Podcasts about freelance transformation

  On today’s episode I’ve got serial entrepreneur and badass business owner, Matt Inglot.   Matt owns several businesses, including Freelance Transformation that helps freelancers become more successful, and Tilted Pixel, his agency that helps grow membership website companies.   I met Matt years ago when he invited me on his podcast and we’ve stayed in touch since just because we are so aligned in our philosophy on business, and because he was also solely focused on helping service businesses grow for the longest time.   We talk about the importance of iteration and of taking the opportunity with every client, every project, to take what you’ve learned and do it better next time, so you can raise the value–and the price–of your services.   We also talk about how Matt found his niche with membership businesses and how he grew his skill set so that he could grow his offerings and his business.   You’ll never get it perfect on the first try, but if you take each experience and learn from it, you can build a REALLY BOSS business pretty quickly.   Tune into this episode to hear: Matt’s evolution from agency to product business back to agency, and why he made the shifts that he did The surprising math behind membership pricing models The hard truth about moving from service business to passive income business, what it takes to succeed, and why it can feel like an interest-free loan to your future self How over-the-top marketing messaging is messing with our brains   Learn more about Matt Inglot: Tilted Pixel Freelance Transformation Twitter: @mattinglot Connect with Matt on LinkedIn   Learn more about Pia: No BS Agency Owners Free Facebook Group The Show Your Business Who's Boss Crash Course Start reading the first chapter of my book Piasilva.com   Resources: Freelance Transformation Podcast Ep 113: From Failure to $500,000 in Client Work with Pia Silva  

Learn about how you can build your WordPress LMS freelance business transformation with Matt Inglot in this episode of the LMScast podcast hosted by Chris Badgett of LifterLMS. Matt shares his experience building websites for clients, and what it was like to move from brochure and marketing websites to building out specialized sites for memberships, e-commerce, and courses. Matt is from the podcast Freelance Transformation where he helps freelancers find higher paying clients and projects while removing the stress from the process. If you build websites as a service, Matt’s podcast is one to follow. Building sites for clients is … Your WordPress LMS Freelance Business Transformation with Matt Inglot Read More » The post Your WordPress LMS Freelance Business Transformation with Matt Inglot appeared first on LMScast - LifterLMS Podcast.

This week’s show is all about Lifestyle Balance, featuring Matt Inglot, host of podcast “Freelance Transformation”, and freelance expert and Watchdog Sue McConnell, president of the Cleveland BBB who tells us what scams to beware of in the freelance world.

Matt Inglot was following the hustler's path. He built some skills on his spare time, and began selling those skills as a freelancer. The first project he sold was to build a website for $300. Soon, he had a full-time freelance business, and decided to grow into an agency. But before long, Matt found himself working 80 hour weeks and stressed out during down months about covering rent and payroll. While outwardly successful, Matt knew the business was broken. Here's how he turned it around into an operation that supports his lifestyle and his bank account.

Wow, episode 20 already...! And on this episode, we talk about How to build a freelancing business with Matt Inglot. Matt helps freelancers to get paid quickly and more, so they can focus on growing their freelancing business! So here it is, the Podcast with Matt Inglot Daniel: Today, I have a very special guest. I am really excited to have him here with us, I am here with Matt Inglot, the owner, and operator of freelancetransformation.com. Freelance Transformation helps and teaches freelancers to get higher paying clients and projects to work less and get rid of the stress. Sounds good, right? So let's continue talking with Matt about Freelance Transformation, and how you can use a freelancing business to create freedom in your life so you can live a lifestyle with more flexibility and income as well. Matt, welcome to the show! Matt: Thanks so much for having me, Daniel. Daniel: Very happy to have you, Matt. I'm excited of course, we were talking before the interview, and you're right now in Alberta Canada. So, Matt, would you please take a few minutes and tell us a little bit more about you and share a little bit of your story if you could? Matt: Yeah, absolutely. Since university, I have been a web developer, I have been running my own web agency, and it's something that I started because I was originally working for a start-up and that startup went bankrupt. I found myself suddenly needing work, needing to support myself, and I started building websites. And it went for me building websites on my own to me eventually hiring a team, and then me deciding to get an office, and then realizing that I had actually really created a job for myself, of really kind of a 9-5 prison, instead of 9-5, it was more like 99.  And then in 2011, I rebuilt that completely, and I transitioned the business and made it in a way where I still have the agency but now it's remote, I'm able to live where I want. I don't have to work crazy hours, I mean, it's more of like a 20, maybe a 30-hour a week position now. And it allows me to have the free hand to be able to shape my way, to shape my life the way that I want to shape it. Daniel: Very nice, Matt. Tell me a little bit about what is the part of your freelancing business that you enjoy the most? Matt: That's a great question. I think the thing that I enjoy most is that everything I do has a positive impact on someone's life. I've got my agency, and there we've helped a lot of our clients really grow their businesses, and to actually make a meaningful contribution there, and then get compensated accordingly, which is nice as well. And then with Freelance Transformation, it's the same thing, we've been able to help people get started with freelancing, we've been able to help people become better freelancers, higher-earning freelancers, less stressed out freelancers, so being able to do that kind of work and being able to wake up every day knowing that you are actually having some kind of impact, and that you're not just getting up and sitting down in front of a computer and punching keys on a keyboard because your employer tells you to - that's incredibly rewarding. Daniel: Yes, definitely, it gives a little bit more meaning to your freelancing business for sure and in your life of course. Matt, how or where did this idea for Freelance Transformation came from? Matt: I started Freelance Transformation back in 2015, and I had been thinking about it longer. It basically came from my own story and from everything that I saw with the mistakes that I had made, and then talking to other freelancers I realized that a lot of them were making the same mistakes, and going down the same path and having the same sorts of problems such as suddenly finding themselves working 60 or 80 hours a week, and having the types of clients that they don't want to have, and not really earning the kind of income that they wanted to be earning. Freelancing comes with a lot of promise of freedom and flexibil...

