Freelance to Freedom: Freelancing Strategies to Get More Clients and Build Financial Freedom

Julie Bee has a few businesses: a social media marketing agency (15 years in 2023), consulting/coaching & speaking, and her media company. Whew! What’s amazing is that she has learned how to grow her businesses to the point that she has almost completely removed herself from her social media marketing agency. This is a great episode for multi-preneurs who want to learn how to juggle and handle...

This is an interview not to be missed! Mary Beth MacKenzie and her daughter, Kimberly, share their knowledge on how to make a million dollar business work. They provide insights on creating sustainable businesses and unique marketing strategies, including why popping into someone’s mailbox year after year can reap a multitude of benefits.  Mary Beth MacKenzie is an artist who quit her job as a gra...

Ever seen those ads about how you can sell on Amazon and make a living? How does it work? Kristin has created a 7-figure business from selling “wholesale bundles” on Amazon. Kristin’s journey to this place is quite incredible. It involves starting on Etsy, losing money through an embezzlement with a shady business partner, and having to start over completely from scratch and hitting rock bottom wi...

Fabienne Fredrickson is a beloved mentor to thousands of women in business and it’s easy to see why in this interview. Her philosophy of “What got you here, won’t get you there,” resounds throughout the conversation as she gives advice on how to create content that can be recycled, shifting your business model, and how you can have it all. Her drive to make sure women live their best life is inspi...

How do you take a successful business, shut it down, but retain the team you had and transition them to create something new out of the ashes? Kiley Peters goes into her advice, strategies, and tools needed to winding down a business and launching a new one: Rayne IX. Hint: scalable systems goes into this. Kiley Peters is on a mission to help 1 million women achieve financial freedom and build mor...

Sarah Masci was one of the OGs when it comes to providing Day Rates or VIP Days. She stumbled into it by accident, after a client asked her for so many edits to her webpage that Sarah became overwhelmed. She wanted to help, but couldn’t figure out how. That’s when her Eureka moment came in the form of providing a Day Rate option. She went from a life of too many clients and stress to a life of eas...

Looking to hire as you grow your business? Meg Carpenter's advice is rock solid. She goes into hiring from desperation, contractors vs. employees and how to hire both effectively and knowing your core values helps you choose the right fits for your team. Meg Carpenter is CEO and Co-Founder of FiComm Partners, an award-winning integrated marketing firm, focused on the independent wealth manage...

One fun fact about Lacey you'll learn when you listen to this interview? Lacey completely changed her industry when she began charging commission for her client's success. However, when you think about it, it makes sense! As a business mentor and success coach, Lacey propels others to achieve new levels with her signature Mindset, Strategy, and Execution Framework. Lacey Sites is a busin...

Are you looking for an inspiring story of a woman who moved to Canada with only $1000 and the drive to succeed? Esther's one mission in life was to be a millionaire and nothing was going to stop her, not  even the recession from 1989-1990. Esther started her journey to her goal working at a coffee shop where she taught herself English. Before long, she was running a show room in the fashion i...

Ryann Dowdy is the CEO and Founder of Be in the Room. She's built multiple 7-figure businesses and has helped hundreds of women do the same.  Women have been drawn to her programs not only for her incredible expertise but also for the community and connection opportunities they find themselves missing in their everyday lives.  Today, her focus is on conscious leadership and helping women thro...

Jess Glazer DeRose turned her "side hustle" into a multimillion-dollar business within 18 months. Since then, she has been traveling in her RV, teaching others how to take their expertise and make it into a profitable online business. This includes a 90-day mentorship, self-study courses, a mastermind and 1:1 coaching. Her empire has helped others generate over $20 million in revenue, wi...

Lindsey Slaby is the founder of Sunday Dinner, a brand strategy consultancy that helps marketers re-imagine their marketing organization, agency models, and overall comms strategy. She has recently been recognized by Ad Age as 40 under 40 for 2020. Often dubbed a CMO whisperer, her work helps executive clients stay closely connected to new ways of innovative collaboration and have a finger on the...

