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Increase your prices without worry, get your invoices paid every time and negotiate with confidence.

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Create a more interesting availability post

How can you stand out when the whole freelancing world is posting about their availability?? In this Comminity Cantina I'll show you the process I used to take one of my favorite freelancers from not knowing what to say, to their first post delivering: – 238 likes – 19 comments – 8 reposts – old clients offering new work –

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Create your own outreach strategy

In our first community cantina we'll cover how to create your own outreach strategy We cover how to create: - A target audience - An initial price - A retainer offer - An outbound strategy - A call to action - And a kick in the butt to send 1 email per day

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How to ask for a referral

Referrals are good for everyone involved! For you referrals can bring in new clients without lots of marketing and outreach. Referrals also tend to be high-quality

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Stop being overworked and underpaid

Are you an underpaid and overworked freelancer? Want the number 1 fix that works for everyone who’s tried it? Here it comes.. Charge more. Okay,

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Why are you struggling to charge more?

I’ve started to see business blog articles like pop songs. There are endless numbers of both but we only listen to the ones that effect

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Never chase late payments again..

How does it feel when you have to chase a late payment? A bit weird?Does it make your stomach churn? You never be the debt

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For when you want to make more money and work less

This is a long one, but it’s worth it! Promise 🙂 I do not like talking about my income.. I’m not here to shame you

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Where should you promote your biz?

My biggest DM filler from freelancers is “where should I promote my biz?” When I ask, “what you trying to do and what’s your strategy?”

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Marketing is about saying it over and over and over and..

You know that thing you keep talking about online? The thing you sell.. You know the thing you’re 100% sure people are tired of hearing

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Instead of saying NO to a client, try this..

Next time you’re gonna say no.. Ask for something outrageous. I neeed you to get this done by tomorrow – Sure, for triple the rate. Can

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To make more money, make people care

Have you ever asked yourself if people care about your business? Most freelancers only see their biz from their point of view. For what it

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Fuck this 10k boss babe / hustle bro nonsense

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6 ways to improve client negotiations

I got a rough lesson in negotiation in my early days as a designer and it helped me shape how I approached negotiations ever since.

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How to get paid – Let me (pretend to) run your finance dept

As a freelancer you wear many hats in your biz One of the most important is getting paid! But it’s not easy to be the person delivering a service and chasing payment So let me do it for you! Create a new email address, orwell@yourURL.com and pretend I run your payments Swipe n I’ll show you how! Just pretend you’re

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How the mentoring programme works

I’ve got a programme that I’ve refined over my years as freelancer It’s helped me at every stage of my career from sidegig freelancer to director It works like this... Happiness More time More money Calm mind That’s the results But what does it actually mean for the freelancers I work with? Growth Systems Audience Basics Basics We can’t build

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How to spot a time waster

How to spot a time waster They're vague about what they want They say they have no budget They don't engage with your process They agree to the price but want to delay payment They ask you to copy someone else's work They try to micromanage you They have unrealistic expectations They're quick with deadlines but slow with payments What's

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Steal my process for staying in touch with potential clients

Not every person who needs your service is ready to buy It’s your job to be first in their mind when they are But how can you stay in touch without feeling like you’re being pushy? Swipe and I’ll show ya... When you contact them, focus on solving their problem Steal my process Make a list of potential clients you’ve

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How I became a £500 per hour designer

When I first started out as a freelancer making money was tough I was inexperienced with a small folio and I didn’t know how to convince people to hire me to design their branding... So I created Startup 101 A basic brand package that covered the main forms of comms for new companies in my area Logo Business card Letterhead

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Charge properly and get more free time

Get back your evenings and weekends by pricing projects properly Lots of freelancers only charge for the time during a project... They don’t count the time before or after the creative part meaning they have a lot of unpaidtime in their week. They have to work long hours just to earn the money they need to have a happy life.

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6 low cost ways to get more work

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Get paid to promote yourself

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Sales is like great sex

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7 ways to get your invoices paid

1. Write a contract and get it signed! The best way to get paid, is show them at the start you’re serious about getting paid! Lay out your terms in a contract and let the client know early what’s expected of them. I’ve had people not go ahead with projects because they thought my contract was too much. That for

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What to do when you cant find work

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Improve your conversion rate to make more money

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5 ways to increase your profits

Click here to try the profit calculator

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Make your projects a product

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Orwell’s three rules for freelancers

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I work 1-2-1 with ambitious freelancers to help them gain confidence, growth and control in their business.

What people love the most is that we cover lots of practical stuff that you can easily implement in your business to see rapid and sustainable change.

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About Orwell

Orwell McGubbins is a designer and Art Director based in Berlin.

He has spent his career working with NGOs, charities, schools and social businesses, supporting people to develop themselves and make the most of life.

Today he continues this work by helping creative freelancers gain the skills and confidence they need to be great at what they do.

He enables people to create the life they want by creating the business they need.

Feel free to contact him on LinkedIn but don’t call without an appointment. He might be socially minded but he’s also a millennial, they hate that.

I am super grateful for the help Orwell has given me, he streamlined my chaotic thinking and been an absolute game changaaaa to my confidence!

I love that he always guides me to the answer of any queries, rather than answering them straight out - it makes learning much more engaging!

This has been the absolute best thing I’ve ever done for my career 💖💖

Working with Orwell has been a life changing experience for me. He's the voice of reason I use with my clients but can't ever give to myself and he's a wicked guide when it comes to overcoming the mental hurdles that pop up.

I can't recommend him enough if you are sick of overworking and being under paid. You deserve to have a life and enjoy your work. Just hire him.

Orwell's mentoring has been invaluable for me in the last few months as I continue to grow my business. He has a wealth of experience to pull from, he's eager to see his students succeed and he's generous with his time.

You're in good hands with this guy.

Orwell has helped me see sense and build confidence in what I'm doing. I knew nothing about pricing, about defining my worth and seeing my value.

He's helped guide me before important pitches and meetings and encourages me to keep going when I'm not feeling the best. I feel more clear in my messaging and the actions I need to take to progress to where I want to be.

He's brilliant!

Mentoring with Orwell has helped me grow my business into areas that I didn't even know about. I’m working fewer days, making more money and scaling at a quick rate. Could not recommend Orwell enough!

Master Yoda with better banter!

Orwell has helped me develop my own marketing plan from an organic approach. I have learnt many valuable lessons from him.

He’s helped me gain confidence in launching my own business and leaving employment forever!

I really enjoyed working with Orwell, he guided us and helped develop our brand and our voice. His understanding, expertise and organisation has left us in a better place.

We now understand the importance of making strategies for various parts of our business and are still carrying on what we were taught.

It was a pleasure to work with Orwell, I really appreciate what he has done for us and know he’ll do the same for others.

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