Today’s guest is Matt Inglot. Matt is a husband, web agency owner, and podcast host. He runs Freelance Transformation and helps other freelancers find higher-paying jobs while also showing them how to reduce the amount of time they work.

Working for yourself isn’t easy, but it’s not impossible. Our guest today left her career of over twenty years to start her own business. It was always something Merideth Bisiker wanted to do, and being there for her family finally inspired her to do it. Less than a year ago, Merideth left her full-time job to become Merideth the Money Coach. She helps clients with money management techniques and helps them recover from financial crisis. She’s on Freelance Transformation today to talk about the work-life balance that is sometimes hard to manage when working for yourself. And she shares how you can pull off the transition from full-time to self-employment and how she balances her career in order to be there for her family. https://freelancetransformation.com/episode169

There is more than one way to find clients. Set your pitches aside for a moment and tune in to today’s episode. James Johnson is on the show today to talk about the ways you can think outside of the box and snag the kind of clients you really want to work with. James Johnson is a freelance writer and founder of the Freelance Writers School. His grassroots approach to finding clients is a complete game changer. James teaches his unconventional methods to other freelancers in order to help them build relationships and find their ideal clients, and he’s sharing his techniques on The Freelance Transformation right now! https://freelancetransformation.com/episode165

Is that new project really worth your attention? Should you say "yes" to that new client? Freelancers and consultants face these challenges daily. Today our guest is Matt Inglot, the founder of Freelance Transformation and micro-agency owner. You'll learn how to identify your ideal client, qualify incoming leads, organize your client intake, and avoid common red flags. Podcast feed: subscribe to http://simplecast.fm/podcasts/1441/rss in your favorite podcast app, and follow us on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play Music. Show Notes Freelance Transformation — Matt's famous podcast Tilted Pixel — Matt's agency Episode 100: Leveling Up with Patrick McKenzie 3 Reasons You Should Be Roadmapping — an article by Brennan Dunn FT 141: Become Known In Your Niche with Mike Julian FT 139: Building a Company of One with Paul Jarvis FT 132: Specialize, Simplify, Profit! with Kurt Elster Get the free course on winning freelance clients at Freelance Transformation Follow Matt on Twitter: @mattinglot Today's Sponsor This episode is brought to you by Your Productized Consulting Guide. Want to get started with productized consulting? This book will teach you step-by-step how to craft your offer, overcome client objections, write your sales page, and strategically plan your services line. To get you copy, head over to uibreakfast.com/productized and use your special promocode PODCAST20 on checkout to get 20% off any book package. Interested in sponsoring an episode? Learn more here. Leave a Review Reviews are hugely important because they help new people discover this podcast. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave a review on iTunes. Here's how.

Is it even possible to build a successful freelance business without taking on debt and without sacrificing all balance in your life? Yes there is, and Matt Inglot shares how. Long description: Before I went full-time self-employed, I had this crazy idea in my head that freelancing meant you’d always be worried about money coming in, would be living from gig to gig and would have no balance in your life. Well, a year later and I was definitely proven wrong, but this episode isn’t about my story, it’s about Matt Inglot from Freelance Transformation. Not only does he host his own podcast all about freelancing, he runs a successful freelance business himself building websites for high-level clients. But as you might imagine, it wasn’t always smooth sailing for Matt. For him to achieve the success he has now, he made a number of mistakes along the way. Luckily, he’s open to sharing all of them on the show and has a lot of other nuggets of wisdom to share, such as don’t quit your day job before your side hustle is making money, always try to keep your overhead low, and try to avoid taking out a loan for your business if you can. For full episode show notes, visit https://jessicamoorhouse.com/150

