So what happens when you stop networking? …Isn’t it obvious? It should’ve been obvious to me – the guy who wrote a book about networking in a non-salesy way. And yet, here I am. It’s scary how many stories I’m hearing/reading of freelancers who are struggling right now. Some are fine. Some are unaffected – even thriving. But I’m seeing more and more admitting that they’re struggling. Even people who I thought were absolutely fine…
A few weeks back, I did my first Anti-Sell talk in a long while. It was for The Indie List, a freelance marketplace site in Ireland. I wanted to mention it and share it on here because it covered a lot of ground – not just what’s in the book, but also some stuff that only appears on this blog, and also I believe some other stuff that doesn’t appear in either. So if you…
CW: Sweary (if the title didn’t give it away). In a past life, I was a singer-songwriter. October 2006. I was starting my third year at Lancaster University (OMG, nearly 20 years ago… 👴) when me and my backing band were asked to be one of the acts at an event that welcomed some of the freshers. For some of them, it was literally the day they arrived and their first night there – I’d…
In March 2019, I self-published Anti-Sell. Despite great reviews – as I post this it’s 4.6 on Amazon, 4.2 on Goodreads, 4.9(!) on Audible – the cover has always been a talking point. And sadly, not always positively. There were reasons why I went for the cover I did, which I talked about in more detail here. Long story short, it was never intended to be in paperback format, so the cover was made in…
There’s two things I don’t like when it comes to business advice: 1) wishy-washy advice, and 2) clickbaity titles. …Aaand this post has both! 😂 Sorry. On the plus side, I’ll get straight to the point with what the actual advice is. Your superpower… 🦸♀️ There’s something I think a lot of freelancers are guilty of (myself included, especially years ago) that – with a little change – could make a big difference in how…
