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Choosing The Right Freelancing Niche [audio]
- chris_hawk 9y agoHey! 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!
- zengid 9y agoWhat was the clunky scheduling software mentioned around 7:00?
- chris_hawk 9y agoIt 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!
- komali2 9y agoAny chance these podcasts are transcribed somewhere?
- SyneRyder 9y agoLooks 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-freelancing-niche/ http://www.100kfreelancing.com/0117-choosing-right-freelanci...
- chris_hawk 9y agoThanks, I was just coming in here to post this! Sometimes it takes me a day or two to get the transcripts up. I don't have them for every episode yet, as I just introduced the feature 3 or 4 episodes ago, but I'll have one up for this episode soon.
- chris_hawk 9y agoSyneRyder 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.
- komali2 9y agoI'm not a deaf programmer, but I know a surprising number of them! It's a pretty solid career choice for deaf people, considering 98% of the job is doable without being able to hear anything. Thanks for doing transcripts :)
- chris_hawk 9y agoYou know, I'm so dense sometimes. When I started doing transcripts, I was thinking "SEO", not "deaf people". Duh! >It's a pretty solid career choice for deaf people, considering 98% of the job is doable without being able to hear anything. Never thought of it that way before. I bet it makes open-plan offices tolerable, too. Hmm.
- derekja 9y agoI 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_hawk 9y agoNice 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 https://audio.simplecast.com/70348.mp3 Thanks for pointing that out, I would have missed it.
- tertius 9y agoFor those looking for the RSS to add to your podcast player. https://rss.simplecast.com/podcasts/2725/rss https://rss.simplecast.com/podcasts/2725/rss
- chris_hawk 9y agoThanks! I should probably share that more prominently on the website.
- rezzz-dev 9y agoGreat 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_hawk 9y ago10x is craaaaazy. I mean, unless you were only making like $500/month before. And I know that's not the case! :)