Laura supports impact-driven women who are service-based professionals and business owners who break through the threshold they keep hitting so that they feel amplified, and expansive and make lots of money doing what sets their souls on fire. Laura is not a life coach. She is a brass tacks business coach. Laura helps brilliant-minded women who have amazing services to give to the world understand...

Tara Mullarkey went from being raised by a single mom, leaving corporate with no job prospects, to building a multi-million dollar online business.  Back in New York City, Tara underwrote, sold, and managed over $500 million in highly leveraged loans in the corporate finance sector, and worked for the largest hedge fund in the world as well as a Fortune 50 company.  After retiring from Wall Street...

With more than forty years of business, marketing, sales, and management experience, Ann now coaches hundreds of coaches, consultants, and entrepreneurs in more than forty different industries.  She built and sold 5 successful businesses and knows what it takes to succeed in all areas of business.  Today she has a passion to help others take their success to higher levels.  Notable moments:  02:37...

Mané Bailey is an immigrant entrepreneur, public speaker, and advocate for women in business. She is a business consultant and marketing strategist of 11+ years turned agency owner. She now owns 4 boutique agencies focused on business consulting, influencer marketing, and creative services and managing an international team of 20. Mané is proud to act as a bridge and marry the fundamentals of trad...

Gaby Israel Grinberg is the Founder and Chief Experience Officer at Proofpoint Marketing, which she started alongside her husband Mike, following the premature birth of their daughter Lana, as a way to build a People-First company that met their needs, both financially and professionally.  Proofpoint Marketing helps you acquire the right customers by building relationships at scale. Build trust an...

Corey Walker is the co-author of Instagram for Dummies, and Instagram for Business for Dummies, a how-to guide for using Instagram to market your business. She is also the owner of The Marketing Specialist, a digital marketing agency in El Dorado Hills, California. Corey works with several clients to produce social media strategies, including creating graphics and written content, advising on vide...

In 2015 Krystyna a single parent, Hypnotherapist, and executive coach decided that to demonstrate her skills to others and boost her business, she first needed to challenge herself, to tackle her own limiting beliefs. Already qualified in hypnotherapy she decided to become a stage hypnotist, with the aim of speaking in front of as many people as possible.  Armed with a killer USP (Hypnodog) Krysty...

Suzanne Breistol brings a unique perspective to building your career and leading others in the workplace, with analogies to personal dating, relationships, and breakups. Growing up entering the workforce by request at 13 and at twenty, starting her professional career in small-town America with no set plan, she first-hand can share with others how both personal and professional self-discovery open...

Shannon Mattern is the founder of the Web Designer Academy where she’s helped hundreds of web designers create profitable, sustainable web design businesses using her proven frameworks, systems, and strategies. She’s also the host of the Profitable Web Designer podcast, your go-to resource for no-fluff, all-heart marketing, mindset, money, management, and mentorship so you can create freedom, flex...

Victoria M. Gallagher is a worldwide leader in Hypnotherapy, a best-selling author, an international speaker, a life success coach, and a renowned authority on the Law of Attraction.  She has dedicated her life to empowering people all over the world to successfully live a life of liberty, aligned with their dreams through her effective meditative recordings and online courses. Through her podcast...

In her 20+ year career, Stephanie Bogan has authored The Power of Practice Management (Bloomberg Press), written columns for Investment News and Financial Planning magazine as well as articles for Kitces.com, FA Magazine, and Advisor Perspectives has been named an Industry Influential, spoken at nearly every major conference and remains a highly sought-after speaker, business strategist, and execu...

Lauren Golden is an award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author, speaker, and coach whose mission is to help one million women take their next step of courageous action. From an overwhelmed mom with loads of personal debt to a multi-million-dollar lifestyle entrepreneur, Lauren’s own transparency and resilience have inspired women worldwide and helped them pursue a totally awesome life, one st...

Lisa Phillips is an International Bestselling Author, Real Estate Investor, and the founder of Affordable Real Estate Investments. Lisa helps Black professionals with middle-income jobs understand how to buy and rent out homes whose value has sunk to under $30,000, typically in majority Black and Brown neighborhoods. Lisa's clients are putting money back into their communities, which brings u...