The Freelancers' Show

Guest, Marc Summe shares the ins and outs of building a company from the ground up, especially as it relates to SAS products. As developers, we are not always trained on how to do startups - so check out this very informative episode of The Freelancers Show. Panelists Charles Max WoodBrad Large Guest Marc Summe Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancingCacheFly Picks Charles Max Wood: togglThe Obstacle is the Way12 Week YearReady Fire AimAutomatic Customer Brad Large: Swagtron Balance BikeObviously AwesomeThe New & Faster Way To Teach Your Child How To Ride A Bike Marc Summe: High Output Management Follow on Social Media: The Freelancers Show: @freelancershow

Jim Huffman, Petra Manos, and Joel Schaubert discuss how they've handled downturns in business due to Coronavirus and how they've been able to turn them around. Jim's company focuses on conversion rate optimization. Jim's company was growing and hiring until Coronavirus hit in March. Petra discusses her similar experience with clients cutting costs. They discuss how they did the work to turn things around. Panelists Petra ManosJoel Schaubert Guest Jim Huffman Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancingCacheFly Links The Hardest Day of My CareerJim HuffmanGrowthHitTwitter Jim Huffman: @JimWHuffman Picks Joel Schaubert: Jazzadvice Music Timing Jim Huffman: Masterclass Petra Manos: Chris Mann YouTubeAuto Screen Capture Follow on Social Media: The Freelancers Show: @freelancershowPetra Manos: @PetraManos

React Native Remote ConfJuly 28th to 31th Will Gant, author of [Remote Work](https://amzn.to/31ibPJ3) joins the panel to talk about working from home and working outside of the client's office. He and the panel share their experience with working through the challenges, benefits, and methods of working remotely. Panelists Brad Large Petra Manos Joel Schaubert Charles Max Wood Guest Will Gant Sponsors Cloudways | Use promo code "DEVCHAT" for 30% off for 3 months on all plansCacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Links Twitter, Square Announce Work From Home Forever Option: What Are The Risks? Picks Joel Schaubert: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Brad Large: LINPOZONE Forearm Trainer RingsAmazonBasics Guitar Capo Petra Manos: 72 Dangerous Animals72 Dangerous Animals Asia Charles Max Wood: https://podcastplaybook.co/Autonomous DeskHerman M

React Native Remote ConfJuly 28th to 31th How to get started in YouTube for an absolute beginner. John lays out a path from picking a topic, to editing, to promoting your YouTube content.. Panelists Brad Large Petra Manos Joel Schaubert Charles Max Wood Guest John Sonmez Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancingCacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Links TechLead YoutubeBradley Large YoutubeBulldog Mindset Youtubebulldogmindset.com Picks Joel Schaubert: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Brad Large: Daily StoicThe Unbranded BrandSalesforce Essentials Setup: Cool Guided Learning PopupSalesforce Essentials vs Professional Petra Manos: OversubscribedOversubscribed Amazon Charles Max Wood: Nikon D5600TeleprompterCourse Creator Pro John Sonmez: Moral Letters to LuciliusMy Big Toe Follow on Social Media: The Freelancers Show: @freelancersho

Petra has been working to get blog traffic growth through the traditional social media and email marketing. She tried out promoting her blog posts with Google display ads and retargeting them to get them to come back. She outlines the details in a blog post and then walked the panel through her process. Panelists Brad Large Petra Manos Joel Schaubert Charles Max Wood Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancingCacheFly   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Links Petra's BlogGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Marketing Platform Tag Manager Picks Joel Schaubert: Vue.jsTwin Cities Sailing Club Brad Large: Darn Tough SocksJustinGuitar Petra Manos: removebg Charles Max Wood: One Funnel AwayTraffic SecretsDotcom SecretsExpert Secrets Follow on Social Media: The Freelancers Show: @freelancershow Petra Manos: @PetraManos

Italina Kirknis has been running a social media management company for the last 8 years. She talks to the panel about how to frame the conversation, how to be vulnerable, and how to increase your reach and stay relevant on social media. Panelists Brad Large Petra Manos Joel Schaubert Guest Italina Kirknis Sponsors Cloudways | Use promo code "DEVCHAT" for 30% off for 3 months on all plansCacheFly   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Links Italina Kirknis on Instagram: @ItalinkaKItalina Image Facebook Picks Petra Manos: bannersnack Brad Large: MeetEdgar Italina Kirknis: Kangen Water Filter Joel Schaubert: https://devchat.tv/conferences/ Follow on Social Media: The Freelancers Show: @freelancershow Petra Manos: @PetraManos