Will guest appearances on podcasts benefit your consulting business? Is it worth it to start your own podcast even if your audience is limited? Matt Inglot thinks it is! In this episode of DYF Podcast, Brennan talks to 2016 DYFConf speaker, Matt Inglot, about using podcasting to get consulting clients and expand your audience. When Matt started his podcast, Freelance Transformation, he didn’t expect it to have any effect on his web-development agency. More than 145 episodes later, he has found that the impacts have been manifold. Not only has his podcast become one of the most prominent in the freelancing community, but it also helped him develop his contacts and directly led to a $60,000 gig. Other benefits have been less obvious but just as empowering, and Matt has learned all of the right and wrong ways to podcast along the way. Key Takeaways: How to determine if podcasting is right for you How to book your first few guests How to build your listenership How to use podcasts to build your authority What tools and setup do you need to get started

Jane Portman, founder of UI Breakfast, is an amazing UI/UX consultant who loves helping entrepreneurs perfect their SaaS systems online and on mobile. She’s also an ace at productizing her skills. Productized consulting is a way to simplify your services and your rates in order to better serve your clients by offering them in neat, pre-priced packages. Jane is on this episode of the Freelance Transformation podcast all the way from Russia! To discuss how productizing her own skillset helped her build her business and reach out to the kinds of clients she truly loves working with. https://freelancetransformation.com/episode154

Matt Inglot is the Founder of Tilted Pixel and host of the Freelance Transformation podcast. In this episode, Matt shares the story of how he scaled down his marketing agency into a “micro firm” so he could make more money, work fewer hours and avoid the headaches that come with running a large agency. Show […] The post How to Build a Successful Micro Firm with Matt Inglot appeared first on Boutique Growth.

How do you connect with influencers in your industry and build a freelance business off of referrals that you receive from them, even when you’re just starting out? In this episode of the Freelance Transformation podcast, Sean Smith explains how you can connect with influencers in your industry and amplify your freelance business. Sean Smith is the co-founder of Simple Tiger, a small remote agency that specializes in search engine optimization. Sean started this agency – and the rest of his freelance endeavors – from the ground up. Through reaching out and networking with the people in his industry, Sean was able to create an entire client listen organically. Sean explains how you can connect with influencers in your industry and amplify your freelance business. https://freelancetransformation.com/episode130

Being a freelancer and running your own business sounds pretty glamorous. There’s no boss, no schedule, and you have the freedom to do things the way you like to do them. But with no manager breathing down your neck, you don’t always have the motivation to get things done. Reality starts to sink in, and you suddenly realize that you’re responsible for the things you don’t really want to do. If you’re a freelancer who finds it hard to stay motivated and finish all those tasks you don’t really want to, tune in now! Today’s episode of Freelance Transformation is all about getting things done even when we don’t feel like it. Chris Cooper is a motivational speaker, mentor, and author. His book, The Power to Get Things Done, really speaks to freelancers like us. It breaks down ways to help prioritize our business goals and form consistent strategies to bring in new clients. If you’re running your own business or creating a freelance brand, your ultimate goal is to grow your business, right? You can only do that if you bring in new clients, and that’s exactly what Chris is talking about today. https://freelancetransformation.com/episode129

Are you a freelancer and want to find higher paying projects, while working less? An with less stress? My guest on this show is Matt Inglot the creator of FreelanceTransformation.com who helps freelance designers, developers, marketers and consultants to win clients and build a dream lifestyle through freelancing. Matt's expertise comes from running a web agency for 11 years, which he transformed from a traditional bricks and mortar office and 80 hour work week to significantly less work and far greater profitability. From feeling stuck and making the wrong moves he figured out how to transform his business to create the lifestyle and financial freedom that he wanted. From that experience Matt has realized that most freelancers and consultants make life far more difficult for themselves than it needs to be. I would recommend this show for anyone working on their own or in a small team and looking to positively change their business circumstances.

Are you a freelancer and want to find higher paying projects, while working less? An with less stress? My guest on this show is Matt Inglot the creator of FreelanceTransformation.com who helps freelance designers, developers, marketers and consultants to win clients and build a dream lifestyle through freelancing. Matt's expertise comes from running a web agency for 11 years, which he transformed from a traditional bricks and mortar office and 80 hour work week to significantly less work and far greater profitability. From feeling stuck and making the wrong moves he figured out how to transform his business to create the lifestyle and financial freedom that he wanted. From that experience Matt has realized that most freelancers and consultants make life far more difficult for themselves than it needs to be. I would recommend this show for anyone working on their own or in a small team and looking to positively change their business circumstances.

