Freelance to Founder

On today’s show, it’s Clay’s birthday, so he has the day off, but I have a great conversation with Yash who built an agency from 2 people to over 55 employees in just a few years. 

Now, Yash is building a tool called ClientJoy—helping thousands of freelancers and agency-builders take control of their client management and processes. 

Today, Yash outlines in exact detail one way you can build a high-converting lead-generation machine to ensure you always have clients coming your way.

You won’t want to miss this conversation. It all begins after this quick message from our sponsors:

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On today’s episode, we have a coaching call with Eva—a branding expert from Portugal.

Eva has gained some nice traction on Instagram and delivers her clients a highly customized service when it comes to her entire on-boarding process.

But her attention to detail and propensity for perfectionism could lead to burnout as she tries to scale. 

So today, we explore how to scale your business without losing your personal connection with clients.

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• TextExpander — type simple snippets to expand long-form, personalized text.
• Reply — upload spreadsheets of client data to initiate personalized outreach and follow-up at scale.
• Keap — automate your on-boarding and client communication across multiple channels.

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Today is our mega-productivity episode. It’s nearly an hour of our best tips, tricks, tools, and advice for getting more done and making more money with less time and effort.

That’s the dream right: keep growing your business without working yourself to death. And in today’s show, that’s exactly what you’ll get. It all starts right after this message from our sponsors.

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• Getting Things Done by David Allen
• Chuck.Email for managing your overflowing inbox.
• Hectic App for managing your entire business from one place.
• ClickUp for managing projects.
• Trainual for employee onboarding & team processes.
• Loom for quick screen recording. 
• Vimeo also has a quick screen recording option.
• ProcessKit for managing your agency’s processes.
• Intercom for Client FAQs or automated chatbots.
• Slack for team communication.
• ZipMessage for asynchronous team communication, coaching, or client communication.
• Best Home Office Chairs
• ‘Deep Focus’ playlist on Spotify for concentrating while working.

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On today’s show, we chat with Carey from PodcastFastTrack.com where his business has taken off over the years. Carey is a bit further along in life than many of our guests and is contemplating retirement. 

But instead of just selling his business, he wonders: can he just hire the right people to keep the business running smoothly and send him a paycheck each month?

The answer is “yes” and by the end of the show, Carey admits he wished he’d considered this question much earlier in his career. 

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On today’s show, our guest skipped out, so Clay and I hit record to discuss something we see a lot of business builders get wrong: marketing budgets.

You know that phrase, “you’ve got to spend money to make money”?

Well, you might have thought: "that’s not necessarily true. I get referrals for free."

But you DO have to spend money in order to predictably SCALE your business. So how can you know exactly how much to spend on marketing efforts next year?

Today, we’ll walk you through a simple formula for identifying just how much you should pay for marketing without taking on too much risk.

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Today we have a coaching call with Joseph, a digital nomad working in Mexico. Joseph is building his Wordpress development company on the side of his day job with dreams of becoming a full-time entrepreneur.

But there’s one major thing standing in Joseph’s way. As you’ll hear him explain during the show, Joseph is charging what he calls “employee” prices which just doesn’t give him enough cashflow to scale.

Clay and I are up to the challenge as we spend the full second half of the episode tackling the question: how to do I raise my prices?

Here’s a hint: it’s all about demand and value. If you don’t have those dialed in, you’ll never be able to raise your prices.

If you’ve wanted to raise your rates for a long time, but were unsure how to do it, then this episode is for you.

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On today’s episode, we have a great conversation with Will Gibbons—a product rendering guru who works with huge brands like Pelaton, 3M, Vizio and more.

After a year of working for himself, Will is facing perhaps one of the best problems you can ask for as a freelancer:

He’s got too many client requests coming in and too much work that needs done.

So in this episode, Clay and I walk him through a few hiring, scaling, and management tips to help him go from freelancer to agency without losing control of his business.

We talk about pricing, sales, hiring, and lots more in a conversation you won’t want to miss.

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On today’s episode, we have a coaching call with Mohcine who’s building a facebook ads business from Morrocco.

Mohcine has had some great success getting jobs on Upwork, but he’s ready to diversify his marketing and has decided to go with cold outreach for starters.

Clay and I give Mohcine enough great advice to fill 3 pages with notes about cold pitching to grow your business.

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Today, I (Preston) got a text from Clay. "I just let my entire team go." It took me completely by surprise, but also got me thinking about what it would take to start all over.

On today’s episode, Clay and I answer the question: “what would we do differently if we had to start freelancing from scratch today?”