Tess Ball is an expert in marketing for small businesses. She walks the panel through doing content, social media, and other types of marketing and how to build relationships that will ultimately lead to business. Panelists Brad Large Charles Max Wood Joel Schaubert Guest Tess Ball Sponsors Study Web Development | Get 20% off "The Complete Freelancing Bundle" with promocode DEVCHATCacheFly   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Picks Brad Large: WordPress Course Joel Schaubert: Pivot CyclesHeart Driven Business Academy Charles Max Wood: Codineer Rytis Lauris: tesslorraine.comAlitu

Rytis Lauris joins the panelists of The Freelancers Show to discuss the use of automation tools that can personalize your contact with visitors on your website. Panelists Brad Large Charles Max Wood Petra Manos Joel Schaubert Guest Rytis Lauris Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancingLessAccounting | An easy to use software plus a bookkeeping service done by a real humanCacheFly   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Links Leadfeeder Picks Brad Large: TrollbergetBekant Petra Manos: Google Ads Tips Joel Schaubert: Create a system restore point Control panel -> system -> System Protection -> Protection ON for your C drive Charles Max Wood: Tiny PNGMy Podcast playbookCodineerhttp://remoteconferenceplaybook.com/ Rytis Lauris: Comfortable Working Environment!

Paul Kogan from LessAccounting joins the Freelancers' Show panel this week to discuss bookkeeping and finances. They discuss bookkeeping, hiring a bookkeeper, what to look for in your finances, taxes, and much more... Panelists Brad Large Charles Max Wood Petra Manos Joel Schaubert Guest Paul Kogan Sponsors Cloudways | Use promo code "DEVCHAT" for 30% off for 3 months on all plansSpringboard | 20, $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "DASPRINGBOARD"CacheFly   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Picks Joel Schaubert: MantisHubMusescore Brad Large: Neewer Lighting KitUltimate Guitar Petra Manos: Qwilr Charles Max Wood: Less AccountingDevchat Conferences Paul Kogan: NotionZapier

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 13th to 15th - register now! Scott Jones is the author of The Free Agent Mindset. He talks us through building a list of your skills and building a brand to find clients if you've been laid off and decide to go freelance. We also go into other strategies behind building up your new freelance practice. Panelists Brad Large Charles Max Wood Petra Manos Brooks Forsyth Panelists Scott Jones Sponsors Springboard | 20, $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "DASPRINGBOARD"LessAccounting | An easy to use software plus a bookkeeping service done by a real humanCacheFly   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Links BNI Picks Brooks Forsyth: Pokemon GO Petra Manos: From Single to Scale Brad Large: Pray or meditate before and after work sessions. Try to put some mental space between your work and personal lif

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 13th to 15th - register now! The panelists discuss different business approaches for freelancing, and how moving from a model where most of your time is spent implementing for clients into a model where most of your time is spent marketing your business has pros and cons and unexpected challenges. Panelists Brad Large Joel Schaubert Petra Manos Brooks Forsyth Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancingLessAccounting | An easy to use software plus a bookkeeping service done by a real humanSpringboard | 20, $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "DASPRINGBOARD"CacheFly   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Picks Brad Large: Kai Davis: LinkedIn Lead GenerationDux-SoupThnks Petra Manos: SmarterQueue Joel Schaubert: Tennis Brooks Forsyth: Wes Tank Fox in Sox

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 13th to 15th - register now! Petra, Joel, and Charles talk about how to get started with and succeed at working from home. All three are veterans of working from home and explain the things that will help you make it work and the things that will make it hard. Panelists Joel Schaubert Petra Manos Charles Max Wood Sponsors Cloudways | Use promo code "DEVCHAT" for 30% off for 3 months on all plansSpringboard | 20, $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "DASPRINGBOARD"CacheFly   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Picks Petra Manos: Canva Joel Schaubert: E-Myth Revisited Charles Max Wood: Devchat.tv/hustleSelf Publishing SchoolCourse Creator Pro

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 13th to 15th - register now! Petra starts us out talking about some of the clients she has that have needed to pause their work with her. The panel brainstorms on ideas that for dealing with unexpected slowdowns as Petra discusses her approaches to things showing down. Panelists Joel Schaubert Petra Manos Brooks Forsyth Charles Max Wood Brad Large Sponsors Springboard | 20, $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "DASPRINGBOARD"LessAccounting | An easy to use software plus a bookkeeping service done by a real humanCacheFly   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! Picks Petra Manos: Where's Waldo Coronavirus Edition Joel Schaubert: My Corona SongFreshBooks Brooks Forsyth: RescueTimePaper Dolls by Cory Charles Max Wood: Devchat ConferencesCashflow Quadrant Brad Large: Stripe.comBluehostKai Davis