One of the biggest mysteries of running your own business is bookkeeping. What does correct bookkeeping even look like? There’s a massive learning curve that comes with bookkeeping, and many freelancers have to tackle it on their own when they start their business. If your books just aren’t as great as they could be, this episode of Freelance Transformation is for you! Donna Zanger, owner and founder of Dbooks Bookkeeping, is a certified public accountant in Manhattan. She and her team of 20 CPAs help many business owners like yourself manage their books. She teaches business owners and freelancers how to do their own bookkeeping and keep track of their monthly invoices and expenses. Donna de-mystifies bookkeeping and shares how you can overcome the common mistakes freelancers make so that you can finally stay on track financially. https://freelancetransformation.com/episode128

On this episode of the Working Without Podcast, I had the great pleasure of talking with Matt Inglot. Matt is the founder of Tilted Pixel, and he also runs the Freelance Transformation podcast. I loved sitting down to talk with Matt about his story of how he ended up where he is today. It is a story much like my own, and it is great to hear about all he has learned from the mistakes made along the journey. There is a lot you can take away from this week’s episode on things to do and not do when starting an agency. For full show notes go to jake-jorgovan.com/podcast/082 ... This episode is sponsored by Outbound Creative Outbound Creative helps agencies and consultancies win their dream clients through eye-catching outreach campaigns. Learn more at OutboundCreative.com.  WinYourDreamClients.com

A few years into building websites for people, in the very beginnings of my little agency, I picked up a book with a pretty bold title: Million Dollar Consulting by Alan Weiss. Picking up that book was one of the biggest game changers of my entire consulting career. Alan Weiss wrote about how to create value for clients, how the amount of time that you spent on a project should have nothing to do with the fee that you charge, how the very idea of trying to sell your time for money was unfair to the client and to you. I wish I could say that this was an overnight change for me, but it took time for those lessons to sink in and to make the mindset shifts needed to realize that it really is all about finding ways to create value. Now, I’m very pleased to welcome Alan Weiss, best selling author, and million dollar consultant, on to Freelance Transformation. Here, Alan shares his personal journey through consulting and coaching, how to market yourself as a consultant, what makes a consultant, the psychological challenges of being a consultant and selling, and common mistakes made by beginner and not-so-beginner consultants. https://freelancetransformation.com/episode112

If you've ever felt like you were on a never-ending hamster wheel, you'll want to tune-in to this week's Unstoppable CEO Podcast episode... Matt Inglot--a successful marketing agency/consulting firm owner and the guy behind freelancetransformation.com--flipped his agencies model from needing lots of clients (and struggling)... To needing a small number (he calls it the 3-10 rule) to be profitable. Matt shares his secrets to attracting clients consistently, AND why he turns away 80% of the prospects that contact his firm. We talk about... How to engineer small wins in your business (so you're not sucking wind waiting for a home run)... Why it's harder to sell when you need a client (and how to quickly overcome it)... How to assume the "surgeon's posture" when you're talking to a prospect... And a whole lot more. Listen now... Timeline 00:13 Steve introduces Matt Inglot 01:11 Matt begins by telling us how he started off in business really young when he realized there was a different way to earn a living. 03:51 Matt talks about how he needed to restructure his business to focus only on worthwhile clients. This focus has led him to the point where he turns down 90% of prospective clients in 3 mins. 8:10 Matt explains the situation that led him to restructure and the cuts he made to revamp the business. 12:52 In order to help other business not to make the same mistakes he did, Matt set up Freelance Transformations. 15:06 Matt explains his 3-10 rule. If you need more than 10 clients then there's probably something wrong with your business model. 17:36 Steve expands on the importance of consistency in business to gaining clients. 23:03 Matt says always stick to your prices, never bargain down. Mentioned in this episode: Freelance Transformation (website) Freelance Transformation Podcast  Start with NO Jim Camp

Sherry talks about the importance of appreciating what is good about life and to honor, protect, and love things that are beautiful in response to the ugliness that is going on in the world. Support ZenFounder Webinar with Cory Miller Rob will be at SaaStr next week Sherry will be at the Bureau of Digital’s Owner Sumit Sherry’s recent podcast interviews: Freelance Transformation Unemployable Office Hours FM Versioning Show Episode Transcript Sherry Walling: Hi, folks. This is sort of the season of Rob and I being here and there and everywhere. It’s just me on the podcast today. He is getting back from one trip, and getting ready to go on another trip, and so we are sort of passing like ships in the night. If you are at [Sastar 00:00:15] next week in San Francisco, then be sure to connect with Rob. He is there and I’m sure he would love to talk with any ZenFounder fans. Then I will be in San Diego in the middle of February, the 20th through the 22nd, for the Bureau of Digital Owner’s Summit. If any of you are heading that way, I would also love to chat and connect in person. January was a busy month for me in the podcast world. I got to be a guest interviewee on several podcasts, several of my favorite podcasts. I got to talk with Brian Clark of Copyblogger. He interviewed me on his Unemployable podcast and we talked about psychology and entrepreneurship. I also got to be on the Versioning Podcast and talk about imposter syndrome and then had such fun talking with Carrie Dils on OffHours.FM and Matt Inglot on Freelance Transformation. If you’re not totally bored of my voice and my perspective, then definitely check out those interviews, as well as check out some of the other episodes that those great folks are putting together for the founder community. Sherry Walling: So, we just returned from a family vacation a little bit north of Cancun. We had a lovely time together as a family spending lots of time in the pool, in the hot tub, and the resort where we were staying had a swim up bar. Which, my kids thought was the most amazing thing ever. And they had a whole kids menu with lots of different milkshakes, smoothies, d

