by mikeroy | Aug 19, 2020 | Freelancing Fundamentals, Getting Clients, Work & Productivity
Sometimes we take appearances for granted in our business as creative freelancers. One of the best lessons I ever learned about this came from an unlikely source: a story my dad reminded me about a small town fire department. When I was a kid, my dad managed a tannery... 
by mikeroy | Oct 16, 2018 | Freelancer Finances, Freelancing Fundamentals, Getting Clients, Work & Productivity
“A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.” – Alfred Korzybski (In Science & Sanity) Remember what you needed in the pre-internet days when you wanted to... 
by mikeroy | Mar 16, 2018 | Freelancing Fundamentals, Uncategorized, Work & Productivity
One really fun thing about starting a business today is the variety of opportunities you have to choose from. This also makes for some great stories to share about what worked… and what didn’t. In this article, I’ll turn the spotlight on myself and... 
by mikeroy | Jan 15, 2018 | Freelancing Fundamentals, Work & Productivity
Whether it’s starting and growing a creative freelance business, taking the family on an epic vacation, or breaking the world’s record for the longest pogo stick jump, we all have things we’d like to accomplish in life. Unfortunately, many of those... 
by mikeroy | Mar 23, 2017 | Freelancing Fundamentals, Getting Clients
A few years ago I attended an event hosted by a successful and growing entertainment company. The presentation was given by a number of talented directors, and showed the company’s slate of current and upcoming projects. In the audience was a gathering of highly...