The Solo Collective
Business advice for creative professionals from someone who's been there and done it.
The Solo Collective is a podcast for freelance designers, developers and copywriters to help them overcome common challenges such as:
- Figuring out your niche
- Developing your irresistible offer
- Effective lead generation strategy
- Selling and sales processes
- Business owner mindset
At its heart this is a personal development podcast and community for ambitious freelancers who know that their business is a reflection of them. Listeners understand that their own beliefs and narratives are ultimately what create the outside world.
We cover weekly topics to help you improve your mindset, be more strategic and grow your business.
Episodes
20 episodes
How Fostering Psychological Safety Could Transform Your Business
Most solo business owners consider low confidence to be the thing that's holding them back. Many want to do public speaking, raise their prices or do cold outreach, but they don't feel confident enough to do so.But what is underneath lo...
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14:34
Control Freak? Here's How to Let Go
As entrepreneurs and business owners it can feel hard - if not impossible - to let go of control. We love things to be a certain way. That's WHY we don't work for other people.But after a time, this way of being gets in your way. Not on...
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7:43
How Your Thinking Creates Results
Your mindset is the source of your results.If you don't like your results, you must rewire your mindset.In this episode I talk about the mini-pivot I'm making in my business to support people in their personal growth so that the...
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17:27
How I Make Decisions Quickly
Making committed, powerful decisions is absolutely essential if you are to succeed in business.Otherwise, you remain trapped in indecision. This is a vulnerable spot, because it leaves you open to having your decisions made for...
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12:13
SEO Tips for Service-Based Businesses w/ Joe Fisher
In this episode I talk with Joe, a member of The Solo Collective on lessons he's learned in business. We talk about the mindset shifts needed to run a successful business, as well as how SEO can help product and service-based businesses.
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37:22
Feeling Unworthy? Listen to This.
I used to believe that there was not enough out there, and I was undeserving of it anyway. This scarcity mindset kept me small and poor. What's more, it blocked more positive projects coming into my life.In this episode I share a simple...
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12:05
Money Needs a Purpose
Without a foundational purpose or plan for its usage, money will not come into your life in great amounts.Money needs a purpose.As a business owner you must embody an idea for the usage of your money. How will it improve your li...
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11:11
How to Stop Being a Cynical Bastard (for Brits 🇬🇧)
Confession: I used to be a negative thinker. And it hurt my career prospects, income and relationships.I am living proof that the way you think leads to the results you get in your life.Want good things? Think good things. It al...
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12:14
How to Be More Confident (Confidence Tips)
Do you struggle with low confidence? Perhaps this shows up in low pricing, not taking the lead in meetings or feeling lethargic and down.If you run a business or work as a freelancer, cultivating self-confidence is of vital importance. ...
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10:35
How I Plan to Launch an Agency in 2024
Follow my agency to launch a full-service creative agency in 2024: https://mattsaunders.uk/blog/big-news
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8:13
How to Just Get Started (And Keep Going)
This is a pretty candid episode.No matter what you're trying to achieve in life, I've learned you're going to come up against challenges.In fact, it can sometimes feel like you hit a brick wall. In your business journey, fitness...
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14:51
Confronting Your Limiting Beliefs
FACT: you have deeply held beliefs that show up every day in your life that you don't even know about, that are holding you back.Our subconscious mind governs 90% of our behaviour which is responsible for the results we get. This is an ...
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13:51
Freelancer or Business Owner?
It might sound synonymous, but there is a BIG difference between freelancing and business ownership.I have traversed this path several times now, and I've identified 3 key distinctions between being a freelancer and being a business own...
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12:03
5 Tips to Avoid Getting Ghosted
Do you regularly get ghosted by your prospects or clients?I see a lot of designers, copywriters and other freelancers suffering with ghosting. Understandably, they find it rude and demoralising, and they don't know how to react....
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11:53
The Secret to Getting What You Want
Most freelancers and agency owners spend most of their time working with bad-fit clients on projects that bore them.I did for many years. The impact of this can be very damaging: low self-esteem, depression, frustration and questioning ...
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10:51
Positive Affirmations for Freelancers (Build Your Confidence)
When you work alone it can be really hard to maintain a positive mindset.It's easy to let negativity creep in through a combination of negative self-talk and bad experiences. This is where positive affirmations come in handy.I e...
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4:20
15 Lessons from 15 Years Freelancing
Going freelance can be the best thing for your career, income and even self-esteem. But for many of us, the challenges can be hard hitting.Dealing with imposter syndrome, mistrusting other people, getting ghosted and struggling to find ...
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17:55
How to Confidently Take Control of Your Sales Process
Do you struggle to make sales as a freelancer? When a referral comes through, does it feel like there is a tonne of pressure to perform and impress your potential new client?If so, you're not alone! In fact, I used to fumble my way thro...
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11:43
5 Questions To Identify Your Ideal Client
Having coached hundreds of creative freelancers and agency owners, I've noticed that almost all of them have struggled to identify their ideal client. Because they don't know who they would love to work with, they end up taking...
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11:43
How I Went from Freelancer to Agency Owner in 5 Steps
For over 10 years I struggled as a freelance web developer. I would take on any work that came my way, I would compromise my boundaries and I would always allow myself to be haggled down on price.If you resonate with this, and would lik...
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