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I grew my creative agency through trauma and toil. No mentor. No online courses. Just me trying to figure it out. Fortunately I made more right decisions than wrong and I sold my successful agency in 2015. In 2018, after billing more than $30,000,000, I left my agency to fulfill my true passion. I want to be the creative mentor I always wished I’d had. I’m sharing every system, process, template and strategy that led to my success to help you in your journey as a freelancer or agency owner. Learn more about my journey.
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The Fearful Freelancer: 05 Mindset Tips to Help Your Business Grow When I embarked on my freelancing journey in 2002, I was gripped by fear. My wife was not employed at the time, we had two children, and the weight of a California-sized mortgage payment loomed over me. The overwhelming…
Is An Email a Legally Binding Agreement? – Avoid the Deadly “No Contract” Mistake Some clients have ants in their pants. You have your first meeting with a prospective client…you know the one where you think you are qualifying the client BUT they think they are kicking off the project….
How to Make Your Price Seem Small – Price Anchoring Scripts Price anchoring refers to the tendency people have to use the first price presented to make subsequent judgments about the size of other prices. In the example below you see three cars advertised. The Audi is $48,99, the Buick…
The Client Won’t Reply – Email This The project was going smoothly, and then, all of a sudden, a day goes by with no response. One quiet day turns into two, then five, then two weeks, and no response to your check-ins. If you work in the creative industry long…
The 10 Minute Project Update Email That Will Spare You (and Your Client) Emotional Agony Transitioning out of the day to day operations of my agency was a scary step. What will the clients think? How I will make sure they are confident that my team is on top of…
The Project Is Ending and the Client Wants More Changes – Help! You’ve been working on a project and the client keeps asking for more and more changes. They have exceeded the number of rounds you included in your agreement and you need to push back and start charging more for…
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