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... 
by mikeroy | Mar 22, 2017 | Freelancing Fundamentals, Getting Clients, Work & Productivity
There are a lot of ways that you can begin immediately incorporating better communication about your freelancing business. It can’t be that hard, can it? We speak from a very early age, and take english class every year in school. We talk to people every day.... 
by mikeroy | Mar 21, 2017 | Creativity & Innovation, Work & Productivity
Would you like more time to work on your freelance business… or to do a creative hobby you love… or just more time, period? If so… then welcome to a new outlook on your daily life! If you are totally happy with the progress you’re making in your life... 
by mikeroy | Mar 19, 2017 | Freelancing Fundamentals, Getting Clients
Is your creative business in need of a little adjustment to achieve a better focus? Are you feeling that your clientele just isn’t responding to your creative service? Do you ever think you picked the wrong niche? Do you have the sense that your career is not... 
by mikeroy | Feb 18, 2017 | Creativity & Innovation, Uncategorized, Work & Productivity
A creative leader is anyone responsible for enabling success for people who create value in the form of a product or service. So, what makes an ideal creative leader? What qualities should one possess in order to be most effective in their businesses and careers? This... 
by mikeroy | Feb 17, 2017 | Creativity & Innovation, Work & Productivity
Where are you right this moment in your creative freelance business? Do you feel like there should be something more to your life than just going from freelance gig to freelance gig? Do you have an incomplete feeling, like somehow there’s something you should be...