In the past 99 episodes, numerous guests have shared their freelancing journeys, their setbacks, and the revelations that allowed them to build successful, sustainable freelancing businesses. In honour of this arbitrary and yet very special number, episode 100, Matt has sorted through the catalogue of FT episode and brought back ten of the most epic guest insights shared on the most popular episodes of Freelance Transformation. These are the mic drop moments, played back to you, along with a bit of explanation of why they are so important for all of our freelancing businesses. This episode features advice from Einar Vollset, Patrick Mckenzie, Nagina Abdullah, Naveen Dittakavi, Joshua Lisec, Brennan Dunn, Michael Port, Laura Elizabeth, Jeffrey Shaw, and Kai Davis. https://freelancetransformation.com/episode100

What type of clients will you take on? What rates will you charge? Having the answers to these questions can help you very intentionally make the rest of your business decisions throughout 2017 and beyond.  To help you in this process, and in the spirit of the holidays, Freelance Transformation has a small gift for you. We are going to go through a small exercise together that Matt's students have universally found helpful in defining what they want their freelancing to look like, and consequently, how to make better decisions in their freelancing. http://freelancetransformation.com/episode95

Is it possible to use leverage to sell your business? It certainly is—if you know what you're doing. Leverage is all about getting good, strong positive results that aren't dependent completely on you, as the business owner. Recently, I sat down with Matt Inglot of Freelance Transformation for an interview on his podcast to discuss ... Read More The post Building a Sellable Business: Part 4 of 5 appeared first on Business Exponential.

Is it possible to use leverage to sell your business? It certainly is—if you know what you’re doing. Leverage is all about getting good, strong positive results that aren’t dependent completely on you, as the business owner. Recently, I sat down with Matt Inglot of Freelance Transformation for an interview on his podcast to discuss ... Read More The post Building a Sellable Business Part 3 of 5 appeared first on Business Exponential.

Is it possible to use leverage to sell your business? It certainly is—if you know what you're doing. Leverage is all about getting good, strong positive results that aren't dependent completely on you, as the business owner. Recently, I sat down with Matt Inglot of Freelance Transformation for an interview on his podcast to discuss ... Read More The post Building a Sellable Business Part 3 of 5 appeared first on Business Exponential.

Show Notes: IntrepidEntrepreneur.net/Matt-Inglot Freelancing can be a tough market. Not only do you have to hustle to build up your client base when you get started, but even when you're established you can worry that every job is your last. It's an exhausting field if you're not organized.  Matt Inglot of Freelance Transformation is here to give us the Dos and Don'ts of getting started as a freelancer, and to talk about expanding your business once you've got things going. He's getting into sticking to your goals, holding on to your vision, and getting recurring revenue. Matt's also sharing his advice on the importance of going to events to meet clients, and how you should decide which events to attend. As Matt says, freelancing is all about relationships. Matt's offering some great resources from his company, Freelance Transformation. If you're even considering freelancing, you'll want to give this a listen. Bravery and Business Quote “You have to be very intentional with the type of work you want to be doing. Decide what type of work is going to allow you to meet your goals” - Matt Inglot (Click to Tweet) The Cliff Notes Stay intentional with your clients and what type of client you want to work with. Will they help you get closer to your goals? Consider your financial and lifestyle requirements in what clients you accept. Know what your criteria are and be comfortable saying no. Make sure you have your business model figured out as a freelancer before you try to branch into having employees. Look for ways to meet people face to face. Go out and meet with people at events and conferences build connections. Be where your prospective clients will be. Follow up on meetings. It's easy to get busy and forget to send those emails, but they're so important to building connections. 3 Things New Freelancers Should Do      Have clarity around the clients and projects you want to take on      Collect clients and opportunities that you can keep working for and not just one-time jobs.   Get out of the house and meet with people face to face. “In freelancing and agenting, relationships are the number one thing.”  - Matt Inglot (Click to Tweet) Resources Freelance Transformation: FreelanceTransformation.com Tilted Pixel: TiltedPixel.com Podcast : FreelanceTransformation.com/blog/podcast Bonuses for Intrepid Listeners from Freelance Transformation: FreelanceTransformation.com/Intrepid Double Your Freelancing Conference: DoubleYourFreelancing.com/conf/ Show Notes: IntrepidEntrepreneur.net/Matt-Inglot

Is it possible to use leverage to sell your business? It certainly is—if you know what you're doing. Leverage is all about getting good, strong positive results that aren't dependent completely on you, as the business owner. Recently, I sat down with Matt Inglot of Freelance Transformation for an interview on his podcast to discuss ... Read More The post Building a Sellable Business: Part 2 of 5 appeared first on Business Exponential.

