough to know where to draw the lines around what you share online. In this episode, we talk about our personal boundaries and how we navigate the modern world that’s dominated by social media.

Paul and Kaleigh have been hard at work producing the fourth season of the Creative Class Podcast, a podcast about the business side of freelancing. They get down to the nitty gritty about retainers, online privacy, developing an email newsletter, how to use social media, and lots more. Tune in to Season 4, starting on March 27, 2019!

In this special episode, we tackle questions from listeners on topics ranging from proposals to niche-picking (and a lot in between.) Get insights into some of the most common questions that pop up around freelancing.

Short answer: Yes. But there's some science to it! Hear more about how to build sustainability into your freelance business so you can earn a steady amount month after month (and not go insane with worry).

There are two stages of freelancing: Pre-ENOUGH and Post-ENOUGH. The first step, though, is defining what "enough" means for you. Get some ideas on how to quantify your goals and find contentment within your freelance business.

No one talks much about how lonely freelancing can be--so we're fixing that. Hear how we deal with isolation (and living in secluded areas!) to better cope with this reality of working alone and from home.

Once you have extra monies in your bank account...what do you do with it? We share what we personally do with business profits as well as some ideas on how you can use leftover money to grow your business.

Freelancing can be SUPER STRESSFUL. Get insights into how to better deal with stress, how to set better boundaries, and how to avoid burnout that leaves you resenting your freelance career.

In this episode, we share our favorite tech tools for freelancing (and even some tech-free stuff!) that can help make daily work faster, easier, and just...better.

Sometimes it's hard to know if swearing is okay in client relationships (or even just on social media.) We share some interesting research into the science of swearing and discuss how to gauge when it's appropriate to use and when it's not.

We revisit the topic of women in the world of freelancing to discuss new studies that have been released around the gender pay discrepancy. We also talk about what can be done to help combat inequality and how freelancers can work to level the playing field.

Juggling multiple clients at once is no easy task. We talk about how processes and systems can help you keep your sanity as a freelancer and make you look like a PRO when working with clients (as well as what happens when you try to overextend yourself).

We get into the nuts and bolts of how to be more selective about the work you take on, why it matters, and what we've learned firsthand about saying no when an opportunity isn't a good fit.