Podcast – Not a Real Job

This Christmas Eve day we invite you to join us by the virtual fireside and listen to the harrowing tale of a phone and advice on virtual assistants. Settle in with your vegnog and enjoy Joel's description of Canadian winter. Only one more episode until the new year! Quotes Talking Points Fancy Hands WP Curve 99designs Staying productive and efficient in a growing team Scolding the Winds by Joel Kelly Gear Picks Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky Marpac DOHM Natural White Noise Machine Listen Find us on:  iTunes  •  Stitcher  •  YouTube  •  Twitter

We finally got some questions! This week Chris and Joel talked about how they handle communications with their clients. Working in different environments means they both have different ways of handling their communications. This episode is packed full of great advice about client and contractor relations! Quotes Talking Points Mimosa (Wikipedia) Gear Picks Tri-blade Spiralizer Swissmar Mandoline Balsam Pine Scented Candle Listen Find us on:  iTunes  •  Stitcher  •  YouTube  •  Twitter

We're helping you turn your hobbies and skills into things that pay the bills! One day we'll settle on one new catch-phrase. This week's main talking point is team communication - Chris really loves email and asynchronous communication whereas Joel argues for the use of chat apps to eliminate internal emails. Chris also talks a bit about his troubles with taking a break from working, namely that he can't seem to stop. Quotes Talking Points Slack 15five Gear Picks Fujitsu ScanSnap 1100 Winsome Wood Bar Cart Listen Find us on:  iTunes  •  Stitcher  •  YouTube  •  Twitter

This episode is all over the place. But you really only have yourself to blame for that, listener. This is what happens when you don't send in any questions or discussion topics! The lesson to be learned from this episode is that we really do rely on listener input and alcohol to keep the show running smoothly. Quotes Talking Points Soups of the Day in Halifax Gear Picks Myths to Live By by Joseph Campbell Monster High "Abbey Bominable" Doll Amazon Fire TV Stick Listen Find us on:  iTunes  •  Stitcher  •  YouTube  •  Twitter

We know you love when we talk about Apple stuff, so we did more of that this week. Chris also,surprisingly, finally got his Coin! We got a question from our audio editor, Steve, about the best ways to compile your online portfolio so we discussed site-builders like Squarespace and WordPress. Quotes Talking Points Squarespace WordPress Coin Gear Picks Yaktrax Walker Traction Cleats Miles Ahead by Miles Davis Listen Find us on:  iTunes  •  Stitcher  •  YouTube  •  Twitter

This week Chris and Joel are in Toronto for a live (for us, anyway) podcast recording with special guest Sarah Adlam! We talk a lot about Sarah's experiences with the BMW ad campaign and how she comes up with great ideas. Tons of inspirational stuff in this episode! Quotes Talking Points Sarah on Twitter @specialupdate Sarah's website BMW M4 aircraft carrier ad Gear Picks District 9 Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki Listen Find us on:  iTunes  •  Stitcher  •  YouTube  •  Twitter

During this extra-early recording session, Chris and Joel talk about some of their favorite topics like Apple and ethics in games journalism. How to find clients/customers/patrons is also discussed though, so hopefully that helps someone out. If you're one of those people seeking clients and ways to demonstrate your expertise, we'd love to hear from you! Quotes Talking Points Resetting the System Management Controller Gamergate's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week Gear Picks Chris's TV HappyLight Listen Find us on:  iTunes  •  Stitcher  •  YouTube  •  Twitter

This week we've got a bit more of a laid back episode. Chris talks about his content marketing plans and how he's working on adjusting his social media marketing to be less "icky" and more inline with his values. Joel has a new post over on his blog with some advice for managers and other people in leadership positions. Most importantly, we're looking for some feedback! Leave us a review on iTunes or get in touch on Twitter. We want to know if you like the more conversational style or the more structured style episodes. Or any other feedback you might have, just let us know! Quotes Talking Points On Marketing, Values and Licensing at Van Patten Media blog Paddy Foran My 10 Leadership Commandments at joelkelly.ca Rate us on iTunes please!

Now that we're back from traveling to Orlando and South Carolina, we take this episode to continue chipping away at our questions. This week we're talking about how to make an effective proposal and giving some tips for eCommerce marketers. We're almost out of questions so make sure you send us some more. We're also looking for some advice and ideas on how to help NARJ get more exposure so send us those thoughts too! Quotes Talking Points Word Camp Philly June 7-8 - Let Chris know if you'll be there! Nicely Said by Nicole Fenton and Kate Kiefer Lee Joel's newly redesigned site Our April Statistics Roundup Send us your questions, advice, and ideas!

Welcome to our first ever NARJ Book Club! We decided to open this first one up for everyone to listen to, not just Mailing List subscribers. In this longer-than-usual episode we go over the great advice and writing contained in Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace's Creativity, Inc. If you haven't read it yet you definitely should! It's not just full of insightful business advice - it's also a great book to read for the story alone. Quotes Talking Points Creativity, Inc. Creativity, Inc. on Goodreads @msamywallce @edcatmull Suggest our next Book Club book!

This week we continue to chip away at those questions we have piled up. We discuss some of our strong opinions on things like MBAs and Pinterest for marketing and also go over the importance of writing and blogging can be for your career. In case you couldn't tell from this episode, we are great at quotable lines! Quotes Talking Points youmakemedia.com - Chris and Joel's old website Front End Orlando - Go watch Chris talk about Gulp! If you've got suggestions for our next book for the NARJ Book Club, send them in!

The talented filmmaker Benjamin Ahr Harrison joins us to talk about Kickstarter campaigns. He's got some great advice on how you should approach making your video for your campaign. No big budget required! Joel drinks some appropriately named Writer's Tears and we also talk about how videos can help your internet marketing outside of Kickstarter campaigns. Quotes Talking Points Amplitude Kickstarter Rob Thomas on Andrew Sullivan's "Ask Me Anything" discussing the Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter. Badcharacter - Benjamin's film production company Let's Drink About It - Banjamin's podcast Put This On - Web series Benjamin directs Hella Bitter @BenjaminAhr

Chris and Joel have a long backlog of questions to start working through stretching all the way back to April 9! We address the common concern of being 'obnoxious' when advertising or talking about your projects as well as some services to help with site analytics and distribution methods. Quotes Talking Points A Knight Adrift - Devin's project Google Analytics Buffer Social Gathering Just Unfollow @MagicRecs

Chris and a slightly tipsy Joel discuss burnout (yes, again). It's one of those topics that will probably keep coming up, so... that's exciting. Also on the docket: French whiskey, the prospect of outsourcing this podcast, and what to do you when your Kickstarter doesn't get funded. Oh, we also announce an exciting new NARJ venture: the Not a Real Job Book Club! Talking Points Hiring a virtual team member Want to work for us? Join Elance and check out the job post If you're reading this on Wednesday (30 April), Dudle's Kickstarter is still going on! Back it! Creativity, Inc. Sign up for our mailing list to join the Not a Real Job Book Club

Oz Hatke, creator of Düdle (the official party game of Not a Real Job) is here this week to chat about the game, the Kickstarter process, and really dirty martinis. Also, Düdle had an advert on MBMBaM, just like us! Go check it out. This week's show is sponsored by Proposify, which helps freelancers and agencies create, send and track better proposals helping you save hours off your proposal time and get faster sign-off in the browser. Talking Points Düdle Düdle on Kickstarter Oz's personal site