We think you'll be pleasantly surprised by some of what we share. Have a listen.

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• IG: https://www.instagram.com/jpda_seo/
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/JPDADetroit

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On today’s show, we’re joined by Chad who’s working on building his agency in Utah, USA. Chad works with clients all over the world. They hire him because they like and trust him. 

But now, Chad is beginning to hire some freelancers to help get the work done in his business and he's wondering: how can I get my clients to trust my team?

Building trust in your team can help take some work off your shoulders and free you up to continue growing your business. But transferring trust can be fragile and difficult at times.

We’ll share our best advice plus some great additional tips from Chad at the end of the show.

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On today’s show, we chat with Kendrick who is building a video production agency in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 

Kendrick’s a talented videographer with a highly-skilled team, but he’s feeling stuck when it comes to building a process to generate new business on a regular business.

Kendrick and his former partner went their separate ways recently, leaving Kendrick without someone to handle all the business development full-time.

So Clay and I walk him through a few options for filling in the lead generation gap.

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Links mentioned in the show:

• Joe's website: https://jpda.co
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-babi-seo/
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/jpda_seo/
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/JPDADetroit

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On today’s episode, we have a coaching call with Denise, a freelancer from South Carolina, USA. 

Denise works in higher education and is happy with the way her freelance business is going. But after finding some early success in e-learning thanks to Covid and other factors, Denis is ready to branch out and grow other segments of her business.

Throughout the call, we keep coming back to two critical themes: the importance of building your brand and the power of opportunity costs.

If you want to build new revenue streams into your business but you’re not sure how to go about it without burning out or losing a handle on your current revenue streams, have a listen to this coaching call it’ll be just what you need.

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On today’s show, our guest Nouman slams us with more questions than any guest before and we do our best to deliver some good answers. Nouman has quickly grown his agency from 3 partners to over 20 employees in just a couple years.

But most of Nouman’s clients still come from Upwork or Fiverr and he’s unsure how to break into more legitimate, bigger clients—particularly in countries where cultures are so different.

We talk about how to hire the right people, how to overcome cultural barriers, where to find bigger clients, and lots more.

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• SolidGigs - Get more freelance jobs.

Links mentioned in the show:

• Joe's website: https://jpda.co
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-babi-seo/
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/jpda_seo/
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/JPDADetroit

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On today’s show, we have a conversation with Rachel Cooke who designs high-ticket training experiences for massive clients.

Rachel’s business is doing well. She’s happy with the amount of money she’s making and where her business is headed. 

But she doesn’t necessarily like the fluctuation in revenue and not knowing exactly how much she’ll make in the coming months or years.

So Clay and I walk her through a few ideas including how to diversify her product offering in a way that might bring in some more predictable revenue in addition to her high-ticket offering.

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• Justworks - Manage your remote team and run your business with confidence.
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• Our 5-Day Recurring Revenue Challenge

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Technology can be bold. But it can also be complicated. Compiler breaks down the big questions about tech and the tech industry in this new original podcast.

On today's bonus episode, I share with you a brand new podcast called 'Compiler', an original podcast from Red Hat.

Becoming a manager can be a triumphant milestone of working life. It’s often a recognition of leadership and, in the tech industry, technical skill. Many argue those skills necessarily become casualties to the management track. But it’s hard to let go of your creative side to make room for managing others. Can they do both? Should managers code? It’s an old question that never seems to receive a clear answer.

From the Red Hat offices to the moons of Jupiter, Compiler explores why it’s such a complex issue. We spoke with Red Hatters who are vocal about what role, if any, managers have in the code base—and why they fight to keep their hands on keys for as long as they can.

Featured guests

Chris Bredesen

Laurie Krebs

Mark Little

Bob McWhirter

Shoshana Collins

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Looping yourself out of every aspect of your business can be a bit terrifying. But it's also incredibly liberating. Hear why on today's show.

On today’s show, I talk with Joe Babi who’s building his own SEO agency. Not long ago, Joe found himself overworked and missing out on important life events. That’s when he realized he HAD to make a change. 

So over the last year or two, Joe has scaled his agency in a way that loops him out of his business more and more.

Being okay with being "out of the loop" can be a real challenge, but it also opens up all kinds of freedom, opportunity, and growth for your business.

If you ever feel burned out or like you’re a bottleneck in your own business, this episode is for you.

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How can you get agency-level leads (big budgets, long timelines) when you're just a freelancer?

On today’s show, we chat with Ilias a Shopify developer from Morocco. Ilias has been freelancing for over two years and thinks it might be time to move from freelancing to building an agency.

