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…
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…
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…
I published Anti-Sell back in 2019 – but occasionally I’ll randomly remember an old memory that could’ve been a chapter in the book if I’d remembered it at the time. It’s happened a fair few times now: when I remembered the time I tried to hard-sell someone, and – more recently – when a guy full-on angry-shouted at me at the first ever business networking event I went to. I’ve just remembered another one: the…
Back in February I tweeted to say I would blog about being ghosted: My next Anti-Sell post is going to be about ghosting. 👻 Nearly 10 years into my freelancing career & I just experienced my most brutal ghosting yet, & from the last people I expected, too. I’ll tell the story + share my ghosting experiences over the years. Coming soon! 👀 — Steve Morgan 📗 (@steviephil) February 28, 2023 Then… Many months later…
