Being Freelance
By Steve Folland
Freelancing? Being boss of your own life and business can be tough and isolating. But it can also be totally rewarding. Pick up tips, advice and thoughts on how to make it as a freelancer, an entrepreneur, as the owner of your own business, by hearing other freelancers share their experience. Hosted by Steve Folland. Come join us in the Being Freelance Community - You're not alone being freelance. Not anymore. www.beingfreelance.com/community
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No Suit, No Broccoli: Escaping Corporate Life with André Spiteri
He was tired of the suit. The shaving. The being the grown up in the room telling people to eat their business broccoli. So André ditched his corporate law job in Malta, moved to London with no plan, and built a freelance writing business on his own … -
20 years freelancing as Ben The Illustrator
As Ben O'Brien marks 20 years freelancing as ‘Ben The Illustrator’, it’s time to find out how it's going. Since he was first on the podcast in 2018 a lot has happened for his freelancer business. Covid took away all his work overnight but he pivoted… -
Your Handy Dandy Brandy Gal: Hollie Arnett
New Zealand-based brand strategist and coach Hollie Arnett shares how she built two creative businesses, found her freelancing niche (then pivoted, multiple times), and kept showing up even through setbacks. Hollie's success as a freelancer owes a l… -
Collaborating, Not Competing - Jerel Ramsey’s Freelancer Story
Jerel, a freelance creative director from Trinidad and Tobago, shares how he turned his passion for design into Sola, a purpose-driven agency he runs with his wife. In a saturated market, they've built a business rooted in collaboration with other fr… -
Communications Specialist Dee Primett
Freelance communications specialist Dee Primett shares how she went from writing blog posts around her kids to running a thriving healthcare and tech content business. After a breast cancer diagnosis in 2022, Dee reshaped her lifestyle and work, bec… -
Using Creative Skills For Good - Conservation Illustrator Styngvi
Icelandic artist Stefán Yngvi Pétursson, also known as Styngvi, shares his journey from working in an ad agency to becoming a freelance conservation illustrator. Inspired by shocking pollution during a trip to Indonesia, Stefán decided to use his c… -
Freelance Freedom: How Rebecca Rosenberg Balances Work and Wanderlust
Freelancing is often quite a journey, and for content writer Rebecca it's not just metaphorical. Travelling the world whilst building a business. It's not just her locations she's got mapped out. Rebecca's strategic about her freelancing with quart… -
Animation Director Dave Anderson
What if you could steer your career as a freelancer in any direction? Being location independent, working from London, Lima and Barcelona. Swerving between animating and illustrating for some of the world’s biggest media outlets and leading podcast… -
Antisocial Socialite - Freelancer Yolanda Sissing
After a near-death experience with her family, Yolanda realised filling in KPI reports for her boss wasn't the life she wanted. Enter the world of freelancing. Now she's her own boss of Pink Leaf Social; a purpose driven social media marketer. Build… -
Illustrator Helen Ridley
Helen may have studied fashion illustration. But the idea of a career freelancing in it never occurred to her. So she waved goodbye to creativity and went to work for a decade in retail. It was the 2020 lockdown period that redrew her plans. Now He…
