1. Freenomics
The economics of being a freelance professional
Jason McCullough
www.jasonmcc.com | @jasonsmcc

2. Who Is This For?
• Anyone who runs a creative services based business
model
• The Intermediate and Advanced Freelancer
• Anyone who knows their target market
• Anyone who has defined their niche service

3. What you will learn:
Avoid Feast & Famine Cycles
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Networking & Filling up your pipeline
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Project Management
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Staying Focused
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Billing & Invoicing
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Contracts and when you should use them

4. Who am I?
Been in my industry since
2002
Freelancing since 2005
JASON'S TOP 5 STRENGTHS
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1.Harmony
2.Discipline
3.Deliberative
4.Relator
5.Restorative

6. What is a Freelancer?
A Knight who is skilled
in their trade, but serves
no “Lord” or King
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The lance is not free,
but to the highest
bidder.
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A “mercenary warrior”

7. Great Product
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Great Price Point
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Great Buying Experience
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Great Customer Service/Support

8. Feast & Famine

9. Networking
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Find Work
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Sales Funnel
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Be Responsive
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More than one way to contact you

10. Find Work

11. Networking
Social Media
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Meetups
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Trade Shows
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contactually.com

12. Sales Funnel
High Converting Squeeze Page/Landing Page
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High Converting Sales Page
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High Converting Follow Up Method

13. Inbound Marketing
Create
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Capture
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Convert

14. Networking & Sales
Resources
hootsuite.com
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contactually.com
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CapsuleCRM.com
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MailChimp.com
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15. F*@K You, Pay Me!
Proposals
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Contracts
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Billing
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Time Tracking
RESOURCE: Mike Monteiro video

16. Proposal vs. Contract

17. Billing & Invoicing
www.FreshBooks.com

18. Time Tracking
www.toggl.com

19. Project Management

20. www.Trello.com

24. One Man Army

25. Get Help When You
Need It

26. Stay Focused
www.RescueTime.com

27. Questions…?