Is it possible to use leverage to sell your business? It certainly is—if you know what you’re doing. Leverage is all about getting good, strong positive results that aren’t dependent completely on you, as the business owner. Recently, I sat down with Matt Inglot of Freelance Transformation for an interview on his podcast to discuss ... Read More The post Building a Sellable Business: Part 2 of 5 appeared first on Business Exponential.

Is it possible to use leverage to sell your business? It certainly is—if you know what you're doing. Leverage is all about getting good, strong positive results that aren't dependent completely on you, as the business owner. Recently, I sat down with Matt Inglot of Freelance Transformation for an interview on his podcast to discuss ... Read More The post Building a Sellable Business: Part 1 of 5 appeared first on Business Exponential.

Is it possible to use leverage to sell your business? It certainly is—if you know what you’re doing. Leverage is all about getting good, strong positive results that aren’t dependent completely on you, as the business owner. Recently, I sat down with Matt Inglot of Freelance Transformation for an interview on his podcast to discuss ... Read More The post Building a Sellable Business: Part 1 of 5 appeared first on Business Exponential.

We sat down with Matt Inglot of the web agency Tilted Pixel, the Freelance Transformation podcast to talk about growing an agency, how to get web clients, and the benefits of having a podcast.   Show Table of Contents: 0:00 Intros 1:11 Matt's origin story and founding Tilted Pixel 3:00 Burning the candle at three ends 3:28 Early missteps in running an agency 4:16 Figure out your Why 4:47 Don't copycat others; they may not be doing what's best for longevity 5:52 Find a mentor who has already done what you want to do 7:15 By trying to serve everyone, you serve no one (well) 7:54 Set minimum projects budgets! 9:01 Deliver results for a specific subset of the market 10:56 Step One: Establish the problem you are solving 11:27 Find out more about the business, then identify the pain 13:43 How do you know when it's time to grow your agency? 15:45 When you are a solo freelancer, you may not be charging enough - but not for the reasons you may think 18:11 If you hire employees, you must be ready to grow in a big way 19:35 Does having a larger team really make it easier to win larger projects? 22:13 What does Matt look for when hiring contractors or employees? 23:04 The one thing that will end your working relationship with an agency 24:56 What are some marketing strategies that work for web developers? 26:10 The marketing channel that you can most easily dominate in your local market 28:37 Client generation strategies, and when they work 29:31 When client generation strategies don't work 31:37 The real reason times are tough for generalist web shops right now 34:04 Have a repeatable strategy for attracting clients 34:40 "If you're a freelancer, you only need about three to ten clients a year". 36:34 What inspired Matt to target consultants and freelancers with his podcast 38:14 Building a network through a podcast 39:59 Podcast outros   Be sure to catch bonus content from this episode on the WP-Tonic site at https://www.wp-tonic.com/podcast/124-wp-tonic-matt-inglot-of-titled-pixel-on-building-a-micro-agency-and-podcast/   Guest: Matt Inglot https://www.tiltedpixel.com/ https://freelancetransformation.com/     =====================   Remember WP-Tonic is not only a WordPress maintenance and support service, but we publish a twice weekly WordPress podcast where we talk with some of the brightest minds in WordPress development and online marketing.  

Matt Inglot was following the hustler's path. He built some skills on his spare time, and began selling those skills as a freelancer. The first project he sold was to build a website for $300. Soon, he had a full-time freelance business, and decided to grow into an agency. But before long, Matt found himself working 80 hour weeks and stressed out during down months about covering rent and payroll. While outwardly successful, Matt knew the business was broken.

Today's guest joining us on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots free podcast interview is the founder of Tilted Pixel, a web design and development agency, which he has been running for more than a decade. Which sounds great. A successful business that is on-line too. A lifestyle of motivation an freedom. But actually the truth was anything but, as we will find out creating a business is easy enough in principle. But creating a monster that takes up every second of your time is even easier. And after more than ten years of running his agency, he knew that he had do some serious changing of procedures so that he could free himself from the business and start living life. He went from being a slave to his business wallowing in “misery and despair” to creating a business that is very profitable and gives him free time to travel and to do the things he loves. But of course a business is not just built on hustle and effort, but also experience gained over many years. And this was certainly the case with today's guest, as he started his career back in 2005 by exhibiting at tradeshows, working on marketing campaigns and preparing demo software for potential investors and clients. Before working for three years at the Wilfrid Laurier University teaching students business labs part-time, whilst he worked on creating the monster. So what did he do wrong which he knew that he had to change to create the freedom that he is living today? And can he now point the way for everyone, or is every situation individual to the creator? Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots with the one and only born to be an entrepreneur Mr Matt Inglot To hear more from Matt Inglot go to: Podcast:  Freelance Transformation: Find higher-paying projects, work less, and get rid of the stress By Matt Inglot | Helping freelancers, consultants, creatives, and agency owners to build an amazing business and life. Description: Freelance Transformation is a podcast all about building a freelance business that creates the lifestyle that you desire, not the other way around. If you are looking to find great clients, do your best work, earn higher rates, and enjoy getting out of bed in the morning, this podcast is for you, the freelancer, the consultant, the agency owner, the creative. Matt Inglot, your host, delivers a new episode every Monday. Visit www.freelancetransformation.com for show notes and the Freelance Transformation newsletter.