He hits us with a lot of great questions, including: "how can I find agency-quality leads?" Projects with big budgets, established companies, and larger scopes or timelines.

Clay and I do our best to answer that and many other questions in this jam=packed episode.

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On today’s show, we share over 10 free or inexpensive marketing tactics you can use in your own business right away.

And no, we’re not talking about posting on Instagram and crossing your fingers—these are real-world, high ROI marketing tactics we’ve used or continue to use to build our own businesses.

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On today’s show we catch up with Sara Noel, a freelancer with a pretty interesting journey. Sara didn’t study copywriting or marketing at school but now, she’s got a six-figure freelancing business doing just that: copywriting and marketing.

In our conversation, Sara shares exactly what she did to decide on a skill, teach herself that skill, and then monetize her brand-new skill into a full-fledged business.

Whether you want to learn a new skill to offer your current clients, or want to pivot to a new industry altogether, this episode will motivate you to take action and give you a road map you can use to get there.

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On today’s show, Preston has a one-on-one conversation with freelance podcast expert Noah Tetzner who built a six-figure Upwork profile in under 90 days. Noah has studied the Upwork algorithm in order to find success quickly and together we discuss getting jobs on Upwork, achieving “Top-Rated Plus” status (and why you want it), plus how to replicate his success even if you're just getting started on Upwork.

If you’ve wondered if Upwork is worth your time—or your Upwork profile needs a boost, this is a must-listen episode for you.

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On today’s show, we chat with Mateo Melgar who’s calling in from Mexico. Mateo has been working hard as a freelancer and making pretty great money at it too. But even with all his success, Mateo still feels like he’s just trading his hourly work for a paycheck. He’s ready to go from freelancer to agency and build a business that makes money beyond himself.

But being ready and actually feeling motivated and accountable are two very different things. So Clay and I help Mateo break down a few ways he can stay motivated to get important tasks done and stay accountable to the vision of his future.

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On today’s episode, I’m digging into our show archives to bring you a conversation that most of you missed because we aired it so early on.

If you haven’t heard this episode you’re missing out because it’s an early conversation between me and Clay about how he built his first agency to over $100,000/mo in recurring revenue.

Those of you who are quick at math have already figured out that means over a million dollars in predictable, recurring income per year.

And Clay started the whole thing as a freelancer just trying to figure out how it all works.

It’s an inspiring tale of hard work, passion, and smart business. Freelancers and agency builders at any stage can learn something from Clay’s story.

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Sales is one of your most important tasks as a business owner. But hiring for sales can be a nightmare.

On this week’s episode, we talk with Jason Vance, a former web design freelancer who’s building his next company in marketing.

Jason stumbled on a creative idea that led him to pivot and start a marketing agency late last year.

Now, just 9 months later, he’s got 9 employees and a whole lot of work that needs to get done.

But hiring the right salespeople is something Jason just hasn't figured out yet.

So toward the end of this episode, we give a masterclass in hiring salespeople without all the headache.

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With millions of potential clients spending time on Linkedin, it's worth learning how to get it right. Today, we share our top tips for getting clients through LinkedIn.

On today’s show, we have a coaching call with side-hustler Corey who’s building a web design business for physical therapists and other health professionals.

Among other things, we end up talking in-depth about using Linkedin to get more clients. Our guest co-host and my friend Chelsea Baldwin and I share some of our tried-and-true tactics for making quality connections on Linkedin. We also talk about recurring clients, outsourcing your work, and lots more. 

If you think Linkedin could be a great way for you to connect with potential new clients, but you’re just not sure how to go about it, this episode is for you. You might also enjoy reading the following articles from the blog:

• The LinkedIn ProFinder Guide to Get More Clients
• How to List Freelance Work on LinkedIn the Right Way

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Freelance job sites are a great way to get your foot in the door as a freelancer. But are they the best long-term strategy for growing an agency?

On today’s show, we have a coaching call with Ron, who has been freelancing on Fiverr for over 10 years—and he’s done quite well for himself.

Ron gets a ton of new business from Fiverr, but he’s worried about two things: first, it can be difficult to build long-term relationships with clients on Fiverr and second, if there was an algorithm adjustment or some other unforeseen change, Ron’s entire business would disappear.

So he’s ready to start building his own processes in addition to the work he already does on the platform. We start off with some great tips from Ron about succeeding on Fiverr and then guest coach and friend Chelsea Baldwin and I chime in with our best advice for expanding away from marketplaces like Fiverr.

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