Choosing The Right Freelancing Niche [audio] (opens in new tab)

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70 pointschris_hawk8y ago15 comments

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Hey! Interviewer here. This is my recent talk with Connie Holen, who is kind of a badass - how many web designers do you know who are former fighter pilots? O_O

Anyway. Connie is pretty cool and she figured out some useful things about running a freelancing/consulting biz. If you want to chat about the episode or have any questions, I'll be around.

Hope you find this useful. Thanks!

derekja8y ago

I really wanted to subscribe to this podcast in my RSS reader, it was a nice episode! Unfortunately, I could find no way to download the audio and my usual use of podcasts is to listen during a commute when I have unreliable internet. Without the ability to download it is unlikely I will continue to listen. There's even a link on the 100kfreelancing site that says "download mp3" but it doesn't work and just links again to the streaming web player.

chris_hawkOP8y ago

Nice catch! I fat-fingered the download link.

It's been fixed now, feel free to download. If you want to save the click of going to 100kfreelancing.com first, here it is:

https://audio.simplecast.com/70348.mp3

Thanks for pointing that out, I would have missed it.

komali28y ago

Any chance these podcasts are transcribed somewhere?

SyneRyder8y ago

Looks like it isn't online for this episode yet, but usually Chris has full transcripts on the 100kfreelancing.com website. It'll probably appear here when it's ready:

http://www.100kfreelancing.com/0117-choosing-right-freelanci...

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chris_hawkOP8y ago

SyneRyder answered for me, so I'll just say "thanks for asking"! Sometimes I wonder if anyone is actually reading those things, and now I know.

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zengid8y ago

What was the clunky scheduling software mentioned around 7:00?

chris_hawkOP8y ago

It rhymes with SchmindSchbody.

It's not a bad system, I actually like it quite a bit, BUT...it has some definite pain-points associated with using it!

tertius8y ago

For those looking for the RSS to add to your podcast player.

https://rss.simplecast.com/podcasts/2725/rss

chris_hawkOP8y ago

Thanks! I should probably share that more prominently on the website.

rezzz-dev8y ago

Great episode! I know that when I focused my business and really only targeted one kind of client, my revenue went up.

My monthly recurring revenue 10X in just 6 months.

chris_hawkOP8y ago

10x is craaaaazy. I mean, unless you were only making like $500/month before. And I know that's not the case! :)

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15 comments

chris_hawkOP8y ago

Hey! Interviewer here. This is my recent talk with Connie Holen, who is kind of a badass - how many web designers do you know who are former fighter pilots? O_O

Anyway. Connie is pretty cool and she figured out some useful things about running a freelancing/consulting biz. If you want to chat about the episode or have any questions, I'll be around.

Hope you find this useful. Thanks!

derekja8y ago

chris_hawkOP8y ago

Nice catch! I fat-fingered the download link.

It's been fixed now, feel free to download. If you want to save the click of going to 100kfreelancing.com first, here it is:

https://audio.simplecast.com/70348.mp3

Thanks for pointing that out, I would have missed it.

komali28y ago

Any chance these podcasts are transcribed somewhere?

SyneRyder8y ago

Looks like it isn't online for this episode yet, but usually Chris has full transcripts on the 100kfreelancing.com website. It'll probably appear here when it's ready:

http://www.100kfreelancing.com/0117-choosing-right-freelanci...

1 more reply

chris_hawkOP8y ago

SyneRyder answered for me, so I'll just say "thanks for asking"! Sometimes I wonder if anyone is actually reading those things, and now I know.

1 more reply

zengid8y ago

What was the clunky scheduling software mentioned around 7:00?

chris_hawkOP8y ago

It rhymes with SchmindSchbody.

It's not a bad system, I actually like it quite a bit, BUT...it has some definite pain-points associated with using it!

tertius8y ago

For those looking for the RSS to add to your podcast player.

https://rss.simplecast.com/podcasts/2725/rss

chris_hawkOP8y ago

Thanks! I should probably share that more prominently on the website.

rezzz-dev8y ago

Great episode! I know that when I focused my business and really only targeted one kind of client, my revenue went up.

My monthly recurring revenue 10X in just 6 months.

chris_hawkOP8y ago

10x is craaaaazy. I mean, unless you were only making like $500/month before. And I know that's not the case! :)

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