Imagine you've come to grips with the fact that a soul-sucking job just cannot be your future any longer. So you start a business, it starts doing pretty well...then you realize you're stuck again—working your ass off and ultimately NOT living the life you'd planned on! Matt Inglot is the creator FreelanceTransformation.com where he helps fellow consultants and creative services providers to earn more and to build their consulting business around their lifestyle.

Matt Inglot is the owner of Tilted Pixel and producer of the Freelance Transformation. Tilted Pixel is a 9-year-old web agency Matt started while in college. Freelance Transformation, is a podcast devoted to helping people in creative services TRANSFORM their business. On Freelance Transformation, Matt helps fellow consultants and creative service providers earn more and build a business around their lifestyle, rather than the other way around. MATT'S JOURNEY Matt started out his career like so many of us do. He went to college and was on track to get that coveted “real world” job when he decided to take a part-time job doing marketing for a virtual reality company. It was in this position where Matt's outlook on work and life would change. This change started after he discovered one morning that his key card no longer worked to get him in the building. Turns out, he, along with a third of the company, had been let go. Fortunately for Matt, he was able to fall back on his website development skills and, as a result, Tilted Pixel was born. HOW TO START FREELANCING / CONSULTING Matt and I spent time talking to the listeners who may be interested in starting a consulting business or becoming a freelancer. Matt has “been there, done that” so he understands the fear of the unknown, the problem with taking bad clients, and the feelings of not being to provide for your family. He offers us 3 distinct ways you can overcome these fears including, - Worse Case scenario- Minimize the downside- Do your homework THE FREELANCE TRANSFORMATION PODCAST Freelance Transformation is Matt's podcast. It releases every Monday on iTunes and Stitcher and all the other pod catchers out there. It's a Monday staple for me. You can check out it HERE. MATT INGLOT WRAP The Best ways to get in touch with you are Bonus Link: freelancetransformation.com/brandnewyou Twitter: MattInglot

Matt Inglot (@MattInglot) is the founder of Tilted Pixel, a results-focused web design agency based in Calgary, Canada. A veteran web designer, Matt has been an agency owner most of his career, beginning when he was still a student. Over the years he's refined his own business strategy to bring greater value to his own clients, and in turn build a thriving practice. Matt is also the host of the Freelance Transformation podcast, where he speaks with creative entrepreneurs and practitioners about business and freelance issues. In this conversation, Matt discusses his role in the business, how systematic (or not) he likes to be with prospective clients, and how he handles working from home.

Freelancers can no longer be ignored as fringe workers, in-betweeners, and the occassional slacker seeking to hide his true unemployment. Freelancers now make up a significant portion of the creative economy, especially in Cities like New York where fashion, film, theatre, design, and music industries thrive outside the walls of conventional employment relationships. In this episode, we hear from Alex Signh (@AutomaticYes), Co-Founder of Domino, an online community for freelancers, Matt Inglot (@MattInglot), host of the Freelance Transformation podcast, and Jaime Campbell (@TierOneServices), a CPA and business coach who has worked with freelancers throughout her career. Together we examine some definitions, ailments, and mindsets shared by freelancers. We also drop a few action steps any freelancer can take to make the transition — or the next step — that much smoother. Show Notes & Links 6 Mistakes Every New Freelancer Makes by Domino The New Normal by Kristen Fischer Kristen Fischer on The Busy Creator Podcast ep 60 WashPo WorkBlog: Freelancers' Union lobbies new bill "A Freelancer to me is essentially just an entrepreneur." —Alex Singh Tweet This "Calling yourself a freelancer is the greatest way not to get paid." —Matt Inglot Tweet This Finding clients & managing relationships are the key struggles, according to Alex Singh Most freelancers get started because they're "really good" and want to collect the full fee, according to Jaime Campbell. Only ten percent of experienced freelancers know their monthly expenses, according to Alex Being a freelancer is like being Batman; suddenly, you're called on to save the day. But the rest of the time, you're an orphan. "20 clients is a lot of proposals to close." —Matt Inglot Tweet This Tools Freelancers' Union Domino Slack Quickbooks LinkedIn TierOne Services Techniques Don't describe yourself as a commodity, jump right into your positioning and story Be specific about who you will — and won't — work with, and the types of projects you will take on. Look for clients who can best benefit from your work, not just the person who needs work done today. Call yourself an Agency (and raise your rates) Get referrals from other people via relationships. Make other people your "sales team." Leverage other people's time so you can work on different tasks Track "income by referral source", or build it custom if needed Solve people's problems on online forums/sites. Do it publicly. Get registered as an expert so you get notified first. Get clear on numbers, especially your effective income. Develop a long-term strategy Habits Understand yourself and re-evaluate yourself Always learn new skills, test new systems Spend 5 minutes a day answering questions online TRY AUDIBLE.COM FREE FOR 30-DAYS Visit BusyCreatorBook.com for your free trial Get Online Jobs by Todd McLeod as a free audiobook GET THE EPISODE Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 73 (MP3, 39:03, 18.9 MB) Download The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 73 (OGG, 39:03, 20.3 MB) SUBSCRIBE TO GET NEW EPISODES   Subscribe to The Busy Creator Podcast on iTunes or on Android

