The Freelance Lifestyle Blog

Your hub of practical tips and advice to live your best freelance life, from bite-sized promotion tasks, to working from home wisdom!

The Freelance Lifestyle Blog

Your hub of practical tips and advice to live your best freelance life, from bite-sized promotion tasks, to working from home wisdom!

Black Friday: Top Tips to Maximise Your Money

Black Friday: Top Tips to Maximise Your Money

'IT'S BLACK FRIDAY! HURRY! THERE WILL NEVER BE AN OFFER LIKE THIS ONE EVER EVER AGAIN!' 'THIS IS YOUR ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY!' 'WE DID NOT DO THIS SAME OFFER LAST MONTH!' I don't know about you but Black Friday seems to be getting longer and longer but also...

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Let’s Talk About Money.

Let’s Talk About Money.

It’s the basics. It’s the savings, it’s the budgeting. It’s like, you’re not bad at these things. It helps to figure out how to do it in a way that works for you. Some people like a spreadsheet. Some  people like a budgeting app. Some people like good old pen and paper. 

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Do you have a sustainable website?

Do you have a sustainable website?

Sometimes, I come away from recording a podcast episode with a long list of things to do. This was one of those episodes! Molly Scanlan joined me this week to chat about sustainability, our online carbon use and small tweaks we can do to improve our business online in...

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Moving from Teachable to Podia

Moving from Teachable to Podia

Bit of a niche behind the scenes episode for you this week! I recently moved all of my courses from Teachable to Podia. In this episode I explain why and how!   Where you can find the podcast: Apple Podcasts:...

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Pitch Tips

Organise a ‘drop-in’ session in a coffee shop, where people can get 10-15 minute consultations, in exchange for the price of a coffee.
Find a Twitter chat for your area or industry and get involved!
Jump on Instagram Stories and record an introduction story to add to your Highlights.
Share a testimonial on your social media channels.
Ask for testimonials from clients, either with an e-mail template or through LinkedIn.
Update your Google My Business listing, and download the My Business app to update it regularly.
Ask your clients to review your business on Google My Business.
Share a ‘thought-leadership’ post on LinkedIn. More eyes on your content, more eyes on your profile!
Make a note of all the promotion days in the Facebook groups you’re in, and create an eye-catching graphic or photo for them.
Offer to add clients to a monthly newsletter where you update on news relevant to them (and the services you have that can help them with it!).
Offer clients and past clients a referral bonus. This could be a £10 Amazon card, a complimentary hour of your services or a small % off their next invoice.
Pitch yourself to podcasts as a guest.
Write a list of 10 companies you’d love to work with, and follow them on social media. Interact! Build a relationship. Then pitch.
Follow the #journorequest on Twitter for PR opportunities.

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