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Being Freelance

by Steve Folland
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  • Chase the Happiness: Meaningful Freelancing - Filmmaker Zoe East

    June 28, 2026 · 47 min

    Zoe East has never had a proper job. A work experience placement at a big TV channel that felt old-fashioned and sexist put her off the traditional route before she'd even graduated, so she went freelance instead and never really looked…

  • The Recipe Is Always the Same: Reach Out, Follow Up - Émilie Chen

    June 21, 2026 · 51 min

    French creative Émilie Chen had what she calls her dream job: senior designer at The National Theatre in London, working on posters she'd dreamed about since university. Years later though, it had turned sour in the studio, her mental…

  • Freelancing as an Unpaid Carer - Adrian Ashton

    June 14, 2026 · 48 min

    Adrian’s been a successful freelancer for 21 years. But in the past 7, his definition of framing success has changed. For the last seven years, Adrian has also been an unpaid carer for three immediate family members. He talks honestly…

  • Her Niche Is Fishe - Becoming The Ocean Writer - Melissa Hobson

    June 7, 2026 · 60 min

    Melissa  spent over a decade in PR & Comms. She was good at it but she was drawn to the ocean. So she started pitching dive magazines on the side, moved to Mozambique to volunteer with a marine conservation charity, and when the pandemic…

  • Becoming a Freelance Illustrator for Marvel, Disney and DC: Doaly

    May 31, 2026 · 51 min

    How does a creative side project turn into a decade long freelancing business working with the biggest names in pop culture, like Disney, Pixar, Marvel, DC Comics, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros and Sony Pictures? All good super-heroes have an…

  • Business Name vs Your Own Name: Which is Better for Freelancers?

    May 24, 2026 · 23 min

    It's a question Steve Folland gets asked a lot: as a freelancer, is it better to have a company name or use your own? In this compilation episode, Steve digs deep into 11 years of the Being Freelance podcast archive - pulling together…

  • Becoming the go-to freelancer in your niche - Jessi Illustrates

    May 10, 2026 · 44 min

    Jessica Hartshorn was trained as an illustrator, but unable to get work as one she went in another direction. Jessica spent the next 16 years working in museums and galleries. But the itch to illustrate never went away. So she set up a…

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About the show

Freelancing? Being boss of your own life and business can be tough and isolating. But it can also be totally rewarding. Pick up tips, advice and strategies on how to make it as a freelancer, an solopreneur, as the owner of your own independent  business - by hearing other creative freelancers share their experience.  Hosted by fellow freelancer Steve Folland. Serving the world's self-employed with episodes since 2015. Come join us in the Being Freelance Community - You're not alone being freelance. www.beingfreelance.com/community