Freelance: Can I REALLY Make It?

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Asking freelancers that use this as our only source of income hurts us so bad.  The same amount of time is required to do the job, but now you want it at a lower rate.  Th...

Never give up on your dreams! If what usually works stops working, take what you know and reinvent it... make it better... make it different so those who love and support what you do will continue to do so, with the same enthusiasm they had from day 1! Support the show

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you ever heard the saying "It's Business, Nothing Personal". If so, and if you believe that, you have been LIED TO!! It's ALWAYS Personal! Why...b...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Me being good at what I do is why you came to me, or hired me after I reached out to you. Don't penalize me for giving you what you wanted, if I exceeded your expecta...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contracts protect your intellectual property...your creations, and it protects you from people stealing your work, and making it theirs. Whatever profits they make off you...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Good Fast Cheap Triangle....clients want, but cannot have all 3....only 2. If they want something Good, and Fast, it will NOT be Cheap! If they want something Fast, an...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I HATE when a client wants to talk on the phone....because they ALWAYS want to negotiate for a better..."Low-Ball" deal.  SUCKS!  It's never because they wa...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A.I NEEDS us!  It absolutely does! Why? Because it cannot create without us teaching it how to create!  We show A.I what to do, and it follows suit....it goes off what we...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managing client expectations are KEY to your success as a freelancer. You have to know exactly what a client is seeking, in order for you to deliver successfully, avoiding...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No matter what the situation, do NOT let someone undervalue your worth...your time, your work! Whatever you do, no matter if it takes you minutes or hours, you took time.....

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It's almost like the stages of Grief....Denial, acceptance, anger, etc, right....but we're not grieving, we may just be stressing....for NOW!! BUT, that always p...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2023 is starting off pretty tight for many of us, but so have the previous years, and yet, WE ARE STILL HERE! No matter what you are dealing with right now, STAY IN THE FI...

Looking to support local small businesses....then you've come to the right place!  Here is the list!  All good people who need your support! Let's help make their 2023 GREAT!! Support the show

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No matter what your skillset is, no matter your level of natural talent, we ALL HAVE TO put in the Hours!! You have to stay consistent in your practice in order to become...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't make the mistake of setting your sight's too low.  Shoot for the moon.  If you miss, at least you'll be amongst the stars. NEVER limit yourself.  If y...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just because your work doesn't fit within a client's budget shouldn't mean you have to charge less.  Your client will just have to find another artist. And...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have you ever noticed when you finally get to that Ah-ha moment...that moment of clarity...that moment of peace when it comes to your business dealings? Nothing makes you...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It hurts you more than it helps you....PLEASE BELIEVE ME! It hurts us all...it hurts the industry as a whole! By working for free, to establish yourself...to build a name,...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The World LOVES and NEEDS media, but sometimes people think it's free, or that it magically appears! No, we have to put in HOURS to make it so....but because we'...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know about y'all, but I HATE the Process!  I am TIRED of the Process. The Process can sometimes steal your joy. I am in the Process of trying to find a w...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When we start a business, all we see is success.  But that's the EASY part.  I mean, you wouldn't be going into business to fail...but what happens when issues c...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is Absolutely Mind Boggling that Racism EVER existed....and STILL exists in 2022!! C'mon mannn, for REAL!? Racism in the workplace...career ending, yet STUPID raci...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EVERYBODY goes through an Ugly Stage! Weather it be with hair style changes, clothing changes, or even changes from a teen to a young adult. We all go through it, especial...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What puts you in a creative mindset?   What environment is right to make you wanna get down to serious business? Do you like it loud, tv on, music on, people around you? M...

If you wish to advertise your business on my podcast, please contact me at ahmed@arobersonphoto.com to discuss your ad, and rates. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You ever come across someone who finds out you work from home, and think's you sit back chillin' all day, so they ask you to run errands or do favors for them......