Matt Inglot is the founder of Tilted Pixel, a 10-year old web agency that specializes in turning visitors into customers. He is also the host of his own podcast, “Freelance Transformation”, a show devoted to helping people in creative services transform their businesses.  

01:23 - Matt Inglot Introduction Twitter Tilted Pixel @tiltedpixel Freelance Transformation Podcast 02:22 - Transitioning (Mistakes Made) Scaling Generalization Fixed Overhead 04:13 - Specialization, Positioning, and Targeting Clients and Customers Virtualization 08:30 - Pivoting to Being a Remote Agency Getting Clients Networking and Referrals Inbound Marketing Direct Outreach 13:34 - Running a Remote Team Contractors, Subcontractors 16:55 - Company and Team Identity Adding Overhead 26:57 - Scale 28:10 - Pricing and Billing; Recurring Revenue 30:18 - Recurring Services Campaign Management SEO Building Email Marketing Services 31:16 - Prompting Change in a Business 34:52 - Specialization (Cont’d) 39:49 - Being a “Web Agency” / Calling Yourself ____ 49:05 - Choosing a Niche Picks aText (Jonathan) Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are (Eric) Sonic Pi (Chuck) Freelance Transformation (Matt) Kirk Parsley: America's Biggest Problem | TEDxReno (Matt)

01:23 - Matt Inglot Introduction Twitter Tilted Pixel @tiltedpixel Freelance Transformation Podcast 02:22 - Transitioning (Mistakes Made) Scaling Generalization Fixed Overhead 04:13 - Specialization, Positioning, and Targeting Clients and Customers Virtualization 08:30 - Pivoting to Being a Remote Agency Getting Clients Networking and Referrals Inbound Marketing Direct Outreach 13:34 - Running a Remote Team Contractors, Subcontractors 16:55 - Company and Team Identity Adding Overhead 26:57 - Scale 28:10 - Pricing and Billing; Recurring Revenue 30:18 - Recurring Services Campaign Management SEO Building Email Marketing Services 31:16 - Prompting Change in a Business 34:52 - Specialization (Cont’d) 39:49 - Being a “Web Agency” / Calling Yourself ____ 49:05 - Choosing a Niche Picks aText (Jonathan) Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are (Eric) Sonic Pi (Chuck) Freelance Transformation (Matt) Kirk Parsley: America's Biggest Problem | TEDxReno (Matt)

Welcome to part 2 of the interview with Matt Inglot (owner of Freelance Transformation and Tilted Pixel). If you missed part 1, it is the episode prior to this one.  In this session, Matt covers some critical tips on how to succeed if you want to earn money-on-the-side with Freelancing. Specifically, we discuss: How to differentiate your freelancing business from the competition How to compete with cheap labour overseas offering similar work for less (think China, India, etc.) The 1 HUGE mistake that can cut your income in half How much to charge for your services How to use the power of “being local” to your advantage How to add value through responsiveness The advantages and disadvantages of freelancing versus “passive income” businesses How to find buyers for your service The power of networking and referrals The common freelancing mistakes to avoid Links and Resources FreelanceTransformation.com – Matt's company teaching the best practices in freelancing. Tilted Pixel (www.tiltedpixel.com) – Matt's professional web development company. Top Tools and Resources for Financial Independence (for Canadians): Sign up anywhere on www.BuildWealthCanada.ca for a free guide on all the top tools and sites that I've personally used to help us achieve financial independence in our early 30s. They're also what we use now to optimize and manage our finances, and ensure that we're paying the lowest fees while getting solid returns on our investments.  Kornel's investing course with free sample lessons at www.BuildWealthCanada.ca/invest