Charge for Your Value in Creative Work, Not Just Your Time
A curated collection meant to challenge assumptions and encourage new perspectives in creative entrepreneurship
Transformation can happen over the course of a lifetime and in a snapshot. Add a dose of accelerant to your growing business by checking out these posts.
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Posts anchored in research, community and client insights, and personal experiences as a business owner
If you’re looking for micro nuggets of wisdom, articles to help you gain new insights and perspectives, and concrete questions to help you move forward in your business, you’re in the right place.
Here, you’ll find info to help you develop your skills as a freelancer and business owner in the outdoors industry as well as the mindsets required to deal with the risks, challenges, and rewards associated with running your own business.
On the blog, we cover the nitty gritty of entrepreneurship like thinking through who your ideal client is, how to pitch to them, building your pricing structure and thinking strategically about the services that you offer. And you’ll also be encouraged to think about your vision, values, purpose, and passion to ensure that you’re continuing to build your business that fuels your life, not someone else’s.
Charge for Your Value in Creative Work, Not Just Your Time
In this episode we chat about: Cole's journey from video production hobbyist to full-time business owner, pricing philosophy and more
How to Ensure Right-Fit Clients for your Freelance Business (and Avoid the Bad Ones)
Let's talk about how to navigate client selection so you end up with a roster of clients you're genuinely excited about.
3 Reminders for Freelancers Who Want to Build More Trust with Potential Clients
There’s a bias against freelancers. Brands can assume that they’re flaky, unreliable, don’t meet expectations, or need too much managing.
How to Deal with Money as a Freelancer: Pitching, Rates, Transparency + More
Listen into this episode of Backcountry Marketing, where we cover paradigms of money and how freelancers struggle with this.