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Scott Heiser joins the panel to talk about healthcare hacks for freelancers. We start out joking about the COVID-19 quarantine situation. Healthcare and health insurance turns out to be a major headache for freelancers because it's usually tied to employment. ObamaCare got mentioned and discussed. Petra chimes in with the situation in Australia. Listen in to learn how you can make freelancing less painful on this particular front. Panelists Joel Schaubert Petra Manos Brooks Forsyth Charles Max Wood Guest Scott Heiser Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancingLessAccounting | An easy to use software plus a bookkeeping service done by a real humanSpringboard | 20, $500 Scholarship Available for Candidates who Apply with Code "DASPRINGBOARD"CacheFly   "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today!   Links He

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 14th to 15th - register now! This week's guest of The Freelancers' Show, Will Bunker has had a long career in programming and has moved several times between freelancing and full time work. We discuss how he finds clients, his strategy for getting referrals, and how he spots what the next 5-7 year wave of popular technology will be and how he prepares for it. We also discussed a non-niche approach to being a freelancer and what kind of person might enjoy that and how to be successful at it. Panelists Brooks Forsyth Petra Manos Joel Schaubert Guest Will Bunker Sponsors Cloudways | Use promo code "DEVCHAT" for 30% off for 3 months on all plansLessAccounting | An easy to use software plus a bookkeeping service done by a real humanSpringboard | Promo code "JABBER" gives $500 off the job-guaranteed CourseCacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Cha

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020May 14th to 15th - register now! Marc Summe and the freelancing panel discuss the ins and outs of tracking time and billing for your time. Time tracking seems deceptively simple, but it gets complicated when you actually try to do it. You also have to decide what you are tracking time for and billing for and how to get your timesheet transferred to an invoice. This episode will answers all your questions about how to track your time and get paid for it. Panelists Brad Large Brooks Forsyth Petra Manos Charles Max Wood Guest Marc Summe Sponsors LessAccounting | An easy to use software plus a bookkeeping service done by a real humanCacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links ClockifyHubstaffTimeFlipXeroMYOBFre

Mike Volkin joins the panel to discuss the pros and cons to hourly billing. The panel discusses their challenges with value based and fixed-price pricing and get recommendations from Mike and the rest of the panel. Panelists Brad Large Brooks Forsyth Petra Manos Charles Max Wood Guest Mike Volkin Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancingLessAccounting | An easy to use software plus a bookkeeping service done by a real humanSentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links The Freelancers' Show 109 - How to Determine Value and Set Pricing with Kirk Bowman Picks Brad Large: The 4-Hour BodyAssault Airbike ClassicTiwal 3 Small Sailboat Brooks Forsyth: StackShare Petra Manos: Japa

This episode Brad, Chuck and Brooks go over what it looks like getting a podcast started for lead gen. everything from positioning strategy to tactics and hosting this is a great overview on podcasting basics. Panelists Brad Large Brooks Forsyth Charles Max Wood Sponsors Cloudways | Use promo code "DEVCHAT" for 30% off for 3 months on all plansSentry | Use the code “devchat” for $100 credit CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Picks Brooks Forsyth: Vikings Brad Large: PowerPressBrad's Intro Music Charles Max Wood: ATR2100 MicrophoneBuzzsproutDevchat Workshops

Petra Manos joins the Freelancers' Show to talk about hiring and managing remote workers and subcontractors. Petra runs a consultancy that manages Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, and Google Ads. She hires and manages people to help manage the workload for her clients. Chuck has also hired VA's. The panel dives into the ins-and-outs of growing teams, hiring consultants, and working with people who don't necessarily start out with the skills you need. Panelists Brad Large Brooks Forsyth Charles Max Wood Guest Petra Manos Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancingSentry Use code "devchat" for $100 credit CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links The Mythical Man-MonthOnlineJobsSweetProcessTrainualClockworkUpwork Picks Brad Lar

Creative visualization can help reduce stress, envision possibilities, and stay motivated. Mike Volkin talks us about how he's upped his game in several facets of life by practicing creative visualization and meditation. Panelists Brad Large Brooks Forsyth Charles Max Wood Guest Mike Volkin Sponsors Cloudways Use Promo code "DEVCHAT" for 30% off for 3 months on all plans Sentry Use code "devchat" for $100 credit CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links The Power of NeurplasticityMikevolkin.comFreelancer Masterclass Picks Brad Large: Thinking Fast and Slow Brooks Forsyth: HammerspoonKarabiner Charles Max Wood: Breaking The Habit of Being YourselfClean Coders PodcastDevchat.tv Workshops Mike Volkin: The SecretJoe Dispenza